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Exodus 4:1-5 “But Moses protested again, ‘What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, “The LORD never appeared to you?” ’ Then the LORD asked him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A shepherd’s staff,’ Moses replied. ‘Throw it down on the ground,’ the LORD told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. Then the LORD told him, ‘Reach out and grab its tail.’ So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand. ‘Perform this sign,’ the LORD told him. ‘Then they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.’ ”
Exodus 3:18 “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our God.”
What God Has Me “Then the LORD asked him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A shepherd’s staff,’ Moses replied.” (v.2)
Judges 3:31 “After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.”
John 6:9 “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”
What God Has Me “ ‘Throw it down on the ground,’ the LORD told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.” (v.3)
Exodus 4:6-7 “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Now put your hand inside your cloak.’ So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease. ‘Now put your hand back into your cloak,’ the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.”
Deuteronomy 3:24 “O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?”
What God Has Me “Perform this sign,” the LORD told him. “Then they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.” (v.5)
Exodus 4:29-31 “Then Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt and called all the elders of Israel together. Aaron told them everything the LORD had told Moses, and Moses performed the miraculous signs as they watched. Then the people of Israel were convinced that the LORD had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.”
What If
Exodus 4:1-5 “But Moses protested again, ‘What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, “The LORD never appeared to you?” ’ Then the LORD asked him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A shepherd’s staff,’ Moses replied. ‘Throw it down on the ground,’ the LORD told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. Then the LORD told him, ‘Reach out and grab its tail.’ So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand. ‘Perform this sign,’ the LORD told him. ‘Then they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.’ ”
Exodus 3:18 “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our God.”
What God Has Me “Then the LORD asked him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A shepherd’s staff,’ Moses replied.” (v.2)
Judges 3:31 “After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.”
John 6:9 “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”
What God Has Me “ ‘Throw it down on the ground,’ the LORD told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.” (v.3)
Exodus 4:6-7 “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Now put your hand inside your cloak.’ So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease. ‘Now put your hand back into your cloak,’ the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.”
Deuteronomy 3:24 “O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?”
What God Has Me “Perform this sign,” the LORD told him. “Then they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.” (v.5)
Exodus 4:29-31 “Then Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt and called all the elders of Israel together. Aaron told them everything the LORD had told Moses, and Moses performed the miraculous signs as they watched. Then the people of Israel were convinced that the LORD had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.”