The Glenwood post., 1924-01-17
LESSON FOR JANUARY 20
MOSES CALLED TO DELIVER
ISRAEL

lShAEL
LESSON TExT-Exod. 3:1-12.
GOLDEN T'1XT-By faith Noses,
when he was come to years. refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter; choosing rather to suffer at
Fiction with the people of God. than
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for 4 sea-
son.-Heb. 1l:24, 25.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Moses, the I4iberator.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lC-Moses and the Deliverancs From
Egyptian Bondage.
After Joseph was dead, there was q
change Of dynasty (Exod. 1:8). The
new king, noting the rapid increase Of
the Israelites, counseled the exercise Of
prudence lest when war broke out they
join the enemy and fight against the
Egyptians. One of the methods to
curtail this increase was to snslave
the people. Failing in that, an edict
was issued that every male child
should be drowned. While the oppres-
sion of Gods people was heading up,
God was providing deliverer. Moses,
that deliverer, was first trained at his
mothers knee, then at Pharaohs court
and finally under Gods immediate hand
in the desert.
I. The Lord spoke to Moses FresN
the Burning Bush (Exod. 3:1-e).
1t was while keeping the flock sf his
father-in-law in the desert that the
Lord appeared to Moses in the vision
Of the burning bush. This bush, en-
veloped in flames, yet unconsumed.
symbolized the people Of God en-
swathed in the very fire Of God, or
God dwelling in the midst Of an elect
people. Moses stepped aside to be-
hold this strange sight and was taught
the essential lesson of the proper ap-
proach to God The Lord did not
leave him long in suspense. He told
him he was the God Of his fathers, the
Covenant God. AS soon az he knew 4
was God speaking to him, he hid his
face.
u. Moses Commissioned ~ the De-
Iiversr Of His People (Exod. 8:7i1O).
1. Gods Active Interest in His Pso-
pie ". y. In the preamble Of this
commission, God said to Moses, ~
II have seen the ahiiction Of my peo-
ple"; (2) II have heard their cry;
(3) II know their sorrow."
2. Gods Gracious Obligation to His
People wv. 8, 81. az To deliver them
out Of the hand of the EgyptianA az
To bring them up out of the land. (8)
To bring them into good land and a
large"
3. Gods Commission to Mosss ".
1O). "Come now therefore, and will
send thee unto Pharaoh that thou
mayest bring forth my people, the
children Of Israel, out of Egypt" This
call seems to have been a great sur
prise to Moses. AT any rate, he real
lied his unfltness to undertake such a
task.
III. Moses Objections Patiently
Heard and Removed (ExOd- 3:11:
4:1O).
l. Personal Unfitness ". III. He
realized his insufiiciency for this task.
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. The
token Of His presence would be his
worship with the people of Israel on
this mountain.
2. The Difficulty Of the People to
| Understand Moses Relationship to
God wv. 13. 14). Moses knew how un-
willing they were to acknowledge him
| as their deliverer 40 years before.
Since God reveals Himself under new
name as He assumes 4 new relationship
to His people Moses inquired rs to
what that now relationship would be,
and His corresponding name. The
Lord promptly met this dificulty re-
vealing to him name different in
many respects from ali others prsvi-
ously given. This new name u, II
Am" This name IL from the Hebrew
word, ito be-" 1t Indicates ~ Gods
self-existsnce-the One whose vsry ma
ture It is to be-the cause Of an be-
ing. (2) His sslf-sufneieney. He said.
II Am That / Am" Since God is the
unique One. He could not 20 outside
Of Himself to explain Himself; (S)
his unchanEsableness. What He al
ways was and is. He evsrmore shall be.
8. Unbslief on the Part Of the Peo-
pie (n1od. 4:D. This diniculty the Lord
met by supplying him with credentials
which could not be sainsaid. He was
given the power to perform supsrnat-
ural wonders (Exed. %:2).
4. Lack Of EioQuence (Dxod. :1O).
This dificulty the Lord met by pro-
viding an assistant in the person Of his
brother Aaron. Moses was to be In the
place Of God to Pharaoh and Aaron
was to be his prophet (Nxod. I'll. ~.
Lasting Frlsndshlp.
The friendship of Jesus 10 one that