1/28/2018
The Exodus of God’s People, Pt 3
“I will go over and see this strange sight–why the bush does not burn up.” ……….Moses
Acts 7:20-30
Life’s Experiences ARE Spiritual Training
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Genesis 25:1-2
God Is Spirit; Worship Him In Spirit
Exodus 3:2-3 There the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight–why the bush does not burn up.”
When You SEEK for God He Will Meet With You
Exodus 3:4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.”
Jeremiah 29:13
Meeting Him is THE MOST AWESOME Experience
Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is Holy ground.”
Genesis 32:30; Judges 13:19-22; Isaiah 6:1-5; Judges 6:20-24; Rev 1:12-18
God Identifies WITH HIS PEOPLE
Exodus 3:6 Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
God Knows What Our Situation Is
Exodus 3:7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, I am concerned about their suffering.
God’s Plans are Inclusive
Exodus 3:8-10 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians & to bring them up out of that land into a good & spacious land, a land flowing with milk & honey–the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites & Jebusites. The cry of the Israelites has reached Me, & I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.
Our Life Experience Prepares Us For Our Ministry
Exodus 3:11-12 But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” God said, “I will be with you. This will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.”
Fear of Rejection Keeps People From Acting
Exodus 3:13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites & say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ & they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
Our Identity Comes From God’s Identity
Exodus 3:14-15 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.'” God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers–the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac & the God of Jacob–has sent me to you.’ This is My Name forever, the Name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.