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Post by Tabitha3319 on Aug 25, 2020 12:08:04 GMT -5
God spoke to Moses as one would a friend.
You can just see in Exodus how Moses went from shying away from the call of God due to insecurities about his speech to being a willing servant even taking in the impossible in order to serve God.
What qualifies a person to perform miracles and see the Lord up close. Anyone, who has read Exodus may have asked these things.
But notice how the Lord repeats His reason for the plagues on the Egyptians.
"That they may know that I am the Lord."
Moses' lack of courage and weaknesses were the very things that qualified him, since the Israelites would give glory to God and not to Moses.
Pharoah was the kind of leader who did not want to acknowledge any being higher than him and wanted his own glory above anything else.
In contrast, all of the miracles done through Moses bring worship and glory to the Lord.
God's choice of Moses and Aaron had nothing to do with their natural talents and everything to do with Him getting renown and glory for Himself.
As Exodus progresses, Moses' knowledge of God only grows more intimate and the people begin to bring their matters before him so he can weigh in with God's wisdom.
Moses has gone from unwilling servant to selfless and willing.
This is rather encouraging because how often do we sometimes pray that God would use us, but were afraid of what we might be required to do? It's a blessing to know that when were afraid, God can and will still use us.
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Moses
Aug 26, 2020 7:06:07 GMT -5
Post by John on Aug 26, 2020 7:06:07 GMT -5
Just so everyone knows, the Essay area is not a doctrinal section, and if someone wants to take up arguments from other threads, this is not the place to do it. That is why a post was removed.
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Moses
Aug 26, 2020 8:59:24 GMT -5
Post by watchful on Aug 26, 2020 8:59:24 GMT -5
Just so everyone knows, the Essay area is not a doctrinal section, and if someone wants to take up arguments from other threads, this is not the place to do it. That is why a post was removed.
Are you saying no response or discussion is allowed here in this area? It might be a good idea to lock the threads down in this area as soon as someone posts their writing, rather than have folks take the time and effort to write a response only to have it removed. |
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Aug 26, 2020 9:11:25 GMT -5
Post by John on Aug 26, 2020 9:11:25 GMT -5
Just so everyone knows, the Essay area is not a doctrinal section, and if someone wants to take up arguments from other threads, this is not the place to do it. That is why a post was removed.
Are you saying no response or discussion is allowed here in this area? It might be a good idea to lock the threads down in this area as soon as someone posts their writing, rather than have folks take the time and effort to write a response only to have it removed. |
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Post by PG4Him on Aug 26, 2020 11:46:26 GMT -5
Nice essay! You definitely had a message you wanted to convey. Your contrast of Moses and Pharoah is interesting. I'd say you have pharaoh pegged pretty well, and I'm inclined to agree with your ideas here. Great job making it relevant to each of us at the end! This would be good content for a devotional.
For readers who don't know about Moses, perhaps you could have explained a bit of background on what happened in Egypt.
I can tell you really pondered what you were reading in Exodus. Your enthusiasm shows. This is a really nice blend of Bible study and personal connection.
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Post by John on Aug 26, 2020 12:24:12 GMT -5
I agree with everything Candance said about the essay you wrote tabitha3319 . The only thing I would suggest would be to include things like more about who Moses is, his parents, his childhood, how he met God, things like that. This does not have to be a short post. It can be very long. It is basically a mini-biography. I can tell that you have a real admiration for Moses, and he was a great man of faith. I want to thank you for stepping out and writing the very first essay. You had nothing to go by, and just did it. That takes courage. Great job.
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Aug 26, 2020 13:58:42 GMT -5
Post by watchful on Aug 26, 2020 13:58:42 GMT -5
Are you saying no response or discussion is allowed here in this area? It might be a good idea to lock the threads down in this area as soon as someone posts their writing, rather than have folks take the time and effort to write a response only to have it removed. Would you mind e-mailing me my post please John, I would like to read it again and I did not copy it to my computer. (My memory is not the greatest to put it mildly.) Thanks. |
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Moses
Aug 26, 2020 14:19:31 GMT -5
Post by John on Aug 26, 2020 14:19:31 GMT -5
Others can write their own essay on the life of Moses. That is why I did not lock it. I am working with PG4Him on this new section, and we decided that responses that are similar to the following one written by PG4Him are okay. What I am trying to avoid is having a thread turn into a fight over something completely unrelated that goes on for page after page. Whether or not Jesus denied Peter after Peter denied Jesus has nothing to do with Moses. There is also no direct correlation between Moses and Peter. For that reason, that post is gone from this thread, but if you want to write an essay about Moses, who he is, what he did, things like that, feel free. Also, if you feel like you have more to add to that other discussion, that thread is still open. If you have more scripture to bring into it, you can do that. Would you mind e-mailing me my post please John, I would like to read it again and I did not copy it to my computer. (My memory is not the greatest to put it mildly.) Thanks. |
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Aug 26, 2020 15:40:24 GMT -5
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Post by Tabitha3319 on Aug 26, 2020 15:40:24 GMT -5
Nice essay! You definitely had a message you wanted to convey. Your contrast of Moses and Pharoah is interesting. I'd say you have pharaoh pegged pretty well, and I'm inclined to agree with your ideas here. Great job making it relevant to each of us at the end! This would be good content for a devotional. For readers who don't know about Moses, perhaps you could have explained a bit of background on what happened in Egypt. I can tell you really pondered what you were reading in Exodus. Your enthusiasm shows. This is a really nice blend of Bible study and personal connection. I just saw this. Thank you so much! |
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