CHRISTIAN FAITH EDUCATION

101
GOD’S JOURNEY WITH HIS PEOPLE

LABRADOR A. COBCOBO, MA RS
INSTRUCTOR
ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020
 CICM VISION

THE CICM-PHILIPPINES SCHOOL NETWORK IS A VIBRANT

COMMUNITY OF CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
DRAWN INTO COMMUNION BY JESUS CHRIST, THE
INCARNATE WISDOM OF GOD, DEDICATED TO THE
INTEGRAL FORMATION OF PERSONS EXEMPLIFYING
MISSIO ET EXCELLENTIA.
 MISSION STATEMENTS
1. JOYFULLY ANIMATE AND GRATEFULLY CARE FOR ONE
ANOTHER AS A PIONEERING, INNOVATIVE, TRANSFORMATIVE,
AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY INSPIRED BY MARY, THE
MOTHER OF JESUS.
2. WORK TOGETHER IN THE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL MISSION OF
EVANGELIZATION, AS MOVED BY THE CHARISM OF FR.
THEOPHILE VERBIST, ESPECIALLY IN FRONTIER SITUATIONS
AND THE CICM ADVOCACIES.
3. NURTURE LIFE-FAITH INTEGRATED PERSONS, COMPASSIONATE
MISSIONERS, GLOBALLY ENTERPRISING LEADERS, SOCIALLY
ENGAGED PROFESSIONALS AND ETHICALLY COMMITTED
STEWARDS.
 OBJECTIVES (CICM-RP GENERAL
EDUCATION APOSTOLATE)
1. TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF THE EVANGELIZATION TO
BRING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING,
APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF FAITH IN GOD, HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS, MORAL VALUES, AND LIFE-LONG DIMENSIONS
OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY.
2. TO FORM A VIBRANT CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY OF
ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PERSONNEL, STUDENTS AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WITH DIGNITY AND INTEGRITY AS A
WITNESS TO GOD’S KINGDOM THROUGH
✔ M - MEANINGFUL LITURGICAL CELEBRATION (FAITH
CELEBRATION)
✔ A - ACTIVE SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT (FAITH ACTION)

✔ R - RELEVANT RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL (FAITH

FORMATION)

✔ I - INTENSIVE MISSION AND VOCATIONAL ANIMATION

(FAITH RESPONSE)

✔ A – ANIMATING ORGANIZATION (FAITH COMMUNION)

3. TO ANIMATE OUR EDUCATORS IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH
AND CICM MISSION, IN EDUCATION AS ESSENTIAL COMPONENT
IN SUSTAINING PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, THUS REALIZING
THEIR TEACHING PROFESSIONALS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS.

4. TO CREATE RELEVANT AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAMS THAT WILL TRANSFORM LEARNERS AS IMPELLED BY
PASSION FOR MISSION AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE TO BECOME
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, COMPETENT PROFESSIONALS AND
CHRISTIAN LEADERS.
5. TO POSITIVELY ENGAGE WITH THE SOCIETY IN THE
GENERATION OF KNOWLEDGE, ENRICHMENT OF SKILLS AND
NOURISHMENT OF ATTITUDE ENLIGHTENED BY THE CHRISTIAN
FAITH AND CATHOLIC TEACHINGS THROUGH INSTRUCTION,
RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY.

6. TO SERVE AS A DYNAMIC BASE FOR THE CICM PHILIPPINE

PROVINCE TO PROMOTE MISSIONARY VOCATIONS AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE MISSIONARY MINISTRY OF THE LOCAL
CHURCH AND THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.
7. TO BE COMMITTED TO THE PROMOTION OF LIFE AMONG THE
PEOPLE OF GOD, PREFERENTIALLY WITH THE POOR,
DISADVANTAGED AND MARGINALIZED, THROUGH THE CICM
ADVOCACIES OF MULTI-ETHNICITY, JUSTICE, PEACE, CARE FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT, WIDER ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION,
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES.
 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY VISION-MISSION

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY IS AN EXCELLENT, MISSIONARY, AND

TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THAT IS
ZEALOUS IN DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES TO BE CREATIVE,
COMPETENT, SOCIALLY INVOLVED, AND IMBUED WITH THE
CHRISTIAN SPIRIT.
 SAINT LOUIS CORE VALUES
1. CHRISTIAN SPIRITED
✔ LEAD OTHERS IN ENCOUNTERING GOD AS A MISSION-
ORIENTED LOUISIAN.
✔ LIVE CHRISTIAN VALUES IN THEIR PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS.
✔ MANIFEST COMPASSION IN HUMAN RELATIONS WITH
EMPHASIS ON THE MARGINALIZED.
✔ PRACTICE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN A GLOBALIZED, MULTI-
CULTURAL, AND TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD WITH THE
END IN VIEW OF PERPETUATING LIFE IN ALL ITS FORMS AND
THE CONVERSATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
2. SOCIALLY INVOLVED
✔ ADVOCATE THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
NATIONALISM.
✔ FOSTER A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT AND DISCERNING ATTITUDE
TOWARDS ADDRESSING GLOBAL, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL,
SOCIETAL ISSUES, AND ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS.
✔ PROMOTE UNIQUE AND DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE VITAL TO
DEVELOPMENT, INCLUSIVENESS , AND NATIONHOOD.
✔ ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE
QUALITY OF LIFE.
3. PROFESSIONALLY COMPETENT
✔ DEMONSTRATE ACADEMIC RIGOR IN THE PRACTICE OF
THEIR PROFESSIONS.
✔ PURSUE LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
✔ COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF
CONTEXTS AND MEDIUM.
✔ WORK EFFECTIVELY AND INDEPENDENTLY IN MULTI-
DISCIPLINARY AND MULTICULTURAL TEAMS.
4. CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKER
✔ GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RESEARCH AND
DEVELOP INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
✔ DEVISE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO DISCIPLINE-RELATED
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES.
✔ DEVELOP PRODUCTS, CREATIVE OUTPUT AND SERVICES
THROUGH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE TOOLS, TECHNIQUES,
AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DISCIPLINE.
✔ EXHIBIT INNOVATIVENESS AND AESTHETICS IN KNOWLEDGE
BUILDING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING IN THEIR FIELD OF
EXPERTISE.
 HUMAN
1. HUMAN IS SOMEONE WHO RELATES; TO BE HUMAN MEANS
TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO:
✔ ONE’S BODY, NATURE, AND COSMOS
✔ OTHER PERSONS
✔ COMMUNITY, SOCIETY, INSTITUTIONS
✔ CULTURE AND HISTORY
✔ THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS
✔ AN ULTIMATE OR TRANSCENDENT
2. TO BE HUMAN MEANS TO HAVE FAITH AND HOPE WITH THE
RELATIONS WE HAVE. AS HUMANS, WE ARE BELIEVERS WHO
MAKE OUR FAITH REAL BY DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF
RELATIONSHIP.
 FAITH
1. FIDES (LATIN) MEANING TRUST AND BELIEF
2. IN THE WIDEST SENSE MEANS FREELY ACCEPTING WHAT A
PERSON DOES AND SAYS BECAUSE OF ONE’S TRUST IN THAT
PERSON.
3. MEANS NOT ONLY BELIEF IN A PERSONAL GOD, BUT ALSO
BELIEF IN GOD’S MESSAGE THAT IS EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT
WAYS, AS IN SCRIPTURES, DOCTRINES, AND CREEDS.
4. IT DIRECTS US TO WHAT COUNTS MOST IN LIFE OR TO OUR
ULTIMATE CONCERN. OUR ULTIMATE CONCERN IS WHAT
MAKES OUR LIVES WORTH LIVING OR BEARABLE.
1. HUMAN FAITH
✔ ONE’S WAY OF TRUSTING AND COMMITTING TO DAILY.
✔ IT IS WHEN WE BELIEVE ANY THING WE LEARN FROM THE
TESTIMONY OF MAN.
2. RELIGIOUS FAITH
✔ TRUSTING AND COMMITTING TO SOMEONE TRANSCENDENT,
GOD.
✔ WE BELIEVED THAT GOD EXISTS AND WE TRUSTED THAT
GOD COULD GIVE US AN ULTIMATE MEANING AND PURPOSE
TO OUR LIFE.
 PARADOXICAL QUALITIES OF FAITH
CHRISTIAN FAITH REQUIRES A DEEPLY COMPLEX METHOD OF UNDERSTANDING DEEPER
DIMENSION OF REALITY, WHICH ESCAPES ORDINARY OBSERVATION

1. FAITH IS A GIFT AND A RESPONSE

✔ FAITH CANNOT PRODUCE ITSELF, BUT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED,
SHAPED AND DEEPENED. FAITH IS THE LIVING RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN GOD AND HUMAN BEINGS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
✔ FAITH AS AN ACT OF THE WHOLE PERSON, AN OBEDIENCE
BY WHICH ONE ENTRUSTS ONE’S WHOLE SELF FREELY TO
GOD.
✔ GOD SPEAKS TO MAN, MAN’S RESPONSE IS THE WAY HE
2. FAITH IS AN ACT AND A PROCESS
✔ FAITH POINTS TO THE INITIAL ACCEPTANCE OF GOD’S GIFT
AND THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF FAITH.
✔ FAITH IS NOT SOMETHING ACQUIRED ONCE AND FOR ALL
AND IS MUCH MORE THAN PERSONAL, ISOLATED, SINGULAR
DECISION OR “YES”. RATHER, FAITH INVOLVES ONGOING
MATURATION AS HUMAN BEINGS ARE SUBJECT TO GROWTH
AND MATURITY.
3. REASONABLE AND BEYOND NATURAL REASON
✔ FAITH IS BOTH REASONABLE AND BEYOND NATURAL WAYS
OF KNOWING. IT IS NARROWLY VIEWED WHEN THE
NECESSITY OF HUMAN REASON IN FAITH IS DISREGARDED.
✔ FAITH SEEKS CAREFUL STUDY AND NUANCED ANSWER TO
REAL, PRESSING COMPLEX PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN
THE WORLD TODAY.
✔ FAITH AND REASON SUPPORT AND HELP EACH OTHER.
4. CERTAIN AND OBSCURE
✔ FAITH IS CERTAIN YET THE SAME TIME OBSCURE. WHILE
GOD, IN REVELATION, OFFERS TO HUMANITY GOD’S VERY
SELF, YET GOD REMAINS A MYSTERY.
✔GOD IS BOTH INEFFABLE AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND THE
EVER-GREATER GOD WILL ALWAYS BE MORE THAN ANY
HUMAN ATTEMPT AT UNDERSTANDING GOD.
✔ FAITH IS OBSCURE BECAUSE OF THE MYSTERIES OF FAITH.
5. FREE AND MORALLY OBLIGING
✔ FAITH IS THE BELIEVER’S OWN ACT – A CONSCIOUS CHOICE
TO WELCOME AND RESPOND TO GOD’S GRACIOUS
INITIATIVE.
✔ HUMAN FREEDOM IS NOT ABSOLUTE BUT IS FINITE AS
HUMANS BEINGS ARE FINITE. AS RELATIONAL BEINGS, THE
EXERCISE OF FREEDOM ENTAILS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
TOWARD OTHER PEOPLE AND CREATION.
6. PERSONAL AND ECCLESIAL
✔ FAITH IS A PERSONAL DECISION TO ACCEPT THE DIVINE GIFT
BUT IT IS NEVER PRIVATE OR INDIVIDUALISTIC.
✔ INTEGRATING PERSONAL FAITH WITH THE ECCLESIAL FAITH
IS NECESSARY FOR THE FLOURISHING OF ONE’S FAITH IN
WHICH JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOR, NOT OF SOME PRIVATE
INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY.
7. ECCLESIAL AND SOCIAL
✔ FAITH SHOULD NOT “BE RELEGATED TO THE INNER
SANCTUM OF PERSONAL LIFE, WITHOUT INFLUENCE ON
SOCIETAL AND NATIONAL LIFE”.
✔ FAITH IS NOT MERELY ABOUT ONE’S PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WITHIN THE ECCLESIAL
COMMUNITY BUT FAITH MUST BE LIVED OUT IN SOCIETY
AND IN THE WORLD.
 HOPE

✔ IT IS OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S PROMISES.

✔ HOPE MEANS, THE REASON TO CHOOSE LIFE IS THAT AT THE HEART
OF REALITY LIFE IS CHOSEN.
✔ HOPE BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN FAITH AND LOVE, BETWEEN
CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS, BETWEEN PRESENT AND FUTURE,
BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN.
 INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE
“BE MINDFUL THAT THE SACRED SCRIPTURES IS THE AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE OF
YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AS HE JOURNEYS WITH THE ISRAELITES AND NOW
JOURNEYING WITH YOU”

BIBLE
✔ FROM THE GREEK WORD “BIBLIA”, THE PLURAL FORM OF “BIBLION” COME
FROM THE WORD “BIBLIOS” MEANING PAPYRUS.
✔ PAPYRUS IS A REED THAT THE EGYPTIANS USED TO PREPARE WRITING
MATERIALS.
INSPIRATION
✔ THE PROCESS OF BEING MENTALLY STIMULATED TO DO OR FEEL
SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE
✔ 2 TIM 3:16

BIBLICAL INSPIRATION
✔ THE SACRED AND CANONICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT,
WHOLE AND ENTIRE, WERE WRITTEN UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
✔GOD IS THE “AUTHOR” AND THE BIBLE THE “WORD OF GOD”
CANON OF THE BIBLE
✔BIBLICAL CANONICITY
• IT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH A BOOK IS ACCEPTED AND INCLUDED AS AN OFFICIAL PART
OF THE SCRIPTURES
✔ KANON
• IS A GREEK WORD WHICH MEANS “REED” OR “MEASURING ROD”
• IT WAS EMPLOYED BY ANCIENT WRITERS TO DENOTE A RULE OR STANDARD

Deuterocanonical Books
✔ NUMBERS OF BOOKS IN THE BIBLE Tobit
• CATHOLIC BIBLE Judith
46 BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1 Maccabees
27 BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 2 Maccabees
• PROTESTANT BIBLE Wisdom of Solomon
39 BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Sirach
Baruch
27 BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
 BASES OF BIBLICAL CANON
1. HEBREW OR PALESTINIAN CANON
- IN JAMANIAN COUNCIL AROUND 95 CE, JEWISH ACCEPTED 24 BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ONLY.
- THE HEBREW BIBLE IS KNOWN AS MIKRA (WHAT IS READ) OR TANAKH – THE CLASSIFICATION OF
HEBREW CANON (ACCORDING TO HEBREW SCRIBES)
A. TORAH (THE LAW)
B. NEBHI’IM (THE PROPHETS)
C. KETHUBI’IM (THE WRRITINGS)
❖ PROTESTANT CHRISTIANS DIVIDED THE 24 BOOKS FROM HEBREW CANON INTO 39 BOOKS
a. LAW
b. HISTORY
c. POETRY
d. WISDOM
e. PROPHETS
2. ALEXANDRIAN CANON
- JEWISH TRADITION DEVELOPED THE IDEA OF AN IMMORTAL SOUL BECAUSE THE OLDER
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE OFTEN STRESSED “SHEOL” MEANS “THE GRAVE”, AND DID NOT DWELL ON A
POTENTIAL AFTERLIFE.
- ACCEPTED THE TORAH AND THE PROPHETS AND EXPANDED THE CANON TO INCLUDE 15
EXTRA WRITINGS (APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS).
• APOCRYPHA IS CAME FROM GREEK “APOKRYPTEIN” MEANING “TO HIDE AWAY”.
IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE, WORKS OUTSIDE AN ACCEPTED CANON OF SCRIPTURE.
 CONSIDERED AS NON-CANONICAL BOOKS

1. PSEUDEPIGRAPHA
✔ IT IS A GREEK WORD MEANING “FALSE TEACHING”.
✔ COLLECTION OF WRITINGS COMPOSED BETWEEN 200 BCE AND 200 CE.
✔ THEY INCLUDE A NUMBER OF APOCALYPSES, LEGENDARY HISTORIES, PSALMS, AND
WISDOM WRITINGS.
2. DEAD SEA SCROLLS
✔ WRITTEN BY THE ESSENES (A SEPARATISTS JEWISH SECT).
✔ THESE ARE WRITINGS DISCOVERED IN 1947 NEAR QUMRAN
✔ THEY CONTAIN FRAGMENTS AND (IN SOME CASES) COMPLETE SCROLLS OF EVERY BOOK IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT EXCEPT THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
 TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE

A. PROCESS OF TRANSLATION
1. FORMAL EQUIVALENCE
✔ AIMS AT WORD-FOR-WORD CORRESPONDENCE; EVEN THE ORDER IN THE ORIGINAL IS PRESERVED AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE TRANSLATION.
EXAMPLES: REVISED STANDARD VERSION
ANG BIBLIA

2. DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE
✔ TRIES TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE ORIGINAL INTO HOW THE RECEPTOR LANGUAGE WOULD
RENDER IT.
EXAMPLES: THE CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION
MAGANDANG BALITA BIBLIA
B. SOME MAJOR BIBLICAL TRANSLATIONS
1. SEPTUAGINT (LXX)
✔ KOINE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE HEBREW BIBLE ACCORDING TO ALEXANDRIAN CANON.

2. VULGATE
✔ LATE-4TH-CENTURY LATIN TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE THAT WAS TO BECOME THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH'S OFFICIALLY PROMULGATED LATIN VERSION OF THE BIBLE DURING
THE 16TH CENTURY, AND IS STILL USED FUNDAMENTALLY IN THE LATIN CHURCH TO THIS
DAY.
✔ TRANSLATED BY ST. JEROME
3. KING JAMES TRANSLATION
✔ IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,
BEGUN IN 1604 AND COMPLETED AS WELL AS PUBLISHED IN 1611 UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP
OF JAMES VI AND I.
 INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLICAL TEXTS
1. EXEGESIS (TO LEAD OUT OF)
✔ EXPOSITION OF THE TEXT BASED ON A CAREFUL OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS.
✔ IT IS A PROCESS OF LEADING OUT THE MEANING OF A TEXT
⮚ FOUR FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN EXEGESIS (CFC 92-96)
• INSPIRED HUMAN AUTHORS OR WRITERS INTENTION
• THE TEXT ITSELF OR THE CONTEXT AT THE TIME WHEN THE TEXT WAS WRITTEN
• THE READER OF THE TEXT
• THE COMMON HORIZON CONNECTING THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTEXT OF THE TEXT WITH OUR
COMMUNITY READING TODAY

2. EISEGESIS (TO LEAD INTO)

✔ INTERPRETATION OF A PASSAGE BASED ON A SUBJECTIVE, NON-ANALYTICAL READING
✔ IT IS THE PROCESS OF LEADING ONE’S OWN MEANING INTO THE TEXT.
 GOD THE FATHER JOURNEYS WITH HIS
PEOPLE IN THE TORAH

TRUST
✔ FIRM BELIEF IN THE RELIABILITY, TRUTH, ABILITY, OR STRENGTH OF SOMEONE OR
SOMETHING

OBEDIENCE
✔ COMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDER, REQUEST, OR LAW OR SUBMISSION TO ANOTHER’S
AUTHORITY
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
 FAITH EXPERIENCE OF ABRAHAM

THE PROMISES TO ABRAHAM (GEN. 12)

1. LAND AND A NATION
✔ GO TO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU, GOD SAYS.
✔ THE LAND REFERS TO CANAAN.
✔ THIS PROMISE WILL BE FULFILLED IN THE COVENANT WITH MOSSES.
2. KINGSHIP AND A NAME
✔ I WILL BLESS YOU, AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT.
✔ THE CHANGE OF THE NAME ABRAM TO ABRAHAM
1. ABRAM IS A EAST SEMITIC FORM OF NAME USED IN UR. IT MEANS EXALTED FATHER
2. ABRAHAM IS AN WEST SEMITIC FORM OF NAME USED IN CANAAN. IT MEANS FATHER OF
A MULTITUDE.
✔ THE SONS OF ABRAHAM
1. ISHMAEL = BECAME THE FATHER OF ARAB TRIBES.
2. ISAAC = MEANS “HE LAUGHS”.
✔ CIRCUMCISION IS AN OUTWARD SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE
(GEN. 17:9-14)
✔ THIS PROMISE WILL BE FULFILLED IN THE COVENANT WITH DAVID.
3. BLESSING FOR ALL NATION
✔ IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.
✔ ISHMAEL BECAME A GREAT NATION
✔ WHEN GOD TELLS ABRAHAM TO SACRIFICE HIS ONLY REMAINING SON, HE OBEYS.
✔ THIS PROMISE WILL BE FULFILLED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. THE CHURCH FATHERS SAW THE
SACRIFICE OF ISAAC AS A TYPE OF THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST.

Isaac Christ

A father offers his beloved son The Father offers his beloved Son

The son submits to the father’s will The Son submits to the Father’s will

Isaac carries the wood for his own sacrifice Jesus carries his own wooden cross

God himself provides the sacrifice God himself provides the perfect sacrifice
THE BOOK OF EXODUS
 FAITH EXPERIENCES OF MOSES

1. THE BIRTH AND RESCUE OF MOSES

✔ A NEW KING IN EGYPT ENSLAVES THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
• MOSES MEANS “BROUGHT UP OUT OF THE WATER”
✔ THE EGYPTIANS ARE ORDERED TO KILL EVERY MALE ISRAELITE CHILD AT BIRTH
✔ MOSES ESCAPES AND IS BROUGHT UP IN THE KING’S COURT
2. MOSES REBELS
✔ MOSES IS RAISED IN PHARAOH’S COURT WITH HIS OWN HEBREW MOTHER AS NURSE
✔ AS A YOUNG MAN, MOSES KILLS AN EGYPTIAN FOR ABUSING A HEBREW SLAVE
✔ FEARING FOR HIS LIFE, MOSES FLEES EGYPT AND SETTLES IN MIDIAN
3. THE BURNING BUSH
✔ MOSES UNEXPECTEDLY ENCOUNTERS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB AT SINAI
✔ GOD ORDERS MOSES TO GO BACK TO EGYPT AND LEAD ISRAEL TO FREEDOM
✔ GOD REVEALS HIS SACRED NAME TO MOSES
• KNOWING GOD’S NAME MEANS KNOWING THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD
• THE SACRED TRUTH ABOUT GOD’S NATURE IS “I AM”

4. THE MESSAGE TO PHARAOH

✔ ISRAEL IS GOD’S FIRST-BORN SON, THE COVENANT HEAD OF THE FAMILY OF NATIONS
✔ ISRAEL IS CALLED TO ACT AS A PRIEST FOR THE OTHER NATIONS
5. THE PLAGUES
✔ THE FIRST NINE PLAGUES ARE ARRANGED IN THREE CYCLES
✔ ISRAEL IS COMMANDED TO KILL THE EGYPTIAN GODS AS SACRIFICES
✔ THE PLAGUES, TOO, ARE JUDGEMENTS ON THE EGYPTIAN GODS
✔ THE TENTH PLAGUE KILLS EVERY FIRST-BORN SON IN EGYPT.

1. Plague of blood (Ex 4. Plague of flies (Ex 7. Plague of hail (Ex God tells Moses, “Go to
7:14-24) 8:20-32) 9:13-35) Pharaoh in the
morning…”

2. Plague of frogs (Ex 5. Plague on Egyptian 8. Plague of locusts (Ex God tells Moses, “Go in
8:1-15) cattle (Ex 9:1-7) 10:1-20) to Pharaoh…”

3. Plague of gnats or lice 6. Plague of boils (Ex 9. Plague of darkness (Ex Moses gives Pharaoh no
(Ex 8:16-19) 9:8-12) 10:21-28) warning
6. THE PASSOVER
✔ THE PLAGUES SKIPS THE HOUSES OF THE ISRAELITES, MARKED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE
PASSOVER LAMB
✔ THE EGYPTIANS HURRY THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT
• HOWEVER, PHARAOH CHANGES HIS MIND AND CHASES AFTER THE ISRAELITES
• CLEARING A PATH THROUGH THE SEA, GOD MIRACULOUSLY SAVES THE ISRAELITES
FROM THE EGYPTIAN ARMY
✔ INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PASSOVER MEAL (CEREMONIAL FEAST)
• EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD
• THE LAMB HAD TO BE ROASTED
• ISRAELITES HAD TO EAT THEIR FEAST WITH THEIR TRAVELING CLOTHES ON
✔ THE PASSOVER LAMB IS A TYPE OF CHRIST, THE LAMB OF GOD, WHOSE BLOOD SAVES US
FROM ETERNAL DEATH
7. THE COVENANT AT SINAI
✔ THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (EX. 20 AND DEUT. 5)