The Sabbath School

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 33.

The Sabbath School

International Series.

LESSON XI.—SABBATH, SEPTEMBER 11, 1897.

DELIVERANCE AND BONDAGE.

Lesson Scripture, Acts 7:22-41, R. V.

“And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works. But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian; and he supposed that his brethren understood how that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not. And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday? And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons. And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold. And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. I have surely seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee into Egypt. This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me. This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us; to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt, saying unto Aaron, Make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, which led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.”

QUESTIONS.

1. Relate the outline story of the children of Israel which we have thus far considered in this chapter.

2. What great event was, according to God’s purpose, about to take place when Moses was born?

3. Where was Moses brought up?

4. What is said of his learning and power?

5. What took place when he was forty years old?

6. When he saw one of his brethren oppressed, what did he do?

7. What did he suppose? Did his brethren accept him as a deliverer?

8. What did Moses then have to do?

9. Where did he go, and how long did he remain there?

10. What took place at the end of forty years?

11. How did God declare himself from the burning bush?

12. How did the presence of the Lord affect the place?

13. What did the Lord say he had seen? For what purpose did he say he had come?

14. By whom did he propose to deliver the people?

15. What did God do in bringing Israel out of Egypt?

16. What did Moses tell the children of Israel that God would do? Whom was this prophet to be like? From whom was he to be raised up? How were the people to regard this prophet?

17. Where do we find this prophecy recorded?

18. With whom was Moses in the wilderness? What existed in the days of Moses as well as now? What did Moses receive to give to us?

19. How did the people regard him? What did they do to him? What did they do in their hearts?

20. Then from what had they not been really delivered?

21. What did they say to Aaron?

22. What did they make? How did they regard the work of their own hands?

Additional Questions and Suggestions.

1. With whom is Christ compared? Heb. 3:1, 2. Could any man possibly have a higher recommendation than this is to Moses? How important are the writings of Moses? John 5:46, 47.

2. Where was Moses faithful? Heb. 3:2. Where was Christ also faithful? What is the house of God? 1 Tim. 3:15. What else is the church called? Col. 1:18. How many bodies are there? Eph. 4:4. Then how many houses, or churches, has the Lord? Since Christ and Moses were both faithful in the house of the Lord, if one is in fellowship with Christ, how must he regard Moses?