Go Back To Egypt
Questions for Study 3
Exodus 4:18-6:12
Memory Verse: 5:3
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I. And They Believed (4:18-31)
1. Why might Moses want to receive his father-in-law's permission to return to Egypt? (18-20) What was he sure to bring with him?
2. What did the Lord reveal to Moses concerning his future? (21) What are some reasons Pharaoh might want to keep the Israelites? What message was Moses to give Pharaoh concerning Israel? (22-23) Concerning the result of Pharaoh's disobedience?
3. What had Moses not done that nearly cost him his life and what does his show about him and his family life at this time? (24-26) How did the elders respond to Moses and Aaron and what does that say about them at this time? (29-31)
II. Let My People Go (5:1-21)
4. What fundamental heart condition is revealed in Pharaoh's response to the Lord's command? (1-2; Luke 10:22; Eph. 4:17-18) Why did the king's greedy heart forbid them to worship the Lord? (3-5) What cruel and foolish decree was give? (6-9) What did Pharaoh believe about himself and the people he was ruling? (Matt. 20:25-28)
5. What was Pharaoh intending to prove? (10-14) Did the Israelites understand the spiritual battle taking place? (15-16) How does the same type of battle take place today? (Eph. 6:10-12)
6. What kind of man was Pharaoh? (17-18)
7. How did Israel foreman respond to all that was happening to them? (19-20) What does their words to Moses and Aaron reveal about them? (21) How did their hearts change so quickly from when Moses spoke to the elders to now?
III. I am the Lord (5:22-6:12)
8. What did Moses do when it looked like his mission failed? (5:22-23) What did the Lord tell him again? (6:1) Why?
9. Why did the Lord give him a history lesson? (2-5) What is the difference from knowing Him as God Almighty and the LORD? What can we learn about God by the way he appears to different people? (John 17:25-26)
10. What message was Moses to deliver to the Israelites? (6-8) What can we learn about the heart of sinful man from the Israelites response? (9) What did Moses think was the problem with the message? (10-12) What is more important, delivering God's message by faith or with great ability?
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