The Fork in The Road Exodus 3110 Hebrews 112426 Exodus 312 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his fatherinlaw the priest of Midian and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to ID: 279864
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Rick Snodgrass
“The Fork in The Road” • Exodus 3:1-10, Hebrews 11:24-26Slide2
Exodus 3:1-2
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 wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 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
.Slide3
Exodus 3:3
So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”Slide4
1. When I have blown it big, I don’t think that God is
looking for me anymore. Slide5
Exodus 3:4
When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”Slide6
1. When I have blown it big, I don’t think that God is looking
for me anymore. 2. He knows my name.Slide7
Exodus 3:4b-5
And Moses said, “Here I am.”“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Slide8
1. When I have blown it big, I don’t think that God is looking
for me anymore. 2. He knows my name.
3. He is
holy
,
and I am invited in.Slide9
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.Slide10
2. He knows my name
.3. He is holy, and I am invited in.
4. God transcends
time
and
space
,
and yet he is a personal God.Slide11
Exodus 3:7-8
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, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue…Slide12
3. He is holy
, and I am invited in.4. God transcends time and space, and yet he is a personal God.
5. Most of the times when I have blown it, it is when I haven’t let God step into
my world
.Slide13
Exodus 3:8b-9
…them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites
.
And
now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them
.Slide14
Exodus 3:10
So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”Slide15
4. God transcends time
and space, and yet he is a personal God.5. Most of the times when I have blown it, it is when I haven’t let God step into my world
.
6. At various times in my life, God will say,
“
it’s time
.
”Slide16
Hebrews 11:24-25
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.Slide17
Hebrews 11:26
He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.Slide18
5. Most of the times when I have blown it, it is when I haven’t let God step into my world
.6. At various times in my life, God will say, “it’s time.”
7. He
regarded
,
so he would
choose
,
so he could
refuse
.