At-Home Bible Study
This page contains an interactive Bible study that you can do at home. These Bible studies are changed each week, and they coordinate with the Bible lessons taught in Morningside's Sunday School each Sunday.
The At-Home Bible Study is easy to use. Simply print this page, get your Bible and a pen or pencil, and begin learning. If your Bible isn’t handy, click on the verse references to read the Bible verses on your computer screen. The studies are interactive, so you will be asked to read specific scripture verses and answer questions. You'll be amazed how much you will learn from God's Word, the Bible.
Bookmark this page and come back each week to study the Bible in your own home. To further your Bible learning, come to Sunday School at Morningside Baptist Church each Sunday at 8:45 a.m.
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March 14, 2010 |
Exodus 2 |
We enjoy hearing stories of people whose lives were preserved through seemingly miraculous circumstances: stories such as that of a baby being found completely unharmed after its home was utterly destroyed by a tornado, or of a soldier who miraculously survived a terrible bomb attack. Last year we heard the story of an airliner full of passengers that lost power in both engines due to bird strikes. The pilot skillfully landed the jet in a river and no one was hurt. When we hear such stories we often think, “God was certainly looking out for those people!”
In last week’s lesson we learned that Pharaoh ordered the deaths of all newborn Israelite boys. All the baby boys had to be thrown to their deaths in the Nile River. This rule was enforced with the full power of mighty Pharaoh. There was no hope – how could any of those precious young lives be preserved? Could God even do anything? Read Exodus 2 to find out.
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An Israelite couple had a baby. Was it a boy or a girl?
Did they throw it in the river?
What did they do with the baby? |
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What did the woman do with her baby boy?
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Imagine the anxiety in that young mother’s heart as she left her beloved baby in the river!
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Who stayed nearby to see what would happen?
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Who came along and discovered the ark?
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What did she realize when she saw the baby?
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The Hebrew baby was obviously placed in the basket to try to save its life. The baby was in the basket in direct violation of Pharaoh’s decree, and Pharaoh’s daughter found the baby. What will she do?
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The baby’s sister rushed up. What did she offer to do?
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Who did the girl bring to Pharaoh’s daughter?
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Did Pharaoh’s daughter arrest the woman for breaking the law?
Did she order the woman to drown her baby?
What did she do?
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Think of the miraculous irony of this situation. The baby’s mother was actually paid by Pharaoh’s daughter to nurse her own child. Rather than being arrested and punished for breaking Pharaoh’s law, she was protected and employed by Pharaoh’s daughter!
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What did the mother later do with the child?
What did Pharaoh’s daughter name the boy?
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Moses’ life was preserved through a miraculous set of circumstances. Not only was his life spared, but the Hebrew boy grew up in Pharaoh’s house as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He received the best education and all the benefits of royalty.
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What did Moses do when he saw and Egyptian beating a Hebrew?
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The next day he tried to break up a fight between two Hebrew men. What made him fearful?
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What did Pharaoh want to do?
Where did Moses go?
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Moses left Egypt, crossed the Sinai Peninsula, and settled in the land of Midian (in modern Saudi Arabia – see the map). He settled there, married, and had two sons. God preserved Moses’ life once again by allowing him to flee from Pharaoh.
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Who died?
Who heard the cries of the Israelites?
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Concluding Thoughts: God miraculously preserved Moses’ life. By Pharaoh’s law he should have died in the river; but instead, he was adopted by Pharaoh’s own daughter. God orchestrated those amazing circumstances to preserve Moses’ life because He had plans for Moses’ future. God protected and blessed Moses in Midian because He had plans to use Moses as His instrument.
How does this lesson apply to us? After all, no king ever ordered that we were to be drowned in the river. What truths can we glean from this passage of scripture that will bless or encourage us?
Consider this: just as God miraculously preserved Moses’ life because He had plans to initiate a relationship with Moses and then use Moses as His special instrument, God preserved your life when you were lost because He had plans to save you and use you as His servant. You see, the devil hates humans and wants to kill as many as he can. He wants to kill people before they can be saved, but if you are God’s child He preserved your life so He could save you.
Not convinced? The Bible, speaking of angels, says the following: “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” (Heb. 1:14). The Bible says God’s angels minister on behalf of those who will be saved.
Are you saved? If so, thank God for miraculously preserving your life so that you could come to know Him through Jesus Christ.
Project: Memorize Hebrews 1:14. Thank God every day for preserving your life so you could be saved and serve Him.
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