Handouts: None given
Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.
Journal: Study Packet, Page 12
- Read Exodus 4:10-12
- - 1) What is Moses’ objection to God using him?
- - - He can't speak well
- - 2) How does God answer this?
- - - God made the mouth, He can make Moses to speak well!
- - 3) According to these verses, then, when God asks us to do something…
- - - A) Are our weaknesses ultimately a problem?
- - - - Not at all, He can overcome them with His strengths!
- - - B) What will God do for us?
- - - - He will provide what we need to accomplish His mission
- - - - God will not call us to do something that He won't also enable us to do as He desires.
- All done? Work on these Study Packet Pages- - Page 4) Finish studying for Monday’s quiz
- - Page 6) Finish questions 1-9
- - Page 17) Try to answer some of these questions
- - - E.g. Who is Jethro? Zipporah? Aaron? Moses?
- - - Who were the women heroes in Exodus 1-2
Exodus 1-4: Israel Grows, Egypt Attacks, God Prepares) Study Packet, Page 2
Moses at 80 Years Old:
- God shares: He is concerned for Israel & He has a rescue plan!
- - He is sending send Moses to Pharaoh—
- - - To bring Israel to freedom in Canaan!
- - God promises this plan will work—
- - - But Moses gives objections to it…
- - - God patiently answers each
- - - - Moses: “Who am I that I should go?”
- - - - - God: “I will be with you.”
- - - - Moses: “What if they ask for Your name?”
- - - - - God: “I AM, the God of your fathers has sent you.”
- - - - - - The Israel elders will listen
- - - - - - God will strike the Egyptians w/wonders so that Pharaoh relents (the Egyptians will give Israel treasures!)
- - - - Moses: “What if they don’t believe me when I say you appeared to me?”
- - - - - God: ”I’ll give you miracles to prove it.”
- - - - - - A slithering staff
- - - - - - A sickly hand
- - - - - - Blood-turning water
- - - - Moses: “I’m really bad at public speaking.”
- - - - - God: ”I made the mouth… Go! I will be w/your mouth & teach you what to say.”
- - - - Moses: “Please send someone else.”
- - - - - God (now angry!): ”Aaron will help, take your staff & perform the miracles!”
Starting the Journey:
- Moses heads to Egypt but sins
- - He refused to circumcise his son!
- - God comes to put Moses to death for this defiance
- - - Especially after the way God showed Him such power!
- - Zipporah quickly circumcises their son
- - - This kept God from killing Moses!
- Aaron is Moses’ older brother, by 3 years
- - He went out to Moses & was sent by God to help him
- Moses & Aaron get to Egypt & tell Israel God’s plan
- - The people believed & worshipped God!
Exodus 1-4 – Theology & Anthropology - Israel Grows, Egypt Attacks, God Prepares) Page 3
- Theology:
- - God blesses us when we stand up for Him
- - God’s personal name is “I AM”
- - - Jesus claims this as His name, too—He claims to be God!
- - - “Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.” The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham?” Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!” - John 8:56-58
- - God doesn’t forget or fail in His promises
- - God has concern for us when we suffer
- Anthropology:
- - We can be powerfully used by God, for His good, even if we have a bad history, we are full of weakness & we don’t have much to offer (e.g. only a staff).
- - Men & women can be powerfully used by God
- - We will be judged for sins we don’t repent from
- - We must obey God even if our leaders command us not to.
- - We should protect human life, even babies
- - We should protect our family
- - The right response to knowing God’s concern for us is belief & worship
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