His Words Are Life

Exodus 1:14 To Exodus 4:20

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:17 Hi, and welcome back to His Words are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank you for being with me today
00:22 to read in the book of Exodus. And before we start,
00:25 let's pray together. Dear Jesus, thank you so much that we have
00:30 great stories that we are going to be reading in the book of
00:33 Exodus, how you came down and led your children, Israel out of
00:38 the land of Egypt, and brought them from being slaves to being
00:42 free and blest by you. And we know that you came from heaven
00:47 and you brought each of us out of the slavery of sin.
00:50 We are free indeed because of the gift you have given to us
00:54 that we will never earn, never repay. But we want to show you
00:57 our thanksgiving for it. And the way to do that is to hear your
01:01 words, grow in faith, and do your will. Please help us to
01:05 to that. We love you so much. Thank you for loving us. Amen.
01:09 We're reading today from the book of Exodus, and the children
01:14 of Israel have grown into a great and exceeding host of
01:18 children and people. Pharaoh who was not the Pharaoh who knew
01:23 Joseph. The new Pharaoh doesn't know Joseph and he's concerned
01:25 that the Israelites are too great in numbers. So they make
01:28 them into slaves and press them into service. We're picking up
01:32 in Exodus chapter one and verse 14.
01:35 This is the King James Version And they, speaking of the
01:39 Egyptians. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage,
01:43 in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the
01:47 field: all their service wherein they made them serve,
01:50 was with rigor. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew
01:54 midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah,
01:59 and the name of the other was Puah: And he said,
02:02 When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women,
02:05 and see them upon the stools: if it be a son, then ye shall kill
02:10 him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
02:13 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king
02:17 of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
02:21 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives,
02:24 and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved
02:27 the men children alive? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh,
02:31 because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women;
02:34 for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives
02:37 come in unto them. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives:
02:41 and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
02:45 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God,
02:48 that he made them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people,
02:52 saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river,
02:56 and every daughter ye shall save alive.
02:59 We'll continue reading now in Exodus, chapter two,
03:03 This is the King James Version. And there went a man
03:07 of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
03:11 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him
03:15 and that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
03:18 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him
03:23 an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch,
03:27 and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags
03:30 by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off,
03:34 to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh
03:38 came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked
03:41 along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the
03:45 flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had
03:49 opened it, she saw the child: and behold, the babe wept.
03:53 And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the
03:56 Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter
04:00 Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women,
04:04 that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter
04:08 said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's
04:12 mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child
04:16 away, and nurse if for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
04:20 And the woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child
04:23 grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter,
04:26 and he became her son. And she called his name Moses:
04:30 and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
04:34 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown,
04:38 that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their
04:41 burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew,
04:45 one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way,
04:49 and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian,
04:52 and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second day,
04:57 behold two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said
05:00 to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou
05:03 thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge
05:06 over us? intendest thou to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian
05:10 And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
05:14 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.
05:17 But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land
05:21 of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian
05:26 had seven daughters: and they came and drew water,
05:28 and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
05:31 And the shepherds came and drove them away:
05:34 but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
05:37 And when they came to Reuel, their father, he said, How is it
05:41 that ye are come so soon today? and they said, An Egyptian
05:46 delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew
05:48 water enough for us, and watered the flock.
05:51 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he?
05:54 why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat
05:57 bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave
06:02 Moses Zipporah his daughter, and she bare him a son,
06:06 and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been
06:09 a stranger in a strange land. And it came to pass in process
06:14 of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel
06:18 sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry
06:23 came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard
06:27 their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
06:29 with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
06:32 And God looked upon the children of Israel,
06:35 and God had respect unto them. Continuing now with chapter 3.
06:40 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law,
06:44 the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the
06:48 desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
06:51 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of
06:54 fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold,
06:58 the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
07:02 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight,
07:07 why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned
07:10 aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush
07:13 and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said,
07:19 Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet,
07:23 for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
07:28 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father,
07:31 the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
07:35 And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
07:40 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
07:45 which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of
07:49 their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come
07:53 down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
07:56 and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land
08:00 and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey;
08:04 unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
08:07 and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
08:10 and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of
08:15 the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen
08:18 the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
08:21 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh,
08:24 that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel
08:28 out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I,
08:33 that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth
08:35 the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said,
08:39 Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token
08:42 unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought
08:46 forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this
08:50 mountain. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto
08:54 the children of Israel, and shall say unto them,
08:56 The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you;
08:59 and they shall say to me, What is his name?
09:01 what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses,
09:05 I am that I am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
09:11 children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
09:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say
09:20 unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers,
09:23 the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,
09:27 hath sent me unto you; this is my name for ever,
09:31 and this is my memorial unto all generations. Go, and gather
09:36 the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God
09:41 of your fathers, The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
09:44 appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you,
09:48 and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: And I have said, I
09:53 will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the
09:57 land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
10:00 and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
10:02 unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
10:06 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come,
10:10 thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt,
10:12 And ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews
10:16 hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee,
10:20 three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice
10:23 to the Lord our God. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will
10:28 not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch
10:33 out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I
10:38 will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let
10:42 you go. And I will give this people favor in the sight of
10:46 the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, what, when ye go,
10:50 ye shall not go empty: But every woman shall borrow
10:54 of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house,
10:56 jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment
11:00 and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters;
11:03 and ye shall spoil the Egyptians
11:05 Continuing to read in the book of Exodus, in chapter 4.
11:10 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not
11:15 believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say,
11:18 The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. And the Lord said unto him
11:21 What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said,
11:28 cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground,
11:31 and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
11:34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand,
11:37 and take it by the tail. An he put forth his hand,
11:41 and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
11:43 That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers,
11:47 the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
11:51 hath appeared unto thee. And the Lord said furthermore
11:54 unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his
11:58 hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold his hand
12:02 was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy
12:06 bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again;
12:10 and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again
12:13 as his other flesh. And it shall come to pass,
12:17 if they will not believe thee, neither hearken
12:19 to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice
12:22 of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not
12:26 believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice,
12:29 that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour
12:33 it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out
12:38 of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
12:40 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
12:46 neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken
12:49 unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
12:54 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth?
12:58 or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?
13:02 have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be
13:07 with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13:10 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of
13:16 whom thou wilt send. And the anger of the Lord was kindled
13:20 against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite
13:23 thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold,
13:27 he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee,
13:29 he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him
13:32 and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth,
13:36 and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
13:38 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be
13:43 even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be
13:47 to him instead of God. And thou shalt take this rod in thine
13:51 hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. And Moses went and
13:55 returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him,
13:57 Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren
14:00 which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.
14:03 And Jethro said to Moses, go in peace.
14:07 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt:
14:12 for all the men are dead, which sought thy life.
14:15 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon
14:19 an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took
14:23 the rod of God in his hand. Please join with me
14:27 again as we read the story of Moses in Egypt.
14:30 Until then, may God keep you in his care. Goodbye


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