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Moses - Pastor Don Guldin
Aug 2, 2025
Join Pastor Don Guldin in a deep dive into the life and legacy of Moses—prophet, deliverer, and servant of God. In this extended Bible study. Lesson 61 Bible Study Series Pastor Don Guldin 150 Guldin Rd Jacksonville, NC www.calvaryministry.org
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Good morning, folks. This is Pastor Don
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Golden from Calvary Ministry. As I tell
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you every week, I'm so glad that you're
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here with us to share the word of God
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and to look into those holy words that
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will put strength, character, and
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encouragement into our lives as we live
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and walk before God every day of our
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lives. I would ask you this morning to
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look with me to the book of Exodus and
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we're going to be looking at the person
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of
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Moses. Last week, you remember we talked
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about Joseph and how he faced all the
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difficulties and the trials that he did.
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Well, this week we're going to be
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looking at Moses a little bit farther
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down the road. Here in the pre
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historical perspective, we're talking
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about 3,400
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years ago. So, we're looking at a time
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frame of about 1,400
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BCE
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as they would say. And we're going to
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pick up looking at the life of Moses in
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chapter three of the book of Exodus.
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Now, as a way of preface, all of you are
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familiar with the man Moses. Moses who
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is credited with writing the first five
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books of what we call the Old Testament,
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the Pentitude as it's called by other
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persons, the first five books of the Old
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Testament. But Moses had an amazing
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young life. uh he was born during a time
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when the new Pharaoh after the lifetime
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of Joseph had come to rule and the new
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Pharaoh thought that they were the
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Hebrews were becoming too populous up
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there in the land of Gan. So he put the
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word to the midwives that all male
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children should be killed at birth but
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let the females live. Moses was born to
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a young Hebrew couple and his mother did
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not want to see anything happen to him.
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So she made a basket and she put Moses
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in that basket and she had covered the
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outside of it with a type of tar to
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waterproof it and then she would hide it
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in the banks of the Nile among the
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reeds. and she had her daughter, Moses's
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older sister named Miriam, to keep an
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eye on her to make sure that no harm
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would come to the baby.
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Three or four months go by
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and the sister of Pharaoh is down at the
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Nile River bathing and they hear the
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babe crying. Moses, one of her uh maid
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servants, goes over and looks and finds
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the basket, brings it over and the child
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it is so
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so beautiful that she decides that she
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would like to adopt this child and make
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the child her own son. So Moses going
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goes from being born to Hebrew slaves to
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becoming the adopted son of the sister a
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princess of Egypt, the princess, a
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sister of Pharaoh.
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Now here's the other wrinkle in the
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story. You remember Moses's mother?
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Well, she had put him in there so that
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he would not be killed.
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And Miriam, who was Moses's sister, who
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was watching the babe in the basket,
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goes to the princess of Egypt, Pharaoh's
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sister, and asks her would she'd like to
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have a Hebrew slave woman to nurse the
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child for her. The princess of Egypt
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says, "Yes, I would like to have that
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and let her know that I will give her
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due wages to take care of this child
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until he is old enough to be brought to
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me and I will adopt him as my own son."
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So Moses has to care of his mother, his
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father, his family. The Hebrew
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traditions are being taught to him. And
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when he is of age to move into the house
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of Pharaoh, he is taken to Pharaoh and
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becomes the adopted son of the princess
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of Egypt.
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There's the background on Moses. As
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Moses grows, he looks upon the Hebrew
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people
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where he has come from and he sees the
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hardships that they suffer with daily.
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One day he is out there, he's a young
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man, we don't know how old, but he's
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fully grown. And he sees an Egyptian
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taskmaster
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beating a Hebrew slave, one of his
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brethren.
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And in his response to that situation,
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the drama of it, he takes out a weapon
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of some type, and he kills the Egyptian
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taskmaster and buries him in the sand.
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When the matter becomes known to
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Pharaoh,
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Moses flees for his life. He flees out
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of Egypt from the cities of Rammeses and
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Pitham where the Hebrew people were
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enslaved to make brick for the building
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projects of the Pharaoh. He flees from
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Ramisees and Pitham and he goes to the
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land of Midian on the uh eastern side of
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the Gulf of Aaba
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to the land called Midian.
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There he marries a daughter of the high
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priest and king of Midian
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and has two sons.
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And he is there until he is 80 years
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old. And here's where the time of Moses
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really begins for our purposes. Turn
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with me to Exodus 3 and verse 1. Here's
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Moses. He's been in Midian for some
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time. He's married to the daughter of
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Jethro, who is the priest of Midian. He
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has two sons
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and he is tending the flocks of Jethro.
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Chapter 3, the book of Exodus. Verse
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one, it says there, "Now Moses was
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tending the flock of Jethro, his
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father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And
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he led the flock to the back of the
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desert,
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and came to Horeb, which is the same as
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Cyani, the mountain of God. And the
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angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
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flame of fire from the midst of a bush.
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So he looked, and behold, the bush was
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burning
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with fire, but the bush was not
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consumed. an absolute miracle of God
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calling Moses's attention.
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You know, I think about the way that God
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calls each one of us continually.
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It says in the Bible that God is not
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willing that any of us should perish,
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but all should come to know
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Jesus the Christ as our Lord and our
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Savior
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and that salvation is of God.
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Moses
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turns aside to see this burning bush and
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a voice comes from the bush. We're down
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in verse four now at the end of the
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verse. And the voice from the burning
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bush says, "Moses, Moses."
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Moses responds and says, "Here I am."
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the first words of Moses back to God.
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Here I am.
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Think about it. How God calls to each
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one of us. God has time within the
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scheme and the plan of salvation to draw
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each one of us unto him.
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Moses says, "Here I am."
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Then God says to him,
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"Take the sandals off your feet." This
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is down in verse five. "For the place
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where you stand is holy ground."
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When I think back to the day when God
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put salvation upon my soul, I was just a
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young boy
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and I remember a feeling of
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differentness.
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I remember a feeling of being relieved
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of a feeling of being insecure
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and inadequate
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as a young boy.
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All of a sudden, I felt a strength that
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I had never felt before.
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I'm sure that you as a Christian people
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that are saved and listening to this
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message, you can recall your own time of
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salvation and realize what God said here
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to Moses. The place where on you stand
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is holy ground.
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God continues to talk to Moses. And he
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identifies him not only as that one who
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is talking to Moses, but he says, "I am
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the God of your father, the God of
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Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
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of Jacob." All that you are in history,
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all that has come to make you what you
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are. All these forefathers who have
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served me, I am coming to you in the
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same way that I came to them.
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It says
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there that Moses responds
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and he hides his face because he feels
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his
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sinfulness, his unworthiness before
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Almighty God.
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God talks to him.
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God talks to us often.
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But God talks to Moses up there in the
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Cyani desert
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there east of the land of Midian where
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he is hurting those sheep and those
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goats and the cattle.
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And God says to Moses,
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"I have surely seen the oppression of my
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people who are in Egypt,
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and I have known their sorrows." See,
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God knows our need long before we do.
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Moses said, "Here I am before God." And
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then God tells him why he is being
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called.
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He says God says I have seen the
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oppression of my people who are in Egypt
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and I know their sorrows.
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Third thing God says to him, I have come
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to deliver them
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out of the hand of the Egyptians
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to bring them up from the land to a good
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and large land to a land flowing with
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milk and honey.
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Now, isn't that the way God is? God
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looks at us. He sees our sinfulness,
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but he's willing to look beyond that to
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deliver us out of our sinfulness and
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deliver us into a place where there is
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an abundance of blessing living in the
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very presence of God and the kingdom of
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God as a child of God with the unseen
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and untold resources.
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of God's kingdom available to us.
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Literally, we go from our sinfulness to
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a place flowing with milk and honey.
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For God has seen our oppression.
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God has seen our oppression.
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Moses at this point becomes like most of
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us.
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Okay. I'm so happy, God, that I'm a
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child of yours. I'm just so happy that
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I'm a child of yours and my sins have
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been forgiven.
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But do you want me to do anything
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cuz I I'm I'm just perfectly happy being
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a child of God.
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And Moses says to God,
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he says, "Who am I that I should go to
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Pharaoh?"
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Because see,
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God has told Moses
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there in the close of verse 10
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that he is to go to Egypt and tell the
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Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go so that
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they can come and worship God in the
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Cyani before Mount Si, before Mount
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Horeb, one and the same.
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Moses has an excuse.
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He says, "Who am I that I should go to
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far Pharaoh?"
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You know, any of us can look at our own
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circumstances and we can say, you know,
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I'm just an everyday worker. I don't
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have a lot of means. I've never achieved
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any notable success. How can I move out
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and serve the will of God? You know, I'm
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just God. All I am is just me.
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Moses says to God, his first objection.
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He says, "Who am I that I should go to
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Pharaoh and that I should bring the
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children of Israel out of Egypt?"
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God says to him
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in the book of Deuteronomy, God says, "I
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will never leave you and I will never
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forsake you." That's also said in the
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book of Hebrews.
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And God says to Moses right here, "I
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will certainly be with you, and this
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shall be a sign to you that I have sent
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you. When you have brought the people
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out of Egypt, you shall serve God on
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this mountain. You're going to bring
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them right here." God says, "I will
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certainly be with you." So the first
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objection of Moses saying, "Who am I
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that I can go? You know, I'm I'm just an
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ordinary shepherd now." And God says,
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"Don't worry about that." He says, "I
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will certainly be with you."
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Then Moses said to God,
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now he's objecting a second time why he
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can't go. Indeed, when I come to the
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children of Israel and say to them, the
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God of your fathers has sent me to you
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and they say unto me, what is his name?
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What shall I say to them? Second time
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that Moses is trying to find a way not
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to go to Pharaoh.
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And God said to Moses in verse 14, "I am
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who I am. Thus you shall say to the
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children of Israel, I am has sent me to
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you. This is my name.
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I have surely visited you and seen what
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is done to you of Egypt. And I have said
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I will bring you up out of the
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affliction
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to the land of Canaan,
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that land that is flowing with milk and
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honey. So God answers Moses on his
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second objection,
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saying, "Well, who should I say is going
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to send me?" Now, why would Moses say
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that? Because you see, Egypt was filled
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with gods.
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They had over 1,500
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different gods that they had
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manufactured to satisfy every need. From
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the rising sun, the sun god raw and a
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moon as they called him to the one who
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dealt with the very death and the end of
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life called Oirus. They had an They had
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a god who controlled the overflow of the
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Nile and the fertility of the land. They
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had over 1,500
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gods to worship in Egypt. And so Moses
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says to God, "Who should I tell them has
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sent me? What is your name?"
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And God says to Moses, I am who I am has
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sent me to you. And so the second
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objection that Moses has has been
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satisfied.
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Now go to verse four. And Moses is not
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easy to take up the will of God and the
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mission of God that has been set before
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him.
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Then Moses answered and said,
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"But suppose
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they will not believe me or listen to my
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voice.
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Be suppose they claim that I have not
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had a vision from God whatsoever."
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Because you see, there are over 1,500
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other gods in Egypt.
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How am I to convince them that you are
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the God who has sent me and that you are
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the God who is going to relieve them of
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their affliction and relieve them of
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their oppression?
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God says to him,
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"What is that in your hand?"
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Moses says, "A rod."
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And God says to him, "Cast it on the
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ground."
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He casts it on the ground and it becomes
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a snake.
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Then God says, "Further, now put forth
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your hand and take the tail of the
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snake." And when he got hold of the tail
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of the snake, it turned into his rod.
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Again, God gave him a miraculous sign to
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show to the Hebrew people and unto
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Pharaoh.
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And he said, "Father, I'm going to give
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you a second sign." Leprosy was a feared
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and
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terrible, terrible disease in the day of
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Moses.
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People that incurred leprosy in their
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lives were considered to be outcast, to
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be unclean, not to be able to be part of
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the community. And God says to him, "Now
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take your hand and put it in your
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bosom." And Moses does. And when he
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pulls his hand out, it looks like if it
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is lepous.
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And God says to him, "Put your hand back
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in again." He does. And when he pulls it
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out, it is restored like the other flesh
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of his other hand. And God says to him,
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I've given you two miracles that you can
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perform before the people and show them
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that I am with you. I am with you. I am
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who I am.
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Moses
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with this
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has another
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point of objection.
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It says in verse 10, then Moses said to
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the Lord, "Oh my Lord,
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I am not eloquent,
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neither before nor since you have spoken
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to your servant,
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but I am slow of speech and slow of
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tongue."
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Moses is looking for some way so that he
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doesn't have does not have to change the
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very comfortable life that he has. Oh
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yes, he wants to be a child of God. Oh
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yes, he wants to be able to move about
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in this new experience as a child of
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God. But oh Lord, he doesn't want to
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have to move out of his comfortable
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circumstances.
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He's looking for any way that God will
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say to him, "Okay,
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you can be a child of God. You can stay
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right here at Cyani. I won't ask you to
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do a thing."
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God changes all that.
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And God says to him in verse 11,
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you see Moses has just complained that
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he's slow of speech. He's not eloquent.
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He has difficulty putting together the
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right words.
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And so the Lord has said to him, verse
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11,
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who has made man's mouth, or who makes
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the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the
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blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now
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therefore, go verse 12. And I will be
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with your mouth and teach you what you
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shall say.
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Verse
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13,
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Moses says for the fifth time, "Oh Lord,
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please send by the head of whomever else
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you may send to do this task." You see,
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he still doesn't want to go. He's
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looking for a way to get out of doing
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God's will.
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And God says to him in answer to his
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fifth point of resistance, "Is not Aaron
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the Levite your brother? I know that he
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can speak swell be speak well. And look,
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he is also coming to meet you."
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And God says to them, "I will be with
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your mouth and with his mouth and I will
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teach you what you shall do."
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Moses finally conceds and he is ready to
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go to Egypt again and do God's will.
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God sees our affliction.
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God sees our suffering.
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God sees our oppression. God sees all
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our needs. Things haven't changed.
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And we like Moses need to be willing to
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say, "Almighty God,
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as a child of yours,
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teach me those things that I need to
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say. Teach me those things I need to go
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go do and give me the strength to serve
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thy will according to your divine
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purpose."
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You see, the Bible tells us that if we
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will just have faith in the word of God
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in the book of Malachi 3 and verse 10,
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the Bible tells us in that short
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work that's there from the prophet
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Malachi that the windows of heaven will
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literally be opened and there will be
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blessings poured out upon on us and show
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so much abundance that there will be no
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room, no room that man can build to
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receive the blessing.
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You see, that's what Moses had to come
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to the realization of that God will
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provide all his needs to do what the
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will of God said should be done in his
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life.
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Jesus
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in the book of Luke chapter 6 and verse
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38
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said that the blessings of God will come
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to us pressed down
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shaken together so that the most can get
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in and then running over. That's how
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great the blessings will be when God is
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with us. When God is filling us with
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every resource necessary to do his will
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with our lives, we are to talk to those
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that are brokenhearted.
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We are supposed to proclaim liberty to
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the captives,
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liberty to the oppressed,
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and to proclaim the acceptable year of
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the Lord. I want to close with this to
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you.
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It's easy to say that we're not
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adequate. It's easy to feel insecure and
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say we don't have the means. It's easy
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to go ahead and turn away and say,
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"Well, that other fella is more
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qualified than me." But I want to tell
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you that in the power of salvation that
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is God's alone,
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God can make you to be exactly what he
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wants you to be. All you have to do is
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say, "Lord,
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here am I. Here am I." Confess your
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sins. Ask God for his forgiveness.
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And God will reward you with the
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salvation of his spirit, his blessing
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upon you. In the name of Jesus, I pray
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that you are in God's salvation.
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Amen.