Honour Your Parents and Guard Your Words (Exodus 20:12–13)
Two commandments about how we treat people, and an honest confession. The Word of God is a mirror that examines my own heart before it examines anyone else's.
Two commandments about how we treat people, and an honest confession. The Word of God is a mirror that examines my own heart before it examines anyone else's.
We speak God's name many times a day. The third and fourth commandments ask whether our words and our worship carry real reverence, or only habit.
Our idols are not always statues. They can be money, career, relationships or ambition. The first commandment asks who truly sits at the centre of our decisions.
God did not simply save Israel from something. He saved them for Himself. Grace and redemption always come before the call to obedience.
God used a Midianite priest to teach one of the greatest leaders in the Bible about delegation. Sharing responsibility does not only lighten a load, it raises disciples.
A single instruction about the Passover lamb pointed forward to Calvary. Nothing in God's Word is accidental. Every shadow finds its fulfilment in Jesus Christ.
Pharaoh said “I have sinned” and hardened his heart again once the plague lifted. True repentance is not a confession under pressure but a turning of the whole heart.
Scripture uses three different expressions about Pharaoh's heart. God confirmed Pharaoh in the stubbornness he had already chosen, and used even his rebellion to make His name known.
Moses obeyed God and everything got worse. When misunderstanding and discouragement come while serving God, run first into His presence.
For forty years Scripture records no conversation between God and Moses. The silence did not mean God had forgotten him. It meant God was preparing him.