In Context: Moses as God

The Lord’s statement to Moses that I have made you as God to Pharaoh (Ex. 7:1) may seem puzzling to a modern reader. But it helps to realize that the Egyptian pharaohs were considered gods, and that their words were seen as divine pronouncements. Thus they held absolute sway over the people.

Moses had been raised in a pharaoh’s court (

In Place: Watch Moses Grow

It’s amazing that God offered to make a great nation of Moses and his descendants (Ex. 32:10). Failures and mistakes had plagued his life to that point. In fact, they would plague him again before his life was over. Perhaps God was merely testing His servant to find out what sort of man he really was.

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In Life: The Education of Moses

“It doesn’t matter whether you have an education,” some people say, “God can use you anyway.” True, God can use anyone, with or without formal education. But Moses’ learning “in all the wisdom of the Egyptians” (Acts 7:22) proved to be a valuable asset when the Lord called him to lead Israel out of captivity...