This Q&A session answers two questions: 

• What is the difference between "receiving the Holy Spirit" and "being filled with the Holy Spirit?" 

We look at examples to note the differences between these phrases. Other phrases often heard is the Holy Spirit will fall on someone, or others will welcome the Holy Spirit. Join us as we venture into these areas of The Holy Spirit to understand their meaning. 

• Is it true that the Bible has been translated so many times that we cannot tell what it originally meant? 

Can we trust that we have the best Bible translation and the most accurate Bible translation? If the translations are not accurate, what about the stories of the Bible? Is the Bible historically accurate if what we have is many generations from the original language, as claimed by the skeptics?

Join us as we look into this topic to explain the origin of The Holy Bible and the various translations we have today.

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God uses Pharaoh's stubbornness and heavy heart to perform miraculous signs which Moses and the Israelites can pass down from generation to generation. God is making a mockery of the Egyptians so that the Hebrews will know that the God they serve is a mighty God. Moses lets Pharaoh know that if he will not humble himself, that God will send a plague of locusts so great, no one will be able to see the land. 

Pharaoh's servants plead for Pharaoh to let the people go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Through the seven plagues so far, Egypt is destroyed, yet as God previously told Moses, Pharaoh will not yield until the death of the firstborn Egyptians and Pharaoh's firstborn takes place. The Egyptians believed that Pharaoh and their many gods would protect them, but they are finding out the opposite is true. 

• Why does God harden (make heavy) Pharaoh and his servant's heart?
• Does God have the right to use disobedient people to demonstrate His power?
• Are we commanded to humble ourselves to God?
• Is Pharaoh given chances to follow God?
• Is lack of evidence a reason in our time for people to not believe in God? 

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Egypt and it's people continue to come under judgmental plagues due to Pharaoh's repeated stubbornness to yield to God. Five plagues have been put on Egypt by God and there are more coming. Each one is countering the gods which Egypt and their Pharaoh worshipped. 

The sixth plague infects Egypt with boils and sores. Afterwards Moses confronts Pharaoh face to face with God's message and it is clear why God is inflicting all these judgments on Pharaoh. Pharaoh's heart is set against God and has been set against God from the beginning. God is using this situation to demonstrate His superiority and uniqueness among all the other religions. God is giving people the freedom to follow Him or not. 

God inflicts a seventh plague of hail and fire that destroys crops and livestock. However God protects the land of Goshen where the Israelites are. We see God once again starting end ending each of these plagues as he wills to do so with great precision.   

• Who is really in charge throughout all of this?
• Why does God allow Pharaoh to remain?
• Is it fair of God to inflict these judgments to demonstrate who He is?
• Do we ever exalt ourselves above God?
• What is the overall lesson learned from Pharaoh's resistance to God?
• Is Pharaoh sincere in his acknowledgment of God?

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Pharoah is feeling the pain and pressure to let Israel go to serve the real God, so he begins to try to negotiate with Moses.  Pharoah repeatedly goes back on his word, first telling Moses he will let Israel go then hardening his heart against God and going back on his word.  

The confrontation between the true God of Israel and the false god of Pharoah becomes obvious. Egypt worshipped cattle and held Pharoah to be a god.  The true God shows that Pharoah and the false gods of Egypt are powerless. Further, Pharoah's stubbornness results in the common people of Egypt suffering, which shows how our sin causes suffering to innocent people around us. 

• Is Moses tempted to compromise? Why or why not?
• What happens when we insist on controlling something that God wants to control?
• Does Pharoah see enough fulfilled prophecies to realize that God is real?

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The plagues of Egypt are still occurring due to Pharoah's refusal to recognize God as supreme. All of the plagues are demonstrations against an Egyptian god, with the true God of Israel showing that He is all powerful and insists on freeing His chosen people from slavery.  God shows that He is supreme over Pharoah, supreme over the Egyptian deities, and supreme over the magicians.  

In this session we also learn how God's deliverance of Israel out of Egypt compares to God's deliverance of us out of sin. 

• What happens when we fight against God?
• Why does God keep repeating that the reason He is giving the plagues?
• What is the contrast between the land of Egypt and the land of God's promise?
• How does God redeem His people?

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Pharaoh's heart is stubborn and he refuses to let the Israelites go, so God begins to inflict the plagues He said He would on Pharaoh and Egypt. God starts at the heart of Egypt by turning the Nile River into a bloody sickening mess. God demonstrates His true power against the impotence and lack of power of the Egyptian false gods. Pharaoh continues to be stubborn leaving the Egyptian people to fend for themselves by digging wells for fresh water. 

The second plague God sends on Egypt is an infliction of frogs so many in number that they invade the households and even the pots of the people. The God of Israel is showing that He is the one God Almighty, that is over all of nature and life. God is demonstrating in every step of the way that He is the One that is in charge. These plagues are not natural events, they are clearly miraculous signs of God's judgment.   

• Are there parallels in this section between Moses and Jesus?
• Are these plagues a direct assault on the power of Pharaoh?
• Does God contend for His people today?
• Why could the Egyptian magicians replicate some of the events but not reverse them? 
• Is Pharaoh sincere when he finally acknowledges God?

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The confrontation between Moses and Pharoah begins. God shows Pharoah a miraculous sign of a staff turning into a snake. But what is the point of the miracle?

This passage begins the power demonstration where God demonstrates His power and superiority over the false gods of Egypt.   Moses finally obeys without complaining.  

• When we work for the Lord, who must get the credit?
• What did the serpent miracle mean to Pharoah?
• Are there parallels between the plagues in Exodus and the book of Revelation?
• Can elderly people still have a ministry with God?

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As Chapter six opens, God assures Moses that he is taking action against Pharaoh and that in the end Pharaoh will drive the Israelites out of Egypt. God has heard the Israelites groaning, has remembered the covenant made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and is set to redeem Israel with great judgments. 

We look at several action words which God uses in his message with Moses.  God says He appeared, established, heard, will bring, will deliver, will redeem, will take, and will give.  Moses takes this message to the Israelite leaders but they would not listen.  

• Has God revealed everything about Himself?
• Why does God keep repeating Himself throughout Scripture?
• Is it Moses that delivers Israel out of Egypt?
• What does a good leader do amid repeated naysayers?
• Should we give up among worldly oppression? 

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Pharaoh oppresses the Israelites even more after Moses delivers God’s message. Pharaoh forces the Israelites to gather their own straw for the bricks but imposes the same quota of output. The Israelites fall behind and Pharaoh calls them lazy, using that as a reason to not let them go worship God. 
 
 The Israelites turn on Moses, blaming him for their work being increased. Moses then turns to God and blames God for bring harm upon the Israelites  and not delivering them from Pharaoh. 

• Can an unbeliever stop God’s plan?
• Does God ever do things in judgement?
• What should we do when we are doing what God wants us to, but the situation seems to get worse?
• Do we ever blame God for things that happen? 
• Do Christians ever blame other Christians when things don’t go right?

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Moses begins his trip to Egypt to give Pharaoh God’s message to “Let My People Go”.  However, there is a key ritual Moses has neglected to perform which must be set right before he can continue. Moses’ brother Aaron meets him along the way and they both go before the elders of Israel.  We see the leadership of Israel acknowledge that God is ready to free them, they bow down and worship God.  

When the message is given to Pharaoh, he insults God and as God predicted, refuses to let them leave. This sets in motion all the plagues which will come upon Egypt in order to compel Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave.  

•  What is the purpose of God giving Moses the ability to perform miracles?
•  Why is God stopping Moses from continuing to Egypt?
•  Is it important for us to get things right with God before we embark on doing God’s work?
•  How serious should we take our sin? 
•  Can sin hinder us from correctly serving God?

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