LESSON 23 - MOSES AND HIS WORK.

June 9, 1888.

  1. WHO claimed Moses as her son? Ex. 2:10.
  2. What advantages did this give him? Acts 7:21, 22.
  3. What happened one day when he was grown? Ex. 2:11, 12.
  4. How old was he when this happened? Acts 7:23, 24.
  5. Why did he do this? Verse 25.
  6. What is indicated by this verse? Ans. - That Moses had in some way learned that God would make use of him to deliver the children of Israel; and he supposed that they would understand it also.
  7. Did they understand it?
  8. What shows that they did not? Acts 7:25-28.
  9. By this attempted deliverance of Israel, what stand did Moses take? Heb. 11:24. Ans. - He identified himself with Israel.
  10. What choice did he make? Heb. 11:25.
  11. What did he value more highly than the, wealth of Egypt? Verse 26.
  12. When Moses found that even his own people would not acknowledge him as a deliverer, what did he do? Ex. 2:15; Acts 7:29.
  13. How long did he remain there? Acts 7:30.
  14. What did he do all these years? Ex. 3:1, first part.
  15. At the expiration of 40 years, what took place? Acts 7:30.
  16. What did the Lord then propose to do with Moses? Verse 34.
  17. Did the Israelites believe in the mission of Moses this time? Ex. 4:29-31.
  18. What must have been the reason that they did not accept him before? Ans. - Because although he had been appointed to do the work, he did not go in the Lord’s way nor the Lord’s time; he had only his own credentials.

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