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Moses a t th e Wayside Inn B y W illiam W ileman
God would not by any means overlook it. By a method which is riot named, God sought to kill him, and only removed the threatening by the obedience of Moses. No doubt the influence of Zipporah had hindered that obe dience in its proper season; but God would not accept that or any excuse from one who was to be His lawgiver. This principle of the divine government and procedure is still operative. Every reprover must eat his own re proofs. Every teacher must experience and practice all he teaches. When the appointed time—“the self-same day”— drew near for the exodus, God sent Moses to Pharaoh with a direct command to liberate his people. “Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: and I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy sOn, even thy firstborn” (Ex. 4:22, 23). It was while on the way to exectute this, his first commission, that God met him and sought to kill him. Moses was guilty in respect of his firstborn. God was sending him to threaten Pharaoh about his firstborn, and to command Pharaoh to let God’s firstborn go free. Therefore God must teach Moses how to speak with honesty and sincerity of feeling. He who preaches the death of the sinner must himself first have been convinced of sin. thought of closing our doors. We have had to curtail our work. We have had to cut salaries to the limit. But we have a splendid body of earnest students. Many new ones came to us at the beginning of this semester. God is blessing us. We have every reason for thanksgiving, and we are rejoicing in Him. It is a hand-to-mouth program, but it is “from God’s hand to our mouth.” We must not only keep ori going, but must also pay our debts. Faithfully yours,
Everything in the life-history of Moses is in the most perfect harmony with his commission and work as a law giver. His first recorded act (Ex. 2 :12) is the slaying of a man. The holy law of God is still used by the Holy Spirit in the conviction of sin as a killing law. “The let ter killeth” ; that is, thè law lettered on stone. “The law was given by Moses; but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” The first judicial act of Moses as a lawgiver, after the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, was the slaying of the idolaters ; “and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men” (Ex. 32:28). Al most the same words are used (Acts 2:41) of the power of the Holy Spirit unto salvation on the day of Pentecost ; “and the same day there were added about three thou sand souls.” It is observable that Moses, as God’s servant in giv ing the law; must also himself be made obedient to the law. Thus we have in Ex. 4 :24-26, within three verses, the record of the dealing of God with him for neglect. “And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.” We have here in words of one syllable the conviction of Moses for disobedience. He had omitted the circumcision of his firstborn son ; and We are again presenting the Biola Honor Roll for your prayerful consideration. We are delighted with the response we have had to our appeal for one dollar per month. If you are a friend of the Institute, could you not spare at least twelve dollars a year in monthly payments of one dollar? If God puts into the hearts of twenty thousand people to support us every month, by prayer and gift, it will mean far more than the giving of twenty thousand dollars per month by one person. This may be His plan to carry on. The Institute is going right along. Broadcast among your friekds that the Institute shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord. We have never even
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