Moses' Extraordinary Choice—2

Yesterday I wrote that the self-denial that so graced the life of Moses was not unique to him.  God requires the same of all Christians.  Let me prove this to you from Scripture.  Hebrews 11:24-26 tells us all what Moses chose to reject.  First, he refused the great honor of being called “the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.” Second, he gave up “the passing pleasures of sin.”  His high position in Pharaoh’s court would have afforded Moses a tempting array of the finest pleasures and enjoyments the world has to offer.  Third, he turned his back on “the treasures of Egypt,” which would have been immense.  So, Moses renounced the honor that we all crave by nature, the pleasures of the flesh, and great wealth.  We find these same three things in 1 John 2:16, where the apostle John warns all Christians that loving the things of the world will making loving God impossible:  “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.”  Christians in all ages must overcome these evil desires in the same way Moses did, by faith.