Q&Q 042725

Quotes

Joshua 5:13-15: When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

D.L. Moody: “Moses spent 40 years in Pharaoh’s court thinking he was somebody, forty years in the desert leaning that he was nobody, and forty years showing what God can do with somebody who found out he was a nobody!”

John Currid: “The use of a rod to perform all those disastrous feats was a physical example of judicial irony. It was simply and extensive polemic against Egyptians culture and belief… The rod was a symbol of authority, leadership, and power. The irony of the matter is that the two Hebrew leaders possessed a rod, a highly esteemed Egyptian emblem, in order to humiliate and defeat the Egyptians.” 

Questions

  1. What was your top takeaway from the sermon this week?
  2. How does knowing the battle lines help us to understand what is happening around us?
  3. Are there relationships or situations in your life where “knowing the enemy” changes your approach or you attitude?
  4. Where is God calling you to specific obedience? How does that happen at this specific stage of your life?
  5. What are the signs that God has given us of His victory?
  6. How do we live and obey in light of those signs today/this week?
  7. What does application of “God versus the little gods” look like for you?

For our Children:
a. Did Moses get extra powerful when God said that he was on God’s team?
b. Read Joshua 5:13-15. Are there any things that you read there that are like the life of Moses so far?
c. How do being on God’s team help you to be courageous in your life?