This passage deals with the idea of leadership over God’s people. It teaches that human leadership over God’s people must be shared leadership exercised by men who are both capable and godly.
Read Exodus 18:13-27
Building the Body of Christ
This passage is all about the way in which the body of Christ is built up. Christ is the One who builds his body through his gifts and power. Among the gifts he gives are pastor teachers who task it is to equip “God’s people for works of service, so that the body may be built up.”
Read Ephesians 4:7-16
Jethro Visits Moses (1)
This story in which Jethro, who is Moses’s father-in-law and a priest of Midian, hears about God’s mighty acts and praises him, is part of a theme in the bible that shows God’s plan is not only for Israel to know him, but also the nations. This theme is fulfilled in Christ and through him in the New Testament church.
Read Exodus 18:1-12
Jesus' Relationship to Sin
In this passage, Jesus exposes the sins of those who oppose him. The references to Jesus’ “time” not yet having come powerfully convey the truth that Jesus was deliberately heading to the cross where he would pay for the sins of his people.
Read John 7:1-30
The Offence of Jesus
In this passage many of Jesus disciples left him because they were offended by his claims and demands. By nature we are no different and it is only through the drawing of the Father that we confess with Peter in verses 68-69 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Read John 6:35-71
The Fight of Faith
In this passage Israel is attacked by the Amalekites and fights against them. She wins by God’s power. We are at a different point in the history of salvation, but the battles that we fight against our spiritual enemies have the same significance and they are won only through Christ who has won the victory on the cross.
Read Exodus 17:8-16
Water From the Rock
In this passage the people of Israel accuse Moses of a capital crime by endangering their lives in the wilderness. By doing this they are putting God to the test. In his grace God “stands before” Moses and instructs him to strike the Rock upon which He is standing with the rod of God’s judgment. God symbolically receives the punishment that Israel deserves and in that way provides the water of life.
Read Exodus 17:1-7
Living for What Matters
Responding to people who were fascinated by his miracles, Jesus warns not to live for things that will pass away but to live for what will last forever. It is by coming to Jesus as the Bread of Life that we live for what endures to eternal life.
Read John 6:22-36
He Is Not Here; He Is Risen
When the women came to the tomb, they expected to find a dead body. Instead angels appeared to them and told them that Jesus was risen. The resurrection of Christ is the great turning point in history because by his death and resurrection Jesus has won the victory over sin and death.
Read Luke 24:1-12
God Provides Manna
This passage provides a summary of the gospel message. In the grumbling and disobedience of the people we see our own sin. In God’s grace to them in providing manna we see God’s grace to us in providing Jesus as the Bread of Life. The response of trusting obedience that God required from his people, helps us understand what God requires of us.
Read Exodus 16:1-36