Question 1

Why did Moses’ parents hide him and not fear the king’s commandment?

Accepted Answer

Moses’ parents hid him because they trusted God more than they feared Pharaoh’s order to kill the Hebrew baby boys. They saw that their child was special and believed God had a purpose for him, tied to his promises to rescue Israel from slavery. Their choice was not just natural parental love, but an act of faith that God would protect and use this child. By hiding Moses for three months, they risked their own safety. This shows that real faith can lead parents to obey God’s will even when human authorities demand the opposite.

Question 2

Why did Moses refuse to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter?

Accepted Answer

Moses refused that title because he chose to belong openly to God’s people rather than enjoy a high place in a sinful, idolatrous court. Being known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter meant power, comfort, and honor in Egypt. But Moses understood that this would separate him from his own suffering people and from God’s calling on his life. By faith he turned his back on that identity, choosing instead to share the afflictions of the Israelites. His decision shows that faith may lead a person to give up status and comfort in order to stay true to God.

Question 3

What does it mean to choose suffering with God’s people over the pleasures of sin for a season?

Accepted Answer

This line explains Moses’ choice. The “pleasures of sin for a season” are enjoyable only for a short time and pull a person away from God. Moses could have continued in an easy, wealthy life in Egypt, but that would have meant sharing in a sinful system and turning his back on God’s people. Instead he chose hardship with them. Faith helped him see that suffering for God’s sake is better than short-lived sinful enjoyment. For readers today, it shows that following God can mean real loss and pain, yet in the end it is better than any passing pleasure.

Question 4

What is meant by Moses esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than Egypt’s treasures?

Accepted Answer

“The reproach of Christ” means the insults and shame that come from belonging to God’s promised Messiah and his people. Moses lived long before Jesus’ birth, but he was part of the same story of salvation and shared the same kind of suffering. By faith he counted that reproach as richer than all the gold and wealth of Egypt. He believed that being mocked for God’s cause brought a better reward than enjoying honor in a sinful kingdom. This verse teaches that suffering for Christ’s sake is not wasted; it is worth more than earthly riches because it is tied to God’s eternal promises.

Question 5

How did Moses endure as seeing him who is invisible?

Accepted Answer

Moses endured because faith made God’s unseen presence more real to him than Pharaoh’s visible power. He could not see God with his physical eyes, but he trusted God’s word, promises, and calling. That trust gave him courage to leave Egypt, face the king’s anger, and lead a difficult people through danger. To “see him who is invisible” is to live as if God is clearly before you, even when your senses tell you otherwise. This shows that faith looks beyond what is seen and gives strength to obey God when circumstances look frightening or impossible.

Question 6

What is the meaning of keeping the Passover and the sprinkling of blood by faith?

Accepted Answer

Keeping the Passover meant following God’s command to kill a lamb and put its blood on the doors so the destroyer would pass over those houses and spare their firstborn. Moses did this “by faith” because he relied only on God’s word that this strange act would bring protection. There was no visible proof that blood on wood could save anyone, but faith obeyed anyway. The passage also points to how this event foreshadows Christ, whose blood brings real rescue from judgment. It shows that faith takes God’s warning seriously and trusts his way of salvation, even when it seems simple or odd.

Question 7

Why is the crossing of the Red Sea described as an act of faith?

Accepted Answer

Israel walked into the path God opened in the Red Sea “as by dry land,” trusting his word through Moses. Humanly speaking, stepping between two walls of water with an army behind them made no sense. Yet by faith they went forward, and God safely brought them through. When the Egyptians tried to follow without sharing that same trust in God’s promise, they were drowned. This shows that faith and obedience to God’s word are the way to deliverance, while unbelief brings destruction. The story is meant to encourage readers that God can make a way where none seems to exist.

Question 8

What does this passage teach about choosing eternal reward over present gain?

Accepted Answer

The passage says Moses “had respect unto the recompence of the reward.” That means he kept his eyes on the reward God promises, not on what Egypt could give him. He weighed temporary riches and pleasure against God’s lasting reward and judged God’s side to be better. This shaped all his choices: leaving Pharaoh’s court, bearing reproach, keeping the Passover, and leading Israel out. The lesson is that faith looks ahead. It believes that God’s future is more real and better than present comfort, and so is willing to lose now in order to gain what God has promised forever.

Question 9

How can believers today apply the example of Moses’ faith in this passage?

Accepted Answer

Believers can apply this by asking where they might be clinging to “treasures in Egypt” instead of following God fully. Moses’ example calls people to side openly with God’s people, even when that brings mockery, loss, or pain. It encourages trusting God’s unseen presence when life feels risky, and obeying his commands even when they are hard to understand, like the Passover was. It also reminds readers to think about God’s promised reward, not just short-term comfort. In daily life this can look like choosing holiness over sin, courage over fear, and loyalty to Christ over social approval.

Question 10

Why were the Egyptians drowned when they tried to pass through the Red Sea?

Accepted Answer

The Egyptians tried to do what Israel did, but without sharing their faith in God’s promise and command. Israel walked through because God had opened the way for them and told them to go forward. The Egyptians entered the sea as an act of pursuit, not trust. The water then returned and drowned them. This shows that God’s saving acts are for those who believe and obey his word, not for those who oppose him. It is a sober warning that people cannot simply copy the outward actions of faith while their hearts remain set against God and his people.

Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

The Faith of Moses

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Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

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The Faith of Moses

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