Question to children:
What did Moses learn from his mother Jochebed?
Answer: To serve the true God. "So the woman took the child and nursed him." Exodus 2:9b.
Question to intermediates:
What does the pitch in Moses' basket represent?
Answer: The Holy Spirit, who guards our hearts from evil. "...she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank." Exodus 2:3b.
Question to adolescents:
Read Hebrews chapter 11, verse 23, and answer: What led Moses' parents not to fear Pharaoh when Moses was born?
Answer: True faith. They believed that God would deliver Moses from death and were victorious. “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.” Heb 11:23.
Question to children:
Who called Moses from the bush?
Answer: God. God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” Exodus 3:4b.
Question to intermediates:
Why did the Lord tell Moses to take his sandals off his feet to approach His presence?
Answer: Because in the presence of God we need to have fear and reverence. "Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground." Exodus 3:5.
Question to adolescents:
Read Exodus chapter 3, verse 4, and answer: What did Moses answer when God called him?
Answer: He heeded God's call and said, "Here I am." "So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”" Exodus 3:4.