When God Hides His Face Hebrews 11 6

When God Hides His Face Hebrews 11: 6 – Isaiah 45: 15 – Genesis 37 - 45

When God Hides His Face – Genesis 37 -45 Where is God?

When God Hides His Face – Genesis 37 -45 Where is God? LORD, why do You stand so far away? Why do You hide in times of trouble? –Ps. 10: 1

When God Hides His Face – Genesis 37 -45 Where is God? 1 LORD, how long will You forget me? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? -Ps. 13: 1 -2

When God Hides His Face – Genesis 37 -45 Who is God? Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior. – Isaiah 45: 15

When God Hides His Face – Genesis 37 -45 Who is God? “Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart. ” –Isaiah 57: 17

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. Because He can be angry with us.

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. Because He can be angry with us. –Isaiah 57: 17 ”Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart. ”

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. Because He can be angry with us. 2. So we might be spared His wrath.

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. Because He can be angry with us. 2. So we might be spared His wrath. -Isaiah 54: 8 “In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love, ” says the LORD your Redeemer. ”

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. 2. 3. Because He can be angry with us. So we might be spared His wrath. Because of our sin.

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. 2. 3. Because He can be angry with us. So we might be spared His wrath. Because of our sin. -Isaiah 1: 15 “When you lift up your hands � in prayer� , I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. ”

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. 2. 3. Because He can be angry with us. So we might be spared His wrath. Because of our sin. -Isaiah 59: 2 “But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide � His�face from you so that He does not listen. ”

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? Joseph & God’s Favor - Genesis 37

When God Hides His Face 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come near me, ” and they came near. “I am Joseph, your brother, ” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt. 5 And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

When God Hides His Face 8 Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ” -Genesis 45: 4 -8

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. 2. 3. 4. Because He is angry with us. –Isaiah 57: 17 So we might be spared His wrath. –Isaiah 54: 8 Because of our sin. -Isaiah 1: 15; 59: 2 To be chastened/disciplined. –Hebrews 12: 5 -6

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 5 “And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly or faint when you are reproved by Him, 6 for the Lord disciplines the one He loves and punishes every son He receives. ” –Hebrews 12: 5 -6

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Because He is angry with us. –Isaiah 57: 17 So we might be spared His wrath. –Isaiah 54: 8 Because of our sin. -Isaiah 1: 15; 59: 2 To be chastened/disciplined. –Hebrews 12: 5 -6 To test us. –James 1: 3

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? “Remember that the LORD your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands. ” –Deut. 8: 2

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the LORD is the tester of hearts. –Proverbs 17: 3 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. –Isaiah 48: 10

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? “Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. ” -James 1: 2 -4

When God Hides His Face Why does God hide his face from us? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Because He is angry with us. –Isaiah 57: 17 So we might be spared His wrath. –Isaiah 54: 8 Because of our sin. -Isaiah 1: 15; 59: 2 To be chastened/disciplined. –Hebrews 12: 5 -6 To test us. –Dt. 8: 2; Prov. 17: 3; Isaiah 48: 10; James 1: 2 -4 To know or hearts and obedience

When God Hides His Face God hides us from his face…in Jesus Christ! 6 “For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! 9 Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. ” –Romans 5: 6 -9

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us?

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith?

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith? “Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him. ” -Hebrews 11: 6

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith! 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come near me, ” and they came near. “I am Joseph, your brother, ” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt. 5 And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith! “For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land to keep you alive by a great deliverance. 8 Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ” Genesis 45: 4 -8

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith! When God hides His face from us, it is an invitation to do what pleases Him. To live and walk in faith, and we will have His favor.

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith! What do we want ? More of God or more from God?

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith! What do we want ? More of God or more from God? One involves pleasing God, the other, God pleasing us.

When God Hides His Face What is our response when God hides His face from us? Faith! 3 “Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land live securely. 4 Take delight in the LORD, and He will give your heart’s desires. 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act, 6 making your righteousness shine like the dawn, your justice like the noonday. ” –Psalm 37: 3 -6