Bible study · Exodus 18
Exodus 18: Not able alone
Read Exodus 18 before you meet.
In a few lines
A priest of Midian, not an Israelite, is the one who says, "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods" (18:11). And when Jethro tells Moses to set rulers over the people to judge them (18:21-22), the Hebrew uses the words of the question Moses heard before he fled to Midian: "Who made you a prince and a judge over us?" (2:14).
The verse to carry
“Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
Exodus 18:11
To talk about
1. Jethro told Moses, "The thing that you do is not good" (18:17), and Moses listened (18:24). Who in your life can tell you something hard, and how do you usually take it?
2. "You are not able to perform it yourself alone" (18:18). What are you carrying by yourself that you could share with someone this week?
3. Moses told Jethro all that the LORD had done (18:8), and Jethro said, "Now I know" (18:11). Whose story of what God has done has helped you believe, and whom could you tell yours to?