Encounter – Holy Ground

Any place we encounter God becomes Holy Ground.

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You will never be the same after a true encounter with the living God.

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Acts 7:22

22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

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Exodus 2:11-12

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Acts 7:25

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Acts 7:26-28

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Ex 3:1

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Exodus 3:2-3

2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

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Ex 3:4-5

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Any place we encounter God becomes Holy Ground.

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Ex 3:6

6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” 

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Ex 3:6 cont.

At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

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Ex 3:7

7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey…

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God declares:

• I have seen
• I have heard
• I am concerned
• I have come down to rescue

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Ex 3:10

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Ex 3:11

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“Forty years before this moment, he was ready to deliver Israel. He was cocky and almost arrogant. He slew an Egyptian and delivered one of his brethren from persecution because he thought his act would be understood. He thought he could deliver Israel by himself. He found out that he could not, and God took him to the back side of the desert for special training that would fit him for the job. He learned how really weak he was. He learned he could not deliver Israel by himself.” J. Vernon

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Calling is not about who we are but about who God is!

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Ex 3:14

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Ex 3:14

Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν – “I Am who I Am”

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John 8:52

…Who do you think you are?”

John 8:58

58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

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John 8:58

πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί – “Before Abraham was born, I am”

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Ex 3:14

Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν – “I Am who I Am”

John 8:58

πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί – “Before Abraham was born, I am”

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All powerful encounters with God always begin with Jesus.

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