This sermon sets Bunyan’s “Valley of the Shadow of Death” beside Exodus 33:1–11 to show that God’s presence is found outside the camp of comfort and compromise. Israel mourns at a distance while Moses seeks the Lord where He may be found. There God speaks “as a man speaks to his friend,” revealing that special revelation is not mere information but a summons to draw near through a mediator. For us, Christ is that Mediator, and Scripture is the living Word that both sweetens and searches us, steadying our steps on the narrow way. The call is clear: do not remain a respectful spectator at the doorway—come to Christ, receive His Word, and be transformed as He turns the valley’s shadow into morning.