Moses Went Out

Exodus 2:11-25

Key Verse 2:11

This passage is a good lesson for shepherd training. 

1. Skim through the passage. This passage describes three conflicts: 1) the conflict between a Gentile (Egyptian) and a Hebrew; 2) between two Hebrews; and 3) between two Gentile groups. What do these conflicts indicate about the lives of people in the days of Moses? Can you think of any modern day parallels? 

** The Bible categorizes the people of the world into two categories: Jews and Gentiles. But both are under the power of sin and death, so they always fight with each other, instead of loving one another.

** Nowadays we see believers and non believers. But we see unbelievers mistreating believers, believers fighting with fellow believers, and unbelievers trying to take advantage of each other. So we are living in a dog eat dog world.

2. Moses was not indifferent towards people and their problems.  How did he try to resolve the problems? How would you evaluate his actions?

** He had a keen sense of justice. Mostly he played a judge himself. And he used his human might and ingenuity to solve the conflicts. . 

** He had good points and bad points. One of the good points was that he was not like Cain who said, "Am I my brother's keeper?" So he had a sense of responsibility for others' problems. 

One of the bad points is that he tried to help others not through God's way but through his own human thoughts, ideas, and zeal. Zeal is important. But zeal without knowledge is dangerous. 

3. Read Verses 18-22.  Think about Moses' life at the house of his father in law and compare it with his life at the royal palace in Egypt. How do they compare? What do you think Moses learned during this period of time in Midian? 

** In the royal palace he lived like a king. But in the house of his father-in-law he lived as a humble servant serving tenderly and kindly the seven daughters belonging to someone else, and the speechless sheep for forty years. 

[Read Acts 7:23-30; and Hebrews 11:24-28]