Exodus 15:1-22

Memory Verse: Exodus 15:1

Commentary

Introduction

Outline

I. My Strength and My Song (15:1-5)

1. Is it right and good to sing songs to the Lord? (1a) What personal item did the Israelites praise God for? (1b) Was their praise just vocal and inactive? (20)

2. What did they say of God? (2-3) What does this say about a relationship with God?

3. What personal elements can and should be added in songs of praise? (4-5) What can we learn about the area of the Red Sea that they crossed from their song?

II. In the Greatness of Your Majesty (15:6-10)

4. What might it mean by "your right hand"? (6; Luke 22:67-70) Why then can we hope in the Lord Jesus? (Eph. 1:18-21)

5. What can we learn about why God becomes angry? (7) Why do people oppose God? (Mark 12:7-8; John 3:19-21) Is the Lord quick to anger? (Exodus 34:6-7; Num. 14:17-19)

6. Was Egypt confident in their strength? (9-10) What did they forget? Why and what does this say about those who oppose God?

III. The Lord Will Reign For Ever and Ever (15:11-21)

7. What does "holiness" and "glory" mean? (11) What wonders was Israel singing about? (12)

8. What tense is the verbs in verses 13-16? What were they singing about? What does this mean to us?

9. What prophetic event is in verses 17-18? (Rev. 3:11-13)

10. Who is Miriam and what did she sing? (19-21)