Bible Stories for Adults

Israel Comes to Mount Sinai

Exodus 15-33

Next Week - God Leads His People to the Promised Land (Numbers)
Bible Words to Remember:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-38

What was the purpose of Israel's events and experiences in the wilderness?
Deuteronomy 29:2-6 = I did this so you might know I am the Lord your God
Did the Red Sea crossing have this effect?
Exodus 14:30-31 = the people feared the Lord and put their trust in Him
How long did this faithful trust last?
Exodus 15:22-24 = They grumbled against Moses within 3 days

CRISIS	GOD'S RESPONSE
Exodus 14:10-12	Exodus 14:13-14, 28-29
= Afraid of Egyptians chasing	= God saved Israel, they trusted Him
Exodus 15:22-24	Exodus 15:25-26
= Only bitter water	= God made water sweet
Exodus 16:2-3	Exodus 16:11-15
= No food	= Quail in evening, manna in morning
Exodus 17:3	Exodus 17:6
= No water	= Water from the rock
Exodus 17:8	Exodus 17:10-13
= Amalekites attack Israel	= Israel defeats Amalek


Did God's intervention always achieve the desired results?
Numbers 14:11 = How long will they refuse to believe, in spite of miracles
What was God's intention when He intervened in a crisis?
Exodus 15:1-2 = He is my strength & salvation <= To build TRUST

How did God remind the Israelites every day to Trust in the Lord?
Exodus 16:17-21 = Provided manna every day, only lasted one day
Why were the people instructed to gather a double supply on the sixth day?
Exodus 16:23-27 = Seventh day is Sabbath (day of rest)
What miraculous sign did God give for our crises and trials?
John 6:30-35 = Jesus is the true bread from heaven, bread of life

What kind of leadership did the Israelites have at first?
Exodus 18:13-16 = Only Moses; everyone came to Moses to judge disputes
What was Jethro's concern about this approach?
Exodus 18:17-18 = Too many people; You will wear yourselves out
What was Jethro's recommendation?
Exodus 18:19-22 = Teach God's laws, Appoint leaders of 10s, 50s, 100s, 1000s

What other organizational steps did this new kingdom take?
Numbers 1 = Census taken of all tribes, Tribal leaders appointed
Numbers 2 = Systematic encampment and breaking of camp by tribe
Numbers 3-4 = Specific religious duties for Levite clans
Numbers 10:1-10 = Orderly communications system with trumpets

Three types of Law in the Old Testament:
Civil - Exodus 21-23 = Political law of the Jews, evolves with government
Ceremonial - Leviticus = Regulated the religious practices of the OT Jews, evolves
Moral - Exodus 20 = 10 Commandments, never changes, written into heart
Laws were made for a people, not a person

How long had Israel traveled when they reached Mount Sinai?
Exodus 19:1-3 = Three months
How did Moses know that God would speak to him on Mount Sinai?
Exodus 3:12 = God called Moses at Sinai, said he'd return with Israel to worship
What is the basic message God had for the Israelites on Sinai?
Exodus 19:4-6 = Obey me & keep covenant, you'll be my kingdom of priests & holy nation
How did Israel respond?
Exodus 19:7-8 = We will do everything the Lord has said

1.		Exodus 20:3-6	Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
2.		Exodus 20:7	Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
3.		Exodus 20:8-11	Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
4.		Exodus 20:12	Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother ...
5.		Exodus 20:13	Thou shalt not kill.
6.		Exodus 20:14	Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7.		Exodus 20:15	Thou shalt not steal.
8.		Exodus 20:16	Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
9.		Exodus 20:17a	Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
10.		Exodus 20:17b	Thou shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor's

What is the summary of the first tablet of the Law (Commandments 1-3)?
Matthew 22:37-38 = Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, soul & mind
What is the summary of the second tablet of the Law (Commandments 4-10)?
Matthew 22:39 = You shall love your neighbor as yourself
What is the summary of all the Commandments?
Romans 13:10 = Love is the fulfillment of the Law

How does God want us to keep His Commandments?
Matthew 5:48 = Be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect
James 2:10 = Whoever keeps the whole Law but breaks one point is guilty of all
Can man keep God's Commandments as He wants us to keep them?
1 John 1:8 = If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves & truth is not in us
Can anyone, then, be saved by the Law?
Galatians 3:11 = No man is justified by the Law in the sight of God
Where alone can we find salvation from sin?
Romans 10:4 = Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to all who believe

What, then, is the purpose of the Law?
A curb = Stops outbursts of sin & keeps order in the world
1 Timothy 1:9 = Law not for righteous, but for sinners
A mirror = Shows us our sin. Shows us we are unable to be perfect.
Romans 7:7 = I wouldn't have known what sin was except by the Law
A rule = Teaches us how to live a God-pleasing life
Psalm 119:9 = Live according to Your Word to keep way pure

How faithful were the Israelites while Moses receiving God's Law on Sinai?
Exodus 32:1, 4 = Impatient for Moses to return, had Aaron make a god for them
Which tablet had Israel broken?
Exodus 20 = First Tablet (Commandments 1-3) - Love the Lord your God
What is significant about Moses breaking both tablets?
Exodus 32:19 = Need to love God to be able to truly love your neighbor

What was God's initial response to this idolatry?
Exodus 32:9-10 = Destroy them and turn Moses into a great nation
How did Moses stop God from enacting this punishment?
Exodus 32:12, 14 = So Egyptians wouldn't say God took His people to kill them
How did Moses try to offer himself as atonement?
Exodus 32:32 = Forgive their sin, or else blot me out of Your Book
What did God say that especially turned the Israelites to repentance?
Exodus 33:3-4 = I won't go with you, I might destroy you on the way
How did God respond when Moses asked God to stay with Israel?
Exodus 33:15-17 = He will go with Israel for Moses' sake

How were the Israelites punished for the Golden Calf?
Exodus 32:20 = Burned & ground calf to powder, made Israel drink it
Exodus 32:26-28 = Levites killed those not for the Lord - 3000 people
Exodus 32:35 = Struck people with a plague



SIN	GOD'S DISCIPLINE
Exodus 32:1-6	Exodus 32:35
= Idolatry (Golden Calf)	= Plague
Leviticus 10:1	Leviticus 10:2
= Abusing religious duties	= Burned in God's fire
Leviticus 24:11	Leviticus 24:13-14
= Blasphemed (cursed) God	= Stoned by assembly (Jesus accused of blaspheme)
Numbers 12:1-2	Numbers 12:9-10
= Jealousy (Miriam of Moses)	= Leprosy
Numbers 16:3	Numbers 16:31-33
= Disrespect for authority	= Swallowed by earthquake

God formed His new nation through these things to teach them to




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