Moses - Part 2
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I. The Birth of Moses
a. He was born in adversity
Adversity, challenges and governmental opposition are what God needed in a Moses in order to use him the way He did...
b. He was saved by his mother
Jochebed made an ark of bullrushes, daubed it with slime and pitch and sent that 3 month old baby boy downstream...
c. He was found by the princess
An example of God’s perfect sovereignty...
Perfect place, perfect person, perfect time...
Moses was now in the hands of the Egyptian princess...
Under Egypt’s nourishment and wisdom...
**We finished up in verse 10 last week
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt 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 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
1. Moses spent 40 years in Egypt
1. Moses spent 40 years in Egypt
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
**Many time we naturally get wrong pictures in our minds of these Bible characters…
For some reason I always pictured Moses as someone who was maybe just 18 or much younger than 40…
But 40 years under the nourishing and teaching of the Egyptians…
40 years to have Egyptian culture, knowledge and traditions drilled into your head…
Moses never knew life outside of Egypt or even growing up in a Levite home…
He knew what it was to be an Egyptian and how to live like an Egyptian…
If God could take Moses who was raised under Egyptian knowledge and nourishing and use that very same person to defy the Egyptian king to let God’s people go…
He can use anyone to do anything…
He used an orphan girl to save His people from annihilation (Esther)
He used someone who killed Christians to win them (Paul)
He used someone who ran from God in the complete opposite direction to finally preach an 8 word sermon for an entire city to be saved (Jonah)
**Are we starting to understand that it is not how great the servant is, but the master… and it’s not how wonderful the message is, but the Messiah?
2. Moses watched his people suffer wrongfully
2. Moses watched his people suffer wrongfully
*Remember: he is from the tribe of Levi, but grew up in the daughter of Pharaoh’s home
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Do you think Moses related the wrongful suffering that he spent 40 years witnessing in Egypt when God spoke to him about going back to Egypt?
I think that God wanted Moses to see the suffering of his people before he left Egypt…
3. Moses killed the Egyptian
3. Moses killed the Egyptian
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
**Moses was going to learn later on that deliverance of his people would not be in his own hand, but in God’s hand…
Moses saved an Israelite life and the people strove with him over it…
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
4. Moses fled in fear
4. Moses fled in fear
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. 26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
**At some point Moses conquered his fear in the desert…
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
He left Egypt in fear and at some point conquered that fear…
God may need you in the desert for 40 years to accomplish some things in you…
Moses fled to Midian: (quick teaching on Midian)
A region to the east of Egypt beyond the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula
The Midianites were descendants of Abraham (Gen. 25:1-2)
They were known for being nomadic herders
Later in Numbers 25, the Midianites would join Moab in seducing Israel to sin
The Midianites oppressed Israel during the time of the Judges when Gideon arose and smote them
This was roughly 300-450 miles from Pharaoh’s palace (not completely known since they were a nomadic people and the exact area of Midian is not mentioned)
