08.16.2023 | EL ELOHE ISRAEL
EL ELOHE ISRAEL
Genesis 33:20 (NKJV)
Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
Deuteronomy 3:22
You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.
“I stood up and shouted, ‘There is a God.’” – Israeli Commander
“We do aim at them, but their God changes their path in mid-air.” – Hamas Terrorist
“In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.” – First Prime Minister of Israel
El Elohe Israel – God, the God of Israel
Message – El Elohe Israel – Mighty is the God of Israel
Genesis 32:28
But God said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
Israel- Prince with God, Prevailed with God, God strives, God contends
Genesis 33:4
But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
EL ELOHE ISRAEL
How do we respond to this powerful Name today?
1. We Pray
A. We pray for the people of Israel.
Psalm 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.”
B. We pray for the Palestinian people, and all Muslim people.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
C. We pray for our nation to stand with Israel.
Genesis 12:3a
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you.
“Those who fight with Israel, fight with Him.” – John Hagee
D. We pray that our nation turns back to the Living God.
Psalm 33:12a
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
2. We Stand
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
We stand against the powers of darkness that hate Israel and hate believers in Jesus.
3. We Turn
We turn with all of our hearts to the Living God, the God of Israel.
We turn away from idols and we turn to the Living God.
Colossians 1:18b
That in all things He may have the preeminence.
4. We Build an Altar
Altar – A place of sacrifice, a place of worship
Genesis 8:20a
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land,” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
For the believer, the altar is a place of worship and prayer.
5. We Drink from the Well
John 4:5
So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
John 4:6
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
John 4:13-14
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
Discussion Questions:
1. Have you experienced the miracle-working power of God in your life? How?
2. Do you believe the modern state of Israel is a miracle? Why or why not?
3. How do you explain the wind pushing a missile from Hamas out to sea?
4. How did Jacob get a new name? What does it mean?
5. Are you willing to pray for the people of Israel and the Palestinian people on a regular basis?
6. Is there any area of your life in which Jesus is not first place?
Memory Verse:
Genesis 33:20
Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.