MOSES' HOLY INTOLERANCE (EXOD.2:11–22)

Intolerance toward perceived injustice has become a very hot topic in our culture recently. This Sunday’s sermon from Exodus 2:11–22 shows God beginning to form Moses into a deliverer by giving him a holy intolerance for injustice.

Moses could have remained distant and protected in Pharaoh’s household, but instead he “went out to his people and looked on their burdens.” He identified with the Hebrews, and when he saw a Hebrew slave being beaten, he acted. Later, in Midian, he again stepped in when vulnerable women were harassed at the well. In both scenes, Moses’ instinct is the same: he refuses to treat oppression as normal.

This passage also reminds us that zeal alone is not enough—Moses’ early actions are messy and costly, and he must learn to depend on God’s timing and God’s ways. Yet the Lord is clearly at work, shaping a man who will one day confront Pharaoh with God’s Word.

As we gather for worship, we’ll consider what it looks like for believers to identify with the suffering, protect the vulnerable, and challenge wrongdoing with courage, wisdom, and love—ultimately following Jesus, the greater Moses, who makes all things right.