Reference

Exodus 4:18-31

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Sermon Notes

I. Moses prepares to ________ (v. 18-23) 

A. Leave ________ (v. 18-20)

B. Instructions about ________ (v. 21-23)

II. Near ________ experience (v. 24-26)

III. Israel ________ over deliverance (v. 27-31)

How should we worship God? 

  1. With our ________ 
  2. With our ________ 
  3. With our ________ 

Going Deeper

  1.  Read v. 19. R. Kent Hughes says: “God’s statement of Pharaoh’s death serves as an announcement that the promise of deliverance was starting to come true.”
  2.  What is Moses to do before Pharaoh (v. 21)? What God do?
  3. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. Who hardened it? Read Exodus 4:21; 7:13, 22; 8:15, 32; 9:12, 35; 10:1; 14:8. S. R. Driver: “The means by which God hardens a man is not necessarily by any extraordinary intervention on His part; it may be by the ordinary experiences of life, operating through the principles
    and character of human nature, which are of His appointment.” Peter Enns describes God’s sovereign plan: “The deliverance of Israel from Egypt is entirely God’s doing and under his complete control. The impending Exodus is a play in which God is author, producer, director, and principal actor.” What do you think of God hardening a person’s heart?
  4. Read v. 22-23. Who is God’s “son”? What will God do to Pharaoh’s firstborn son? Israel is not God’s natural “son.” They are a a chosen, adopted people. J. Alec Motyer says: “The grace of salvation initiates and bestows the grace of adoption (John 1:12; Ga. 4:4-7).” To go deeper on the firstborn theme in Scripture, read Ps. 89:26-27; Jer. 31:9; Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 1:6; 12:23; Rev. 1:5.
    God’s threat to kill Pharaoh’s son is significant. The ESV Archaeology Bible: “This was a direct assault on the royal succession in Egypt. The heir would be a deity, the incarnation of Re. God promised to
    destroy this potential future god.” R. Kent Hughes: “This punishment was also a matter of strict justice.
    It was an eye for an eye, a son for a son.”
  5. Read v. 24-26. Why was circumcision such a big deal? J. Alec Motyer: “Covenant signs express covenant promises to covenant people.” Peter Enns: “Moses can argue, pout, whine, and hold his breath about going to Egypt and God will deal patiently with him — but circumcision is another matter.” One of the qualifications for elders in God’s church is found in 1 Tim. 3:4-5. Would Moses have been qualified to be an elder? Why or why not? Paul Carter says: “That Zipporah knew precisely what to do in order to appease the Lord’s anger suggests that this wasn’t the first time she and Moses had discussed the issue of Gershom’s circumcision.” R. Kent Hughes: “Moses had to set the example. If he was going to lead the people out of Egypt, he himself had to keep the covenant.”
  6. Moses and Aaron go to the Israelites in Egypt in Exodus 4:29-31. How do the Israelites respond to this news? Worship is a right response to God’s gracious acts in our lives. Do you worship God with your heart, with your lips and with your life? What will you do this week to worship God with a whole heart?
  7. R. Kent Hughes: “He is a God who rules every heart by his sovereign will. He is a God who loves us the way a good father loves an only son. He is a God who gives what his justice demands: a perfect sacrifice for sin. He is a wonder-working God, a God who keeps every last promise of salvation. He is also our God who has seen our misery and is concerned about our suffering. Will you bow down and worship him?”