Moses and the Inept Handyman

 Moses and the Inept Handyman Moses and the Inept Handyman Rev. Res Spears / General Handyman story • The visit • The promise • The mirror • The failure • The conclusion • I'm not that guy • I know who I am. • When I forget, I often find myself humbled, if not humiliated • Intro • A man who thought he was God's fixer. • Pride and self-reliance • Failure and ran away • God WOULD use this man • But first, humility • The story of the life of Moses • Pride and humility • Connection to grace • Pride = enemy; God wouldn't use Moses' pride • Humility = opened him to receive God's grace • Ex 2 • Background • Joseph's line in Egypt • Pharaoh's Thutmose 1 decree • Ex 2:1-4 • Wicker basket = ark, like Noah's • Faith of this mother (her hard choice to trust God to provide a way) • Faith of the sister to wait and watch • God would provide a way • Ex 2:5-9 • God's response to the mother's faith • Saved the boy • She became his nurse • She was paid to nurse him • Ex 2:10 • Look at the change of fortune for Moses - household of Pharaoh, son of the princess Tom Constable's Expository Notes on the Bible 3. Moses' birth and education 2:1-10 The daughter of Pharaoh (Thutmose I) was probably Hatshepsut who was a very significant person in Egyptian history (v. 5). She later assumed co-regency with Thutmose III and ruled as the fifth Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty • Life as royalty • Josephus' account • General/Ethiopia • Married Ethiopian princess • Whether true or not, raised as royalty, with power and prestige • Went to his head? • Ex 2:11-12 • Good intentions • Heb 11:24-26 • He loved his Hebrew brothers and sisters • He had faith in God's promises to Abraham • But there's more • Stephen's account (Acts 7:22-25) • Deliverance = salvation • Any evidence of God's having sent Moses for deliverance/salvation? • NO. A man of power in words and deeds • Powerful men go out and do. Prideful. They often don't wait on God. • God would work through Moses, but not yet. • He was missing something. • Everything changes • Seen. Challenged. On the run. • Midian • Becomes a shepherd for Jethro, priest of Midian • Shepherds in Egypt • Joseph's family-keepers of livestock • "every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians" • Moses' Egyptian background • Humiliation • Chapter 3 Moses vs. Chapter 2 Moses • He has learned something • Ex 3:1-10 • Who would save the people? • Vs. 8 - God • Vs. 10 - Moses • Both - God works through people • Used Moses to call Israel • Used Moses to condemn the Pharaoh • BUT every part of Israel's salvation was from God • Plagues • Red Sea • Safety in the wilderness • God works through people, but He didn't work through Moses the first time. • What's different? • God's timing • Moses' attitude • Ex 3:11 • Look how Moses has changed • WAS the powerful man who supposed that God would bring deliverance through him • BECAME the man who said to God, "Who am I?" • WAS important man of the royal household • BECAME a lowly shepherd • Learned humility over 40 years • Humility was key to Moses' salvation • By grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone • Moses' faith • Promise to Abraham • Later, forgiveness by sacrifices • They pointed to Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God • OT faith in what God had revealed, as all revelation pointed to Jesus, the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets • Our faith in greater revelation of Jesus Christ • Son of God • Lived as a man • Died for our sins • Rose again • Waiting in heaven to return for those who put their faith in Him and in His promises • BUT, humility is part of that faith • Pride says: • I don't need help. • I can save myself. • I'm good enough on my own. • Pharisees (self-righteousness and karma) • Humility says: • I know who I am (and God knows) • Sinner • Justly condemned • Lost • Unable to save myself • Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, but faith includes humble recognition of who you are • Agreement with God • Submission to Jesus as Lord • Solomon's proverbs • Pride New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 16 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. • Proud of heart (self-righteous) • Punishment for sins • Humility New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 22 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life. • Riches in heaven • Honored place before God's glory • Eternal life in the presence of He who IS life • The first step - Know who you are • Then know who Jesus is • The innocent who paid the price for the guilty • The sinless who became sin so that we might become His righteousness • Pride says I'm good enough • Humility says I could never be good enough. Humility says I know who I am. • Humility bows before God and says "Who am I that you are mindful of me?" • And Grace answers from the cross: "You are the one for whom I died." Page . Exported from Logos Bible Software, 3:15 AM August 16, 2020.