God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible, tracing God's unfolding story

from Genesis to Revelation. Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's

word daily. Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

Redeemed how I love to proclaim it. Redeemed how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the lamb, redeemed through his infinite

mercy, his child and forever I am.

Those were the words that Fannie Crawlsby wrote long ago.

We love to sing them.

Where do you find that truth of

redemption? Well, that scarlet cord is woven all through the Word of God. Perhaps the fullest treatment

of it is found in the New Testament book of Romans, but it's actually first introduced to us in the

Old Testament. You'll remember that in the book of Genesis, God killed an innocent animal to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve.

We've just studied the book of Genesis and now we've come to the second book of the Bible.

Today we journey through Exodus.

And may I say to you that what Exodus is to the Old Testament is the same thing that Romans is to the New Testament. It is a revelation

of what it means to be redeemed. You find in seed form this truth in the Old Testament,

and then you find it in fully developed form in the New Testament. Exodus is an amazing book.

As a matter of fact, the first six verses of Exodus chapter one are really a summary

of the last five chapters of the book of Genesis. So there's a natural progression here. Now, the book

of Genesis ends with the death of Joseph, and the book of Exodus begins with the birth of Moses.

When you see the children of Israel in Genesis chapter 50, they're living in bounty in Egypt.

But when the curtain lifts in Exodus chapter 1, they're living in bondage.

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