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September 5 , 2010 -

"Lessons from Moses: The Call "

New Guilford BIC Church
“Living for God with Others”
September 5 , 2010
By: Pastor Lawton

Lessons from Moses: The Call
            Exodus 3:1-10

What did God see in Moses?

• An empty vessel
• Moses was humble
• Life experience
• Spared as a baby
• Raised in the home of the princess
• Educated in Egypt
• He was gone for forty years
• The same thing  He sees in you and me
• The potential of  what He can do through us

The Process of Moses’ Calling

• God came to Moses (3:2-6)
• Moses said, “Here I Am”
• God of His Fathers
• God has an eternal history
• The One who has compassion (3:7)
• Moses makes excuses
• Who am I that I should go (3:11)
• What if they ask who sent me (3:13)
• What if they do not believe me (4:1)
• Not an eloquent speaker (4:10)
• The issue behind the excuses
• A failed rescue attempt
• Moses was rejected (Acts 7:25)
• Good intentions but a bad plan
• God counters Moses’ excuses
• God is with him (3:12)
• “I am” is sending him (3:14 – 15)
• Self –existing
• Immanent  (Personal)
• God made him (4:11)
• God will teach him (4:12)
• God sends Aaron with him (4:14 – 16)

God did not give up on Moses (4:16)

• God will not give up on you and me!
• He is the power behind our call!

Going Deeper

• Read Exodus 3 and 4 and put yourself in Moses place having a conversation with God.

1) What is God calling you to do?
2) What excuses are you making?
3) How can God’s nature counter your excuses?

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