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- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: March 1, 2015 | 10:00am
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SERMON SERIES:
Markers
During this season of Lent, we are looking at the stories of the book of Exodus. In them we find that God has given us 6 markers to help us make sense of our lives. In Exodus, the Israelites are on a journey together from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land with God. The Apostle Paul says of these Old Testament texts, these things were written for you, for the New Testament church, for us as well to help us along our journey.
Last week, we looked at the River to Carry. Even before we think our first thought about God, he is leading us through the circumstances of our lives. But it’s not enough for us just to get from point A to point B. As a parent, sometimes I think my whole purpose is just that. Just get them from A to B, from dinner time to bed time. Is that my job? But God wants to show us more. He wants to invite us into relationship with him. And so we have a second marker, a Flame that Reveals God’s inner being and invites us in.
So let’s open now and see what this flame intends to reveal.
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
God gets our attention to reveal God’s intention.
Download the entire transcript here: Exodus 3 Flame that Reveals
