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โข Who is the most powerful or influential person you know? What makes him/her influential?ย
โข What do you usually do when something doesnโt go your way?
โข Have you ever lost someone or something very precious to you? What happened? How did you respond?ย
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โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ?โ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐บ, โ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด.โโ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ.ย ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฎ:๐ฎ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ณ
(Study ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฎ.)
God had been doing miraculous feats and unleashing plagues not just to punish Pharaoh and the Egyptians. He intended to show them and the Israelites that He is the one true God, powerful, just, and faithful to His people. The passages weโll be looking at today recount the final plague God unleashed upon Egyptโthe death of the firstborn. After having many chances to let Godโs people go, Pharaoh continually hardened his heart against God and would not relent. God had promised for the Israelites to be delivered from Egypt so they could walk in His will and plans for them. What does this narrative reveal about God and His dealings with people?
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, โ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต. ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ.โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ญ:๐ญ
For many generations, the Israelites suffered oppression under Egypt. They became ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ, so they were ruthlessly enslaved and afflicted with heavy burdens (Exodus 1:8โ13). They cried out to God and He heard their prayers. God chose Moses to lead His people out of Egypt, but Pharaoh wouldnโt let them go. As Pharaoh hardened his heart, God sent ten plagues, the last of which threatened to end his bloodline. Despite being seen as a god himself, Pharaoh could do nothing to stop the power and plan of the one true God. He was being humbled by God. What does Isaiah 61:1โ2 say about how God protects His people?ย
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.ย
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฎ:๐ฎ๐ฏ
The final plague God unleashed on Egypt was devastating and terrifying. But God, in His mercy and desire to preserve His people, gave the Israelites a way out. He gave specific instructions on how to sacrifice a lamb for each household, whose blood they were to put on their doorposts. If they did not do as God commanded, their firstborn would have also perished. The Israelites did so, trusting full well that God would do as He said. Eventually, they were spared and allowed to depart from Egypt. Recall a time when you took God at His word and responded in faith and obedience. What happened as a result?
God commanded the Israelites to commemorate this miraculous deliverance every year. Today, some Jews still celebrate the Passover feast. It was meant to point Godโs people to His promise to eventually save and deliver all of humanity by the blood of the Lamb of GodโJesus Christ. While all of us are worthy of death because of our sin, God sent Jesus to become the sacrificial lamb by whose blood we receive forgiveness and life. Today, God calls us to put our faith in Jesus and His finished work, and to make Him Lord over our lives.ย
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โข Have you put your faith in Jesus, the Lamb of God, through whom we have freedom and salvation? Pray with someone to help you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior.ย
โข Whenever God gives you a command to obey or a promise to claim, how do you usually respond? In light of what we learned today, how will your response change?ย
โข What miracles has God done in your life so far? What miracles are you asking God to do? How can these powerful displays of His power in your life lead others to Him?ย
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โข Thank God for providing us a way to be saved from impossible situations and even from our sins. Pray that you wonโt take this for granted.
โข Ask for the grace and strength to follow and obey Godโs word. Pray for your faith and trust in Him to grow more each day.
โข Pray for God to help you lead others to Him as you enjoy your salvation in Jesus. May His miracles in your life help point others to the one true God who loves us and saves us.ย