1. God is Asking
Genesis 3:8-13

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Where are you?
After they had sinned, “the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord” (Genesis 3:8) God then asked, “Where are you?” Why would we try to hide? Job 34:21-23; Proverbs 5:21; Psalms 139:8; John 3:19
Job 34: “For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps. 22 "There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 23 "For He does not need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment. 24 "He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
Proverbs 15:3 (“the eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good”)
Proverbs 5:21 (“For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He watches all his paths.”)
Psalms 139:8; Indeed, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?”
Chris Simmons

3. Where are you? God is asking, where is the man …
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Where are you?
God is asking, where is the man …
“Whose heart is completely His?” 2 Chronicles 16:9
“Who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me?” Ezekiel 22:30
Whom God can send to do His work and “will go for Us”? Isaiah 6:8
Who will be “useful to the Master”? 2 Timothy 2:21
After King Asa relied on the king of Aram and not God after at first turning to Him.
Who will be that preserving influence who will let their light shine.
Chris Simmons

4. Where are you? Examples:
Jonah - who “rose up to flee … from the presence of the Lord” (Jonah 1:3).
Elijah - “what are you doing here?” (1 Kings 19:9-10)
The Ten lepers - “were there not ten cleansed? But the nine - where are they?” (Luke 17:11-19; 2 Chronicles 32:25)
Peter - “… he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof …” (Galatians 2:12)
Jonah – (1:3) “Jonah rose up to flee… from the presence of the Lord”.
Where are you Jonah? Asleep in the hold of a ship running away from God.
Later he found himself in Nineveh – where God had sent him.
Elijah
Where are you? “Lodging” in a cave having run away from Jezebel – like Jonah – wishing he could die. He felt that “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of Hosts… and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.”
The ten lepers – Luke 17:11-19 – “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine – where are they”
Are we simply doing our own thing? Going on with life as though it were no big deal. There was no “return” given.
When we fail to worship and praise God – is He asking, “where are you”? In God’s words, “did I not heal you and forgive you?”
Chris Simmons

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Where are you?
In terms of where we used to be: Maybe we haven’t “fled” from the presence of the Lord, but are we as close as we used to be? Have we drifted? Hebrews 2:1, “drift” means to “flow past or glide by - doesn’t indicate even intentional disregard, just a damning degree of negligence.” Negligence - careless or lack of regard. Failure to “take it to heart” (Malachi 2:2).
Chris Simmons

6. Where are you? In terms of growth and maturity:
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Where are you?
In terms of growth and maturity:
Someone who needs guiding? Acts 8:31
A new child of God who needs nurturing or someone who should be mature? Hebrews 5:12-6:1; James 1:2-4
Chris Simmons

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Where are you?
Are you lost? “Sheep without a shepherd” (Mark 6:34; Luke 15) Ever remember as a young child being separated from your parents and feeling the panic, fear, and despair? (Luke 15:16) Psalms 119:176 – “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant …” (Luke 19:10) Do we wish to be found? Do we want to be near? Hebrews 7:25; James 4:8
Ever remember being separated from your parents?
The panic, fear and despair? Prodigal son. Luke 15:26
“Master, Master, we are perishing!” Luke 8:24
Micky in the corn field.
Separated from God – we should be scared!
Psalms 119:176 – “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant…”
Ezekiel 34:16 – “I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered…”
Chris Simmons

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Who told you?
Genesis 3:11 - God asked Adam and Eve, “who told you that you were naked?” God’s law was clear but they began to listen to someone else, they listened to the wisdom of Satan. Genesis 3:12; 1 Corinthians 2:6-8
Chris Simmons

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Who told you?
Example of the “man of God” and the “old prophet” - 1 Kings 13 Who told him to “eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came”? (verse 9) God did! Who told him he could? A man who lied! (verse 18) Killed by a lion. 1 Peter 5:8 Galatians 1:8-9
Vs. 9 – “For so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘you shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.’” Again in verse 17
Vs. 18 – “I am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, “bring him back with you to your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’ But he lied to him…”
Vs. 21 – “you have disobeyed the command of the Lord”
Vs. 24 – he was killed by a lion. 1 Peter 5:8
Galatians 1:8-9 – “Even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!”
Chris Simmons

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Who told you?
Example of the “young man lacking sense” - Proverbs 7:7ff “She says to him …” (verse 13) Who told you it won’t lead to your “slaughter” and “cost him his life”? (verses 22-23) Who told you that drink wouldn’t bite you like a serpent? (Proverbs 23:29-35)
Chris Simmons

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Who told you?
Authority of man or God? Matthew 21:23-27 Doctrines of men? Matthew 15:7-9 Someone who is telling you what you want to hear? 2 Timothy 4:1-3, 1 Kings 22; Isaiah 30:10
Doctrines of men?
Matthew 15:7-9
Practical – what are we listening to on TV; facebook, etc.
Chris Simmons

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Who told you?
We need to listen to Jesus! Matthew 17:1-5; Hebrews 1:1-2
Doctrines of men?
Matthew 15:7-9
Practical – what are we listening to on TV; facebook, etc.
Chris Simmons

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What have you done?
Accountability - God knows what we have done, will we acknowledge it?
Achan - Joshua 7:19-21, “tell me now what you have done … I saw … I coveted …took … concealed …”; cf. James 1:14-15
King Saul - 1 Samuel 13:11, “what have you done? … I forced myself” (cf. 1 Samuel 15:9-23)
King David - “I have sinned against the Lord.” (2 Samuel 12:13; Psalms 32:1-5)
Chris Simmons

14. What have you done? Do we ask ourselves? Jeremiah 8:4-6, they had:
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What have you done?
Do we ask ourselves? Jeremiah 8:4-6, they had:
Fallen
Turned away
Committed “apostasy”
Held fast to “deceit”
Yet no one repented and asked “what have I done?”
Chris Simmons

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What have you done?
Those on the day of Pentecost? Acts 2:36 Saul of Tarsus? Acts 9:5-6; 26:14; 1 Corinthians 15:9-10; Acts 26:9-12; 1 Timothy 1:12-15 Simon the sorcerer? Acts 8:18-24 You and I? Romans 3:23; 6:23
Chris Simmons

16. God is asking … Where are you? Are you “in Christ”? Galatians 3:26-27
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God is asking …
Where are you?
Are you “in Christ”? Galatians 3:26-27
Who told you?
Are you listening to the wisdom from above? James 3:17
What have you done?
Have you “done everything, to stand firm”? Ephesians 6:13
Chris Simmons