Sermon Outline:
- Recount the steadfast gracious love of God in redemptive history
- Remember God the Father’s compassion
- Remember God the Redeemer’s suffering
- Remember God the Spirit’s reconciling
- Remember the route our redemption takes
- Remember the Lord saves His people for the praise of His glorious Name
Family Discussion Questions:
- Where is God called Father in this passage?
- What truths does God’s fatherhood remind us of?
- Where would we learn most about God the Son in this passage?
- What does redemption mean?
- What does it mean for God to be afflicted with our affliction at the cross?
- What does it mean for God to be afflicted with our affliction other than the cross?
- Why is the work of the Holy Spirit connected to the fact that God’s people are naturally His enemies and have acted that way?
- What is the difference between how God saved people through Moses compared to how He saved them through Christ?
- What does this prayer teach us about the start, middle and ending of God’s leading of His people?
- In what way is the church already at the end of that journey?
- In what way is the church still in the middle of that journey?
- God saves His people to make a name for Himself. Why is that a great comfort? How should that shape and correct us?
- Why is it important to recall not only your small little piece of history, but to pray remembering the whole scope of redemptive history?
- Why is it important to especially recall those things God did that are recorded in God’s Word?
