Leaving a legacy

An examination of the life of Moses!

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Sermon text: Exodus 1:22f & Deut. 34

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Legacy defined• something (such as property or money) that is

received from someone who has died

• something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past

• something (as memories or knowledge) that comes from the past or a person of the past

• anything handed down from the past, as from an  ancestor or predecessor:

Moses Parents

• Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

Pharaoh's Daughter (Ex.1)• could have said kill the baby

• could not have had compassion

• could have sat idle!

• could have chose not to pay the mother!

• Did what she could!

• Could she adopt all the Hebrew boys?

• Something is better than nothing!

Pharaoh's Daughter

• James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled

before God and the Father is this, To visit the

fatherless and widows in their affliction, and

to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Seasons of life• Birth• Toddler• Childhood (early years)• Adolescent • Teen• Young Adult• Adult• Senior• Childhood again! • Death

Moses grew in each season of life

• 40 years of Egypt

• 40 years in Midian

• 40 years Wilderness

A legacy of growth

• Moses was initially fearful of God!

• Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

A legacy of growth

• Moses grew in his relationship to GOD.

• Exodus 33:18 And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory.

• Exodus 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

• Exodus 33:20 And he said, You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

• Exodus 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand upon a rock:

• Exodus 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by:

• Exodus 33:23 And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back: but my face shall not be seen.

We too must grow

• 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

• Colossians 1:10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

We too must grow• Hebrews 5:11-14 Of whom we have many

things to say, and hard to explain, seeing you are dull of hearing. For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

The death of Moses

• Turn with me to Deut. 34

• Deuteronomy 34:7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

• Deuteronomy 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

Moses Legacy• Hebrews 3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his

house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

• Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

• Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;

Moses Legacy

• Hebrews 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked for the recompense of the reward.

• Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Each season of life we should be growing

• Luke 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

• Luke 2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;

Each season of life we should be growing

• Luke 2:46-47 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions: and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

• Luke 2:52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.