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Preparing for the Sermon - Exodus 11

August 17, 2023 by Sam Walker Preparing for Sunday
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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 10 and 11. Exodus 11 contains only 10 verses, so reading Exodus 10 again should prove easier and beneficial to connect the texts.
  • What promise is God making to Moses in Exodus 11:1? How would Moses and the Israelites understand the phrase "he will surely drive you out from here completely"?
  • Reading through Exodus 11:2-3, what is the request Moses is supposed to make to the Egyptians? How is God going to make this work?
  • Reviewing Exodus 10:1-2, 7, what was the heart and response of the Egyptians to Moses and the Israelites prior to Exodus 11? What has changed?
  • What is this final plague that God is bringing? How does this compare with prior plagues? What are similarities? What are differences?
  • With this being the last of the plagues, what is one of the main reasons for this plague according to verse 7? 
  • What responses does Exodus 11:8 highlight of the servants towards Moses ? What does this imply about their response to Pharaoh?
  • In Exodus 11:9-10, what are the "wonders" that God is multiplying in the land of Egypt?
  • What are the final results found in Exodus 11:10?

Prayerfully Meditate

  • What does the promise in Exodus 11:1 illustrate to Moses, to the Israelites, and to us about God?
  • What changes the response of the Egyptians to Moses and the Israelites? Is this faith or something else? How do we look at those who seem to be favorable towards Christianity but do not turn from false religions?
  • What is the result of this final plague to the Egyptians? Is it just the loss of the firstborn or is there something even more?
  • What do we consider as "wonders" compared to what God calls "wonders" in Exodus 11:9-10?
  • When you read Exodus 11:1,10, what do you think would be the response of the Israelites to God seeing that Pharaoh's hardened heart was not letting them go? How are they expecting to be removed from the land?