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THE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S
APR IL 22, 1923 MOSES: LIBERATOR AND LAWGIVER Golden Text: F ear not, stand still, and see th e salvation of Jehovah. E x .14 :13. LESSON TEXT Ex. 14:10, 13-22. (Read Deu. 3:23-28; Ps. 105:23-45; 106:7-33; Mt. 17:3; Ac. 7;17-44; 2 Co. 3:7-13; He. 11:23-29.) Devotional Reading—Ps. 70:1-5'. Outline: (1) The Palace Privileges.
ly qualified for th e office of th e g reat historian, to w rite the books of th e law and those splendid poems which are attribu ted to his pen. There are th ree g reat periods in the life of Moses, of forty years each. (1) In Egypt (A student, period of probation). (2) In th e W ilderness (A) shepherd, learn ing th e m ind of God). (3 ) A Leader (Saviour, prov ing God). Moses’ impetuous n atu re is mani fested when, having reached m aturity, he noted the oppression of his own peo ple by th e Egyptians, and sought to avenge them (Acts 7:24, 25). “A n d seein g : o n e o f th e m s u ffe r w ro n g :, d e d e fe n d e d h im , a n d a v e n g e d h im t h a t w a s o p p re s s e d a n d s m o te th e E g y p tia n . F o r h e s u p p o s e d 1 h is b r e th r e n w o u ld h a v e u n d e rs to o d h o w t h a t G od b y h is h a n d w o u ld d e liv e r th e m ; h u t th e y u n d e rs to o d n o t.’ He did not know the story of th a t blow would reach P haraoh, bu t it did, and he was obliged to flee from the w rath of the king. His m istake was over ruled for God’s glory. In th e miost na tu ra l fashion God provided for th e prep aration of th e man who was to be come more th an a prince of Egypt— a prince among men. (2) THE SHEPHERD SCHOOLING. A fter Moses’ experience w ith the Egyptian he perhaps vowed he would never in terfere again, bu t he cannot refrain from driving away th e boors who were annoying th e daughters of the priest of Midian. As a resu lt of th is he made his home w ith Je th ro and tended his flocks. Moses’ school was in the wilderness. In solitude, self m easurem ent, meditation, he gained a knowledge of the land and of w ilder ness life.
(2) The Shepherd Schooling. (3) T he1W ilderness Witness. In tro d u c tio n :
In the m idst of inhuman, b ru tal scenes in th e land of th e P haraoh ’s was born into the world one of e a rth ’s m ightiest men— Moses. Because of th e edict of the King LESSON th a t all male
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