Trusting God to Work
“Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly…
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“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God,…
Read MoreGod Calls Moses
“Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.” (Exodus 3:6) Hebrews 11:23 says, “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents,…
Read MoreMoses Kills the Egyptian and Flees
“And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew…
Read MoreMoses is Born
“And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.” (Exodus 2:10) Pharaoh had commanded, “Every [Hebrew] son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.” (Exodus 1:22) Imagine being an Egyptian soldier. You go past the home of a…
Read MoreA Use-of-Force Complaint
“But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.” (Acts 24:7-8) Saul had been a brutal persecutor of Christians until one day…
Read MoreA Use-of-Force Complaint
“But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.” (Acts 24:7-8) Saul had been a brutal persecutor of Christians until one…
Read MoreKnow When to be the Good Guy
“But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. Now therefore…
Read MoreAffliction in Egypt
“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.” (Exodus 1:8) Jacob, his sons, and their families lived in Egypt. Eventually “…Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.” (Exodus 1:6) As years went on, “…the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding…
Read MoreFaithful Stewardship
“A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants…
Read MoreGamaliel’s Warning
“And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.” (Acts 5:38-39) The apostles Peter and…
Read MoreJoseph and His Brothers: Epilog
Joseph called for his father Jacob and the rest of the family to live in Egypt in the third year of the famine. We know this because Joseph told his brothers to tell Jacob and the rest of the family to come to Egypt; “…for yet there are five years of famine;” (Genesis 45:11) Genesis…
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