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The debate between God and Moses continues. It is quite amazing that God allows Moses to continue with this. A religious view would say that God is God, man is man, and that’s it, therefore there is no room for argument. And, of course, there is a great deal of truth in that, except the “there is no room for argument” part. If we were not sinful beings that would indeed be that, but we are sinners, we are full of doubt. We should not be that way, but we are and God knows that we are So He deals with our rebellion and our unbelief. At this point it seems that Moses has accepted that God is God and has plans to rescue Israel, but then says “they will not believe me”. So he puts the emphasis on himself. Superficially this seems reasonable, for he is indeed just a man, and, like all of us, a deeply flawed man. However, this is as much doubt as it is to doubt God directly. For God’s plans involve His working in and through men. So if we say that a plan of God that involves us cannot work because of what I am like, then we are saying that God’s plans are flawed. God knows what we are like, yet has still chosen to work through us.
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