These devotionals will serve as a guide for your time with the Lord
Opening Prayer
-- Song: "Jesus, Strong and Kind"
Devotional #16: "The Exodus"
Scripture
Exodus 12:33-40 (ESV)
33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
37 And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. 40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. Devotional #16: "The Exodus"
Pharoah and the Egyptians were urgent to send out the people of Israel. If Israel stayed longer perhaps their entire nation would be wiped out. Israel left not only with their own possession, but they had plundered the Egyptians by taking their silver and gold! God not only rescues his people, but they leave with more than they had before! A beautiful picture of our redemptive story as well. When we come to Christ, we are not simply rescued from our sins, but we are given the status of children and inheritors of God’s future kingdom. God blesses His people abundantly!
Questions
Devotional #17: " The Statute of Passover"
Scripture
Exodus 12:43-51 (ESV)
43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave[a] that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”
50 All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. Devotional #17: "The Statute of Passover"
God instituted Passover exclusively for the nation of Israel. No other people nor nations were to partake of it. However, if they were willing to forsake their former identity and worship the God of Israel, then they would be welcomed as one of them. The sign of their new identity would be the circumcision of every male, the covenant of Abraham. Today, Christ has instituted the Lord’s Supper. As Pastor Keedai rightfully states each Communion Service, it is His table and entrance to the table is offered only to those who confess their sins and trust in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and their salvation.
Question
Passover and Communion are similar. They both feature bread and a lamb. What does the bread and lamb mean in Passover? What does it mean in the New Covenant (Jesus)?
Devotional #18: "Feast of Unleavened Bread"
Scripture
Exodus 13:1-16 (ESV)
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”
3 Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. 5 And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory. 8 You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. 10 You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year. 11 “When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, 12 you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord's. 13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 15 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.” Devotional #18: "Feast of Unleavened Bread"
Feasts and other days of remembrance are an important part of the life of Israel. Each event is a reminder of God’s work of salvation for His people. The Feast of Unleavened Bread reminds the people of Israel that their rescue from Egypt was done in haste. They had no time to make proper bread and so had to eat the cracker-like substance. For seven days they ate unleavened bread and each day the fathers and mothers would remind their children of how God rescued them from Egypt. The people of God were also to consecrate their firstborn male and the firstborn of all animals. These two actions were to be married with reciting the law of the Lord (v.9). Moses’ charge to the people, especially the parents, of Israel was to be faithful in both word and action; to teach of God’s faithfulness in the past so that they may trust in Him for their future.
Question
How did (or does) your parents remind you of God’s faithfulness? What are some practical ways we can continue to teach our children the gospel?
Prayer Time
(Closing prayer by head of household) -- Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
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