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LESSON FOR JANUARY 20
"osES CALLED TO pEI,vep
ISRAEL

-, TEkT-EIod. s:l-l3.
sDEN TExT-By faith Mo..,
10 n. was come to years. refused
aaushter: choosing rather to ave-
melton with the people Of God than
W ENJOY the pleasures of sin for a
son.-Heb. ll:24. IS.
ciSiERMEDIATB AND SENIOR TOP
pS-Moses. the Liberator.
iouNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
moses and the Deliyerancs Fror,
Egyptian bondage.
After Joseph was dead. there was
eha"se Oh dynasty (Exod. / :S). The
he" KING, noting the rapid Increase OF
'he lsraeiites, counseled the exercise of
prudence lest when war broke out thev
JON the enemy and fght against the
Egyptians. One of the methods IN
curtall this Increase was to ensIaye
the people. Failing in that, an edict
was issued that every male child
should be drowned. While the oppres-
sion or Gods people was heading up.
God was providing 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
tho Burning Bush (Exod. 3:1-6).
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.
u. Moses Commissioned a. the De-
iiverer Of His People (Exod. 3:7-1O).
/. Gods Active Interest in His Peo-
pie ". y. In the preamble Of this
commission, God said to Moses, "a
oVVii VIC dliiSliuu VI pew
ple"; (2) II have heard their cry" !:
(3) II know their sorrow"
2. Gods Gracious Obligation to His
People wv. 8, 81. Q To deliver them
out Of the hand of the Egyptians. (2)
To bring them up out Of the land. 80
To bring them into good land and a
large"
3. Gods Commission to Moses ".
1O). "Come now therefore. and 1 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 unfitness to undertake such q
task.
III. Moses Objections Patiently
Heard and Removed (Exod. S:11;
:1O).
l. Personal Unhtness ". ~. He
realized his insuf1ciency for this task.
Moses did not refuse to 60. 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 Difliculty 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 Ms He assumes new relationship
to His people, Moses inquired as to
what that new relationship would De-
and His corresponding name. Inc
Lord promptly met this difficulty re-
yealing to him name different IN
many respects from all others Prev
ousIy given. This new name ls'
Am" This name is from the Hepre"
word "to be-" 1t indicates (D Gods
sa,f-existepce-the One whose very ma
,ure II is to be-the cause OF all pc
ing. (2) His self-suficiency. ne sa,u'
az Am That l Am" Since Goo Is tne
unique One, He could not go OUTSIDE
NJ himself to explain Himself; W
His unchangeableness What he al
ways was and is. He evermore shail De-
a Unbelief on the Part Of the Peo.
,le fE.od. 4:D. This difficulty the Loro
met by supplying him with credentials
,xh,ch could not be gainsaid. He was
given the power to perform superna'-
nral wonders (E1od 4:2). -,
4 Lack of Eloquence tE.od. 4:lol'
This difticulty the Lord met by pro
v,a,ng an assistant in the person OF MS
hro,her Aaron. Moses was to be IN the
D,oca ~ God to Pharaoh and Aaron
was TO be his prophet (Exod. ''A' @''
i..4Inn Eriendshlp.