Prepare your heart for the Sermon by looking through these suggestions that will assist you in making the most of our time together hearing God's Word.
You will find suggestions for thinking more critically through the passage, meditating more intently on the text, and prayerfully seeking wisdom to deepen your understanding of the passage to be preached this Sunday.
Carefully Think
- Read Exodus 2.
- How was Moses protected?
- Who found Moses floating down the river in a basket?
- What was the response of the Egyptian daughter of Pharaoh when she found Moses?
- What would be the differences between Moses’ upbringing and the rest of the Israelites?
- Why did Moses have to flee?
- To where did Moses flee?
- Who did Moses meet upon fleeing?
- How did he care for those he met after he fled?
- What kind of relationships were formed out of this encounter?
- What did Moses name his son? Why?
- How did the Israelites respond to their bondage?
- What two things does God do according to verse 24 in response to the Israelites’s groaning?
Prayerfully Meditate
- Why is the house of Levi mentioned in verse 1? How is this significant for Moses’ future calling?
- Why did the Israelite family hide their child? Additionally, see Hebrews 11:23.
- Why would this family send their child in a basket down a river?
- Consider the irony of verse the first question in verse 14. How is God’s providence evident in the guarding of Moses’ life?
- Why might God include the story of Moses striking down an Egyptian man?
- Why is God’s remembrance of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob so significant?
- How do you see this chapter relating to the book of Genesis?