Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD your God will raise up to you a Prophet from the middle of you, of your brothers, like to me; to him you shall listen;… I. CONSIDER MOSES IN HIS MORAL EXCELLENCIES. 1. His vigorous faith in the declarations of God. 2. His cheerful obedience to the commands of God. 3. He was distinguished for a spirit of fervent devotion. 4. He was distinguished for enlarged and unwearied benevolence. 5. He was celebrated for astonishing meekness. 6. His religion was characterised by its constancy and perseverance. II. CONSIDER MOSES AS AN ILLUSTRIOUS TYPE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1. The wonderful preservation of both in infancy. 2. The intellectual qualifications of both. 3. The voluntary poverty and reproach of both. 4. The offices which both sustained. 5. The signs and miracles which both wrought. 6. Both fasted forty days and forty nights.There are many other traits of likeness between Moses and Jesus, but the above must suffice. In many things there was a great disparity between them. (1) Moses was a frail man, he had his infirmities. Jesus was free from all sin, and guile was never found in His mouth. (2) Moses was a servant; Jesus a son. (3) Moses received power from God to do the works he did; Jesus possessed all power both in heaven and earth. (4) The spirit of prophecy dwelt largely in Moses, but wholly in Christ. (5) Moses was a leader, but Christ a Saviour. (6) The rewards Moses principally offered were temporal; Christ's spiritual and eternal. (7) Moses established a perishing economy, one that waxed old, and is now abrogated. Christ's kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and of His rule there shall be no end. Application: 1. We may admire Moses; but Jesus demands our supreme love. 2. We may read the law of Moses, but believe and trust in the Gospel of Christ, 3. It is well to contemplate the moral excellencies and official engagements of Moses; but it is better to meditate upon the scene on the holy mount of transfiguration, where Moses and Elias both did homage to Jesus, and conversed of His decease, which He was to accomplish at Jerusalem, and where the voice from the excellent glory was heard, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him." (J. Burns, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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; |
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