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โข Have you ever been given or shown special treatment? What does it feel like?ย
โข Are there people in your life you canโt help but show kindness to? Why do you think that is so?ย
โข Think about a time you experienced the consequence of your action or bad decision. Share with the group what happened.ย
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โ๐๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.โย ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ฎ๐ฎ
The Israelites, the chosen people of God, were enslaved and oppressed by Egyptians for centuries. They had experienced suffering and injustice, yet in the midst of it all, God did not forget nor forsake them. God had remembered His promise to deliver His people from slavery that they may leave Egypt and walk in the life He has planned for them (Genesis 15:13โ14). So God, through Moses, told the Pharaoh to let His people go, or else Egypt would suffer the wrath of His justice. But even as He unleashed His power, God still showed His mercy and grace. Letโs look at this display in our lesson today.ย
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐.ย
โ๐๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ญ
Around this time, God had repeatedly warned the Pharaoh that He would unleash plagues as a result of his stubbornness. Even though God had already shown His miraculous power turning the Nile into blood and turning a staff into a snake which defeated the power of Pharaohโs magicians, the Pharaoh hardened his heart. Because of his pride and abuses on Godโs people for many centuries, God enacted His justice and unleashed many plagues as punishment. Not only did the Pharaoh suffer, but the Egyptians, his people, suffered, too. Why do you think the Pharaoh did not follow Godโs command to let His people go?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ.
โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ฎ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต:๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ฎ๐ฎ
Every time the Lord sent out a plague, He spared Goshen, the land where the Israelites dwelt. God protected His people, shielding them from His punishment on the Pharaoh and the Egyptians, but His mercy and grace didnโt end there. Aside from His people, some Egyptians and their slaves and property were spared from destruction because they feared the Lord, listening and responding accordingly to what He said and declared through Moses. How does this truth encourage you today?ย
Contrary to popular belief, God does not withhold His mercy and compassion from people. He is a benevolent God who hears His peopleโs cries and desires to be with us. Because of this, He sent Jesus through which we receive the grace and mercy of God, even though weโre not part of the line of Israel. In Jesus, we not only become Godโs people, but we are adopted into Godโs family. As we trust God and put our faith in Jesus, we can experience freedom and grace in times of need, hardship, and suffering.ย
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โข Are you a part of Godโs people, His family? Ask someone to pray with you to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, for in Him we can be adopted into Godโs family and find mercy and grace.
โข Is there something that God has been telling you to do? How will the way you respond change in light of what weโve learned today?ย
โข How can your trust in and obedience to God grow more this season? What are some practical steps you can take towards this in the coming week?
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โข Thank God for sending Jesus so we can be adopted into His family and become part of His people. Thank Him that now, we can also be recipients of His mercy and grace.
โข Ask God for the grace, wisdom, and power to always listen to and obey His word.
โข Pray that as you trust and obey God, others will witness His faithfulness and miraculous power at work in your life.ย