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Lesson 20: Moses and God's Call
God called Moses and gave him the mission of freeing the Israelites from slavery, even though Moses was imperfect.
God called Moses and gave him the mission of freeing the Israelites from slavery, even though Moses was imperfect.
The sacrificial lamb was a sign of the Passover that saved the Israelites from the Angel of Death.
Through Moses, God leads the Israelites to freedom from slavery in Egypt by parting the waters of the Red Sea and destroying Pharaoh’s army.
Without faithful leadership and faith in God the people of God continually fall into temptation, sin, and idol worship, and chaos reigns.
God entered into a covenant with David that would be fulfilled by Jesus in the New Covenant.
The prophets were men and women who were called by God to experience deeply God’s saving presence in the historical situation of their times and who were given a mission to make known the message of God’s saving power.
Jesus fulfills the priesthood of the Old Testament and of Melchizedek by offering Himself on the Cross for the sins of all.
Sacred Scripture is the written record of Gods revelation of Himself.
Scripture is our source of wisdom for salvation and can be used to teach, to refute, to correct, and to train in holiness.
God speaks to His people through the Sacred Scriptures proclaimed at Mass.
God’s Word is alive, able to cause change in those who hear it, and speaks directly to the “reflections and thoughts of our hearts”.
To read the Bible effectively, we must first know how to read it.
All of Scripture is inspired by God. Just as the Spirit of God was present at the beginning of Creation and within Adam, so too is it present in the Scriptures.
To better understand Scripture, we must consider its literal and spiritual senses.
The Old and New Testaments form an organic unity, naturally fitting together and helping us understand the other.