Moses – An
Example to Follow
Deut. 33:1;
Josh. 14:6; 1 Chron.
Could people say that you’re a man or
woman of God, and why?
If not, what do you need to do so that they could easily
say this about you?
Heb.
Could people say that you’re a person of faith, that
yours is a life of trusting God, and why?
If not, what do you need to do so as to live your life in
trusting God for what you do?
Heb. 11:24-26 What did Moses refuse
to be called?
And what did he choose instead?
In making this choice, what enjoyment did he give up?
And what did Moses consider as
greater riches than the wealthy treasures of
[Moses
apparently knew a certain amount of messianic truth, Deut. 18:15, and realized
that by identifying himself as a deliverer of God’s people, Acts 7:25, he’d be
inviting the same reproaches that the future Messiah would endure.].
And why did Moses consider the
reproach (disapproval and disgrace)
of Christ (that Christ would receive from
people) that Moses would now receive from people as greater riches?
[“reward” – in heaven he would get for his right choice].
Do you refuse to be called “the
corporate president’s son”, “the CPA or doctor or lawyer’s son”, “the engineer
or scientist or business manager’s daughter”, and rather be identified as a
literal Bible-believing, fundamental, evangelical, creationist-believing
Christian with its ridicule?
And,
are you choosing to give up the passing/temporary pleasures of sin (e.g., gluttony; drunkenness; illicit sex;
self-centered luxuries, wealth, and entertainment; etc. that accompany high,
worldly social/career/financial positions) in order to gain heavenly reward
for your obedience to God’s will in living a life of evangelizing the
spiritually lost, building up Christians spiritually, and being separated unto
God from worldly pursuits, and why?
What
didn’t Moses fear, and why (vs. 27)?
Do
you fear the ridicule of teachers at school, fellow students, parents,
relatives, friends, co-workers at work, etc. for your public obedience to God,
and why?
Because
Moses believed that God would do what He said, what did Moses do, and why (vs. 28)?
Do
you believe God’s promises to Christians in the Bible (such as: Rom. 6:14; 8:28; 1 Cor. 10:13; 15:58; Eph. 6:16; Phil. 4:6,
7; 1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Tim. 1:7; 2:12; Heb. 13:5; Jas. 1:5-7; 4:7; 1 Jn. 1:9) and
so act upon them, and why?
Heb. 3:5; Num. 12:7 What two good
qualities are stated as Moses possessing?
[“house” – the Israelites].
Are you faithful to do all that God
has given/commanded you to do (e.g., to
evangelize the spiritually lost, Matt. 28:19, 20; build up other Christians
spiritually, 1 Thes.
And
are you a servant (Gk. “therspon” – personal service freely rendered) to both
God and the people you minister to, and why?
Deut. 1:3 What did Moses speak to the people of
Do
you speak/teach to Christians all the commands and principles in the Bible for
Christians, even the unpleasant and convicting topics that a lot of Christians
don’t like (such as: predestination, the
cessation of the Charismatic spiritual gifts for today, all babies being born
in sin and are wicked, etc.), and why?
Num.
Do
you do just as the Lord commands you in the Bible, or do you either partially
obey His commands or apply them the way you want to instead of exactly as He
states, and why?
For
example, we are commanded to love (seek
the best welfare/interests of) all Christians (1 Jn.
Or, we are commanded to turn away
from false teachers who create disunity and seek to hinder the Lord’s work (Rom. 16:17), but rather than completely
disassociating from the false teacher, you still want to hang around this
person because he/she is your friend or is a nice person in spite of his/her
false teaching.
Or, we are commanded as spiritual
Christians to gently restore a fellow Christian who we see committing an
unpremeditated sin (Gal. 6:1), but
instead, we harshly restore the person back into fellowship. So, we restored
the person, but not “just as the Lord commanded”.
Or, spiritual leaders are commanded
to severely reprove rebellious, deceiving, false teachers who spiritually
damage church families (Titus
Or,
the Lord commands believers to evangelize the spiritually lost by taking the
initiative to share the gospel with them (Matt.
28:19, 20; Rom. 10:14, 15; Jn. 17:18-20; 20:21; 4:38; Acts 1:8), but
instead of taking the initiative to go and share the gospel verbally, they
either think that merely living a good Christian life is witnessing
sufficiently, or they wait for the spiritually lost to come to them and ask
them questions, or they think that they have to earn the right to share the
gospel by befriending the lost person over a long period of time. This is not
doing “just as the Lord commands”.
Num. 11:2; 21:7; Deut.
Would you consider yourself a person who is characterized
by prayer to God, and why?
Num.
Are you filled with/controlled by the Holy Spirit? If so, how do you know?
If not, why, and what do you plan to do about it, how
soon, and how (1 Jn.
Ex. 32:19-32 What qualities does
Moses exhibit here?
Do
you have holy anger and a hatred for sin (vss.
19, 20), a supreme love for and obedience to God (vss. 21, 27, 29), and a great love for the people you minister to (vs. 30, 32)? How did you determine your answer?
Num. 12:3 What is said about Moses?
Would you say that you’re a humble person, not prideful? If so, how humble?
If you’re not humble, how could you become such, and when
will you start?
Num.
Another
good quality that Moses demonstrated was that of teaching and
training/mentoring a younger person to be a godly leader (Ex. 17:9-14; 24:13, 14; 32:17; 33:11; Num. 13:16; 14:5, 6, 30; Deut.
1:37, 38; 3:28; 31:3, 7, 14; 34:9).
Because
Moses did such a good job training Joshua, God told Moses to commission Joshua
as Moses’ successor over the people of
Are
you teaching and training anyone to become a godly person by being a godly
role-model yourself?
If
not, why, and what do you need to do to start training someone?