On February 2, Denver Gratia Community Church held the Sunday School for kids.
EXODUS 12:43-48
Not everyone can eat the food from the Passover feast. We’re not supposed to give the word to just anyone. We have to have this decision to become the people of God. What is circumcision? It is getting rid of the evil.
EXODUS 12:29: After Passover God finally struck down all the firstborn. After this, Pharaoh tells them to go.
EXODUS 12:30-36: When Jacob left Laban, his uncle, he brought many possessions. Like this, when Israelite left Egypt, they brought many possessions from Egyptians. Because man fell, all the thing in this world came to belong to Satan.
EXODUS 12:40: It was supposed to be 400 years. Because people didn’t listen to Moses so it was extended to 430. 400 and 430 years mean the same thing, it was extended. Finally they get to go.
Consecrate to me every firstborn male.
EXODUS 13:1:-2: The Lord says to Moses, “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.” To God, the rest becomes his. What God lost is the first person Adam. It became God’s sorrow. Because Satan took The First person Adam, the people of God need to bring the first thing back to God. The important thing is giving God the very first thing. What is the first thing in our time? It’s in the morning. So when we get up early in the morning, we need pray to God first of all. The book we read first should be the Bible, not other fictions or graphic novels. When we give the first time of the day to God, the rest of the day can be God’s.
Train yourself so that when you open your eyes early in the morning, make your first word, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit. The first word, he didn’t want to lose it. He didn’t want Satan to take this away. When he opened the door and walked out, he took out his right hand and said, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit.
EXODUS 13:6-7: This is the same as in Exodus 12:15. In verse 17 is the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. They ate bread without yeast for seven days. Exodus is the time for a new start. The first seven days are very important. As we start our life of faith, as we listen to the word, the first 7 days are very important. We have to have this determination in our minds that we are going to get rid of evil fast. It determines the structure of your life of faith.
EXODUS 13:17-18: What kind of road is this? This road which God led was like a cliff, and the on the side was the sea. You can’t go anywhere but one path. There was a road that went straight, but God was afraid they would run away; that way was shorter and easier. He did this because he was afraid they would run away.
a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire
EXODUS 13:21-22: By the day he led them with a pillar of cloud and at night with a pillar of fire. God will be responsible for us and lead us. We have to believe this and look towards Jesus and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It’s following the path of Jesus. They went for three days. During this time, Pharaoh’s heart changed.
Red Sea
EXODUS 14:10-12: They cried out to the Lord, asking, “Why are you doing this to us?” They said, why are you sending this hardship to me when before you guided me with the pillar of cloud and fire; why are you now making this harder for us? There must be a reason why God is doing this. We should not complain; we may not understand right now but there is a reason so be patient and wait. They went for 3 days from Rameses to Succoth. In front of them is the Red Sea, and in the back, there is the army following so they were stuck.
How does this apply to our faith? There are hardships in our life but all the answers are in the word. Absolute faith in the word, divide, then cross it. If you depend only on the word, you can only go forward.
EXODUS 14:15-16,18,21: Moses stretched out his hand and divided the water. With the word, we divide. When he did this, a road appeared. The Egyptians were covered in the water and died. Why did God send Red Sea in our lives? When we cross the sea with faith, whoever follows us die in that sea. This way, Satan will not be able to harm that person. We have to confirm our amazing faith and to confirm the power and love of God. This world of sea in front of us is the sea of the world.