Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-02
LESSON FOR JANUARY IL
MOSES THE DELivERER OF Is
RAEL.

LESSON TExT-Exodus a:1-12.
GOLDEN TExT-And Moses verify was /
faithful in all his house Hebrews So
ADDITIONAL MATERIAhExodus 3: |
I3-i-1d. Acts 7-1z-36-
While the oppression of Gods people
was heading up. in the providence OF
God deliverer was being prepared
to take up the task the opportune
hour Moses was first trained at his
mothers knee. then in Pharaoh's
court and finally under Gods immedi-
ate hand il the desert. The latter was
an Indispensable part Of his training.
His learning in the wisdom of the
Egyptians was helpful, but without
the immediate tutorship of God he
would have been a failure. All who
are used of God must spend some time
in the retirement OF his presence Two
notable examples are Paul in Arabia
and John on PatmOS-
l. The Lord Speaks to Moses in the
Burning Bush wv 1-6).
1t was while keeping the flock of his
father-in-law in the desert that the
Lord appeared to Moses. Had he re-
manned in Pharaoh's palace he never
could have had the vision of the burn
ing bush. This bush enveloped in
flames, yet unconsumed, symbolized
the people of God enswathed in the
very fire of God, or God dwelling in
the midst of an elect people Moses
steps aside to behold this strange
sight. but must be taught the essential
lesson of the proper approach to Cod
We now can approach God with bold
ness through Jesus Christ (Hebrews
1O:19). Our God is consuming fire.
No evil can be permitted in his pres
ence (Joshua z; Acts 81. The Lord
did not leave him long in suspense He
told him he was the God of his IA
| theirs, the covenant God. AS soon as
he knew it was God who was speaking
to him he hid his face The sight of
| God always causes sinful men to hide
| GSaiah 6 :5).
| II. Moses Commissioned as the De-
| Iiverer of His People g :7-1O)- 9
In the preamble of this commission
| God said to Moses 81 have seen the
| afiiction of my people" This is al
| ways true (Psalms % "a; 81 A. 6 Isa-
! iah 63 ~. 81 have heard their cry
| Not cry ever goes up from child of
| God unheard by him. 81 have come
| down to deliver them out of the hand
/ of the Egyptians" This shows that
| God is actively Interested in the cause
! of his people. He gracious1y obligates
| himself: Cd To deliver them out of
| the hands of the Egyptians. Egypt
| may be considered a type of the world ;
| the oppression, type of sins bond
| age; and Pharaoh, a type of the devil.
| God delivers his own from the hands
| of the devil (Colossians :13)- {2)
| To bring them up out of the land. God
does not deliver and leave his own in
! the enemy's land, but brings them out
| into a land '-howing with milk and
honey" CD To bring them into a
good land and large" There is no
| loss in obeying God When he brings
| US out of the enemy's land he brings
US into better land
III. Moses Objections Patiently
| Heard and Removed g III; 100.
| L. Personal Unworthiness " ~ He
| realized his insuf1iciency for this task
| His forty years in the school of God
have wrought great change in him
| His heSitancy is good sign. Men
| who are really qualified to do a great
| work are not forward to begin it; G..
Jeremiah Martin Luther George
| Washington. Moses did not refuse to
go, but pied his difficulty before the
Lord God answered this difficulty by
assuring him that he would be with
him. When God is with a man the
Impossible becomes the possible.
= The Difficulty of the People to
Understand Moses Relationship te
| God 6 :13, 14)- Moses knew how I'M
| willing they were to acknowledge him
as their deliverer forty years before
| Since God changes his name as he as
su1nes a new relationship to his people
| Moses inquired as to what that new re
| lationship would be. and his CORE
spending name The Lord promptly
met this difficulty by showing him 6
name differing in many respects from
all others previously given. This new
| name is IT Am" This name is from
the Hebrew verb ito be-" 1t indica re.
Cd Gods self-edstence: (2) his self
i sufficiency, CD his neutrality-suspicious.
| g. Unbe1ief on the Part of the PEG
pie a IL. This difficulty the Lord me
by supplying him with credential:
which could not be gainsaid- He wa:
given the power to perform superna
| tural wonders a ~
4. Lack of Eloquence a :1O) Thi
difficulty the Lord met by provIdin,
an assistant In his brother Aaron
Our Sadness