EXODUS 9:22-35 Against the backdrop of this awful judgment is a verse that reveals God’s protection of His own: “Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail” (Ex. 9:26). Goshen was part of Egypt, but God controlled the circumstances so that the...
EXODUS 8:20-32 As the plagues came on Pharaoh and the Egyptians, he began to weaken a little bit. Pharaoh said to Moses, “Go, sacrifice to your God [here] in the land [of Egypt]. And Moses said, It is not suitable or right to do that; for the animals the Egyptians...
EXODUS 7:1-13 Moses went before Pharaoh, and from this point forward we see unquestioned obedience on his part. Total obedience is really recognition of God’s absolute sovereignty, and this is what Moses finally recognized. The complete obedience of Moses is also seen in Exodus 7:10: “And Moses and Aaron went...
EXODUS 5:10-23 As Moses was rejected by Pharaoh and then by his own people, he was learning what it meant to stand alone with God. Not only did Pharaoh refuse his request, but he essentially called Moses a liar. And the Israelites went around Moses by taking their case directly...
EXODUS 4:1-17 Moses gave seven reasons why he wasn’t the man for God’s task: lack of capability, lack of message, lack of authority, lack of eloquence, lack of fitness or adaptation, lack of previous success and lack of previous acceptance. Instead of receiving God’s approval, the excuses Moses gave only...
EXODUS 3:1-14 At the burning bush, Moses was intensely aware of his previous failures. “Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Ex. 3:11). Moses was aware that he had tried this...
EXODUS 6:1-13 After Moses had cast himself completely on the Lord and the Lord had assured Moses of what He would do, “Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage” (Ex. 6:9). This reaction must have...
EXODUS 2:1-15 Although Moses belonged officially to Pharaoh’s daughter, God allowed his own mother to have the privilege of giving him his early training. The exact number of years Moses was in the care of his own mother is unknown, but it was long enough for her to give him...
GENESIS 50:18-26 Joseph then said to his brothers, "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive" (Gen. 50:20). Joseph realized that even though his brothers had had evil in...
GENESIS 50:1-17 A lack of faith was demonstrated by Joseph’s brothers after the death of their father. Joseph had assured the brothers that all had been forgiven (Gen. 45:8). The brothers had seemed to accept Joseph’s statement, but after their father died, they began to wonder again if Joseph might...
