81 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 1 - Book 7 - Moses, the Deliverer of Israel

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 7 MOSES, THE DELIVERER OF ISRAEL Exodus 4-8 Remember that Moses has been commissioned by God to confront Pharaoh, for the distinct purpose of bringing the children of Israel out of their bondage. Exodus 4:10-12 "And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: But I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." "And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? I think it's interesting to notice, that God has already used the signs to convince Moses that he, indeed, was going to be led of God. Here in Chapter 1, Paul is laying out the wisdom that can come only from God, and not from men: 1 Corinthians 1:26,27 "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:" "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world (that is from the world's view-point) to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty:" Let's put that right back in perspective with Moses. Isn't that exactly what God did with him? Oh, when he was mighty, when he had power, when he had clout, God couldn't use him. So God, by a Sovereign act, gets Moses where He can prepare him to be the kind of man He can use. If you want to be a Sunday School teacher, or a missionary, or anything in God's service, the first place we have to come to is an understanding that in ourselves, we are nothing! We all must come to the place that Moses did. Even Paul was brought to such a place. I Corinthians 2:1-4 Right now, turn to Matthew Chapter 11. Matthew 11:2-5 Why, basically, did Jesus perform all of those miracles to the nation of Israel? Remember that the Jew required a sign. 1 (Corinthians 1:22) So the Jew all the way through the Old Testament, and through Jesus' ministry had to have a sign. In verse 14, Peter had the vision. Unclean animals according to the Jewish diet and the Jewish Law. So Peter wasn't about to eat. Now, if you think Peter has been set free from the Law, then you haven't read and understood your Bible. Remember, this is ten years after Pentecost and Peter is still sticking to the Law. Look at verse 28. Peter began preaching to the house of Cornelius and is moving right along with his message: "While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." Most people never see that word. Gentiles had never come into a knowledge of salvation. How did these Jews know? Next verse: Acts 10:46 "For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God." It proved that God was doing something that they didn't think was possible. And that was to save a Gentile, without becoming a proselyte of Israel.Here again the sign was used to convinced these Jews. Not one word did they pass on; that God was ready to deal with the Gentiles on His own ground, and not on the basis of using the nation of Israel. I never like to use just one verse if I can help it. I Corinthians 1:18 No one can be saved by simply believing in Jesus. The world may think the preaching of the Cross is foolishness, but to us that are saved, it is the power of God. It takes the power of God to save us, to set us free from the shackles of sin And that power can never be released from God until weBELIEVE THE GOSPEL. You show me one verse where it says that if you will take Jesus as your Lord and personal Savior, that you will be saved. Now, if you take the Lord Jesus Christ as you personal Savior, based on the fact that He, the very Son of God, became flesh, went to the Cross, shed His blood, was buried, and rose from the dead, and you put that whole truth into your cliché, then I have no problem with that. Which Jesus are you believing in? Are you believing in the Jesus of the three years that He ministered to Israel, or are you putting your faith in that Jesus that went to the Cross, and rose from the dead? I Corinthians 1:19-21 hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?'" "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." Which man are they looking for? The Anti-christ! The rabbi wasn't thinking in terms of the Anti-christ; he was thinking of Israel's Messiah. That's the wisdom of this world. But Paul wants us to have the wisdom of God, and how do we get it? Remember, Faith plus Nothing. I Corinthians 1:22 "For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks, seek after wisdom:" We'll see when we go back to Exodus, that as soon as Moses approaches the children of Israel, he does all these signs that God tells him to do. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible