the story deliverance. 2 why read the bible? because it tells us an alternative story if you want to...

The Story

Deliverance

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Why read the Bible?

Because it tells us an alternative Story

If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an

alternative story.

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Jacob and Sons

God is making a people to get to know him and make him known

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The family grows to a nation in Egypt and the Story moves on

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Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in

Egypt.

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Increased numbers

‘Kill the baby boys’

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What kind of puny god can’t even protect his own people?

How might God make himself known and advance the Story?

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‘Send someone else’

‘I am who I am’

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God makes himself known in mighty deeds

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‘Exodus’ becomes a pattern of God’s saving deeds

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Isaiah

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‘They spoke about his departure,[exodus] which he was about to bring to fulfilment at Jerusalem.’

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‘This is my body given for you.’

‘This cup is the new covenant sealed by my blood.’

Jesus understood his death and resurrection as a new Passover and Exodus - God’s

deliverance

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The Story has moved forward and casts its shadow across the centuries - God’s mighty deeds are seen

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Is there enslavement or oppression in your life?

What ‘exodus’ might God be leading you towards

How might God want to use you as a ‘Moses’ to work for

the exodus of others?

Remember that Jesus has given himself for our exodus