Redeemed With an Outstretched Arm

Saturday, August 1, 2015
Exodus 6:2-8 KJV 

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I [am] the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After Moses' first encounter with Pharaoh, God's people were oppressed even more by the Egyptians. What did the Lord God tell Moses about Himself after he returned to the Lord? (v.2-4)
2) What had the Lord hear concerning His people and what did He remember? (v.5) 
3) What did the Lord promise to do for His oppressed people? (v.5-8)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Have you ever prayed for an unsaved family member, or friend, only to find that their situation got worse, rather than better? If so, did you doubt whether the Lord would save them? If not, why not?

LIFE LESSONS
5) There will always be spiritual battles when we pray on behalf of those afflicted (tormented) by the enemy. But God is greater than the enemy and will deliver the unsaved, and/or spiritually oppressed, from the evil one.