Describe The Relationship Between Athens And God's People
• Moses and God’s people. Moses was a man of a perfect faith and obedience. He loved God and he expressed it by loving His people unconditionally. Accordingly, Moses’ mind, words, and actions were coordinately working together to put to life God’s word and instructions for God’s people to understand and strictly follow the way he was modeling it. The Bible states that Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action (Acts 7:22); nonetheless, he honored God’s wisdom and speech authoritatively that he regarded himself nothing before God. Exodus 3 documented precisely how Moses considered himself insignificant to execute God’s will for His people, instead of feeling proud for the opportunity, that he
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I am slow of speech and tongue.” (Exodus 4:10) God perceived that Moses feared Him well and did not want to fail Him in any manner. Therefore, to cease his fear, God encouraged him by stating, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?” (Exodus 4:11) Feeling so unworthy, Moses fearfully declined the task and in a humble spirit, said: “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.” (Exodus 4:13) However, God insisted that Moses would still be the one to lead the Hebrew people back to God, but with the help of his brother. And to inspire them to work, God assured to give them wise utterance and unfailing guidance on what they both should do to fulfill His divine purposes. Now, what is the reason why God had so much trust for Moses? First, when Moses was in Egypt and learned that he was a Hebrew, he chose to serve God rather than to be called the son of the Egypt and defile himself with the pleasures of sin and worship their idols (Hebrews 11:24); Second, Moses loved God that he loved the Jews and defended them from the tyranny of the lawless Egyptians; Finally, Moses revered, believed, trusted, sought God earnestly, obeyed His commands unconditionally, worshipped Him blamelessly, interceded for the sins of His people and served God with integrity of the
I am slow of speech and tongue.” (Exodus 4:10) God perceived that Moses feared Him well and did not want to fail Him in any manner. Therefore, to cease his fear, God encouraged him by stating, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?” (Exodus 4:11) Feeling so unworthy, Moses fearfully declined the task and in a humble spirit, said: “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.” (Exodus 4:13) However, God insisted that Moses would still be the one to lead the Hebrew people back to God, but with the help of his brother. And to inspire them to work, God assured to give them wise utterance and unfailing guidance on what they both should do to fulfill His divine purposes. Now, what is the reason why God had so much trust for Moses? First, when Moses was in Egypt and learned that he was a Hebrew, he chose to serve God rather than to be called the son of the Egypt and defile himself with the pleasures of sin and worship their idols (Hebrews 11:24); Second, Moses loved God that he loved the Jews and defended them from the tyranny of the lawless Egyptians; Finally, Moses revered, believed, trusted, sought God earnestly, obeyed His commands unconditionally, worshipped Him blamelessly, interceded for the sins of His people and served God with integrity of the