1. Exodus 3-4
The Deliverance of God

2. Exodus 2 Exodus 1 is a continuation of Genesis
The sovereign plan of God
Moses’ parents
An impossible dilemma
Pharaoh’s decree – kill every baby
They couldn’t kill their baby
God delivered Moses
The God who delivers!

3. Exodus 3:1-22

4. Life went on
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Exodus 3:1 (ESV)
When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well. Exodus 2:15 (ESV)

5. Life went on
During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. Exodus 2:23-25 (ESV)

6. God appeared to Moses
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. Exodus 3:2 (ESV)

7. God appeared to Moses
And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. Exodus 3:6 (ESV)

8. God appeared to Moses
Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:10 (ESV)

9. A Series of Excuses Who am I?
He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” Exodus 3:12 (ESV)

10. What if they don’t believe me?
A Series of Excuses
What if they don’t believe me?
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Exodus 3:14 (ESV)
And they will listen to your voice, Exodus 3:18a (ESV)

11. Moses rejected God’s promise
A Series of Excuses
Moses rejected God’s promise
Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’ ” Exodus 4:1 (ESV)

12. I’m not a public speaker
A Series of Excuses
I’m not a public speaker
But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Exodus 4:10 (ESV)

13. I’m not a public speaker
A Series of Excuses
I’m not a public speaker
Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” Exodus 4:11-12 (ESV)

14. A Series of Excuses Send someone else!
But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.” Exodus 4:13 (ESV)

15. A Series of Excuses Can you identify?
Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses Exodus 4:14a (ESV)

16. God Heard
Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, Exodus 3:7 (ESV)

17. God Heard
and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Exodus 3:8 (ESV)

18. God Heard
During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. Exodus 2:23-25 (ESV)

19. God Heard
Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel. 30 Aaron spoke all the words that the LORD had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped. Exodus 4:29-31 (ESV)