Title: The Excuses of Moses
Contents
A. Introduction
1. ‘History is the history of excuses’ (Mark Twain)
1) Causes of excuses
(1) justification of past failures (2) avoidance of future tasks
2) A task that must be overcome by those who want to lead a blessed life: Overcoming the temptation to make excuses
B. Body: Moses' Excuses
1. “I don’t know myself.”
1) ‘Who am I… ’
2) Distorted extreme self-image
(1) arrogant self-image → sense of superiority (2) self-awareness → dissipation of a sense of inferiority
3) Moses of a young man (40 years ago) → proud self-image → sense of superiority
4) 80-year-old Moses → self-hak (self-discipline) → the result of a sense of inferiority
5) True humility → Recognize one’s own weakness and powerlessness → Do not fall into a sense of inferiority → Come before God → Rely on God
6) God's promise to Moses (verse 12)
(1) ‘I will be with you’ → God’s presence
① The great figures of the Bible: a. not a great person b. Own
A person who always trusts in the Lord because of his weakness
② God’s will of God because he knows his weakness →
③ A person who prospered because God was with him → Joseph
④ Even when he stops preaching the gospel, which is the Great Commission, he promises to ‘be with us even to the end of the world’ (Matthew 28:20)
(2) Promise of ‘God’s guidance’: Promise of worship on Mount Horeb (Sinai) → Fulfillment
2. “I do not know God.”
1) The reason why Moses ‘does not know God’
(1) The intention to know God deeply
(2) Living → The forgotten heart of Israel → Questions to know God
2) To the children who live in a culture (the world) that is degenerating into secular and idolatry → for spiritual revival that only serves God → Pray
3) Moses asking the name of God → Moses asking the spiritual essence
4) Meaning of ‘I am who I am’
(1) God ‘is in the past, now and in the future.’
(2) ‘God makes promises and always keeps them.’ → Without change, ‘the
You keep your promises.’
5) The God who exists and is eternal and makes promises to humans and fulfills those promises.
6) The road ahead of Moses→It will be difficult→God is with you→Promises→The God of grace who keeps and fulfills those promises→Fulfills a great work
C. Conclusion
1. To fulfill the vocation God has given you
1) Know your weak self
2) Be with you and keep your promises
3) We must thank and obey God.
2. Because I am still a fragile being with my old personality, I must always depend on God and live a life that fulfills my calling.