Through the Bible | :Week 9

Questions

Chapter 5 v 9: Pharoah uses busyness to keep they Israelites from worshipping God. What objects, opportunities, events or people types work to distract us from both our Private and corporate worship?

Chapter 5 vs20: The Israelites see Moses as an instrument of their oppression rather than their liberation. Give examples of biblical truths or practices we fight because the discomfort they cause now seem less important than the freedom we will gain later?

Chapter 6 vs 9: Can you recall a time when the noise in your life caused you to ignore what God was trying to say to you? What He was trying to do for you? Give an example.

Chapter 6 Vs 12,30: Moses continues to make excuses about his ability even though God has already proven Himself to Moses. What are some things you have let the negative inner voices talk you out of in relation to serving God?

Exodus Chapter 7 Vs 3: God says he will harden Pharoah’s heart. Why would he do this?

Answer:

Why would God Harden Pharaohs Heart?

He is fulfilling Prophecy Genesis 15:13

To continue His fulfilling of covenant Exodus 6:2-4

He is showing his Power Exodus 7:4-5

Pharoah’s heart was already proud and rebellious. Exodus 5:2 God showing his strength would only cause Pharoah to resist harder:

We see how God handles proud hearts in idol worship in Romans 1:22-24,28. Read this passages

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adokimos: Disqualified, unapproved, rejected, worthless

Original Word: ἀδόκιμος Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: adokimos Pronunciation: ah-DOK-ee-mos Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ok'-ee-mos) KJV: castaway, rejected, reprobate  Word Origin: [from G1 (α - Alpha) (as a negative particle) and G1384 (δόκιμος - approved)] 1. unapproved, i.e. rejected 2. (by implication) worthless {literally or morally}

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“Adokimos” designates a person or thing that fails the test of divine scrutiny—found wanting, rejected, or rendered unfit for God’s purposes. The term evokes the image of metal that, once assayed, is discarded as impure. Scripture employs the word to expose moral corruption, doctrinal deceit, and spiritual barrenness, contrasting each with the “approved” life that bears evidence of grace.

The Egyptians are descendants of Ham through Mizraim Genesis 10:6 (not Canaan) they are idol worshipers and have left the divine creator. Therefore, by that alone they are worthy of judgement.

6. Did you know? Moses staff turned into a snake in Exodus 4:3. It was actually Aaron’s staff that turned into a snake before Pharoah. Exodus 7:8-13

7. Chapter 7 vs 22: The Egyptian magicians once again mimic the miracle done by the creator. However, they could not clear the water. Where is their power coming from? What battle rages beneath the surface of this story?

8. Chapter 8 vs 15: Pharoah promised compliance for relief from the frogs. He changed his mind when his consequences went away leading to eventually destruction. Has their ever been a time you went back on your word to change because times became better? What lesson is this to us?

9. Chapter 8 vs 18,25,28: The Egyptians sorcerers have realized their limitations and Pharaoh is now asking for help. But he is still not ready to submit. Have you ever found yourself in a situation like this?

10. Chapter 10 Vs 3: Pharaoh refuses to humble himself before God. Have you ever found a time in your life where submission to God was difficult? Did you have a hard time admitting you were wrong? Explain.

Scriptures

Genesis 15:13 NKJV

13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

Exodus 6:2–4 NKJV

2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them. 4 I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.

Exodus 7:4–5 NKJV

4 But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”

Exodus 5:2 NKJV

2 And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”

Genesis 10:6 NKJV

6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Romans 1:22–24 NKJV

22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,

Romans 1:28 NKJV

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased (ἀδόκιμος |ah-DOK-ee-mos) mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Exodus 7:8–13 NKJV

8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.’ ” 10 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just as the Lord commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12 For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.