Moses' Faith - Pharaoah's Unbelief
Volume 2, Number 9Vol 2 - No 9, June 18, 2005Moses' faith / Pharaoh's unbelief - Part 3:Our last study focused on Pharaoh's response to the Word of God. Here we examine the faith of Moses, who was about 80 years old when the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ spoke to him from a burning bush while he tended sheep at Mt. Sinai - Exodus 3:1 - 10 & John 1:1, 2 & 14. The Lord said He had seen the affliction of His people; He had heard their cry; He knew their sorrows, Exodus 3:7; He would deliver them out of slavery in Egypt;... Continue reading →
Moses' Faith - Pharaoah's Unbelief
Volume 2, Number 8Vol 2 - No 8, May 22, 2005Moses' faith / Pharaoh's unbelief - Part 2:Our last study was an overview of the plagues God sent on Egypt preliminary to the Passover and freeing Israel from slavery. There were four (4) distinct entities involved: 1) the Word of God, immutable and omnipotent; 2) Moses, God's chosen representative; 3) the corporate body of the Children of Israel and; 4) Pharaoh, representing the world system, which by nature has been alienated from God since and because of Adam's disobedience. God's Word carried out the nine (9) plagues, the Passover, the freeing of Israel... Continue reading →
Moses' Faith - Pharaoah's Unbelief
Volume 2, Number 7Vol 2 - No 7, May 2, 2005The faith of Moses vs. Pharaoh's unbelief - Part 1 (Introduction):We left off with Moses on his way to Egypt in obedience to God's Word to deliver the Children of Israel from captivity and slavery. God appeared to Aaron and told him to meet Moses at Mount Sinai. There, Moses repeated what God had said and showed the signs to Aaron. Moses and Aaron proceeded to Egypt where they met with the Elders of the Children of Israel and Aaron related God's Word and the signs to them. The Children of Israel believed... Continue reading →
Faith & Circumcision
Volume 2, Number 6Vol 2 - No 6, April 2, 2005Faith and Circumcision, Part 2 of 2:Three (3) questions were posed in our previous study: 1) what happened that caused the Lord to seek to kill because a boy was not circumcised? 2) What was the significance of circumcision that made this so serious to God? 3) What does circumcision mean to members of the Body of Christ today? The answers to the first two questions were addressed leaving the third for this study.The sign of circumcision given to Abraham and his progeny was an act of the flesh demonstrating faith in God's... Continue reading →
Faith & Circumcision
Volume 2, Number 5Vol 2 - No 5, March 12, 2005Faith and Circumcision, Part 1 of 2:At the burning bush on Mount Sinai God told Moses He was sending him to confront Pharaoh about releasing His people from Egypt and explained exactly what would take place. - Exodus 3. The Lord dealt with Moses' weak faith and questioning doubts with patience and even granted his request that his brother Aaron assist as helper and spokesman. This in spite of the fact God had assured Moses he would not need Aaron - Exodus 4: 1 - 17. Moses finally went to his father in... Continue reading →
Israel & The Body of Christ
Volume 2, Number 4Vol 2 - No 4, February 20, 2005Israel and the Body of Christ:Here we digress from the study of Moses' faith and examine an aspect of God's dealing with the Nation of Israel and lessons learned there from. In Exodus 4:22 & 23 God tells Moses: "And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, 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, thy firstborn." Clearly stated; God viewed the Children of... Continue reading →
The Faith of Moses Falters
Volume 2, Number 3Vol 2 - No 3, February 3, 2005Moses' faith falters:After fleeing Egypt and arriving in Median Moses met seven (7) daughters of the priest of Median who were attempting to water their father's flocks at a well but were being harassed by rival Shepard's. Moses assisted the girls and they introduced him to their father who is referred to by three (3) names: Reuel (Exodus 2:18); Jethro (Exodus 3:1); and Raguel (Numbers 10:29.) According to Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries, Raguel means "friend of God" in Hebrew. According to the George Williams Student Commentary, this priest of Midian was a... Continue reading →
Moses' Education in Faith
Volume 2, Number 2Vol 2 - No 2, January 19, 2005The education in faith of Moses:Moses was named by Pharaoh's daughter. In Egyptian, Moses means "water saved" and in Hebrew it means "drawn out of the water." After he was weaned from his own mother he became as Pharaoh's daughter, Exodus 2:9 & 10 and Acts 7:20, and lived as part of the king's household for 40 years. There he received the best education possible, learning all the wisdom of the Egyptians, which would have been even the secrets of the Egyptian religion because education was handled by the priests of Egypt (Companion... Continue reading →
Faith in the Word of God Persevers
Volume 2, Number 1Vol 2 - No 1, January 1, 2005Faith in the Word of God perseveres:The book of Genesis opened with God's creation and a man and woman in paradise with the provision of eternal life for the taking. However, they chose not to believe the Word of God and brought death on them and all that followed. Genesis closes about 2369 years later with Joseph being placed in a coffin. "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac,... Continue reading →
Eight Borne Witness to by their Faith in Genesis
Volume 1, Number 21Vol 1 - No 21, December 9, 2004Eight borne witness to by faith.The first 20 studies in this series have had to do with people living during the time described in the book of Genesis. We began with Adam and Eve who because of their lack of faith in God's Word introduced sin into the world and brought death on all their progeny. Then we examined the lives of a number of people, including eight (8) people named in Hebrews 11 that lived during that time who believed God's Word and thereby were borne witness to by their faith.Hebrews the... Continue reading →