Exodus 3:1 This narrative is a chain of glorious wonders. We see here I. An old man called to go out on the great errand of his life. The education of Moses for the great mission of his life lasted eighty years. God never sends forth fruit until the season is fitted for the fruit, and the fruit fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:2 I. The vision. (1) The vision was miraculous. (2) Moses had this vision when he was in solitude. (3) It was symbolic (_a_) of Israel in Egypt; (_b_) of the Church in the world; (c) of the truth of the Gospel; (_d_) of ourselves who have the religious life within us. II. The voice. (1) I... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:3 I. The story of Moses is the story, at first, of failure. Two great streams of influences moulded his life, the one drawn from the Egyptian surroundings of his early days, the other drunk in with his mother's milk and his mother's teaching. On the one side he had the speechless-eyed deit... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:5 I. The essence of reverence lies in our forming a true estimate of our place amongst the powers around us, and so understanding aright and habitually feeling what is our relation to them. Now, to do this, (1) we must apprehend something of the mystery of life in ourselves and in others;... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:7 Quite apart from its religious significance, there is no other historical phenomenon that is to be compared for a moment in interest with this ever-growing wonder of the Jewish race. The light falls clearly and steadily on its history from first to last. The whole connected story lies be... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:10 _(with Hebrews 11:27)_ I. How was the earlier history of Moses an education for the great work of his life? In order to free his people from their bondage, Moses needed sympathy and faith; and the Bible gives us three phases of his life, wonderfully adapted to educate him in these qual... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:13 I. Moses on entering upon a great mission naturally inquires the conditions upon which he proceeds. Before going on any of life's great errands we should know (1) Who has sent us, and (2) What is the business on which we proceed. II. In the revelation made to Moses, "I AM hath sent me... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 3:14 In the long bondage of Israel the God of their fathers had become to the most a name, a faint echo, an image ever growing dimmer. They were in a country where countless gods were worshipped, where the forces and products of nature in all their changes were adored. The very conception of... [ Continue Reading ]