God Rescues Moses

I. Introduction

II. The extraordinary survival of Moses (vs. 1-10)

A. The Origin and Plight of one Hebrew Levite baby (vs. 1-4)

Exodus 2:1–4 ESV

1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

B. Pharaoh’s daughter adopts the baby (vs. 5-10)

Exodus 2:5–10 ESV

5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

III. Moses Flees to Midian (vs. 11-22)

A. Moses is presumptuous (vs. 11-14)

Exodus 2:11–14 ESV

11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

B. Pharaoh seeks to kill Moses (v. 15a)

Exodus 2:15 ESV

15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

C. Moses flees Egypt to go to Midian (vs. 15b-20)

Exodus 2:15–20 ESV

15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and watered their flock. 18 When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”

D. Moses marries and has a son (vs. 21-22)

Exodus 2:21–22 ESV

21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. 22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

IV. God heard the cries of Israel (vs. 23-25)

V. What do you see about God?

Providence of God

You all should be used to hearing this word since Pastor Chris routinely uses it in his prayers as he extols God’s perfections!

Lexham Survey of Theology Providence

Providence is the governing power of God that oversees his creation and works out his plans for it.

Christian Theology, 3rd ed. Chapter Summary

The providence of God means the continuing action of God in preserving his creation and guiding it toward his intended purposes

The Moody Handbook of Theology, Revised and Expanded Characteristics of God’s Decree

Even though God has determined all things, He may actively bring them about Himself, or He may bring them about through secondary causes.

a. God preserved Israel during their oppression in Egypt

b. God particularly preserved Moses from death twice

c. God allowed Moses’ own presumption to get him to flee Egypt

d. God preserved Moses’ wife to be in Midian when Moses arrived.

e. God gave Moses a son named Gershom.

f. God was actively involved in the sufferings of Israel–He heard and knew of their suffering!