Note 9 at Acts 7:25: This scripture does not explain why Moses supposed the Jews would have readily accepted him as the one who God would use to set them free from their Egyptian slavery, but there is a reason which would seem to be obvious. Moses had been supernaturally spared death as an infant (Ex. 1:15- 2:10) and adopted into the royal family of the Egyptians. A slave by birth had become nobility in Egypt! After Moses knew God's will for his life (see note 10 at this verse), it was just logical to think that God would use his position and prestige to accomplish His will.

The only fault with this reasoning was that it was wrong! In 1 Corinthians 1:26- 30, Paul clearly states that God doesn't use many people who are "somebody." God delights in using "nobodies" so that all the glory goes to Him and not to the instrument He uses. Moses learned this the hard way.

One of the biggest mistakes that believers still make today is to suppose that the Lord is going to use someone because of the position that person has gained in the world. In blatant disregard of the instruction of 1 Timothy 3:6 concerning novices not being put into positions of authority, Christians have thrust celebrities who become believers into leadership. This has not only destroyed many of these celebrities, but it has also weakened the church's witness to the world.

Note 10 at Acts 7:25: This scripture goes contrary to a popular notion that Moses killed the Egyptian of Exodus 2:12 without any knowledge of God's call on his life. As discussed in note 9 at verse 25, Moses knew he was a Jew, and this verse clearly states that Moses killed the Egyptian to reveal himself to his brethren as the one that God would use to accomplish their deliverance.

This verse reveals that Moses killed this man in an attempt to fulfill God's call on his life. This graphically illustrates that it is not enough to just know God's will for our lives, we must also know God's plan for bringing His will to pass. Killing this Egyptian was not the way God had planned to bring about the Jews' freedom nor was it God's timing (see note 3 at v. 6, p. 604).

Much damage has been done by people just like Moses, who had a revelation of God's will for their lives, but who didn't have God's wisdom as to how to bring it to pass. In Moses' case, his independence from God's direction and timing cost him forty years in the wilderness and the children of Israel thirty years of added slavery (see note at v. 6, p. 604). This is also a possible explanation of why God was so severe with Moses in Numbers 20:12 when He saw this old "I'll do it my way" attitude resurface in Moses.