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Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

2. Psalm 149:1
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints.
Hymns
Invitation
Red Songbook -
Supplemental

3. Studying Genesis
Genesis 35
Jacob at Bethel

4. Genesis 34-35: Jacob in the Land
Genesis 34 – the violation of Dinah The desire of the Hivites to intermarry The violent retribution of Simeon and Levi Genesis 49:6-7 – Cursed as self-willed

5. Genesis 34-35: Jacob in the Land
Genesis 34 – the violation of Dinah Genesis 35 – Covenant in the Land Loss of Deborah, Rachel and Isaac Dearest people to Israel? Betrayal of Reuben Genesis 49:4 Ahead – the loss of Joseph
Ge 49:4 "Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it --he went up to my couch.

6. Genesis 34-35: Jacob in the Land
At the end of his life Jacob would say: So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life….” Genesis 47:9
Ge 49:4 "Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it --he went up to my couch.

7. Genesis 34-35: Jacob in the Land
Ahead of these difficult moments: God calls Jacob to worship at Bethel God calls Jacob back to the covenant God reaffirms that Jacob is His own

8. Genesis 34-35: Jacob in the Land
In preparing for Bethel, Jacob cleanses his house Removing Idols Purifying themselves Worship God

9. Applications
We are promised tribulations in serving God "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God“ Acts 14:22

10. Applications We are promised tribulations in serving God
We are told that we will suffer as men suffer
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it Corinthians 10:13

11. Applications
We are promised tribulations in serving God We are told that we will suffer as men suffer Sometimes what we think is mundane is actually preparing us for difficulties we will face in life

12. Bethel – The House of God
But if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 1 Timothy 3:15 God still calls his own to worship at Bethel
God called Jacob to return to Bethel – unusual that he was called to a specific location in the land

13. A Home Directed to God
Colossians 3: Removal of idols 2. Purification 3. A new garment
Col 3:5 ¶ Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

14. The Church: a Shelter in Storm
"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33

16. What Must I Do To Be Saved
Hear……………………………..……….…….Romans 10:17 Believe……………..………………………..……Mark 16:16 Confess………………..…………………..……Romans 10:9 Repent..…………………..………………………….Acts 2:38 Being Baptized…………………………… Peter 3:21 Stay Faithful..….....……………………..Revelation 2:11