God’s Glory at the Sea, Part 3

Sermon 34 in Series

Exodus 14:24-31
[24] And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, [25] clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

[26] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” [27] So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. [28] The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained. [29] But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

[30] Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. [31] Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How does the Red Sea miracle fill you with wonder? What has it most communicated to you about God?
2.   How does God fight for the Israelites against the Egyptians? What are our enemies, and how does God fight them on our behalf?
3.   What does this passage say about human glory? In what ways have you been captivated by this pursuit?
4.   What do the Egyptians and the Israelites come to see about Yahweh at the end of this story? How does the experience of the Egyptians serve as a warning not to wait until it is too late?
5.   What is the relationship between showing and seeing on the one hand and fearing and believing on the other?
6.   How does this passage encourage you to give much more time to Bible reading? What are some things that eat up your time, and how can you replace them with God’s Word?References: Psalm 77:16-20; Ephesians 6:11; Galatians 5:22; Philippians 2:10-11; Psalm 136:15; Genesis 15:6; Psalm 106:12; Hebrews 11:29.