January 31 - “Wisdom” of the Egyptians

 Read today’s texts first: Exodus 28 & 29; Acts 7

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The “wisdom” of the Egyptians was the same “foolishness” we hear today: “life comes from nothing.”
There’s nothing to it!

Of all the amazing stories and principles I read this morning, I’m not sure why this verse stood out to me:  Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians (Acts 7:22).  It may have something to do with the class I taught for years called Science and the Bible.  I would have my students discuss the consequences of a society growing up indoctrinated in the concept of evolution.  There is a deliberate strategy of our enemy to try to remove God from our thinking.  He does that by using schools and universities to brainwash each new generation with the idea that we are the product of random chance, a freak accident, people without purpose in this life and with no hope of a life beyond this one.  While this may sound overstated, that is the underlying message of the theory of macro-evolution, in its pure and godless form.

So what does this have to do with Moses?  The ancient Egyptians were likely the first to believe in evolution, before Darwin named the theory.  When the banks of the Mother Nile would overflow and then recede, little marine creatures would be left behind.  The Egyptians believed that these simple organisms were spontaneously generated and that all life arose through that process.  Moses, who grew up in Pharaoh’s household, was no doubt trained to believe the same.  Yet, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Moses was the one who penned the creation account in Genesis, describing God’s purposeful handiwork over seven literal days.

This gives hope to us as Christian parents.  Sometimes we doubt whether the faith we try to instill in their hearts will survive the ridicule of godless teachers or friends.  Imagine my joy when my son, who at times has challenged his Christian upbringing, came to me to learn scientific proof for creation so he could pass it on to his college classmates.  Imagine the anguish the natural mother of Moses must have felt when she had to give him up to the godless Egyptians just to spare his life.  Now imagine her relief to know that God can still answer her prayers, even when she has no influence, to turn a heart around.

“Oh Lord, help me to have that same faith in the effect of my prayers and the conviction of Your Holy Spirit.  It’s difficult to turn our children over to the influence of the so-called “wisdom” of this world, but you can preserve them just as you did Moses.”