MILK, HONEY, AND EXCUSES (3)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Exodus 3:1-22, Exodus 4:1-17
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Title: Milk, Honey, and Excuses (3)
Series: Strong and Courageous
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: Exodus 3:1-4:17
?If you have your Bible, please turn to Exodus chapter 3. It's a very famous passage of Scripture. It's the passage of Scripture where God meets Moses at the burning bush.
?You know, in Exodus 3, God introduces a phrase that we find twenty times in the Old Testament. It has to do with the land of Canaan, the land of promise. And God calls that land the land flowing with milk and honey. Kind of an interesting phrase that the Lord uses. "I'm going to bring you into this good and spacious land, this land flowing with milk and honey. This is a fertile land. This is a bountiful land. You are going to prosper in this land." That's what that means in a land flowing with milk and honey. The cattle are going to do well, and all the livestock are going to do well. You're going to flow with milk. And there's going to be so much vegetation and flowers and plants that the bees are going to be producing honey any, everywhere. So, that's the meaning of a land flowing with milk and honey. And God calls Moses to go and lead the people out of Egypt; this great, great plan of God, this great assignment from the Lord. Now, we can understand that Moses would be fearful of that because it's so huge, but we'd also think he would be excited about it. But what we're going to see in today's passage of Scripture, Moses argues with the LORD, and he presents to the LORD all these excuses as to why he can't go. Excuses! You know, that's something that we as humans are good at, the excuse game. It's just part of fallen human nature. When Adam fell in the garden, and the LORD came to him in Genesis chapter 3 and said, "Adam, Adam, where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself." And the LORD said, "Well, who told you that you were naked? Did you eat of the tree of which I commanded yo ...
Series: Strong and Courageous
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: Exodus 3:1-4:17
?If you have your Bible, please turn to Exodus chapter 3. It's a very famous passage of Scripture. It's the passage of Scripture where God meets Moses at the burning bush.
?You know, in Exodus 3, God introduces a phrase that we find twenty times in the Old Testament. It has to do with the land of Canaan, the land of promise. And God calls that land the land flowing with milk and honey. Kind of an interesting phrase that the Lord uses. "I'm going to bring you into this good and spacious land, this land flowing with milk and honey. This is a fertile land. This is a bountiful land. You are going to prosper in this land." That's what that means in a land flowing with milk and honey. The cattle are going to do well, and all the livestock are going to do well. You're going to flow with milk. And there's going to be so much vegetation and flowers and plants that the bees are going to be producing honey any, everywhere. So, that's the meaning of a land flowing with milk and honey. And God calls Moses to go and lead the people out of Egypt; this great, great plan of God, this great assignment from the Lord. Now, we can understand that Moses would be fearful of that because it's so huge, but we'd also think he would be excited about it. But what we're going to see in today's passage of Scripture, Moses argues with the LORD, and he presents to the LORD all these excuses as to why he can't go. Excuses! You know, that's something that we as humans are good at, the excuse game. It's just part of fallen human nature. When Adam fell in the garden, and the LORD came to him in Genesis chapter 3 and said, "Adam, Adam, where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself." And the LORD said, "Well, who told you that you were naked? Did you eat of the tree of which I commanded yo ...
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