The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-17
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60. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 20
MOSES CALLED TO DELIVER
ISRAEL

ISRAEL
LESSON TExT-Exod. s:1-13.
GOLDEN TTxT-By faith Moses.
when he was come to years. refused
to be called the son of Pharaohs
daughter; choosing rather to suffer af-
iiiction with the people of God. than
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for sea-
son.-Heb. l1:24. 25.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IGNORES. the Lbsrator.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTGOP-
IC-Moses and the Delivsranos From
Egyptian Bondage.
After Joseph was dead. there was
change of dynasty (Exod. / :S). 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 enslave
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 a deliverer. Moses,
that deliverer. was first trained at his
mothers knee. then at Pharaoh's court
and finally under Gods immediate hand
in the desert.
]. The Lord Spoke to Moses From
the Burning Bush (Exod. :1-8).
1t was while keeping the flock of 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 as he knew 1t
was God speaking to him, he hid his
| face.
n. Moses Commissioned as the De-
liverer Of His People (Exod. 3:7-1O).
| l. Gods Active Interest In His Peo-
pie ". ~. In the preamble Of this
! commission, God said to Moses, ~
| iiaNC pCSH tllC dihlSlAoA VI RCo-
ple"; (2) II have heard their cry;
CD II know their sorrow"
| 2. Gods Gracious Obligation to His
People wv. s, 81. ~ To deliver them
( out of the hand OF, the Egyptians. (2)
/ To bring them up out of the land. (3)
( To bring them into good land and
/ large"
| 8. Gods Commission to Moses ".
/ 10). 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 untirness to undertake such
| task.
III. Moses Objections patiently
Heard and Removed tExod. 3:11;
/ 4 :l0).
/. Personal Unfitness ". 11). He
realized his insufficiehcy 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.
.. The Difficulty Of the People to
Understand Moses Relationship to
| God wv. 13. 14). Moses knew how un-
willing they were to acknowledge him
I as their deliverer 10 years before
! Since God reveals Himself under new
name as He assumes new relationship
to His people. Moses inquired as to
! what that new relationship would be,
and His corresponding name The
Lord promptly met this difficulty re-
| vealing to him a name different in
many respects from all others previ-
ously given. This new name is, I
Am" This name is from the Hebrew
word ito be-" 1t indicates Q) Gods
self-existence-the One whose very ma
ture 1t is to be-the cause OF all be-
ing. (2) His self-suficiency. He said.
II Am That I Am" Since God Is the
unique One, He could not go outside
I of Himself to explain Himself; (3)
His unchangeableness. What He al
ways was and is. He evermore shall be.
8. Unbelief on the Part Of the Peo-
pie (E1od. 4:D. This difficulty the Lord
met by supplying him with credentials
which could not be gainsaid. He was
given the power to perform supernat-
ural wonders (E1od. 4:2).
4. Lack Of Eloquence (Exod. 4 10Y.
This difficulty 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 (Exod. IL. p.