Understand that by living in a broken world we will be tempted to look back, so we must seek God in ways that will force us to look up in order to be transformed into the hopeful witnesses that will have the patience to look forward.

1. Welcome to
The Following
Bible Study class!
Sunday, February 16th,
2020
Today’s Lesson:
Exodus 16: Deliverance
For Today
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2. Welcome to our
Faithbuilders
Bible Study class!
Sunday, February 16th,
2020
Today’s Lesson:
Exodus 16: Deliverance
For Today
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3. • The Buckner Shoes for
Orphan Souls shoe drive
kicks off Sunday, February 16
and continues through
Sunday, March 1. We are
asking our church family to
donate brand new
shoes/boots and socks for
children ages birth to 18 in
orphanages in the United
States and around the world.

4. Feb
23rd
Sunday
9:30am
Room 102
Discover Second Breakfast
The Discover Second Breakfast is an informal setting where you can find
out more about our church, what we believe and how you can take the next
steps to get involved. You will have the opportunity to meet some of our
South Campus staff and hear about the various programs of the church.
RSVP | tteixeira@second.org or
Call the church 713-365-6001
We hope that you and your family will join us!

5. Monday Night Men

6. February 25 | Tues |
7PM
Join us for "Make and
Take" fresh floral
arranging class.
Limited ticket availability
RSVP w/Becky Henson
bhenson@secord.org.
713.365.6001.
Purchase tickets by
Tuesday, February
18. Cost: $25
GATHER

7. Go Texan Day
Go TEXAN Day… On Sunday, March 1, we are celebrating all things Texan! Here are some of the special elements of that
day, here, at Second. First, starting at 8:30am, we are having a BIG BREAKFAST for everyone who wants to come! Picture
rows of tables in the lobby and hallway covered with all kinds of variety of breakfast foods. It’s going to be GOOD! We
want everyone to dress WESTERN on that day. We will be playing some Western Trivia in each ABS Class and the winners
will receive a FREE Livestock Show & Carnival Pack to the Houston Rodeo! Plan now to GO TEXAN with all your friends on
Sunday, March 1!
S u n d a y, M a r c h 1

10. Thank You
Breakfast
Bringers
Any other announcements?

11. Exodus 16:1-3 (ESV) Bread from Heaven
The Temptation To Look Back
1 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of
the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,
which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day
of the second month after they had departed from
the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of
the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and
Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel
said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of
the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the
meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have
brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole
assembly with hunger.”

12. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from
heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion
every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be
twice as much as they gather daily.” 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all
the people of Israel, “At evening you shall know that it was the Lord
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you
shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling
against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?”
Exodus 16:4-7 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

13. 8 And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in
the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that
you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but
against the Lord.”
9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of
Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’” 10 And
as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they
looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in
the cloud. 11 And the Lord said to Moses,
Exodus 16:8-11 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

14. 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to
them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall
be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your
God.’”
13 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in
the morning dew lay around the camp. 14 And when the dew had
gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like
thing, fine as frost on the ground.
Exodus 16:12-14 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

15. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one
another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has
given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded:
‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You
shall each take an omer, according to the number of the
persons that each of you has in his tent.’” 17 And the people
of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
Exodus 16:15-17 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

16. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered
much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no
lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 19 And
Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the
morning.” 20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it
till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was
angry with them. 21 Morning by morning they gathered it, each
as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:18-21 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

17. 22 On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two
omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came
and told Moses, 23 he said to them, “This is what the Lord has
commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath
to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil,
and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’” 24
So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them,
and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
Exodus 16:22-24 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

18. 25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the
Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you
shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath,
there will be none.”
27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to
gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses,
“How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and
my laws?
Exodus 16:25-28 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

19. 29 See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore
on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days.
Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his
place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on
the seventh day.
Exodus 16:29-30 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

20. Exodus 16:31-33 (ESV)
The Patience To Look Forward
31 Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It
was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it
was like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said,
“This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer
of it be kept throughout your generations, so that
they may see the bread with which I fed you in the
wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of
Egypt.’” 33 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and
put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the
Lord to be kept throughout your generations.”

21. Exodus 16:34-36 (ESV)
The Patience To Look Forward
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so
Aaron placed it before the testimony to be
kept. 35 The people of Israel ate the manna
forty years, till they came to a habitable
land. They ate the manna till they came to
the border of the land of Canaan. 36 (An
omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)

22. Lesson objective
Understand that by living in a
broken world we will be tempted
to look back, so we must seek God
in ways that will force us to look up
in order to be transformed into the
hopeful witnesses that will have
the patience to look forward.

23. The Chief End of Man:
Glorify God and enjoy Him
forever.
~Westminster Catechism
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not
depart from your mouth, but
you shall meditate on it day
and night, so that you may be
careful to do according to all
that is written in it. For then
you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will
have good success.

24. Captivity and
Return Eras
586–430 BC
Divided Kingdom
931–586 BC
Exodus and the Law
1526–1406 BC
Patriarch Era
2200–1526 BC
Conquest and Sin
Cycle
1406–1051 BC
Kingdom Era
1051–931 BC
Church /
Missions Eras
AD 30 – Today
Silent Era
430 BC–4 BC
Gospel Era
4 BC–AD 30
Creation
Era
The Earnest Bible Time Line
New
Beginnings
The Bible is not a
string of pearls
but a chain of
linked thoughts…
~John Piper

25. Perspective: Exodus
Can never mean what it didn’t mean to the
original author. ~Jen Wilkin
 Who wrote it: Moses (Mark 12:26; Luke
20:37)
 When was it written: Some debate here:
Between 1447 and 1406 BC.
 What point is the author trying to convey?
 To whom was it written: to the Israelites
who were making their way through the
desert to the Promise Land.
 What style: Historical, Law Codes with
some poetry (Chp.15) and prophecy.

26. Perspective: Exodus
Can never mean what it didn’t mean to the
original author. ~Jen Wilkin
 Why was it written:
 To remind the 2.4 million Israelites that
Yahweh always comes through in His timing
and for His glory (2 to 2.4 million) and He is
the one we should always look to regardless
of where He leads us.
 Give us a clear picture of what it looks like
when we set our eyes on circumstances
instead of looking to the Creator.
 Reestablishment of God dwelling with His
people despite our unfaithfulness.

27. Perspective: Exodus 16
Exodus means: A going out or departure.
God’s Math: I Am + 2 barren = 2.4 million
Exodus 14:14
Exodus 15
3 Days
It is easy to hammer the Israelites who stretch 11
days into 40 years.
Psalms 25:9 (ESV) 9 He leads the humble in what
is right, and teaches the humble his way.

29. Exodus 16:1-3 (ESV) Bread from Heaven
The Temptation To Look Back
1 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of
the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,
which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day
of the second month after they had departed from
the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of
the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and
Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel
said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of
the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the
meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have
brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole
assembly with hunger.”

30. “
”
Grumbling is the hum of the
fallen human heart, and often
a hallmark of Christians’
indwelling sin.
~Scott Hubbard, Desiring God

32. What’s your theology on why bad things
happen? If you don’t have one you
should because God definitely does…
- Romans 9:13-18
- Amos 3:6
God’s Purposes in a World of Pain ~
Desiring God

33. The Temptation to Look Back:
If I believed God was who He says He is,
how would that change me and the way I
look at my current situation?
Prayers:
Actions:
Speech:
Thoughts:

34. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from
heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion
every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be
twice as much as they gather daily.” 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all
the people of Israel, “At evening you shall know that it was the Lord
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you
shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling
against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?”
Exodus 16:4-7 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

35. 8 And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in
the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that
you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but
against the Lord.”
9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of
Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’” 10 And
as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they
looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in
the cloud. 11 And the Lord said to Moses,
Exodus 16:8-11 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

36. 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to
them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall
be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your
God.’”
13 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in
the morning dew lay around the camp. 14 And when the dew had
gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like
thing, fine as frost on the ground.
Exodus 16:12-14 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

37. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one
another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has
given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded:
‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You
shall each take an omer, according to the number of the
persons that each of you has in his tent.’” 17 And the people
of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.
Exodus 16:15-17 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

38. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered
much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no
lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 19 And
Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the
morning.” 20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it
till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was
angry with them. 21 Morning by morning they gathered it, each
as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:18-21 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

39. Proverbs 4:18 (ESV)
18 But the path of the righteous
is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and
brighter until full day.

40. 22 On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two
omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came
and told Moses, 23 he said to them, “This is what the Lord has
commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath
to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil,
and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’” 24
So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them,
and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.
Exodus 16:22-24 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

41. 25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the
Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you
shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath,
there will be none.”
27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to
gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses,
“How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and
my laws?
Exodus 16:25-28 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

42. 29 See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore
on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days.
Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his
place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on
the seventh day.
Exodus 16:29-30 (ESV)
The Faith To Look Up

43. What is your theology of the holy
Sabbath?
Colossians 2:16
Is there biblical warrant for Sunday
evening worship? ~Ligonier
Ministries

44. The Faith to Look Up:
If I believed that God is who He says He
is, YAHWEH, how would that change the
way I look at what I have right now?
Prayers:
Actions:
Speech:
Thoughts:

45. Exodus 16:31-33 (ESV)
The Patience To Look Forward
31 Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It
was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it
was like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said,
“This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer
of it be kept throughout your generations, so that
they may see the bread with which I fed you in the
wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of
Egypt.’” 33 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and
put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the
Lord to be kept throughout your generations.”

46. Exodus 16:34-36 (ESV)
The Patience To Look Forward
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so
Aaron placed it before the testimony to be
kept. 35 The people of Israel ate the manna
forty years, till they came to a habitable
land. They ate the manna till they came to
the border of the land of Canaan. 36 (An
omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)

47. The Patience to Look Forward:
If I believe that God is in control, and that
everything I am dealing with right now is for
my good and His glory, how would that
change my perspective going forward?
Prayers:
Actions:
Speech:
Thoughts:

48. “
”
He wanted them to know him; his great
desire was that they should know Jehovah
their God. If they knew God, they would
know everything else; for, after all, “the
proper study of mankind” is God; and
when man knows his God, he knows
himself; but if he thinks that he knows
himself while he does not know his God,
he is greatly mistaken.
No. 2332-39:517. A Sermon Delivered On Thursday Evening, September 12, 1889,
By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.

49. Lesson objective
Understand that by living in a
broken world we will be tempted
to look back, so we must seek God
in ways that will force us to look up
in order to be transformed into the
hopeful witnesses that will have
the patience to look forward.