1. The way that we can see God's call to mission in this chapter is the way that Moses gives us his four objections. Now the first of these four objections is when Moses asked,
"Who am I that should go??" (Ex. 3:11)
To this question God answers by saying,
"I will be with you" (v. 12)
The mission was God's, and he would be with those who carried it, also implying that the mission was greater than the missionary. The second objection was when Mose's asks
"Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ?The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and ask me, ?What is his name? Then what shall I tell them?" (v.13)
All god did to reply to this question was to say "I am who I am" (v.14) and that was the name that he would be known forever more as. The third objection was
"What if[the Israelites] do not believe me or listen to me and say, ?The Lord did not appear to you'?" (Ex. 4:1)
God's response was again simple, he said that he would work mightily through Moses to show the people and make them believe, plainly saying that he was the source and would help the missionary fulfill the mission. The fourth and last objection was that he had "never been eloquent" but was "slow of speech and tongue" (4:10-11).
God replied by saying he was the creator of mans mouth and whatever comes out will be with my power. With all of these objections we can see that it is man who chooses to make God's mission a mission of self-righteousness and self-belief and that is why God showed us that it was the mission that was greater than the missionary.
2. The author in this chapter refers to the motives for becoming a missionary; the first of these motives is the appropriate motives, which are as follows God's Love and Compa ...