The document discusses God's commandments in the Old Testament, including the 10 Commandments and laws given to Moses. It emphasizes that the two greatest commandments are to love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. Additionally, it notes that in the New Testament, Jesus gives a new commandment to love one another as He has loved us. This new covenant of love fulfills and supersedes the older laws and commandments.

1. Old Testament (OT) Journey
Lesson 12: Moses - Humbled Faith
GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS
Old Testament Summary
The Patriarchal Ages
The Judges
The Reign of Royalty
The Royal Verses
The Prophetic Era

2. OT Journey - The Patriarchal Ages
1. OT Summary
2. Adam – A Fallen Faith
3. Noah – Surviving Faith
4. The World in Confusion – Babel
5. Job – Faith under Fire
6. Abraham – Soaring Faith
7. Isaac – Gliding Faith
8. Jacob – Compelling Faith
9. Joseph – Unwavering Faith
10. God’s Direct Interventions in
Genesis
11. God’s Special Interventions in
Genesis
12. Moses – Humbled Faith
13. Israel – Leanness of Soul
14. God’s Commandments

3. Objectives
• To understand God’s preparation ground for Moses:
• In his family
• In the palace
• In the wilderness
• To understand humility and its benefits
• To apply humility in our lives

4. Presentation Overview
• Palacial Training - (first
forty)
• Providential Training -
(next forty)
• Purposeful Living - (last
forty)
• Video
• Recap
• Discussion

5. Beautiful in God’s sight
Acts 7:20 At that time
Moses was born, and
he was beautiful in the
sight of God.
Exodus 2:2
The woman conceived
and bore a son; and
when she saw that he
was beautiful, she hid
him for three months.

6. Palacial Training
Heb 11:23 By faith Moses,
when he was born, was hid
for three months by his
parents, because they saw
that the child was beautiful;
and they were not
afraid of the king’s edict.
Acts 7:22 And Moses was
instructed in all the wisdom
of the Egyptians, and he
was mighty in his
words and deeds.

7. Point to Ponder
Why does Moses tell God he cannot speak when Acts 7
records that he is “mighty in words and deeds”?

8. Palacial Training
Acts 7:27 But the man
who was wronging his
neighbor thrust him aside,
saying, ‘Who made you
a ruler and a judge
over us? 28 Do you want
to kill me as you killed the
Egyptian yesterday?’ 29
At this retort Moses
fled, and became an
exile in the land of
Midian..

9. Palacial Training – The Choice
Hebrews 11:24 By faith
Moses, when he was
grown up, refused to be
called the son of
Pharaoh’s
daughter, 25 choosing
rather to share ill-
treatment with the
people of God than to enjoy
the fleeting pleasures of
sin.

10. Palacial Training – The Choice
Hebrews 11:26 He
considered abuse
suffered for the
Christ greater
wealth than the
treasures of Egypt, for he
looked to the
reward.27 By faith he
left Egypt, not being
afraid of the anger
of the king; for he
endured as seeing him
who is invisible.

11. Palacial Training
Moses was chosen to
be trained in the cradle
of the most powerful
nation – as prince. He
was:
• Chosen by God
• Chosen by the King’s
daughter
Yet he:
• Chose God over the
King

12. Providential Training
Acts 7:35 “This Moses
whom they refused,
saying, ‘Who made
you a ruler and a
judge?’ God sent as
both ruler and deliverer
by the hand of the angel
that appeared to him in
the bush

13. Providential Training – A Shepherd’s heart
Interestingly similar to David
Ps 78:70-73 “He chose David,
his servant
Handpicked him from his work
in the sheep pens
One day he was caring for
the ewes and their lambs,
The next day God had him
shepherding Jacob
His people Israel his prize
possession
His good heart made him a
good shepherd
He guided the people wisely
and well”

14. Providential Training
At the end of God’s
training Moses learnt:
• How to care like a
shepherd
• Humility – became “the
most humble person on
earth” (Num 12:3)
• Unconditional
Obedience
• Unconditional Faith
“With great power comes
great responsibility”

15. Providential Training
Moses was ready to:
• Successfully deliver a
nation in the most
dramatic Exodus the
world has ever known
through circumstances
the world has never
seen.
• Be the voice of God to
a rebellious nation.

16. Purposeful Living
Acts 7:36 He led them
out, having performed
wonders and signs in
Egypt and at the Red
Sea…39 Our fathers
refused to obey him,
but thrust him aside,
and in their hearts
they turned to Egypt,
40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make
for us gods to go before
us….

17. Purposeful Living
• Held the miracle rod
He wielded the greatest power and yet he
remained….
• Most humble before God
• Inspite of greatest wealth of the world
• Inspite of greatest power of God
Numbers 12:3 Now Moses was a very humble
man, more humble than anyone else on
the face of the earth.

19. Purposeful Living
• Till the end, he had
all faculties intact.
• God himself buried
him..
• He appeared with
Elijah at the
transfiguration on the
promised land.

20. Leave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hid8gNPvl-M

21. Recap:
• Palacial Training - The
Protected Years (first
forty)
• Providential Training -
The Rejected Years
(next forty)
• Purposeful Living - The
Elected Years - (last
forty)

22. Discussion
1. What is true humility? Define it in your own words.
2. Humility is tied to your identity. Discuss/ Enact scenario/s
of how even when humiliated you can react in confident
manner, and maintain humility. You may contrast it with
pride.
3. Did Moses’s punishment of not being able to enter the
promised land strengthen his humility? Discuss.
4. Reflect on Miriam’s journey from proactive sister to
ambitious leader. What can we learn?

23. Old Testament (OT) Journey
Lesson 13: Israel – Leanness of Soul
GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS
Old Testament Summary
The Patriarchal Ages
The Judges
The Royal Verses
Prophets, Priests and Kings

24. OT Journey- The Patriarchal Ages
1. OT Summary
2. Adam – A Fallen Faith
3. Noah – Surviving Faith
4. The World in Confusion – Babel
5. Job – Faith under Fire
6. Abraham – Soaring Faith
7. Isaac – Gliding Faith
8. Jacob – Compelling Faith
9. Joseph – Unwavering Faith
10. God’s Direct Interventions in
Genesis
11. God’s Special Interventions in
Genesis
12. Moses – Humbled Faith
13. Israel – Leanness of Soul
14. God’s Commandments

25. Objectives
• To understand the meaning of:
• Prosperity of soul
• Leanness of soul
• To seek and enjoy true prosperity (of soul) in our lives

26. Israel – Leanness of Soul
Presentation Overview
• Psalm 78 – Asaph’s Reflections on Israel
• “In their hearts they turned to Egypt”
• Dangers Today
• Prosperity of Soul
• Leanness of Soul
• Discussion

27. Israel – The Chosen Nation
Generations after Abraham when the population had
multiplied into lakhs, rebellion set in:
 Barring Moses, the next level leadership was tainted
(Aaron and Miriam)
 The third level leadership corrupt
 The conflict between God and His nation, reflects the
conflict between God and His church today.

28. Psalm 78 – Asaph’s Reflections on Israel
(The message Translation)God Israel
He set his word firmly in Israel,
commanded parents to teach to children
Ephraimites were cowards to God’s covenant, refused
to walk by his Word. Forgot what he’d done right
before their eyes
He performed miracles, led them out All they did was sin even more, rebel against the High
God, clamored for favours, for special attention,
whined like spoiled children
God was furious, his anger flared, he lost
his temper
It was clear they did not believe God, had no intention
of trusting in his help
God helped them, opened the gates of
heaven, handed everything they craved
on a platter
Greed knew no bounds
God was fed up, cut down their brightest
and best
Kept on sinning, still wouldn’t believe, lives dribbled off
to nothing
Cut them down Came running for help, turned and pled for mercy,
witnessed that God was their rock, lied through their
teeth, could not have cared less about him
Compassionate, forgave their sin, didn’t
destroy, over and over restrained his
wrath
Time and again pushed him to the limit, provoked
Israel’s Holy God. Quickly forgot

29. God Israel
Scattered everyone who got in his way,
staked out an inheritance for them
Kept on giving him a hard time, rebelled, worse then
their parents, crooked as a corkscrew..pagan orgies
provoked God’s anger, idolatories broke his heart
Furious, walked off, abandoned the
shrine where he had met them, turned
his back on the pride of his life, turned
them loose on the battlefields, let them
fend for themselves
Young men went to war and never came back, young
women waited in vain, priests were massacred,
widows never shed a tear.
The Lord was up on his feet. Hit his
enemies and sent them running.
Disqualified Joseph and chose Judah.
Built his sanctuary, chose David
“And you continue, so bullheaded! Calluses on your
hearts, flaps on your ears! Deliberately ignoring the
Holy Spirit, you’re just like your ancestors. Was there
ever a prophet who didn’t get the same treatment?
Your ancestors killed anyone who dared talk about the
coming of the Just One. And you’ve kept up the family
tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you. You had
God’s Law handed to you by angels—gift-wrapped!—
and you squandered it!” Acts 7:51-53
Psalm 78 – Asaph’s reflections on Israel
Cont’d…(The Message Translation)

30. ..In their hearts they turned to Egypt
Acts 7:39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him
aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,

31. In their hearts they turned to Egypt..
Matthew 15:8 "These people honor me with their lips, but
their hearts are far from me.”

32. “In their hearts they turned to Egypt”
“A whole new generation of Christians has come up
believing that it is possible to accept Christ without
forsaking the world.” AW Tozer
“Our standard of living has gone up, but are we really better
off? 40 years of consumerism and media influence has
created a basic shift in values. Overall we live in a culture
dominated by the secular life view.” Pat Morley – Man in
the mirror

33. Dangers Today - Deeds without Love
Ron Jensen travelled around the country with his wife in a
camper and interviewed 350 Christian leaders. At the end of
the tour he made a discouraging observation. He said “I
found a great deal of zeal for God’s work, but very little
passion for God”.
Rev.2: …. 4 But I have this against you, that you have
abandoned the love you had at first.

34. Dangers today - “Prosperous”? Christians
Rev.3:15-17 You say, “I
am rich. I have acquired
wealth and do not need
a thing.” But you do
not realize that you
are wretched, pitiful,
poor, blind and naked

35. Prosperity in Soul
3 John 1:2 : "I wish
above all things
that you may
prosper and be in
health, even as
your soul
prospers."

36. Prosperity in Soul

37. Leanness of Soul
One year the Standard
Oil Company had a
stunningly beautiful float
in the Pasadena rose
parade. Right in the
middle of the parade,
the float ran out of gas!

38. Leanness of Soul
Psalm 106:14,15 - In the desert they gave in to their
craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test. And he
gave them their request; but sent leanness into
their soul.

39. Leanness in Soul
It’s better that God
denies something
in love than gives
something in
anger

40. The Spread of God’s word
Even larger world –
Jesus came -
God’s word
reached the worlds
Larger
world –
God’s word
reached
Israel
Small world
- God’s word
reached
individuals
Men and women of God were
vehicles, world deteriorated to
“days of Noah”
Israel was the vehicle,
Nation divided and
scattered. Temple
was destroyed and
captured
Church vehicle
Growing
“leanness” will
bring world to the
condition
of “days of Noah”
Second coming of Christ will finally end this cycle – Satan’s kingdom will be
destroyed forever and God will rule forever

41. Waiting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kusgx612VMs

42. Discussion/ Activity
It is a challenge while we wait on earth on our journey to
heaven.
• What is the soul? What is prosperity of soul? What is
leanness of soul?
• How can we truly enjoy “prosperity of soul”? Enact
scenario/s.

43. Old Testament (OT) Journey
Lesson 14: God’s Commandments
GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS
Old Testament Summary
The Patriarchal Ages
The Judges
The Royal Verses
Prophets, Priests and Kings

44. OT Journey- The Patriarchal Ages
1. OT Summary
2. Adam – A Fallen Faith
3. Noah – Surviving Faith
4. The World in Confusion – Babel
5. Job – Faith under Fire
6. Abraham – Soaring Faith
7. Isaac – Gliding Faith
8. Jacob – Compelling Faith
9. Joseph – Unwavering Faith
10. God’s Direct Interventions in
Genesis
11. God’s Special Interventions in
Genesis
12. Moses – Humbled Faith
13. Israel – Leanness of Soul
14. God’s Commandments

45. The OT Law
There was given hundreds of laws for the people, these
laws were divided into three phases [1]:
• Moral Laws (10 Commandments written by the finger of
God),
• Civil Laws (Dietary and Judicial also), and
• Ceremonial Laws (Sacrifices, Feast Days, etc.).

46. Summary of the Law
Matt 22:35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a
question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the
great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
mind.’38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And
the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.’40 On these two commandments hang all the
Law and the Prophets.”

48. ..the Greatest is Love
John 13:34,35 “A new
commandment I give to
you, that you love one
another; as I have
loved you, that you
also love one
another. By this all will
know that you are My
disciples, if you have
love for one another.”

49. ..the Greatest is Love
In John 21 In His last
meeting with His
disciples, Jesus says to
Peter: "Do you love
Me more than
these? Feed my
sheep!"

50. .. the Greatest is Love
Rev.2:2-5“I know your deeds, your hard work and
perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men,
that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are
not, and have found them false. You have persevered and
endured hardships for my name, and have not grown
weary. Yet I hold this against you. You have
forsaken your first love” - Church in Ephesus

51. The New Covenant
Two way agreement

52. The New Covenant
Jeremiah 31:31“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant with the
people of Israel and with the people of Judah.32 It will
not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when
I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant, though I was a
husband to them,”declares the Lord.

53. The New Covenant
Jeremiah 31:33 “This is the covenant I will make with the
people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will
put my law in their minds and write it on their
hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one
another, ‘Know the Lord,’because they will all know
me, from the least of them to the
greatest,”declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their
wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

54. Jesus raised the bar….
In the New Covenant, Jesus raised
the bar on:
• Love
• Law
• Living

55. Old Covenant vs. New covenant
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart…
Love your neighbour as
yourself
Law
Written on stone
and paper
Atoned for
deeds (Letter of
the law)
Call to be holy
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart…
Love one another as I
have loved you
Grace
Written on
hearts
Atoned for on
mind and heart
(spirit of the
law)
Call to be
disciples and
make disciples

56. Grace?
What does “you are not under
the law but grace” mean?
Romans 6: 13b ..offer
every part of yourself to
him as an instrument of
righteousness.14 For sin
shall no longer be your
master, because you are
not under the law, but under
grace.

57. Law (Sin consciousness) vs Grace (God
Consciousness)
Romans 7:6 But now, by
dying to what once
bound us, we have
been released from the
law so that we serve in the
new way of the Spirit, and
not in the old way of the
written code.

58. Law (Sin Consciousness) vs. Grace (God
Consciousness)
Grace is not:
• freedom to sin
Grace is:
• freedom from sin

59. The Law – Written on our Hearts
Psalms 119:11 - Your word have I hid in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Ephesians 4:23 - And be renewed in the spirit of
your minds.
Jeremiah 31:33 – “This is the covenant.. I will put my law
within them and I will write it in their hearts and will
be their God and they shall be my people.”

60. The Law – Written on our Hearts
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me
and know my thoughts! And see if there be any
grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God
gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought
not to be done.

61. The Law – Written on our Hearts
1 Corinthians 2:13-16
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom
but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to
those who are spiritual. The natural person
does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they
are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them
because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual
person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no
one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to
instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

62. Spirit of the Law vs. Letter of the Law
Romans 8:5 Those who live according to the flesh have
their minds set on what the flesh desires; but
those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their
minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind
governed by the flesh is death, but the mind
governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind
governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit
to God’s law, nor can it do so.

63. Acid test of spirit of God
Is our mind
governed by the
spirit or by the flesh?

64. Spirit of the Law vs. Letter of the Law
1 John 3:21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not
condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and
receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his
commands and do what pleases him.

66. Assurances
1 John 5:18
We know that anyone born of God does not continue
to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them
safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.
Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those
who are in Christ Jesus,

67. Warnings
Rev.2:2-5. Yet I hold this against you. You have
forsaken your first love” Consider how far you have
fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do
not repent, I will come to you and remove your
lampstand from its place.
Matt. 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have
we not prophesied in Your name, cast out
demons in Your name, and done many
wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to
them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who
practice lawlessness!’

68. The Great Commission
–Call to Be Disciples and Make Disciples
Matt 28:18 And Jesus came
and spoke to them, saying,
“All authority has been given
to Me in heaven and on
earth. 19 Go therefore and
make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, 20 teaching them to
observe all things that I
have commanded you;
and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of
the age.” Amen.

70. Walking with God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFBmFSi7Dc

71. Summary
What is the difference between the old and new covenant?
• The old covenant (Torah) was for a nation and included
civil, dietary, legal, ceremonial, moral and spiritual
commands.
• The civil, dietary, legal aspects are not relevant to us, as
Jesus asked us to submit to the current Governing
authority who will take care of those
• Ceremonial practices do not outdo the inner cleansing.
While Jews may still follow them, Baptism and Holy
Communion are the sacraments Jesus instituted for us.
• The moral and spiritual commands are valid but
standards are higher as God judges the heart and the
spirit of the law.

72. Discussion
• What are some misconceptions on grace you have had?
• Given the right perspective, how would your walk with
God change?
• Enact a scenario on how grace increases your capacity to
meet the increased standards.

73. References
1. www.bible-history.com