February 27-28, 2016
Life Giving Word
Hebrews 4:12 (NIV®)
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul
and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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1 Peter 1:23 (NASB®)
for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and
enduring word of God.
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I. First 5 Books
---Books of Moses; Pentateuch; Torah, Beginning of Old Testament
A. Deliverance Story ---from slavery to freedom
Exodus 3:7-10 (NIV®)
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--the
home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has
reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to
bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."
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B. Revelation ---character of God, how to begin to understand Him
Exodus 3:13-15 (NIV®)
Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and
they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you
are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" 15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the
God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you.' This is my name
forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.
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II. We Can See
A. God is holy
Leviticus 11:44-45 (NIV®)
I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean
by any creature that moves about on the ground. 45 I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God;
therefore be holy, because I am holy.
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Exodus 19:5-6 (NIV®)
Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although
the whole earth is mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are
to speak to the Israelites."
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Leviticus 10:10-11 (NIV®)
You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,
teach the Israelites all the decrees the LORD has given them through Moses."
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1 Peter 1:15-16 (NIV®)
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
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and you must
for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
Hebrews 12:14 (NIV®)
Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
B. God as Judge
Genesis 18:25 (NIV®)
Far be it from you to do such a thing--to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike.
Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
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John 5:22-23 (NIV®)
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as
they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
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2 Corinthians 5:10 (NIV®)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things
done while in the body, whether good or bad.
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Hebrews 9:27 (NASB®)
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
C. God is powerful
Exodus 12:29-30 (NIV®)
At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to
the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his
officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house
without someone dead.
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Exodus 16:11-15 (manna & quail)
Matthew 8:26-27 (NIV®)
Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
"What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
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The men were amazed and asked,
D. God wants to help
Exodus 3:7-8 (NIV®)
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-the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
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1 Peter 1:17-18 (NIV®)
. . . live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as
silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,
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Luke 12:32 (NIV®)
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I rejoice in the provision of Your word. Grant me a hunger for the things of God.
May Your truth become more precious to me than the things of this world. Guide me in paths of
righteousness and deliver me from evil. You are my hope and my redeemer, amen.
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