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full-slide-with-logoMOSES: THE RENEGADE

According to the interweb, a renegade is, "noun: a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles. Adjective: having treacherously changed allegiance."

Moses was a renegade.

  • He was born the son of Jewish slaves.
  • He left slavery to be raised an Egyptian. OK, he didn’t have much choice there. But then...
  • He murdered an Egyptian who was beating a Jewish slave. This made him a traitor to Egypt and a fugitive from both his Jewish roots and his Egyptian upbringing. People are weird when it comes to befriending murderers. But later, through this same Moses, when he was 80 years old…
  • The Jewish slaves were freed, and the Egyptian people were plundered, their army destroyed.

 

Here are some other unique things about Moses:

  • He handled snakes Ex 4:1-5, which made me think he was from the tribe of Slytherin. But the Bible says he was from the tribe of Levi.
  • He was afraid of following God Ex 3-4.
  • He was afraid of public speaking Ex 4:10, which isn’t abnormal unless you are the one chosen by God to be His spokesman.
  • He hung out with Ex 24:15-18 and was buried by God Deut 34:5-6.
  • He either had the best workout program known to man or mysteriously good genes Deut 34:7.

Can you relate to Moses? Have you ever been afraid to follow God, while wanting to hang out with Him at the same time? Can you relate to doing stupid things (not murder I hope), and feeling isolated, unwanted, dismissed? Have you ever felt that your chance to be a renegade and make a difference was over, that life and God had passed you by? If so, then you can relate to the life of Moses.

1500 years after God buried Moses, the writer to the Hebrews wrote:

Heb 11:24 (NIV2011)  By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25  He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26  He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27  By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

I hope you can join us Sunday for our 5-week study of Moses, the Renegade. We want to see him who is invisible.

 

 

 

 

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Heb 6:19 (NIV2011)  We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.