EXCUSES of MOSES

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EXCUSES of MOSES

• Exodus 3 and 4

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Who Am I, that I should go?

• Exodus 311
• Difference from 40 years earlier
• Acts 725
• Gods Answer Exodus 312
• Will be with him
• Guaranteed success of mission

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Wont do any good

• Exodus 41 Wont believe
• Had not 40 years earlier
• Gods Answer Exodus 42-9
• Signs to prove God had appeared to him

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Not Eloquent

• Exodus 410
• Slow speech slow tongue
• Note Acts 722
• Gods Answer Exodus 411-12
• Who made mans mouth?
• I will teach you what to say

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The Real Problem

• Exodus 413
• O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him
  whom thou wilt send.
• Gods Answer Exodus 414
• Anger kindled against Moses
• Only after statement in verse 13
• Why now?

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Look At Other Translations

• (LXX) "I pray Thee, O Lord, prepare for Thyself
  another capable. Whom Thou wilt send."
• (RSV) But he said, "Oh my Lord, I pray, Send some
  other person."
• (NIV) But Moses said, "O Lord, please send
  someone else to do it."

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He Didnt Want To Do It!

• Same true today
• Nothing can keep you from doing Gods will but
  your own will
• Are you a Christian?
• You can be
• Are you Faithful ?
• You can be

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What Must I Do To Be Saved?

• Hear the gospel (Romans 1017)
• Believe Jesus is Christ (Acts 837)
• Repent of your sins (Luke 133)
• Confess your faith (Matthew 1032)
• Baptized for remission of sins (Acts 238)
• Faithful unto death (Revelation 210)