Acts 7:34. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Oh, dear! what a falling-off there seems to be in these words! God first says, "I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them;" and then he adds, "I will send thee into Egypt." Yes, truly, from the grandeur of the divine working down to the insignificance of our instrumentality, is a tremendous stoop; yet the God who says, "I will save sinners by my grace; none but myself can save them;" also says to me, "Go thou, and preach the gospel to them." The same Lord who says, "I will change the heart of stone into a heart of flesh, and work a miracle of mercy in renewing those who are dead in trespasses and sins," also says to you, "Speak to the persons sitting with you in the pew, and seek to point them to the Saviour." It is a wonderful stoop, but it is the condescension of almighty grace, and it brings great honour to the poor, trembling, unworthy person to whom the message is addressed. Moses thought himself very unfit for the task of delivering Israel, and he would, if he had dared to do so, have refrained from that task; but God said to him, "Now come, I will send thee into Egypt." Ah, brethren! how different a man did Moses then become! When he went out by himself, without any commission, he was impatient to get to his work, and he slew an Egyptian, and so had to flee away out of the country; but when he was sent in God’s name, when the Lord said to him, "Now come, I will send thee," then the work was accomplished. O my brethren, in your service for the Saviour, always seek for power from on high! Ask to be sent of God, and pray your Master to go with you; then will you succeed in the task which he entrusts to you.
Acts 7:34. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Oh, dear! what a falling-off there seems to be in these words! God first says, "I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them;" and then he adds, "I will send thee into Egypt." Yes, truly, from the grandeur of the divine working down to the insignificance of our instrumentality, is a tremendous stoop; yet the God who says, "I will save sinners by my grace; none but myself can save them;" also says to me, "Go thou, and preach the gospel to them." The same Lord who says, "I will change the heart of stone into a heart of flesh, and work a miracle of mercy in renewing those who are dead in trespasses and sins," also says to you, "Speak to the persons sitting with you in the pew, and seek to point them to the Saviour." It is a wonderful stoop, but it is the condescension of almighty grace, and it brings great honour to the poor, trembling, unworthy person to whom the message is addressed. Moses thought himself very unfit for the task of delivering Israel, and he would, if he had dared to do so, have refrained from that task; but God said to him, "Now come, I will send thee into Egypt." Ah, brethren! how different a man did Moses then become! When he went out by himself, without any commission, he was impatient to get to his work, and he slew an Egyptian, and so had to flee away out of the country; but when he was sent in God’s name, when the Lord said to him, "Now come, I will send thee," then the work was accomplished. O my brethren, in your service for the Saviour, always seek for power from on high! Ask to be sent of God, and pray your Master to go with you; then will you succeed in the task which he entrusts to you.