1 & 2 Samuel Series Lesson #147 September 18, 2018 Dean Bible Ministries www.deanbibleministries.org Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr.
W ORSHIP : F EAR AND A WE G ENESIS 28:10–22
E SSENCE OF G OD HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Sovereign Omniscience Righteousness Omnipresent Omnipotent Justice Veracity Love Eternal Life Immutability
Avram learns many things about God from Genesis 12–22 • God is alive • God speaks, Deut. 5:26 • God appears, Gen. 12:7 • God makes and keeps promises, Gen. 12:7 • God is the sovereign ruler over all Creation, Gen. 14 • God is a just ruler, Gen. 18 • God is just and righteous, Gen. 18 • God owns the real estate He promises, Gen. 12:7
Worship Involves Burial by Faith Gen. 23:2, “So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Gen. 23:3, “Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, Gen. 23:4, “ ‘I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’ ”
Gen. 28:16, “Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.’ ”
Gen. 28:4, “And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”
Gen. 28:11, “So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head , and he lay down in that place to sleep.”
Jacob Gen. 28:12, “Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. Gen. 28:13, “And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: ‘I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.’ ”
Jacob **Worship is a response to revelation
Gen. 28:14, “Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Gen. 28:15, “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
Isa. 41:10, “Fear not for I am with you … ” Isa. 43:5, “Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west;” Jer. 1:8, “ ‘Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,’ says the LORD.”
Jer. 1:19, “ ‘They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to deliver you.’ ” “I am with you to save you,” Jer. 15:20; 30:11; 46:28
Hag. 1:13, “Then Haggai, the LORD’S messenger, spoke the LORD’S message to the people, saying, ‘I am with you, says the LORD.’ ” Hag. 2:4, “ ‘Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the LORD; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the LORD, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the LORD of hosts.”
Matt. 28:20, “ ‘teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” Acts 18:10, “for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”
Gen. 28:16, “Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.’ ”
Gen. 28:17, “And he was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!’ ”
John 1:49, “Nathanael answered and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!’ ” John 1:50, “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Because I said to you, “I saw you under the fig tree,” do you believe? You will see greater things than these.’ John 1:51, “And He said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.’ ”
Gen. 28:18, “Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. Gen. 28:19, “And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.”
Gen. 22:14, “And Abraham called the name of the place, The–LORD–Will–Provide; as it is said to this day, ‘In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.’ ”
Gen. 28:20, “Then Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me, and keep me, watch over me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, Gen. 28:21, “ ‘so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, If the LORD shall be my God. Gen. 28:22, “ ‘THEN this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.’ ”
Gen. 29:1, “So Jacob went [lifted up his feet, skipped, kicked up his heels] on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.”
Ex. 2:23, “Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. Ex. 2:24, “So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.”
Ex. 3:2, “And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Ex. 3:3, “Then Moses said, ‘I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.’ ”
Ex. 3:4, “So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Ex. 3:5, “Then He said, ‘Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.’ ”
Ex. 3:6, “Moreover 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 upon God.”
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