MANNA & QUAIL (2)
(Message from Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Manna & Quail
(Text: Exodus 16:1-36)
1. What is the text all about?
a) God promised to meet the Hebrews' need for food in the wilderness, but he decided to test their obedience. God wanted to see if they would obey his detailed instructions. We can learn to trust him as our Lord only by following. We can learn to obey by takin small steps of obedience.
b) Manna (see Exodus 16:31) appeared on the ground each day as think flakes like frost.
@1. 31 The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. (Exodus 16:31 NIV)
c) The people gathered it, ground it like grain, and made it into honey-tasting pancakes. for the Israelites the manna was a gift - it came every day and was just what they needed. It satisfied their temporary physical need, In John 6:48-51 Jesus compares himself to manna. Christ is our daily bread who satisfies our eternal, spiritual need.
@1. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
d) The Israelites were not to work on the Sabbath - not even to cook food. Why? God knew that the busy routine of daily living could distract people from worshiping him. It is so easy to let work, family responsibilities, and recreation crowd our schedules so tightly that we don't take time to worship. Carefully guard your time with God.
e) The Hebrews put some manna in a special jar as a reminder of the way God provided for them in the wilderness. Symbols have always been an important part of Christian worship also. We use special objects as symbols to remind us of God's work. Such symbols can be valuable aids to our worship as long as we are careful to keep them from becoming objects of worship.
f) "An omer is one-tenth of an ephah" - this is about two quarts or one-tenth of a bushel.
2. Prayer focus
a) Pray that we would not be too busy in whatever we do that we forget our time to worhip him because he deserves our worship.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) Manna & Quail
(Text: Exodus 16:1-36)
1. What is the text all about?
a) God promised to meet the Hebrews' need for food in the wilderness, but he decided to test their obedience. God wanted to see if they would obey his detailed instructions. We can learn to trust him as our Lord only by following. We can learn to obey by takin small steps of obedience.
b) Manna (see Exodus 16:31) appeared on the ground each day as think flakes like frost.
@1. 31 The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. (Exodus 16:31 NIV)
c) The people gathered it, ground it like grain, and made it into honey-tasting pancakes. for the Israelites the manna was a gift - it came every day and was just what they needed. It satisfied their temporary physical need, In John 6:48-51 Jesus compares himself to manna. Christ is our daily bread who satisfies our eternal, spiritual need.
@1. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
d) The Israelites were not to work on the Sabbath - not even to cook food. Why? God knew that the busy routine of daily living could distract people from worshiping him. It is so easy to let work, family responsibilities, and recreation crowd our schedules so tightly that we don't take time to worship. Carefully guard your time with God.
e) The Hebrews put some manna in a special jar as a reminder of the way God provided for them in the wilderness. Symbols have always been an important part of Christian worship also. We use special objects as symbols to remind us of God's work. Such symbols can be valuable aids to our worship as long as we are careful to keep them from becoming objects of worship.
f) "An omer is one-tenth of an ephah" - this is about two quarts or one-tenth of a bushel.
2. Prayer focus
a) Pray that we would not be too busy in whatever we do that we forget our time to worhip him because he deserves our worship.
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