Forty years have now passed since Moses was born. The approximate year would have been 1485 B.C., during the reign of Hatshepsut (pronounced haat-shuhp-soot). By this time, Moses was no longer a hidden child in a basket-he was a man fully trained in the courts of Egypt.
He had received the finest education available. Acts 7:22 tells us he was “learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.” He would have studied language, leadership, military strategy, religion, law, and administration. It is reasonable to assume he spoke both Egyptian and Hebrew fluently-comfortable in the palace and aware of his people’s heritage.
Though he was raised in Pharaoh’s household and identified publicly as an Egyptian, he knew he was a Hebrew. His upbringing shaped his skills, but it did not erase his identity. He lived in two worlds-trained as royalty, yet born among slaves.
The same is true for the believer today. We live in the world, but we are not of the world (John 17:14-16). Like Moses, we may be educated in it, work within it, and function around its systems-but our identity is not defined by it.
Living in the world should never erase who we are in Christ. Our environment may influence our experience, but it must not redefine our allegiance. Moses wore Egyptian garments, learned Egyptian wisdom, and lived in an Egyptian palace-yet he knew he belonged to God’s covenant people.
So it is with us. We are called to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). Salt preserves and influences. Light exposes and guides. We are not commanded to withdraw from the world, but to shine within it. The believer’s challenge is not proximity to the world-it is conformity to it.
Our address may be earthly, but our citizenship is heavenly (Philippians 3:20).
Moses boldly owned the cause of God's people. It is plain from Heb 11. that this was done in faith, with the full purpose of leaving the honours, wealth, and pleasures of his rank among the Egyptians. By the grace of God he was a partaker of faith in Christ, which overcomes the world. He was willing, not only to risk all, but to suffer for his sake; being assured that Israel were the people of God. By special warrant from Heaven, which makes no
rule for other cases, Moses slew an Egyptian, and rescued an oppressed Israelites. Also, he tried to end a dispute between two Hebrews. The reproof Moses gave, may still be of use. May we not apply it to disputants, who, by their fierce debates, divide and weaken the Christian church? They forget that they are brethren. He that did wrong quarreled with Moses. It is a sign of guilt to be angry at reproof. Men know not what they do, nor what enemies they are to themselves, when they resist and
despise faithful reproofs and reprovers. Moses might have said, if this be the spirit of the Hebrews, I will go to court again, and be the son of Pharaoh's daughter. But we must take heed of being set against the ways and people of God, by the follies and peevishness of some persons that profess religion. Moses was obliged to flee into the land of Midian. God ordered this for wise and holy ends.
Forty years have now passed since Moses was born. The approximate year would have been 1485 B.C., during the reign of Hatshepsut (pronounced haat-shuhp-soot). By this time, Moses was no longer a hidden child in a basket-he was a man fully trained in the courts of Egypt.
He had received the finest education available. Acts 7:22 tells us he was “learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.” He would have studied language, leadership, military strategy, religion, law, and administration. It is reasonable to assume he spoke both Egyptian and Hebrew fluently-comfortable in the palace and aware of his people’s heritage.
Though he was raised in Pharaoh’s household and identified publicly as an Egyptian, he knew he was a Hebrew. His upbringing shaped his skills, but it did not erase his identity. He lived in two worlds-trained as royalty, yet born among slaves.
The same is true for the believer today. We live in the world, but we are not of the world (John 17:14-16). Like Moses, we may be educated in it, work within it, and function around its systems-but our identity is not defined by it.
Living in the world should never erase who we are in Christ. Our environment may influence our experience, but it must not redefine our allegiance. Moses wore Egyptian garments, learned Egyptian wisdom, and lived in an Egyptian palace-yet he knew he belonged to God’s covenant people.
So it is with us. We are called to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). Salt preserves and influences. Light exposes and guides. We are not commanded to withdraw from the world, but to shine within it. The believer’s challenge is not proximity to the world-it is conformity to it.
Our address may be earthly, but our citizenship is heavenly (Philippians 3:20).
Moses boldly owned the cause of God's people. It is plain from Heb 11. that this was done in faith, with the full purpose of leaving the honours, wealth, and pleasures of his rank among the Egyptians. By the grace of God he was a partaker of faith in Christ, which overcomes the world. He was willing, not only to risk all, but to suffer for his sake; being assured that Israel were the people of God. By special warrant from Heaven, which makes no
rule for other cases, Moses slew an Egyptian, and rescued an oppressed Israelites. Also, he tried to end a dispute between two Hebrews. The reproof Moses gave, may still be of use. May we not apply it to disputants, who, by their fierce debates, divide and weaken the Christian church? They forget that they are brethren. He that did wrong quarreled with Moses. It is a sign of guilt to be angry at reproof. Men know not what they do, nor what enemies they are to themselves, when they resist and
despise faithful reproofs and reprovers. Moses might have said, if this be the spirit of the Hebrews, I will go to court again, and be the son of Pharaoh's daughter. But we must take heed of being set against the ways and people of God, by the follies and peevishness of some persons that profess religion. Moses was obliged to flee into the land of Midian. God ordered this for wise and holy ends.