The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-07-07
Lesson for July 10
THE CALL OF MOSES

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LESSON TEXT-Exodus 2:l1-4:2o.
GOLDEN TEXT-And he said. Ger
tainly I will be with thee; and this
shall be token unto thee, that I have
sent thee: When thus hast brought
forth the people out Of Egypt, ye shall
serve God upon this mountain.
PRIMARY TOPIC-A Bush on Fire.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Moses Given . Great
Task.
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOP.
1c-Hearing and Needing Gods Call.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP.
1C-Accepting . Great Task.
!. Moses Trained In indian Gall
The occasion of his being in the
desert was the effort of Pharaoh to
slay him when he heard of Moses act
in Staying the Egyptian who was
shifting Hebrew. Having fed from
the face Of Pharaoh, he took up his
abode in the land Of the Midianites.
He himself needed further discipline
for his great work. This he expert.
enced through forty years in the
desert.
u. His Marriage to zipporah (2:16-
22).
Soon after his arrival in the Land
Of indian he defended the daughters
Of Reuel, the priest of indian,
against the shepherds, and watered
their flock. Out Of gratitude for this
act Moses was called into the priests
house to eat bread. While dwelling
in this house Zipporah, a daughter Of
the priest, became his wife.
III. The Lord Speaks to Moses at
the Burning Bush (3:1-6).
While keeping the flock Of his
father-in-law in the desert the Lord
appeared to Moses in a vision in a
burning bush. Moses stepped aside
to behold this strange sight and was
taught the lesson of proper approach
to God, who revealed himself as the
God of his fathers, the covenant God.
~. Moses Commissioned as the De-
lverer of His People (3:7-10).
/. Gods active interest in his peo-
pie ". y.
a. II have seen the affliction Of my
people" So keenly conscious is God
of all that goes on in the world that
not one Of his chosen ones can be
touched without his notice.
b. II have heard their cries" No
cry ever goes up to God from his
child unheard.
c. II know their Sorrows" Many
indeed are the sorrows Of Gods chill.
dren, but he knows all about them
and will adapt himself in grace to
their need.
2. Gods gracious obligation to his
people wv. 8. 81.
a. To deliver them out Of the hand
Of the Egyptians.
b. ITO bring them up out Of the
land"
c. ITO bring them into good land
and large, into a land flowing with
milk and honey"
3. Gods commission to Moses ".
10Y. This call seems to have been q
great surprise to Moses.
v. Moses Objections Patiently
Heard and Removed (3:11-4:16).
1. His personal unworthiness ".
III. He said, "Who am 1 that should
70 unto PharaohT He realized his
insuficiency for his task. Moses did
not refuse to 60, but laid his diff
Guilty before the Lord. God answered
this difficulty by assuring him that
he would be with him.
2. The difficulty Of the people to
understand Moses relationship to
God wv. 10, 14). Moses knew how
unwilling they were to acknowledge
him as their deliverer forty years
before. Since God changes his name
as he assumes a new relationship to
his people, Moses inquired as to what
that new relationship would be and
his corresponding name. This new
name is II AM" This name is from
the Hebrew verb ITO be-" It indi.
Gates:
q. Gods self-existence It sets forth
the idea that God is the self-existent
one and the source of all existence.
b. His self-sufficiency. He said, 81
AM 4I1A4 L ANl. NOu Is Tic uAl4uO
one He is not dependent upon any
other existence.
c. His unchangeableness. II AN
THAT I AM" may be expanded to
mean II am what I always waA
What I always was and am, always
will be-"
8. Unbelief on the part Of the peo-
pie (4:1-5). This difficulty the Lord
met by supplying him with creden-
tails which could not be gainsaid. He
was given the power to perform su-
pernatural wonders.
4. Lack Of eloQuence (4:10). Moses
confessed that he was slow Of speech
and of a slow tongue. His ability to
speak had not been improved since
the Lord had spoken to him. This
difficulty the Lord in his infinite pa
thence met by providing an assistant
in the person of his brother Aaron.
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