Friday, October 10, 2014

Life of Moses - Exodus 6:28-10:29


Homiletics                                                                            Study of Life of Moses
Lesson     5                                                                              Passage Exodus 6:28-10:29
Content (List of Topics or Events)
Remarkable plan to know mighty power of God (YHWH)  (Exodus 6:28-7:6)
a. God instructs Moses to tell everything I tell you with Moses pushback (6:28-29)
b. Made you like a god to Pharaoh Moses (7:1-2)
c. Pharaoh hardened; he won’t listen to you . (3-4)
d. God will bring out Israelites and Egyptians will know YHWH is God (5)
e. Moses and Aaron did as God directed (6-7)

Mighty acts of God demonstrated to Pharaoh; they are replicated and Pharaoh’s  refusal to listen to God (Exodus 7:8-8:15)
a. Miracle of staff to snake; replicated with demonstration of God’s superiority  (7:8-13)
b. Plague of Nile to Blood; magician replicated with refusal to listen (7:14-24)

Pharaoh sees ramifications of hard heart with ever increasing destructive plagues and expanding knowledge that God is God (Exodus 8:16-10:29)
a. Gnats bring magician acknowledgment “finger of God” (8:16-19)
b.  Files bring Pharaoh acknowledgment and bargaining with God (8:20-32)
c. Livestock taking belongings away (9:1-7)
d. Boils taking health away (9:8-12)
e. Hail and Locust taking wealth; bargaining with God.
f. Darkness and insult on who Pharaoh is as a “god”
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
Scripture
Remarkable plan to know mighty power of God (YHWH)
 Exodus 6:28-7:6
Mighty acts of God demonstrated to Pharaoh; they are replicated and Pharaoh’s  refusal to listen to God
 Exodus 7:8-8:15
Pharaoh sees ramifications of hard heart with ever increasing destructive plagues and expanding knowledge that God is God
 Exodus 8:16-10:29


Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Miracles and plagues bring realization without acceptance of God’s will
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
To learn that God demands faithful followers that will be used to tell the wonders of our mighty God
Specific Application Questions
1.
In what ways do you listen and follow God’s leading?
2.
Are you trying to discount the power of God in your life?
3.
What decisions are you making that is bringing destruction to yourself and those around you?
4.

Principles to Remember
1.
God can show Himself through you.
2.
Self reliance doesn’t discount dependence on God in all things
3.
The focus of our heart can bring eternal destruction
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