The Life of Moses Lesson 1
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Introduction:
Introduction:
•Who I am
◦ I work with adult ministry at West Cannon
◦ I have a wife Corrin, daughter Sabina, and another on the way in February
◦ I love teaching the word, and I’m excited to get to know one another through these
evenings
• What these evening will look like:
◦ Several men will be teaching on a rotating basis
◦ The study will be on the Life of Moses, using James Montgomery Boice’s book as a
general guide
◦ Each teacher will have their own teaching style, but I would like this to be very interactive
—I’ll try to ask questions, I hope you will engage in discussion
‣ If you have a question, an observation, or something in between—please jump in!
Why Study Moses?
Why Study Moses?
1. Because in learning about Moses we learn about one of the most important periods in God’s plan of redemption.
plan of redemption.
2. Because Moses was a man of incredible character and also a man of profound human weakness. We have much to learn from the development of Moses’s character as he grew in his relationship with God.
weakness. We have much to learn from the development of Moses’s character as he grew in
his relationship with God.
3. Because the story of Moses and the Exodus is a story that reveals powerfully the character and glory of God.
and glory of God.
How is it that in learning about Moses we learn about God’s plan of redemption?
◦ Question: If we want to learn about and understand the story of Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites, where should we begin?
the Israelites, where should we begin?
‣ Some might say in , where we are introduced to the Israelites in Egypt an Moses is born in chapter 2–but we need to go back further.
Moses is born in chapter 2–but we need to go back further.
‣ If this story is significant to God’s redemptive purpose, and it is, then we have to see it correctly in light of the meta-narrative of Scripture.
it correctly in light of the meta-narrative of Scripture.
• Question: What is the meta-narrative?
• Creation (through Christ)—>Fall (promise of Christ)—>Redemption/Restoration
(atonement of Christ)—>Consummation (return/reign of Christ)
The Meta-narrative
• The Metanarrative
◦ Creation
Made in the image of God
to be the visible representation of the invisible God
Fall
These is still a promise
The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Genesis 3:
What are the results of the fall? Destroyed relationships.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:
There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible…by the 6th chapter things have gotten so bad God is prepared to destroy the world—but he preserves a remnant.
—>The Noahic Covenant—God pledges not to destroy the earth and mankind in flood again in (transition to redemption—mankind)
Redemption
introduces us to Abram.
The Abrahamic covenant (nation)
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis
the nation of God that will come from Abraham will be the people of God, that nation of Israel
You will eventually have the Mosaic Covenant (how the people of God are to live in the midst of pagan peoples) and the Davidic Covenant (the specific family among the specific people from whom Messiah will come)
In order to be His people, He will set them apart as Holy and distinct from the pagan Gods of the people (eventually of Egypt and Canaan)
“You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.
Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
Leviticus
Thus says the Lord:
“In a time of favor I have answered you;
in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you and give you
as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate heritages,
saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
Ezekiel 37:
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
Therefore go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
2 Corinthians 6:14
Leviticus 37:27-28
What must happen for the people of God to be distinct?
They must not take the pagan gods
They must not intermarry
you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
Genesis
How does God’s redemptive plan reveal itself when we find God’s people enslaved in Egypt?
Question: Is God sovereign? Does he orchestrate the tide of history for his redemptive plan? What in your life reveals you don’t trust in the sovereignty of God?