The making of a man of God Israel

The making of a man of God Israel 2017 1

Exodus 3: 1 - 7: 7 2

Vision Exodus 3: 1 -10 Reassurance Exodus 3: 11 -4: 31 Failure Exodus 5: 1 -23 3

Vision Exodus 6: 1 -9 Reassurance Exodus 6: 10 -13 Exodus 6: 28 -30 Success 4

Vision Reassurance Failure Vision Reassurance Success 5

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Vision Reassurance Failure Vision Reassurance Success 7

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Vision Revelation 9

Vision Revelation 1. of God Exodus 3: 1 -8 2. of need Exodus 3: 9 3. of vocation [call] Exodus 3: 10 10

1. The Living God 2. The Holy God 3. The faithful God 4. The caring & delivering God 11

The five excuses of Moses 12

The five excuses of Moses Who am I? The excuse of inadequacy Exodus 3: 11 13

The five excuses of Moses What shall I say? The excuse of ignorance Exodus 3: 13 14

The five excuses of Moses They won’t listen to me The excuse of ineffectiveness Exodus 4: 1 15

The five excuses of Moses I am not eloquent The excuse of incapacity Exodus 4: 10 16

The five excuses of Moses Send someone else The excuse of unreadiness Exodus 4: 13 17

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Moses first excuse Inadequacy Who am I? 19

Moses second excuse Ignorance What shall I say? 20

Moses third excuse Ineffectiveness They won’t listen to me 21

Moses third excuse Moses felt ineffective 22

Moses third excuse Moses felt ineffective 1. In relation to resources 23

Moses third excuse Moses felt ineffective 1. In relation to resources 2. In relation to his person 24

Moses third excuse Moses felt ineffective 1. In relation to resources 2. In relation to his person 3. In relation to power 25

Moses fourth excuse Incapacity I am not eloquent 26

Moses fifth excuse Un-readiness Oh Lord, send by the hand of Him whom thou wilt Exodus 4: 13 27

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God teaches Moses three lessons 1. Concerning divine leadership 2. Concerning divine righteousness 3. Concerning divine graciousness 29

Compare Exodus 3: 18 Elders Graciously/tactfully God of the Hebrews 3 day journey Exodus 5: 1 Aaron Blast of the east wind Yahweh, God of Israel absolute release

Moses Partial Obedience - led to failure 31

• Gave victory to the enemy • brought suffering to the people • spelt the end of fellowship 32

So Moses returned to the LORD and said “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me”? Exodus 5: 22 33

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land” Exodus 6: 1 34

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land” Exodus 6: 1 35

2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am the LORD. 3 "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them. 4 "I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers. 36

5 "And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 "Therefore say to the children of Israel: `I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 37

7 `I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 `And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the LORD. '” Exodus 6: 2 -8 38

6 "Therefore say to the children of Israel: `I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 39

7 `I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 40

8 `And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the LORD. '” Exodus 6: 2 -8 41

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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. Exodus 6: 13 43

Moses response Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the LORD commanded them, so they did. Exodus 7: 6 44

Exodus 2 - Moses inadequate to be a deliverer with just personal resources Exodus 5 - Moses inadequate to be a deliverer with the call of God Exodus 7 - Moses learnt that victory & success follow the obedient man 45

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