Family Reunion

Text: Exodus 18:1-12
14 July 2015

FAMILY REUNION

1. Jethro the Midianite   (Exodus 18:1)

a) He heard all that God had done
i) For Moses
ii) For Israel
b) Israel’s deliverance from Egypt

2. Family

a) Zipporah (“little bird?”)   (Exodus 18:2)
b) Gershom (Stranger)   (Exodus 18:3)
c) Eliezer (God is my help)   (Exodus 18:4)

3. Jethro brought the family of Moses at the mountain of God   (Exodus 18:5-6)

4. Formal greetings and exchanging news   (Exodus 18:7)

a) Bowing
b) Kissing
c) Asking about well-being of each other

FELLOWSHIP

1. Moses shared   (Exodus 18:8)

a) What the Lord had done to Pharaoh and Egypt
b) For Israel’s sake
c) The hardship along the way
d) The deliverance from the Lord

2. Jethro’s response   (Exodus 18:9-11)

a) Rejoiced with Moses
b) For all the good received from the Lord
c) Blessing the Lord
d) Acknowledgment of the greatness of the Lord
e) He is sovereign (“above them”)

3. Worship of the Lord   (Exodus 18:12)

a) Jethro’s worship of the Lord
b) Aaron and the elders of Israel present