Key Thought : Israel was depressed by long bondage, encumbered with women, children, and herds, terrified and disheartened. God led those of little faith in compassion and judgment.
August 9, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 12:31-36.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What strange request does Pharaoh make and why, even as he allows them all to leave?
3. Personal Application: How often have we repented because of consequences and not because we thought they were wrong? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How can we learn to be sorry for sins that we get away with, or nobody finds out? Do our consciences work on us in that situation?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 13:16-14:12.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Why the commandment to perpetually remember the Passover, and what should it mean to us today?
3. Personal Application: Why were the commandments to be put between their eyes and also on their hands? How does this symbolise that we must not only have faith, but that we must act upon it? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why are people so much like Israel coming out of Egypt? We have some faith and believe in God, but when faced with trouble or the unknown, we worry, fret, and complain and don’t act on the faith we claim to have.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Exodus 14:13-31.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Despite their lack of faith, what did God do for them?
3. Personal Application: In the good times of our lives, do we thank God enough for our protection and deliverance when we don’t see it? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “What does it mean when the Bible tells us to stand still when we face perilous or difficult times when help doesn’t seem to come right away?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Exodus 15:1-21.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What is the content of Moses’ song?
3. Personal Application: What does justice mean to you in understanding that there is an afterlife and you have faith in God? Is there any faith in justice if there is no afterlife? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Inform the class about your plans for the week and share them with them.

(“Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.” Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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