A Faith Like Moses’ Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: A Faith Like Moses’ -------------------------- Date: 12/9/2000 Keywords: "faith" "Moses" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Hebrews 11:24-26* 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. Questions 1. Moses made a series of choices while he was living in Egypt. What are the choices the author of Hebrews 11 lists?   2. What factor formed the basis for his choices (look at verse 26)?   Practical help The kinds of choices Moses made point toward a helpful path of escape for any porn struggler. We never get a hint that Moses wouldn’t have enjoyed the pleasures that living in the court of Egypt would afford him. We aren’t told that Moses considered the "lifestyles of the rich and famous" — which could have been his in Egypt — unappealing. He was simply looking for something better, later, and that gave him the strength to resist the temptations of Egypt. The concept is called "delayed gratification." The man or the woman who is drawn to pornography is not required to say, "That is disgusting" to porn. They don’t think it is disgusting — or else they wouldn’t be drawn to it! But it is possible to be so drawn toward something else, something more beautiful, something with more lasting value, something that is holy, that the temptation to view porn is less compelling. Christian, the "pleasures of Egypt" embodied in the images on your computer screen are nothing compared to the richness of a vibrant, faithful walk with Jesus Christ. Like Moses, you can "look to [that] reward" as your first line of defense against the temptation to pornography. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."