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God calls Israel to Himself so that they can know Him.
God call’s us to himself so that we can grow in knowledge of who He is.
God moves us, he calls us to action, so that we can know Him.
The expectation and natural response of walking in faith is obedience to God.
The giving of God’s covenant is unconditional, but enjoyment of God’s covenant is conditional.
As we are making disciples it is important that we share the whole gospel.
Salvation is a free gift, but the result of authentic salvation is devotion.
“but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
God uses established leadership to communicate to the people.
The elders have been discussing the questions that some of you asked and have decided that a better term to use for LG leaders is a Fellow Worker.
There is a synergy that comes by all of us in the church knowing the role God has called us to and operating, as He leads, in that role.
As we have gone through this study on God using Moses and Aaron to set the Israelites free, we’ve tried to see the interactions between God, Moses, and Israel.
Our intention is to apply what we see God and Moses doing, their interactions, to the call that God has for us as a church.
At the beginning of this study we talked about and asked God that He would motivate us to join Him.
Our desire has not been to just do something for God, but rather to join God in His work of setting people free.
I want to make sure that in the midst of all of this we don’t lose the beauty of this story in its entirety.
God is doing all of this to restore the relationship between Himself and his creation.
All of this is has been done to show God’s people who He is and that He loves them.
God is about to reveal himself in a big way.
He is about to show Israel the truth about who they were intended to be before the fall.
In the text today we see God instructing Moses to prepare the people, by consecrating them, and having them go through the necessary steps to cleanse themselves.
I don’t want to focus on the specific instructions today, but rather on the intent behind what God is doing and make application for us and God’s intent for using us in this process.
In verse 10 and 11 God is giving Moses specific instructions on what they need to do to be ready to encounter God.
God uses us to prepare people to experience Himself.
Now, on the surface, this may seem pretty simple.
However, consider the way in which God chooses to make Himself known.
It’s through us.
…Christ in me is the hope of glory...
If Christ in me is the hope of glory, am I putting the proper value on the time that is need for this to happen?
We all know that the Holy Spirit lives in us once we receive Christ as our savior.
But we see Jesus getting alone often to be with the father, to commune with the father, to seek direction and instruction.
His purpose in that was to know exactly where, when, how, and with whom God was calling him too next.
If we are going to lead people to know God, we must know Him first.
We have spent all this time talking, thinking, and praying about joining God to set people free, but are we putting in the time?
I asked Luke to go and move one of the dogs in his grandpa’s dog barn yesterday.
He said yes sir, left, and the came right back and said, “as long as you will sharpen my pocket knife for me when I get back.”
me: that’s not how this relationship works...
As soon as those words came out of my mouth I realized that we do that so often with God.
Sure God, I’ll do that thing you asked… as long as you do _______.
That’s not how this relationship works...
You cannot give someone directions to a place that you’ve never been too.
The Butterfield answer...
Bethany has always given me a really hard time about this.
I’m better about it now, but it has been a long road.
In the past, if you asked me a question, weather I knew the answer or not, I would give you one.
We cannot just give padded answers and develop shallow relationships.
This can be particularly challenging for us because...
Most people have a preconceived idea of who God is and what a “christian” is.
We live in the south and as we have discussed before, most people that you meet will tell you they are a christian or that they believe in God if you ask them.
So, how do we break past that facade that we have all been taught to present?
Last week Bethany shared a podcast with me that she was listening too.
They had a guest speaker who was talking about a new book that she co-wrote.
It’s Personal: Five Questions You Should Answer to Give Every Kid Hope.
Now this book was written particularly with youth ministry in mind, but the concepts that it discusses are applicable to any age group.
The authors start out the book describing these shallow relationships that we are all familiar with.
The, how are you, how was your week, etc.
They point out that shallow does have some incredible benefits.
sometimes, you’ve had a rough morning and you need to be shallow with those around you just so you don’t blow up on them.
Shallowness in small amounts can provide relief.
But shallow all the time can leave us empty.
If we are never authentic and vulnerable with anyone, we won’t be known by anyone.
That is not how we were created to live.
God created us and it is in our DNA to be in relationships.
Some of us need lots of them and some of us only need one or two.
But at the end of the day, we all need them.
With all of this in mind, how do can we use authenticity and vulnerability to prepare people to know God?
We make things personal.
We dig in and invite ourselves into the lives of the person or persons that God is calling us to.
Why is this even necessary?
A shallow approach to life can rob us of the potential to bring hope in to peoples lives.
You are worth someones investment...
The person that God has called you to prepare is worth your investment.
And this is a hard thing.
Think about it...
Shallow is fast.
Personal takes time.
Shallow is easy.
Personal is complicated.
Shallow is safe.
Personal is risky.
Shallow is certain.
Personal is unresolved.
Shallow is dismissive.
Personal is interested.
Shallow is familiar.
Personal is unpredictable.
Shallow cost money.
Personal cost me.
Do you find it difficult or easy to be personal?
Why is important that we make the investment to become personal?
The way we handle our interactions with people determines what and how they experience God.
We prepare them by investing in them, walking with them, and knowing them.
We cannot join God if we only want to do things that are easy.
We cannot join God if we only want what is familiar.
We cannot join God if we are unwilling to put in the time.
We cannot join god if we are unwilling to make sacrifices.
Think for a moment about your own life.
How did you become a believer?
Did someone invest in you?
Did that person go beyond shallow?
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