January 26, 2020
by John Harris
7 And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them. 7 Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. —Exodus 7:1-7
Two questions:
Moses: “
Pharaoh: “
Both questions answered:
1. God makes
2. God
3. God
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1. What has been your experience with the Super Bowl throughout the years? Have you ever attended the game? Has your team ever won?
2. Read Exodus 6:28-7:7. What role does God play in the story?
3. Read Exodus 7:8-13. Why is a demonstration of the Lord’s power significant? What other examples in Scripture illustrate a demonstration of God’s power?
4. Based on the passage, compare and contrast Moses and Pharaoh. Which one do you identify with more? Why?
5. Why do we make excuses for not doing what God has told us to do?
6. Read the following verse from the poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley. “It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” Are there any areas of your life in which this attitude applies?
7. Which word best describes your life right now—glad, sad, mad, or bad?
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