They Sang This Song to the Lord
Comments for Study 9
Exodus 15:1-22
Memory Verse: 15:1
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I. My Strength and My Song (15:1-5)
>1. Is it right and good to sing songs to the Lord? (1a)
* Exodus 15:1a "Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted."
* Psalm 9:11 "Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done."
* Ephesians 5:19 "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,"
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>What personal item did the Israelites praise God for? (1b)
* Exodus 15:1b "The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea."
* Jeremiah 20:13 "Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked."
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>Was their praise just vocal and inactive? (20)
* Exodus 15:20 "Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing."
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>2. What did they say of God? (2-3)
* Exodus 15:2-3 "The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name."
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* "he has become my salvation"
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>What does this say about a relationship with God?
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>3. What personal elements can and should be added in songs of praise? (4-5)
* Exodus 15:4-5 "Pharaoh's chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea. The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone."
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>What can we learn about the area of the Red Sea that they crossed from their song?
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>II. In the Greatness of Your Majesty (15:6-10)
>4. What might it mean by "your right hand"? (6; Luke 22:67-70)
* Exodus 15:6 "Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy."
* Luke 22:67-70 "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us." Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God." They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am."
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>Why then can we hope in the Lord Jesus? (Eph. 1:18-21)
* Ephesians 1:18-21 "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come."
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>5. What can we learn about why God becomes angry? (7-8)
* Exodus 15:7-8 "In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble. By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood firm like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea."
* Leviticus 26:27-28 "'If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me, then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over."
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>Why do people oppose God? (Mark 12:7-8; John 3:19-21)
* Mark 12:7-8 "But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard."
* John 3:19-21 "This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
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>Is the Lord quick to anger? (Exodus 34:6-7; Num. 14:17-19)
* Exodus 34:6-7 "And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
* Numbers 14:17-19 "Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 'The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.' In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."
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>6. Was Egypt confident in their strength? (9-10)
* Exodus 15:9-10 "The enemy boasted, 'I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.' But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters."
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>What did they forget?
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>Why and what does this say about those who oppose God?
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III. The Lord Will Reign For Ever and Ever (15:11-21)
>7. What does "holiness" and "glory" mean? (11)
* Exodus 15:11 "Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you-- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?"
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>What wonders was Israel singing about? (12)
* Exodus 15:12 "You stretched out your right hand and the earth swallowed them."
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>8. What tense is the verbs in verses 13-16?
* Exodus 15:13-16 "In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling. The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia. The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away; terror and dread will fall upon them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone-- until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people you bought pass by."
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>What were they singing about?
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>9. What prophetic event is in verses 17-18? (Rev. 3:11-13)
* Exodus 15:17-18 "You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance-- the place, O LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, your hands established. The LORD will reign for ever and ever."
* Revelation 3:11-13 "I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
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>10. Who is Miriam and what did she sing? (19-21)
* Exodus 15:19-21 "When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing. Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea."
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