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1 | Leading difficult people w/out Giving up | Ex 34:9 | CKatayama | 137972 | ||
Moses continues to be so amazing in his own character to continue to lead the people in mercy and compassion to ask God based on his favor with God for the people even though they do not deserve it. It is also bold for Moses to come to the throne with such a request. Certainly such boldness is similar to the heart of Esther. "if I have received favor" was also what Esther used to save her people. As in Exodus 34:6 it has amazed me that the first thing that Moses says when he sees God's glory is that He is merciful and gracious and longsuffering. It's interesting that we often admire people for the very qualities that are within ourselves. What if we like Moses would worship the Lord in His character that we need to do service as a nation of holy priests. I have always wondered how Moses was able to lead people who were so stiff necked without giving up on them. Perhaps I have found the answer. It is because God equipped him with the part of His nature to lead the people and that Moses worshipped the Lord in the things he needed to lead God's people. 2 Timothy 3:17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. |
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2 | Leading difficult people w/out Giving up | Ex 34:9 | flinkywood | 137974 | ||
CKatayama, Good observation. I would stress less God's equipping Moses with a natural tendency to lead than the immensity of Moses' self-sacrificial faith, a quality which makes him a "type" of Jesus: "But now, if You will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!" (Exo 32:32) The context of the above is that Moses' has just been told God is willing to destroy all Israel and start over with Moses' offspring, an offer unique in all history. Moses' free response is a universal model of loving, self-sacrificial faith. God's response to Moses' self-offering is an example His merciful lovingkindness. God elicited from Moses' what He knew pre-existed within him; God disposed him, Moses chose Him. Colin |
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3 | Leading difficult people w/out Giving up | Ex 34:9 | CKatayama | 137978 | ||
Thank you for your comment. Your comment is absolutely theologically correct. I hope in the future that you would not correct an observation unless it is completely against the Word of God. Please instead of saying "I would stress less" because now you are either saying that I am completely wrong or you are saying to me that what the Lord is sharing with me is not important. Would it be a possibility for you to say "Good observation, and it is worthy to note....". The Word of God is good for reproof and correcting. I know that you did not mean to say it in a way that was edifying to me or other readers. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit will bring you to ALL truth, and that we will not need to say to our neighbor "Know the Lord" for we will already know Him through His Holy Spirit living in us and testifies to us truth. I am sorry that you did not get anything good or edifying from my observation. I know that your intentions were well and that you have a good knowledge of theology, but let's use God's Word to help edify people, and build them up in the Lord. The world is tough enough without having your brothers and sisters correcting you on non consequential things..... | ||||||