1. The making of a man of God
Israel 2017

2. Exodus 3:1 - 7:7

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

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

5. Vision
Reassurance
Failure
Vision
Reassurance
Success

7. Vision
Reassurance
Failure
Vision
Reassurance
Success

9. Vision
Revelation

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

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

12. The five excuses of Moses

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

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

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

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

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

19. Moses first excuse
Inadequacy
Who am I?

20. Moses second excuse
Ignorance
What shall I say?

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

22. Moses felt ineffective
Moses third excuse
Moses felt ineffective

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

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

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

26. Moses fourth excuse
Incapacity
I am not eloquent

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

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

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

31. Moses Partial Obedience
- led to failure

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

33. 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

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. 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

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 7 `I will take you as My people, and I will be your God
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

39. 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.

40. 7 `I will take you as My people, and I will be your God
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.

41. 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

43. 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

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

45. 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

46. the end