EXODUS –LESSON 11
LEARN: Psalm 103:13-17
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
READ: Exodus 6: 1-30
1. For context reread Exodus 5:15-23. From verses 22 and 23 of chapter 5, what was Moses’ complaint to the LORD?
2. We see that though Moses is making complaint to God, showing his anxieties, fears, and grief’s, yet God is not angry at Moses for this lack of faith. Instead, God answers him with a gracious series of promises to comfort and calm Moses. How often we are in this same type of case. What do we need to remember?
Psalm 103: 8-17
3. In the LORD’S reply to Moses’ complaint, why was the word “Now” an encouragement? Exodus 6:1
4. The “strong hand” is not Pharaoh’s but God’s. What does this indicate about the reason for Pharaoh’s urgency to drive the Hebrews out of his land? v 1
5. The promise given in verse 1 is for Moses. In verse 2 God again speaks. This is a message to the people. What is the first thing that he says? As studied before- What is the Hebrew equivalent, and what does this name express?
6. What is the special privilege that the LORD has given them? v 3 Now it is clear from Genesis 15:7; 22:14; 38:13 and other passages in Genesis that Abraham did know the name of God to be Jehovah. So the phrase is hard to be understood. It may signify that though they knew the name, they did not understand it as the LORD now revealed it to them. See Exodus 33:14, 15
NOTE: With men a name is simply a “mark of difference”- a mode of distinguishing one individual from another; and a particular name that a man bears is, generally speaking, a matter of slightest importance. But with God the case is otherwise. The names of God have always been among all men significant names. If their signification is clear, or generally known, then men’s views of the supreme being are vitally affected by the names under which they know him. Persons whose only name for God is generic are not likely to be strongly apprehensive of the personality and spirituality of the Creator. PULPIT COMMENTARY Genesis Exodus p 141
7. According to verse 4 what was the covenant that the had LORD with Abraham and his descendents?
8. Had this covenant that God had made, though over 400 hundred years in the past, ever yet been fulfilled? v 4 Explain.
9. We see that though the Lord’s promises are sure, they are often a long time in being fulfilled. Give at least two other examples of this from Scripture?
10. Why does the Lord make his people often wait for such a long period of time to see his promises to them fulfilled?
Hebrews 11:1, 2, 6
Ephesians 6:18
Psalm 37:3-7
John 15:1-5
11. What does the LORD remind these people of in verse 5?
12. Does the LORD care that those who are his own are enduring suffering? v 5
13. At this time the LORD gave the people a series of promises, each starting with the phrase “I will.” What were they? vv 6-8
14. From verses 2, 6, 8 what phrase is used which guarantees that these promises to the Israel will be fulfilled?
15. What is our guarantee that the promises that the Lord has made to his church and each
Christian individually will be fulfilled?
Find scripture that proves this.
16. Moses brought God’s marvelous message of hope and blessing to the nation. Why didn’t they listen to Moses and rejoice? v 9 See also Proverbs 13:12.
17. What did Moses do when the people refused to listen to him? v 10
18. God’s answer to Moses was? v 11
19. What was Moses’ concern about going before Pharaoh? v 12
21. We see throughout this chapter that both Moses and the people had certain expectations of how God would work, and when God didn’t work as they thought he would they were disheartened and discouraged. What can we learn to help us from this chapter?