Acts 7:17-36
"But as the
time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew
and multiplied in Egypt, until there arose a different king, who didn't know
Joseph.
The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and
forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was
nourished three months in his father's house.
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him
as her own son.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty
in his words and works.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his
brothers, the children of Israel.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who
was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was
giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.
"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged
them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong
one another?'
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made
you a ruler and a judge over us?
Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of
Midian, where he became the father of two sons. "When forty years were
fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount
Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see,
a voice of the Lord came to him,
'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the
place where you stand is holy ground.
I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and
have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will
send you into Egypt.'
"This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and
a judge?' God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the
angel who appeared to him in the bush.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in
the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Insight- In his discourse, Stephen spoke about God's dealings with
Moses and how God chose him as both ruler and deliverer after speaking to him
from a burning bush on Mount Sinai. God did great miracles through Moses and
delivered Israel from Egyptian captivity. He led Israel through the wilderness
for forty years.
Question- Have you had a personal encounter with God lately? Is he
real to you? Think about it.
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, lead me in my earthly life as you led
Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness. Sustain me by your righteous right
hand. In Jesus name. Amen.
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