The God who Answers

7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Exodus 6:7 KJV 1900

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

God’s Plan

++To Know him

God’s Plan

++Is to take you

++For Himself

++To Know you

God’s Purpose

++That you shall know Him

++He is The Lord

++He is Your God

God’s Proof

++He brought you out

++He lifted your burden

He is the God that answers

Genesis 35:3 KJV 1900

And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Jacob has

++Been running from his brother Esau

++Has taken his birthright

++You can’t run forever

He was living

++The blessing of the firstborn

++The Lord was with him

++The Lord Prospered him

The blessing of the firstborn was a double portion blessing.

And God prospered Him.

God was with him

Genesis 35:3 KJV 1900

And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Genesis 32

It’s time to Arise

Isaiah 60:1–2 KJV 1900

1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the people: But the Lord shall arise upon thee, And his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Let’s go to Bethel.

What was Bethel?

Genesis 28:12 KJV 1900

12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 28:12

Bethel Was

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ge 28:12.

++The place of a divine encounter

House of God-the place of a divine encounter. Ladder between heaven and earth. Angels ascending and descending

++The Gateway between heaven and earth

++Angels ascending and descending

Genesis 28:13–14 KJV 1900

13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Bethel Was

++The place of original faith

13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou

++The place of return

shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed

++The place of introductions

The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ge 28:13–14.

++Personal altar to Family Altar

Once you have

++Taste the presence of God

++Had an encounter with him

Your Life Will Never Be the Same

Jacob was going back

++To that place

++To rebuild an altar to God

To rebuild an altar to God

++Not as a individual

++As a family

Just to be Close

++To God again

++To be touched by him

Psalm 34:8 KJV 1900

8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Psalms 34:8

This is how he describes his God.

Genesis 35:3 KJV 1900

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

The God at Bethel

Gensis 35:3

++Is not like the idols

He is not like the idols, the gods that were both strange, they were strangers.

++Eyes but could not see

++Ears but could not hear

He is not

++picked up

++discarded at will

He cannot

++Be buried

++Forgotten.

++His vision is not clouded

++His ears dulled.

Psalms 19”

Psalm 19:1 KJV 1900

1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament sheweth his handywork.

The heavens declare his glory. All that is created make him visible.

Who is like our God?

In my distress

++He was with me

++He comforted me

++He answered me

He is the God that answers.

1 Kings 18:21

1 Kings 18:21 KJV 1900

21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

1 Kings 18:23–24 KJV 1900

23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

1 Kings 18:23-24

1 Kings 18:26–28 KJV 1900

26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

1 kings 18:26

1 Kings

1 Kings 18:26–27 KJV 1900

1 Kings 18:30 KJV 1900

30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

1 Kings 18:30

1 kings 18:36

1 Kings 18:36–38 KJV 1900

36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

2 Chronicles 7:12

2 Chronicles 7:12–14 KJV 1900

12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Hebrews 4:

Hebrews 4:15–16 KJV 1900

15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Genesis 35:3 KJV 1900

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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