Exodus

Teachers

Tommy Stringer Teacher

WW

Wendell Welch

Lesson Summary

The class examined the first nineteen chapters of Exodus, emphasizing how God delivered the Israelites after 430 years of slavery and then provided a covenant that included moral, civil, and ceremonial laws. Tommy Stringer highlighted the psychological and cultural damage of generations in bondage and explained that the Israelites' gratitude was expressed through obedience to the law and worship in the tabernacle. He noted that the Ten Commandments were first spoken verbally by God before the stone tablets and that the people’s fear led them to request Moses as an intermediary. The teacher connected the ancient narrative to contemporary life, using the cyclical sin of the book of Judges to illustrate the chaos that ensues without divine standards. He underscored that, as a redeemed people, believers are called to be a holy nation—living by God’s moral law (vertical relationship) and the social law (horizontal relationship). The class concluded that the covenant is an "if‑then" promise: if God’s people obey, they become His treasured possession, a principle that remains relevant for Christians today.

Key Scriptures