This is a slide show presentation about the call story of Moses, the deliverer, of Israelites who were enslaved.

1. LESSONS TO LEARN
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3. PREAMBLE
 Main character of Exodus is Moses
 Ch. 3-40 events of a single year
 Call story described in Ch. 3 & 4
 Recalled by apostle Stephen in Acts. 7 :
20-35
 God appears in a burning bush to Moses
on Mt. Horeb also called Mt.Sinai later
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4. MILE STONES
 Raised up in the palace of Pharaoh
 Skilled in words and deeds
 Overseer of the slaves
 Identified with his own people
 Touched by their plight
 Did justice when oppressed
 Misunderstood by Hebrews – own clan
 Ran as fugitive to Midian to escape the edict
against him
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5. ENCOUNTER WITH GOD - YHWH
 Was a vision when fully conscious – not a dream
 Bush may represent the Hebrews being tortured
but still intact
 Angel of the Lord stands for God himself
 Faithful in serving the father-in-law
 God selects people sincere in their job and not
lazy
 Meet God in the ordinary / do not expect
extraordinary visitations all the time
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6. Lessons for us
 Be willing to listen to God’s voice
 Do not be a quitter, he wants you to go thro’
 Take on challenges from God with his favour
 Calls you by name as he called Moses
 He knows what you are going thro’
 He is El-Roi, a God who sees - e.g Hagar
 Remove your sandals- your protection strategy
 Past failures , mistakes, defenses, security, etc.
 You are standing on holy ground- wherever God
meets you , it is holy.
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7.  God gives us a second chance always
 Make a fresh start – He wants you to be His
weapon
 No excuses from the past- God’s people should
not live in bondage to anyone/ anything
 He starts things anew
 You may be in a minority but God is on your
side
 You may be despised somewhere but He takes
you back to the same people but fully
equipped to meet challenges
 Quite often wilderness is the best place to
meet God alone
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8. Moses whom the
Hebrew slaves
despised becomes
their deliverer!!
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9. AUTHOR
Mrs. Kalaneethy Christopher M.Sc., M.Phil., B.C.S
 Retired Collegiate Professor
 Formerly College chaplain
 Formerly Vice-Principal
 LADY DOAK COLLEGE , MADURAI
 The presentation is exclusively made for Bible Studies Sessions at
Lady Doak College Chapel
 No part of this can be reproduced without permission from the
author