Renamed by Grace: From Shadows to Glory

Israel left Egypt knowing itself only by the name slave, and at Sinai God gave a new identity through the Ten Commandments. Preaching on Exodus 20 in a Lenten series on the covenants, Rev. Cerveny argues that the law reveals God's character but cannot save, and that Christ, the faithful Israel, gives us a new name: righteous. Hidden shame and false names lose their hold when we stop hiding and let Jesus meet us in our sin.