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Exodus—Saved for God's Glory is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this Preaching the Word volume, Philip Graham Ryken mines the majestic book of Exodus for knowledge of God’s character and instruction for his followers. So much can be learned about God through the accounts of his deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, his many divine interventions for them, and his transformation of them into an independent nation.

freedom from bondage, and deliverance from oppression. Exodus teaches that to be saved is to be rescued from slavery in order to serve the living God. What a slavery it was! Back in chapter 1 we saw how Pharaoh used the Israelites ruthlessly in all kinds of bitter labor. Howard Vos has summarized the harsh conditions that brickworkers had to endure: They worked out in the hot Egyptian sun all day (often in temperatures over 100°), driven to optimum production by their taskmasters. They had no hats