How did Moses receive God's favor (Exodus 33:12)?
Moses and the Glory of the Lord 12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
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Tim Maas
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Although any display of favor on the part of God with respect to humans is an act of unmerited grace (Ephesians 2:8-9), humans for their part can show gratitude for that favor (and thus, in a sense, "earn" it and please God) through having faith in Him and giving witness to that faith by consequently obeying Him in whatever He guides them to do. In the case of Moses, this would initially have been leaving his father-in-law's household and going (back) to Egypt to lead the Israelites out of bondage, followed by all of his acts of obedience throughout the succeeding forty years, despite the extreme hardships that he faced, including the unpopularity with the people that often resulted. (And, even at that, it was a single act of presumption on Moses' part that resulted in him not being allowed to enter the promised land (Numbers 20:2-12).)
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