Coachlight Bible Study – Exodus Lesson 5

A Type Of God’s Grace In This Age

The Book Of Exodus – Shemoth – “Names”
Reference	1	2	3	4-11	12-14:	15-18	19-24	25-40
Focus	Redemption From Egypt						Revelation From God
Plan	Slavery In Egypt	Birth of Moses	Call of Moses	Return of Moses to Egypt	Deliverance By Blood & Power	Marching To Sinai	Giving of the Law	Blueprint & Con-struction of the Tabernacle
Purpose	To continue the record of God working in Israel’s birth as a nation, their moving into Egypt and the ensuing slavery endured by them until God comes down and delivers Israel out of bondage into a land flowing with milk and honey.
Subject	Deliverer				Deliverance
Location	Egypt		Midian	Egypt		Sinai
Time	430 Years – From Abrahamic Covenant To Deliverance – (Galatians 3:17)					2 Months	10 Months

Romans 3: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:24 Being justified freely[1432] by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

We find God had a plan all along. Israel was confused by their slavery, (even though it was prophesied earlier), but God was actually teaching them and us today. Even before they cried out to God, God was already using one fact in which Pharaoh was not counting. This fact was that the heart of a woman can quickly be melted by a crying baby. Have you ever noticed that even people who hate each other still love the other’s babies? God used the compassion of a woman for a baby to save His deliverer.

Moses mother, Jochebed, (Exodus 6:20), had been a brave woman of faithto fear God more than the pharaoh. In fact, Jochebed made it into the “Hall of Faith” with this act of faith. This act of faith was much like the act of faith by the midwives in the last part of chapter one. All the heroes of Exodus one are women.

Jochebed strategically placed the baby, who was in a water tight basket, in a place in the Nile where the Pharaoh’s daughter would be sure to see it. Jochebed also placed her oldest, a daughter, in a place where she could ask a strategic question, and the Pharaoh’s money was used to pay Moses’ mother to nurse her own son – A son who had the death penalty placed on him by that very same Pharaoh. Here, in God’s plan, He has already used a mother of faith, and a heathen princess. To top that off, until Moses was grown, Jochebed must have had opportunity to teach Moses about God, His people, and His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses then, was adopted by the Egyptian princess and he was learned in the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. Moses was prepared by God in these forty years in Egypt in political administration that will be needed as he will guide the children of Israel with the Law and instructions of God.

What is evident throughout this story is the remarkable action of God in the affairs of His people. At every turn God is intervening and implementing His purpose and thwarting evil intentions. In chapter two, we have the next forty years of Moses’ life in which he receives a higher degree in the backside of the desert. J. Vernon Mcgee calls this his BD degree, or backside of the desert degree. With this degree, Moses will be equipped with the desert survival teaching he will need to lead Israel through the wilderness. All said, it took eighty years to educate Moses for the task at hand.

Besides education, God’s grace is also revealed in Moses. Moses was a murderer. He killed the Egyptian without the due process of law, and Pharaoh had the right to seek justice. Moses was an Hebrew. It was God’s love through grace without a cause that caused God to send Moses to Midian for his BD degree and use him as a vessel to redeem His people out of bondage into a land flowing with milk and honey.

Moses’ live is divided by three sets of 40 year periods. The first period of 40 years has Moses in Egypt. The second period is Moses living in Midian, and last we have Moses in the wilderness for 40 years.

I. Moses Looks On The Burdens Of The Hebrews

Exodus 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Exodus 2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

Exodus 2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Exodus 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

A. Moses Was Known For His Accomplishments And Military Prowess.

Acts 7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

B. The Apostle Paul Fills In The Historical Gap

Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Hebrews 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

1. Hebrew tradition teaches his royal mother had proposed to make him coregent and successor to the crown

2. Whether that is true or not, Moses would rather be called an Hebrew

3. Moses could do this because he esteemed the reproach of Christ

a. More than riches

b. He had respect for the recompense of reward

C. Moses, Went Out To Inspect The Condition Of His Brethren (Verse 11)

Acts 7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

1. Moses saw an Egyptian hit a Hebrew without cause

Acts 7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

2. Moses killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand. (Verse 12)

a. This act y Moses may seem unjustifiable – an assasination

b. We should not judge their culture by our own

c. Nowhere in Scripture is this referred to as a crime

d. A citizen had the right to avenge his brother – But

e. The man Moses killed was an Egyptian Official

3. Moses saw two Hebrews fighting (Verses 13-14)

a. Moses asked one of them Why?

b. And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?

c. Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?

d. Moses now knew that everyone knew what he had done

Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

D. The Last Two Incidents Demonstrate:

1. The Israelites were not ready to leave Egypt

2. Moses was not ready to lead them out

James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

3. It was to be by the staff and not the sword that god was going to lead

Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

II. Moses Flees From The Face Of Pharaoh

Exodus 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Exodus 2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

Exodus 2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

Exodus 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

Exodus 2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

Exodus 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Exodus 2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

A. Moses Flees To The Land Of Midian (Verse 15)

1. Midian was offspring from Abraham and Keturah

2. Midian is situated on the eastern shore of the gulf of the Red Sea

a. It extended north to the top of the gulf

b. It extended west across the Sanai desert

B. The Priest of Median (Verses 16-22)

1. Also known as ruler of Cushites or Ethiopians

2. Still held to the worship of the True God

3. Had seven daughters – Shepherdesses

4. Moses protected them from rude shepherds

5. Moses stayed with the family

6. Moses married one named Zipporah – “little bird” – She was called a Cushite

Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

7. Moses undoubtedly obtained her as Jacob had earlier

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

8. Moses had two sons named after family incidents:

Exodus 18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

Exodus 18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

III. The King Of Egypt Dies

Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Exodus 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

A. Israel After The Pharaoh Dies

1. Israel sighed by reason of the bondage

2. Israel cried

3. Their cry came up to God

B. God’s Actions

1. God heard their groaning

2. God remembered His Covenant

3. God looked upon the children of Israel - God had respect unto them

C. Why Did God Respect The Israelites?

D. Because of His Unconditional Covenant

E. Because they Cried to God

V. God Comes Down To Announce His Deliverance

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

A. Moses Led The Flock To The Foot Of Mount Sinai

1. In time of less rain, this region was still had grass

2. Many times shepherds would lead their flock to this area

Exodus 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

B. A fire in the desert where wood is scarce would be a familiar sight

1. The shepherd would need a fire for heat

2. The shepherd would need fire to scare off wild animals

3. But this one did not burn up the bush!

Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

C. Moses Learns Lessons On The Holiness of God

Exodus 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

Exodus 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

1. Moses’ Degrees Had Not Taught Him About The Holiness Of God

2. Moses Was instructed not to get too close

3. Moses was instructed to take off his shoes – The holiuness of God even affected the ground

4. Moses was afraid to look upon God

D. Why Did God Come Down? – We Have To Go Back To Chapter 2:

Exodus 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

1. Israel sighed because of the bondage

a. Israel cried out to God

b. Israel’s cry came up unto God

2. God’s Response

a. God Heard Their Groaning

b. God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

3. What was the reason God heard their groaning? - Grace

Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

Exodus 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

4. There was no logical reason for God to come down.

a. Israel’s offspring had not always been faithful to God

b. Israel’s offspring would not always be faithful to God – Golden calf

c. There was nothing inherently good in Israel’s offspring

d. It was only by God’s grace without a cause

E. It Is The Same Today – The Cause of God’s Deliverance Is:

1. God’s Love By Means Of Grace is freely given

2. God’s grace is given without a cause

Romans 3: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:24 Being justified freely[1432] by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

1432 dwrean dorean do-reh-an' - accusative case of 1431 as adverb; adj

freely 6, without a cause 1, in vain 1, for nought 1; 9

G. God’s Deliverance Was: Out of - And Unto

H. Today – God’s Deliverance Is: Out of – And Unto

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Ephesians 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Ephesians 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

We Are Delivered Out Of Sin Unto A Holy Life