Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-01-10
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SUNIlAYSCIDuL,
LESSON
tBy REV. P B. FITZWATER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper
Union.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY IL
MOSES THE DELIVERER OF Is
RAEL.

LESSON TEXT-EXodus SLIP.
GOLDEN TEXT-And Moses verify was
faithful in all his house. Hebrews S:5.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Exodus 8:
l3-4:17; Acts 7:17-36
While the oppression of Gods people
was heading up, in the providence of
God q deliverer was being prepared
to take up the task at the oppOrtune
hour. Moses was first trained at his
mothers knee, then in Pharaoh's
court and finally under Gods immedi-
ate hand in 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.
!. The Lord Speaks to Moses IN the
Burning Bush (vJ. 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-
mained in Pharaoh's palace he never
could have had the vision of the burn
ing bush. This bush enveloped in
flames, yet unconsumed, symEolized
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 God.
We now can approach God with bold
ness through Jesus Christ (Hebrews
10:19). Our God is a consuming fire.
No evil can be permitted in his pres
ence (Joshua e; Acts 81. The Lord
did not leave him long in suspense. He
told him he was the God of his ia
thers, 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
Qsaiah 6:5).
II. Moses Commissioned as the De-
Iiverer of His People (3:7-10).
In the preamble of this commission
| God said to Moses: 81 have seen the
aff1iction of my people" This is al
| ways true psalms % "a; 34:4, G.; Isa-
iah 800. Il have heard their cry
| Not 4 cry ever goes up from child ci
! God unheard by him. Il 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 graciously obligates
| himself: % To deliver them out OF
the hands of the Egyptians. Egypt
J may be considered type of the world
the oppression, a type of sins bond
age; and Pharaoh, a type of the devil
God delivers his own from the hand:
of the devil (Colossians 1:13). q,
To bring them up out of the land. Goo
does not deliver and leave his own il
the enemy's land, but brings them ou
into a land flowing with milk ant
honey" (3) To bring them into ;
"good land and large" There is nj
loss in obeying God. When he bring
US out of the enemy's land he bring
us into better land. This call seem
to have been great surprise t
Moses. AT any rate, he realizes hi
unworthiness TO undertake such
task. The forty years in the wilder
ness have made him very meek.
i'll. Moses Objections Patientl
Heard and Removed Oil; 4:10).
l. Personal Unworthiness ". ~. 81
realized his insufficiency for this tasl
His forty years in the school of Go
have wrought great change in hin
| His hesitancy is a good sign. Me
who are really qualified to do a grea
work are not forward to begin it; e. g
Jeremiah, Martin Luther, Georg
Washington. Moses did not refuse t
60, but pied his difficulty before tn
Lord. God answered this difficulty b
assuring him that he would be wit
him. When God is with nran th
impossible becomes the possible. TT
token of his presence would be h
. worshiping with the people of Isra
on this mountain.
2. The Difficulty of the People i
Understand Moses Relationship
| | God (3:13, 14). Moses knew how u
t willing they were to acknowledge hi
as their deliverer forty years befo
Since God changes his name as he a
sumes a new relationship to his peopl
Moses inquired as to what that new +
u lationship would be, and his corr
l. spending name. The Lord prompt
: met this difficulty by showing him
name differing in many respects fro
: all others previously given. This ne
name is 81 Am" This name is fro
: the Hebrew verb ito be-" 1t indicat
u ID Gods self-existence; (2) his Sc
: sufficiency; (3) his unchangeablene:
! 8. Unbelief on the Part of the Pc
r pie (4:D. This difficulty the Lord m
a by supplying him with credentit
| which could not be gainsaid. He W
y given the power to perform superr
e tural wonders (4:2).
4. Lack of EloQuence (4:10). I'll
difficulty the Lord met by providi
an assistant in the person of his bro
n er Aaron.