Knowing Who You Are

Hebrews 11:23-29 (NASB)
²³  By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
²⁴  By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
²⁵  choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
²⁶  considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.
²⁷  By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.
²⁸  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
²⁹  By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.

1.     Refuse To Let Fear Override Your Faith

Exodus 1:22 (NASB)
²²  Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you are to cast into the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive."

Exodus 2:10-12 (NASB)
¹⁰  The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
¹¹  Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
¹²  So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Exodus 2:13-15 (NASB)
¹³  He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, "Why are you striking your companion?"
¹⁴  But he said, "Who made you a prince or a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and said, "Surely the matter has become known."
¹⁵  When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well

2.     Refuse To Be Measured By The Worlds Standard

Acts 7:22-25 (NASB)
²²  "Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.
²³  "But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
²⁴  "And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
²⁵  "And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

Exodus 2:10-12 (NASB)
¹⁰  The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
¹¹  Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
¹²  So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

3.     Refuse Comfort & Embrace Persecution When Necessary

Hebrews 11:28-29 (NASB)
²⁸  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
²⁹  By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.