It's good to see you this evening. Let's take our Bibles and turn
with me to the book of Acts chapter 7. Acts chapter 7. I'd like to read verses 22 to
24. And Moses was learned in all the
wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds. And when he was full 40 years
old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children
of Israel. And seeing one of them suffer
wrong, he defended him and avenged him that was oppressed and smote
the Egyptian. Let's pray together. Our Father, we thank You this
evening for the blessed time that You've given us to assemble
ourselves together Oh, in the midst of this wicked
world, to have a haven of light and hope and peace in assembling
ourselves together in the precious name of the Lord Jesus, what
a joy. Lord, would you bless our time
tonight? Would you bless your word? to
the calling out of your sheep and the comfort of your people
for Christ's sake. Amen. I think I can safely say that
there's probably no greater picture or type of the Lord Jesus Christ as the
deliverer of his people than the man Moses. Our Lord spoke of Moses as his type. The Lord spoke of Moses as a
type of Christ. While the Lord was walking on
the road to Emmaus, two of his disciples The scriptures declare
that beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto
them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. So our Lord said that Moses was
his type. And then Moses himself, under
the inspiration of God's Spirit, made this declaration, Deuteronomy
18.15, the Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet
from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me. Unto him ye shall hearken." Moses
even declaring himself under the inspiration of God's Spirit,
to say, I am made of God, a type. But even the Spirit of God carefully
directed Moses to say unto Him, You shall hearken. This evening I want us to look
at those verses that I read, 22, 23, 24. And as we look at this event
that took place, now the setting of this particular passage was
from that passage of scripture where Stephen was relating the
history of the nation of Israel to the Jews. And after Stephen
related that history to the Jews, it killed him because of his
Straightforwardness in the declaration of the glory of God in the person
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, knowing that our Lord set
forth Moses to be His type, I would invite us, I guess if that's
the right word, to carefully consider this passage of Scripture
right here. The scripture declares, verse
22, and Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. Moses knew math, he knew music,
he knew languages, he studied the heavens, He was a well-educated
man. But I want you to look carefully
at the wording. And Moses was learned in all
the wisdom of the Egyptians as a type of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was knowledgeable. But all as a type and a shadow,
let us consider him who is omniscient. He that knows all. Moses knew a lot. Moses knew
a lot. But I tell you, Peter summed
up the omniscience of our Lord when our Lord asked him three
times, Peter, Simon, lovest thou me more than these? Lord, you
know I love you. Simon, lovest thou me? Lord,
you know I love you. And the third time the Lord asked
Peter, do you love me? Peter again, under the inspiration
of God's Spirit, made this statement. Lord, thou knowest all things. You know that I love you. Our Lord, even as a young boy
in the days of his youth, Scripture says in Luke 2, he had gone with
his parents to the temple, and the Scripture says in Luke 2, Verses 43-47, And when they had
fulfilled the days as they returned, the child Jesus carried behind
in Jerusalem, Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they
supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey,
and they sought him among their kinfolk and acquaintance. And
when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem,
seeking him. And it came to pass that after
three days, They found him in the temple sitting in the midst
of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished
at his understanding and answers." They were speaking to God. They
were talking to God in human flesh. Yes, Moses was learned
in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. But of our precious Savior and
our Lord, Proverbs 8 that we've looked at numerous times, this
is what Proverbs 8 has to say concerning Him. Proverbs 8, verse
23, He said, I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
wherever the earth was. Verse 22 says, The Lord possessed
me in the beginning of His way, before his works of old. Verse
29, when he gave to the sea his decree that the water should
not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations
of the earth, then I was by him as one brought up with him. I
was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. This is wisdom
himself. Moses as a type was a very learned
man in all the wisdom. of Egypt. Our Lord is the omniscient
God. The Scripture says concerning
the type, latter part of verse 22, not only was He learned in
all the wisdom of the Egyptians, He was mighty in words and in
deeds. He was an eloquent man. While He was living in Egypt, spoke with authority. commanded
as He would, when He would. But consider Him, our Lord, Jesus
of Nazareth, the man approved of God among you by miracles
and wonders and signs which God did by Him in the midst of you
as you yourselves also know. The Scripture says concerning
Moses, He was mighty in words and in deeds. But our Lord is the Almighty.
Moses spoke mighty words. Our Lord is the Word that Moses
spoke. Moses verbalized Him. Moses did mighty deeds. Our Lord
opposed all things by the word of His power. Moses, while he
was in Egypt, he spoke, and those living within his voice heard. Our Lord said of Himself, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God. and they that
hear shall live." Truly, Moses was a man learned in all the
wisdom of the Egyptians and mighty in words and deeds, but he was
but a man, a shadow, a type. The Scripture says in verse 23,
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to
visit his brethren, the children of Israel. The Spirit of God
revealed to Stephen that he was 40 years old. That's the only
place in the Scripture that that's recorded. The Scripture says
concerning Moses in Exodus 2.11, And it came to pass in those
days when Moses was grown. But for sure, these two Scriptures
being in perfect harmony, it speaks of God's timing. in the
time appointed, Moses was moved upon by God's Spirit to visit
his brethren. The Scripture says when he was
full 40 years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren,
the children of Israel. How did he get there? God put
it there. God moved upon him. Forty years
old. God Almighty gave this man a
new mind, and he had a new desire. He had a new longing that wasn't
there before. In time, he desired God's will. Scripture says in Hebrews 11.24,
by faith, Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be
called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for
a season. When he was 40 years old, when
he was grown, at the time that God's appointment, it entered
into his heart. He desired to visit his brethren,
the children of Israel. But concerning the one of whom
Moses was a type, the Lord Jesus Christ, oh, what a beautiful
picture of Him whose eternal meat it was to do the will of
Him that sent Him. The Lord Jesus Christ truly came
in time When it pleased God, the Scripture says, Galatians
4, 4 and 5, when the fullness of the time was come, God sent
forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem
them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption
of sons. When Moses was 40 years old,
he began to desire. to be with God's people. Of our
Lord, everlastingly, it was His heart to visit His brethren in
their nature, to bear their guilt in His own body, to put away
the curse of the law on their behalf. He set His face as a
flint to the cross. Again, he said, my meat, my food,
my sustenance, my life is to do the will of Him that sent
me. And then in verse 24, and seeing
one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him
that was oppressed and smote the Egyptian. Oh, you just read that verse
of Scripture, and it preaches. Here with Moses again, that precious
type, that shadow of the great shepherd of the sheep keeping
his own. Another was David. I read this
passage of Scripture, and I thought, what a beautiful picture of David,
the shepherd. Picture of Christ defending the
sheep Let me just read this, 1 Samuel 17, verses 32 to 35. Scripture says, And David said
to Saul, this is when he was going to fight the life. David
said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him. My servant
will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou
art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him.
Thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep.
And there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock.
And I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out
of his mouth. And when He arose against me,
I caught Him by His beard and smote Him and slew Him." My,
what a picture. He said He came and got one of
the kids, and I went after Him, and I got Him. When He came after
me there at that cross, He said, I defeated Him. At Calvary, I
smote Him. Our Lord, our precious Savior,
defeated Satan, sin, the hell, the grave. Yeah, Moses slew the
Egyptian. But here again, all of God's
sheep is pictured in that one Hebrew that was being bruised
by that Egyptian. Here was God's sheep being set
forth, slaves in the bondage of sin, wounded. How wounded? How wounded were
we? That Hebrew was getting beaten,
hit. How wounded were we? Isaiah 1.6 says, from the sole
of the foot, even to the head, There's no soundness, there's
no wholesomeness in it. But wounds and bruises and putrefying
sores, they've not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified. Good point. We all fell in Adam's
rebellion and suffered the penalty of Satan's defeat in the garden. Jeremiah 30 verse 12 said, For
thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is grievous. But concerning him of whom Moses
was a picture, Luke chapter 4 verse 18 says this, The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised." Let me
ask you this as I close. How did our Lord defeat Satan? How was Satan, that type, When
David said, I took the lion and I slew him, he came after me,
took him by the beard and I slew him. How did he slay him? Listen to this. This is how he
slew him. Isaiah 53, verse 4 and 5. Surely he hath borne our griefs.
This is how Satan was defeated. He hath borne our griefs. Satan
who had us captive. We were bound in trespasses and
sins. How was Satan defeated? He carried
our sorrows. Yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. And the chastisement of our peace
was upon him. and with his stripes were healed. Colossians 2, verses 13-15 says this, And you,
being dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all
trespasses, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that
was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the
way, nailing it to his cross, and having spoiled principalities
and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over
them. The handwriting of the law that
was against us because we couldn't keep it. I've said before, there's
nothing wrong. God's law is holy and just and
good. But the problem is that we can't
keep it. When that finger wrote on the
wall, Bellshouser was having a big
party that night. He got all the cups out of the
temple. Bring the cup, we're going to have us a party. And
that handwriting was on the wall. And they got an interpreter to
come in. He said, what does that say?
He said, you've been weighing the balance. And you've come up short. and
the kingdom is taken from you. And that night you died. All
of the handwriting of the law that was against us, the Scriptures
sets forth. He took the handwriting of the
ordinances that was against us because we couldn't keep it,
which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way and nailed
it to His cross and said, I'll bear this. I'll honor this. I'm going to make good on this.
He being made a curse for us, spoiled the ability of Satan
to destroy and sin to condemn us with one mighty blow. His sacrifice for sin. By that one blow, Satan, the
mighty Egyptian that was against his people, the mighty Egyptian
who held us in bondage, was defeated. And having put away the guilt
of his people by the shedding of his own blood in due time. Almighty God is going to surely
cross His people with the truth of His deliverance and redemption
and salvation. And by His Holy Spirit, He's
going to give them a new heart and a new mind. And He's going
to teach them of Himself. He's going to grant them faith
to believe. And they're going to cry out for mercy that He's
already shown them. And Christ is going to be honored.
Lord bless these words to our heart, and for Christ's sake.