Exodus wk 7 - Notes

Outline

Intro:

Theme: Our complete inadequacy without God

“Hand in a glove”

God’s power in our weakness ()

Do setbacks make us stronger or weaker? Does it make the produce better or worse?

Fear and Doubt ()

This is exactly where we go when God doesn’t immediately deliver us.

the WHY: God will get his glory.

Perhaps done in this order so the people would see it is by gods power alone and no other, not by Moses power or Aaron's but in god alone

Not about Moses

but moses does the right thing: turns to the lord

I am the LORD, I will do it ()

The very great promises and power of God

You will know that I am the lord, when I have delivered you, you will be my people

How much truer is this in Christ's salvation, in fact it is only after God saves us that we can know him in any personal way

The New American Commentary: Exodus 9. Moses’ Complaint and God’s Covenant Assurance (5:22–6:12)

Verse 8 hearkens back to the repeated forward-looking formal assurances given by God to the patriarchs that he would bring their descendants back to Canaan (Gen 15:13–20; 24:7; 26:2–5; 28:15; 35:12; 48:4).

The People do NOT believe, Moses feels failure ()

the people:

they will not be fooled again "Their present reality dictates what they think God can and cannot do”

The NIV Application Commentary: Exodus God (Again) Promises Deliverance (5:22–6:12)

They will not be fooled again. Once again the Israelites are grumbling in the face of God’s mercy. Their present reality dictates what they think God can and cannot do;

They will not be fooled again. Once again the Israelites are grumbling in the face of God’s mercy. Their present reality dictates what they think God can and cannot do;

They will not be fooled again. Once again the Israelites are grumbling in the face of God’s mercy. Their present reality dictates what they think God can and cannot do;

Moses still focused on himself, I am uncircumcised lips, i.e. I am a failure, I am not a good leader, I am not a good speaker.

The NIV Application Commentary: Exodus God (Again) Promises Deliverance (5:22–6:12)

Does Moses really think it will work this time? Here is no evidence of Moses’ humility but of his continued inability to see past the end of his nose.

What makes a good leader — God’s power demonstrated in HIM not by HIM

God’s Response to Moses ()

Go and do as I say “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power.” ()

“When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power.” ()

Look, I already told you Pharaoh will not listen to you.

Now is the time to trust my word, my promises, my power.

Genealogy

Capped by and

Why the Genealogy?

To establish the pedigree of Aaron and Phineas

remember this will be read by generations to come and is being written long after the events.

Likely written as they are on the plains of moab waiting to go into the promise land.

Like a editors note for the readers

The New American Commentary: Exodus 10. Genealogy of Moses and Aaron (6:13–27)

6:23 Aaron married a Judahite woman, Elisheba, whose father and brother were ancestors of Jesus Christ, a small but not insignificant connection of two threads of salvation history in the biblical text.

Reaches back into the past and forward into the future

Why? — God has a plan … i.e. God is writing a Story.

God’s plans will come to pass

God’s plans will come to pass through the people he chooses to use.

God WORKS his WORKS through his PEOPLE

Mystery God’s Calling.

Application:

Exodus written to remind of us of God Almighty and his great acts.

Exodus written to remind of us of God Almighty and his great acts.

“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”

4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

“Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.”

God is STILL working through HIS PEOPLE

Are you humble?

Are you listening?

Are you doubting as Moses did?

Where do you need to believe in God’s power?

Where do you need to obey God even when, especially when it doesn’t make sense?

Where can God get glory in your life?

Will you submit your story to His?

It’s the better story.

It’s the story of his glory.

Exodus 6:13 ESV

13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 6:26–27 ESV

26 These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.” 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

Exod 6:

Purpose of God

Exodus 9:14 ESV

14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

Exod 9:

Exodus 9:16 ESV

16 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

Exodus 9:17 ESV

17 You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.

Names of God:

I am the Lord (v2,

God Almighty — El shaddai (v3)

Words

“uncircumcised lips” -

Exodus 6:12 ESV

12 But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”

A Handbook on Exodus B. The Same Excuses (6:10–13)

Who am a man of uncircumcised lips is a rather crude metaphor that Moses uses to describe his difficulty in speaking. The same metaphor is used in reference to uncircumcised ears (Jer 6:10) and uncircumcised hearts (Jer 9:26). It means “I am such a poor speaker,” just as in 4:10, where this figure of speech is not used. But it also suggests that his mouth is immature or uninitiated in speaking. It does not necessarily imply that Moses stuttered or had a speech defect. 6:12 CEV has “I’m not a powerful speaker.” Another way to restructure this verse is to use a conditional clause in a similar way to CEV: “But Moses replied, ‘Look, I’m not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won’t listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?’ ”

A Handbook on Exodus B. The Same Excuses (6:10–13)

Who am a man of uncircumcised lips is a rather crude metaphor that Moses uses to describe his difficulty in speaking. The same metaphor is used in reference to uncircumcised ears () and uncircumcised hearts (). It means “I am such a poor speaker,” just as in 4:10, where this figure of speech is not used. But it also suggests that his mouth is immature or uninitiated in speaking. It does not necessarily imply that Moses stuttered or had a speech defect. 6:12 CEV has “I’m not a powerful speaker.” Another way to restructure this verse is to use a conditional clause in a similar way to CEV: “But Moses replied, ‘Look, I’m not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won’t listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?’ ”

The New American Commentary: Exodus 9. Moses’ Complaint and God’s Covenant Assurance (5:22–6:12)

“My lips are uncircumcised” (ănı̂ ʿăral śĕpātāyim) would suggest. Moses was not saying that he had a speech impediment (“faltering lips”); he was rather saying (disingenuously) that he was “not ready for public speaking,” using the metaphorical language of circumcision.

In other words. Moses is still depending on himself.

I am not a good speaker. I am not a good leader.

Nobody will listen to me. I am a failure.

The mission is over.

It was as if the LORD had to again show Moses it is not by your power, your might, your ability that these things will happen, but by mine.

Which is exactly what God is about to say.