The Magnificence of God - Part 2 - 9-20-26 AM Service

Moses’ song in Exodus 15 calls Israel to remember the majesty of God after the Red Sea deliverance. God’s names, Yahweh, Adonai, and Elohim, describe the mighty Hero and sovereign Ruler who answers to no one and cannot be overthrown. God’s power does not make Him distant from His people, because the infinite One is also Father, lover, caretaker, and personal Savior. God’s loving kindness stands behind His power, and Psalm 136 repeats that truth so God’s people will not forget where their help came from.

Moses’ song shows God as highly exalted because He hurled the horse and rider into the sea. Egypt’s horses and chariots represented overwhelming wealth, strength, and oppression to slaves who had nothing. God’s judgment on Egypt reveals that oppressors do not finally prosper, even when wrongs remain uncorrected for a time. God’s throne will ultimately bring judgment against those who set themselves against His people.

Moses’ question, “Who is like You among the gods?” declares that no mighty one belongs in God’s class. God alone is majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, and working wonders. God’s awesomeness is not a casual word for ordinary things, because the Red Sea showed Israel that God had saved them from people who were out for blood. Praise becomes the right response when sinners come to terms with their own fallenness and with the God who gave His only Son for eternal life.

Peter and John carry that same response into the New Testament. Christ’s power had become so real to them that they could not stop speaking about what they had seen and heard. Israel’s song was meant to be sung to children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren until God’s greatness shaped the people themselves. God’s wonders, from creation to the cross, do not merely invite curiosity about how He does things. God’s wonders draw people close because He wants a people for His own possession.

God’s acts in Exodus 15 reveal both judgment and redemption. God’s loving kindness led and redeemed Israel, guided them toward His holy habitation, and remained with them through the wilderness into Canaan. Psalm 136 traces that same loving kindness through creation, deliverance, provision, and every generation to come. Christ’s blood now brings the greater redemption, freeing souls from the sin that kills and carrying God’s people through this world toward the promised land of heaven.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. God’s greatness must be remembered God’s greatness keeps His people from drifting away when life becomes ordinary or difficult. Moses gives Israel a song because redeemed people need more than a past event; they need truth planted deep in their thinking. God’s character and power draw hearts nearer when they are remembered clearly. [79:23]
• 2. God judges oppression and evil God’s destruction of Pharaoh’s army shows that oppression is not invisible to Him. Egypt’s wealth, horses, and chariots looked unbeatable to people who had been slaves with nothing. God’s judgment may not always arrive in a moment like the Red Sea, but God’s throne guarantees that evil will not have the final word. [85:17]
• 3. God alone is truly awesome God’s holiness, power, and wonders set Him apart from every so-called mighty one. Moses does not place Yahweh at the top of a list; Moses declares that nobody else belongs in the same class. Praise becomes real when Christ’s salvation is seen against the background of sin, need, and undeserved mercy. [87:21]
• 4. Loving kindness drives God’s acts God’s loving kindness is the reason beneath creation, redemption, guidance, and final hope. Exodus does not present divine power as random force, because God acts to redeem a people and bring them near. Christ’s redemption fulfills that same pattern by releasing sinners from the oppression of sin and leading them toward eternal life.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [76:40] - The Majesty of God
• [77:13] - God’s Names and Character
• [79:48] - Moses Rehearses Israel’s Song
• [80:44] - Highly Exalted at the Red Sea
• [82:02] - Israel’s Poverty and Egypt’s Power
• [83:29] - A Picture of Overwhelming Power
• [85:17] - God’s Judgment on Oppressors
• [86:00] - Who Is Like the Lord?
• [87:31] - Awesome in Praises
• [89:55] - Peter and John Cannot Be Silent
• [92:45] - Wonder Working Power
• [95:36] - A People for God’s Possession
• [96:46] - God’s Loving Kindness Redeems
• [99:43] - Psalm 136 and Everlasting Loving Kindness
• [102:39] - Redemption Through Christ’s Blood
• [104:28] - Living Before the Majestic God

1. Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.” [01:20:49]
2. “The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him.”
3. “The LORD is a warrior; The LORD is His name.”
4. “Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.” [01:21:38]
5. “The deeps cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone.”
6. “Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power, Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.”
7. “And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.” [01:18:03]
8. “At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.”
9. “The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be gratified against them; I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.’”
10. “You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters.”
11. “Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?” [01:27:21]
12. “You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.”
13. “In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.” [01:36:58]
14. “The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.”
15. “Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them; All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.”
16. “Terror and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone; Until Your people pass over, O LORD, Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.”
17. “You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, The place, O LORD, which You have made for Your dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.”
18. “The LORD shall reign forever and ever.”
19. For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea.
20. Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.
21. Miriam answered them, “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.” [01:21:14]

1. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. [01:39:43]
2. Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
3. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
4. To Him who alone does great wonders, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
5. To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
6. To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
7. To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting:
8. The sun to rule by day, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
9. The moon and stars to rule by night, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
10. To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
11. And brought Israel out from their midst, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
12. With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
13. To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
14. And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
15. But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. [01:40:32]
16. To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
17. To Him who smote great kings, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
18. And slew mighty kings, For His lovingkindness is everlasting:
19. Sihon, king of the Amorites, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
20. And Og, king of Bashan, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
21. And gave their land as a heritage, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
22. Even a heritage to Israel His servant, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
23. Who remembered us in our low estate, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
24. And has rescued us from our adversaries, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;
25. Who gives food to all flesh, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
26. Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. [01:41:12]

1. What phrases in Exodus 15 describe God’s power over Pharaoh, his army, the sea, and Israel’s enemies?
2. In Exodus 15:1-3 and 15:21, what reasons do Moses and Miriam give for singing to the LORD? [01:20:44]
3. What contrast does Exodus 15 draw between Egypt’s purpose toward Israel in verses 9-10 and God’s purpose for His redeemed people in verses 13-17?
4. What parts of Israel’s history does Psalm 136 connect to the repeated statement, “For His lovingkindness is everlasting”? [01:40:36]

1. Exodus 15 calls God “a warrior” while also saying that He leads His redeemed people in lovingkindness. How do God’s judgment of evil and His care for His people belong together in this song? [01:37:51]
2. Moses asks, “Who is like You among the gods?” How does this question declare more than simply that God is stronger than other mighty powers? [01:26:26]
3. Why would Israel need to sing and repeat the story of the Red Sea deliverance long after the event itself had passed? What does this show about the danger of forgetting God’s greatness? [01:19:23]
4. How do Acts 4:20 and 1 Peter 2:9 show that God’s redeemed people are meant not only to receive salvation, but also to speak about His greatness to others? [01:31:36]

1. What are some “horses and chariots” in the present world—forms of power, wealth, influence, or fear—that can seem too strong to overcome? How does Exodus 15 change the way believers should view them? [01:22:29]
2. When life feels ordinary, busy, or difficult, what helps a believer remember God’s greatness instead of slowly drifting away from Him? Is there a Scripture, song, prayer, or habit that could become part of the weekly rhythm? [01:19:23]
3. God’s judgment means oppression and evil will not have the final word. Where is there a temptation to become bitter, hopeless, or impatient when wrongs are not quickly corrected? How can confidence in God’s throne shape a faithful response? [01:25:45]
4. God’s wonders are meant to draw people near to Him, not merely make them curious. What part of God’s work—creation, the cross, forgiveness, answered prayer, or redemption—most draws the heart toward Him right now? [01:33:34]
5. Christ has redeemed His people from the sin that destroys the soul. What sin, fear, habit, or old way of life most needs to be brought honestly before Christ’s saving power this week? [01:43:37]
6. God’s people are called to proclaim His excellencies. What is one specific way a believer could speak naturally and faithfully this week about what God has done—within family, with a friend, or among coworkers? [01:32:05]