December 10, 2017 – Moses and Jesus and Us – Fed and Proclaiming

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Fed and Proclaiming

Exodus 16:2-15 - New International Version (NIV)

² In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. ³ The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”

⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. ⁵ On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

⁶ So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, ⁷ and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?” ⁸ Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”

⁹ Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”

¹⁰ While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud.

¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, ¹² “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”

¹³ That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. ¹⁴ When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. ¹⁵ When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.

Who did “the whole community” grumble against (verse 2)?

What did the Israelites claim they had in Egypt (verse 3)?

How did the Lord test the people (verse 4)?

What is to be different about the sixth day (verse 5)?

When will the Israelites know that the Lord brought them out of Egypt (verse 6)?

In your opinion, why does the Lord react to the Israelites grumbling by displaying His glory (verse 7)?

Who are the Israelites grumbling against (verse 8)?

Why is the “entire Israelite community” supposed to “come before the Lord” (verse 9)?

What appeared in the cloud (verse 10)?

When will they eat meat (verse 12)?

What will fill them in the morning (verse 12)?

Where was the layer of dew in the morning (verse 13)?

What appeared when the dew was gone (verse 14)?

In your opinion, why did the Israelites ask “what is it” (verse 15)?

Who did Moses say gave them the bread to eat (verse 15)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Luke 9:12-17 - New International Version (NIV)

¹² Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”

¹³ He replied, “You give them something to eat.”

They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” ¹⁴ (About five thousand men were there.)

But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” ¹⁵ The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. ¹⁶ Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. ¹⁷ They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

When did the Twelve come to Jesus (verse 12)?

Why did they want Jesus to “send the crowd away” (verse 12)?

In your opinion, why did Jesus say “you give them something to eat” (verse 13)?

What did the Twelve have (verse 13)?

How many men were there (verse 14)?

What did everyone do (verse 15)?

Where did Jesus look when He “gave thanks and broke them” (verse 16)?

Who distributed the bread and fish to the people (verse 16)?

What did the disciples do after the people ate enough to be satisfied (verse 17)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, does the fact that in Exodus 16:2-15 the Lord provided quail and manna to the grumbling Israelites in the desert and in Luke 9:12-17 Jesus and the disciples provided bread and fish to the five thousand in the remote area teach us?

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 – New International Version (NIV)

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

What has Paul passed on (verse 23)?

When did the Lord Jesus take the bread (verse 23)?

What did Jesus do before He broke the bread (verse 24)?

In your opinion, what did Jesus mean by “this is my body, which is for you” (verse 24)?

When did Jesus take the cup (verse 25)?

What is the cup (verse 25)?

When do we “proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (verse 26)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, why does Jesus tell the Twelve to give the crowd something to eat in Luke 9:12-17 but Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 that Jesus instructs us to eat the bread “in remembrance of me”?

In your opinion, how are the bread that Moses says the people are to eat in Exodus 16:2-15 and the bread that Jesus instructs us to eat through Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 similar?

2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 – New International Version (NIV)

⁶ In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, ⁸ nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. ⁹ We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

¹¹ We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. ¹² Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat. ¹³ And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.

In whose name does Paul command believers to “keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive” (verse 6)?

When was Paul not idle (verse 7)?

Why did Paul work “night and day, laboring and toiling” (verse 8)?

In your opinion, why would Paul have had “the right to such help” (verse 9)?

What rule did Paul have when he was with the Thessalonians (verse 10)?

What are the ones who are not busy (verse 11)?

Who is urged to “settle down and earn the food they eat” (verses 11 and 12)?

What are the “brothers and sisters” never to tire of (verse 13)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what is the difference between the believer of 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 who is proclaiming the “Lord’s death until he comes” and the believer in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 that Paul gives the rule “the one who is unwilling to work shall not eat”?

In your opinion, how is Paul’s instruction in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 to “never tire of doing what is good” demonstrated in the story of the bread and fish found in Luke 9:12-17?

In your opinion, how does the Lord’s statement that He will “test them and see whether they will follow my instructions” prior to covering the ground with manna in Exodus 16:2-15 support Paul’s instruction in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 that the idle and disruptive are to “settle down and earn the food they eat”?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Exodus, Luke, 1 Corinthians, and 2 Thessalonians teach us about proclaiming “the Lord’s death until he comes”?

In your opinion, what could those who Paul said weren’t to eat if they didn’t work, including us today, learn from the Lord’s example of giving thanks before breaking bread?

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