God's Deadly Seriousness about His Sign & His Means for His Children (FW, Ex 4:18–26)

Why is God about to kill Moses (or Gershom)? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Exodus 4:18–26 prepares us for the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these six verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God is deadly earnest that those upon whom He has laid a special, covenantal claim must receive His mark and the means of His grace. Christians must have their children baptized, hoping in God for the realities which that baptism displays, and employing the means (including baptism!) by which He produces that reality.