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“God Hears His People!”
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Scripture:
Acts 7: 23-25 Hebrews 11: 24-26 Exodus 3: 2-15 Exodus 4: 1-5
Summary:
In this sermon, Pastor Tony Marra delivers a powerful message centered on God’s attentiveness to the cries of His people and His faithfulness to deliver them. Drawing from the biblical narrative in Exodus, the sermon explores Moses’ journey from being a prince in Egypt to becoming God’s chosen deliverer for the Israelites. Pastor Marra emphasizes God’s compassion, sovereignty, and the personal relationship He desires with His people, reinforcing that God responds to oppression and suffering.
Through the story of Moses and the burning bush, Pastor Marra highlights the key themes of deliverance, the importance of humility, and the call to participate in God’s work of salvation. The message urges believers to trust in God’s promises and act as instruments of justice and reconciliation in a world filled with oppression and suffering.
Key Points and Highlights
🌟 The Faithfulness of God
- Pastor Marra explains how God fulfilled His promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by raising up Moses to lead His people out of Egypt. He draws a parallel to God’s ongoing faithfulness to His promises.
🛡️ Moses’ Calling
- Moses’ encounter with God in the burning bush symbolizes God’s holiness and Moses’ humility. God called Moses to deliver the Israelites, reinforcing that He hears and responds to the cries of His people.
🌱 God’s Compassion
- The sermon reminds believers that God is not distant. He is intimately involved in the lives of His people, responding with compassion to their oppression and suffering.
🔄 Participation in God’s Mission
- Believers are called to participate in God’s mission, just as Moses was. Pastor Marra stresses that God equips His people to act as agents of justice and deliverance in the world.
🌍 The Eternal I AM
- Pastor Marra reflects on God’s self-revelation as “I AM,” emphasizing His eternal power, unchanging nature, and ability to meet every need. The name “I AM” is a reminder of God’s presence in every situation.
Context:
This sermon delves into the foundational story of Moses and the Exodus, exploring themes of deliverance, faithfulness, and God’s ongoing mission to rescue His people from oppression. Pastor Marra draws attention to how God’s promises to the patriarchs are fulfilled through Christ, the ultimate deliverer.
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Hard-Wired for Connection and Community
Filed under: By Nan Kuhlman, Christian Living, Love, Relationships | Tags: community, connection, I Am, interconnection of all living things, Tom Shadyac
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My hope is that I AM is a window into Truth, a glimpse into the miracle, the mystery and magic of who we really are, and of the basic nature of the connection and unity of all things~ Tom Shadyac
The documentary I Am (http://www.iamthedoc.com/) is the brainchild of director Tom Shadyac, whose film credits include hits like Ace Ventura, Bruce Almighty, and Liar, Liar. Shadyac decided to make this documentary after a serious biking accident made him reevaluate his priorities and share publicly what he had been thinking about for years. Once he had recovered, he set out with a camera crew to interview the great thinkers and scientists of our time, asking them what is wrong with our world and what we can do about it.
Interestingly enough, Shadyac found out instead what was right with the world. One thing he discovered was that science has proven every human being is hard-wired for a compassionate response to the troubles of others, and that there is a measurable magnetic field given off by every human heart which can have a physiological effect on other living beings around us.
This “hard-wiring” comes in the form of the vagus nerve, which gives us the physiological response (the tearing of the eyes, the tension in the stomach) when we see others suffering. One unexpected proponent of this was Charles Darwin, who said in his book The Descent of Man, “Sympathy is our strongest instinct.” We are equipped, at the most basic level, to empathize with others.
At one point in the documentary, Shadyac was in a scientific lab where electrodes had been connected to a Petri dish filled with yogurt containing live bacteria cultures. Whenever Shadyac was shown a gruesome photo or asked a stress-filled question, the electrical charge in the yogurt increased, showing the bacteria’s response to his stress. Researchers at the Institute of Noetic Sciences verified that this response reveals how every living thing is connected.
This interconnection of all living things should come as no surprise. After all, the Triune God permeates all of creation:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men (John 1:1-4, NIV).
Shadyac’s documentary I Am provides more confirmation that the life that pulses through each one of us, through all living things, has its origin in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Because “…in him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28), we are all part of a greater whole and hard-wired for connection and community. Once we finally embrace this, we will never feel separated, never alone.
~by Nan Kuhlman