Moses
– Freeing
Yourself to Know God
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In
the NT, Stephen gives us a unique glimpse at Moses' early years (Acts 7:20-22)
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Moses
was "no ordinary child" (v. 20), and he was a "fine child"
(Exod. 2:2)
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Moses
has educated by one of history's greatest civilizations (Acts 7:22)
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Moses
was not a wet noodle. He was "powerful in speech and action" (Acts
7:22)
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Moses
must have seen the brutal hardship that enslaved his own people. We don't know
when Moses started to struggle with the tension he must have felt. But through
the years, Moses remembered the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Was it from
his parents?
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Moses
had a decision to make? Whom do I identify with? To remain Egyptian meant great
earthly rewards. To identify with the Israelites meant hardship.
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The
Book of Hebrews tells us what Moses decided.
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Moses
gave up the privileges of royalty (Heb. 11:24)
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Moses
chose hardship over the comforts of this world (Heb. 11:25)
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He
regarded the things of God more than the treasures of Egypt & saw the
eternal (Heb. 11:26)
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It
meant great personal sacrifice, choosing slavery over royalty. Moses chose
rejection over acceptance. (See Phil. 2:7)
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It
meant choosing suffering over pleasure (See Heb. 12:2)
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It
meant valuing spiritual rewards more than earthly rewards (See II Cor. 8:9)
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Moses
knew little, if anything, about Christ, but Moses understood what Christ did
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What
do we value in our own lives? Are we willing to walk away from the pleasures of
this world? Are we willing to give something up in order to gain the eternal?
Do we value the eternal more than the temporal? (See. Matt. 19:16-22)
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See
Matt. 6:33 and Luke 14:25-26. How can we truly follow God if others or other
things are more important to us?
#1) God wants us to use fully
the time, talent and treasures He has given us for His glory. (Luke 12:48)
#2) God wants all of us to live
within His perfect will.
#3) God wants all of His
children to walk through life seeing beyond the temporal and into eternity.
(See Heb. 11:10,13-16 and Romans 12:1-2)
For
next week read Exodus 2:11-15; Acts 7:23-29
