Obeying Gods Plan: Gods Person, Gods Name, Gods Plan

Dr. Todd Mangum 

Gods Person, Gods Name, Gods Plan 

Exodus 3:13-22

Coming out of Jude's  1) contend (against enemies and detractions within and without), 2) remember (the pattern of Scripture that conveys the struggle God calls us to in living for Him and the warning from earlier apostles that such challenges would emerge), and 3) persevere . . . this message transitions to Jesus, who says, "If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself, take us his cross, and follow Me."  This "pattern of the Gospel" seems to go . . . all the way back to Moses, too. In Exodus 3, God appeared to Moses and showed Him His greatness and glory; God expressed His concern for the affliction and sufferings of His people." (Well and good.) But then God said, "And therefore, I am sending You!"
Moses became . . . "uncomfortable."  I think I would, too.  How about you? In these patterns of God's engagements and "callings" of people, might it be that you and I might are a lot like Peter, or a lot like Moses?  While, meanwhile, God, today, is (still) a lot like God [!]?