1. God always does what he says he’ll do Exodus 1

2. God always does what he says he’ll do God’s ongoing story (v1-7) Exodus 1 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. —Genesis 12.2-4 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you…. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. —Genesis 17.6-8 Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth…— Genesis 1.28

3. God always does what he says he’ll do God’s ongoing story (v1-7) Pharaoh @ workGod @ work Slavery (v8-14) Secret murder (v15-21) Open genocide (v22) Multiplication Protection A saviour is born! Exodus 1

4. God always does what he says he’ll do God’s ongoing story (v1-7) Pharaoh @ workGod @ work Slavery (v8-14) Secret murder (v15-21) Open genocide (v22) God’s gracious purposes Multiplication Protection A saviour is born! Exodus 1 Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again.—Genesis 46.3-4

5. God always does what he says he’ll do God’s ongoing story (v1-7) Pharaoh @ workGod @ work Slavery (v8-14) Secret murder (v15-21) Open genocide (v22) God’s gracious purposes Multiplication Protection A saviour is born! Exodus 1 To keep them as his people To show them their need for salvation