When it Looks Like the Plan Failed: Moses Meets Pharaoh
1. What was Moses’s request of pharaoh? And what was pharaoh’s response to this request? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are there times our circumstances get worse, like with Moses, after we obey God? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Pharaoh asked Moses in response to his request, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go?” Why is it that some of our toughest opponents are the ones who do not know God? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How was Moses also attacked by those who know God? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Have you ever faced opposition from people when you are being obedient to God? Which opposition was worse for you? From those who knew or did not know God? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Why did the Hebrew foreman seek out pharaoh? Who should he have gone to for help? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Where in Exodus 5 did Moses speak to God about what happened? Do you agree with his approach to God? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. When do our complaints to God cross the line from being honest with God to sinful rebellion or defiance? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. How does God show His grace in Exodus 6:1-8? In what ways does God encourage you when difficulties arise? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. In Exodus 6:11, God told Moses to go back and repeat the command to pharaoh. Why, if it did not work the first time? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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