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[size=x-large]Worship and the Exodus: Understanding Who God Is[/size]
Read for This Week's Study: Exod. 3:1-15; 12:1-36; 20:4-5; 32:1-6; 33:12-23.
Memory Text: " 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me' " Exodus 20:2-3, NKJV.
In speaking to the woman at the well, Jesus said, " 'You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews' " (John 4:22, NKJV). Imagine, worshiping what you do not know. In a sense, that is what almost all the world has done, or perhaps is doing now - worshiping what they do not know. When you see someone bowing down and worshiping a block of stone, thinking it will answer their prayers, you are seeing folk worshiping what they do not know. That is, they are worshiping what they think can bring them salvation but cannot. In a more modern context, people who make gods out of power, money, fame, and self are, likewise, worshiping what they do not. They are worshiping that which cannot save them.
In the immediate Christian context, the question for us could be: do we know what we are worshiping? Do we know the Lord whom we praise and honor with our mouths? Who is He? What is His name? What is He like?
This week we will look at early accounts of the children of Israel and how their encounters with the Lord reveal to us more about the nature and the character of the God we profess to serve and worship. After all, what sense does it make to worship what we do not know?
With Permission From: http://www.ssnet.org/qrtrly/eng/11c/less02.html
Read for This Week's Study: Exod. 3:1-15; 12:1-36; 20:4-5; 32:1-6; 33:12-23.
Memory Text: " 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me' " Exodus 20:2-3, NKJV.
In speaking to the woman at the well, Jesus said, " 'You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews' " (John 4:22, NKJV). Imagine, worshiping what you do not know. In a sense, that is what almost all the world has done, or perhaps is doing now - worshiping what they do not know. When you see someone bowing down and worshiping a block of stone, thinking it will answer their prayers, you are seeing folk worshiping what they do not know. That is, they are worshiping what they think can bring them salvation but cannot. In a more modern context, people who make gods out of power, money, fame, and self are, likewise, worshiping what they do not. They are worshiping that which cannot save them.
In the immediate Christian context, the question for us could be: do we know what we are worshiping? Do we know the Lord whom we praise and honor with our mouths? Who is He? What is His name? What is He like?
This week we will look at early accounts of the children of Israel and how their encounters with the Lord reveal to us more about the nature and the character of the God we profess to serve and worship. After all, what sense does it make to worship what we do not know?
With Permission From: http://www.ssnet.org/qrtrly/eng/11c/less02.html