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Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Exodus 12-14 Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Individually Read Exodus Ex 12:33- ch.14 write down any questions and observations that you note. Look for repeated words, and phrases or situations that sound familiar.
As a group Answer these questions (15 min)
- Did anything new stand out to you?
2. Many people like the idea of a God who saves but are uncomfortable with a God who judges. Yet the reality is that God saves through judgment. What do you think the phrase “salvation through judgment” means, and where are some places you see this pattern in Scripture?
3. What interesting item did Moses take with him when they exited Egypt? What was its significance to the story?
4. What reason did God give for taking the Israelites the long way around to the Promised Land (verses 17-18a)? What does this same about the human heart?
After Lesson
- It seems as if God instructed opposing idea. On the one hand he tells the Israelites to “fear not and stand firm” he will do the fighting AND on the other hand he instructs them to walk forward into the sea. How do you understand this and how does it make sense in your own journey forward?
- William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (1942-1944), is quoted as saying “The only thing of my very own I contribute to my redemption is the sins from which I need to be redeemed”. What does such a statement say to us about our part and God’s part in our rescue?
- Is there anything going on in your life right now that God might be taking you on the longer route to get there so that the outcome in the end will be far better than taking you on a more direct route?
Father God we know your ‘desert’ – less as land, than pain within:
when you take away our comforts to release us.
You begin by this training, so to teach us how to live more free of sin.
In this ‘desert’ you command us when to act and when to rest.
You break down our suppositions, which assume that we know best.
For our holiness and wholeness you give us this ‘desert’ test.
Lord, we like to know your presence; feel you close – as if by right.
But to deepen faith not feelingsyou may give our souls ‘dark night’.
When your hand is not apparent - keep us safe, and hold us tight.
This experience of learning is, for many, years, not days.
It takes time to break, remake us in your image and your ways.
Feed us, therefore, guide us, heal us, so through all - it ends in praise.
—John Richards, “Hymn: The Wilderness”
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