~~~~~Lesson: Exodus: Chapter 3:1-10 (reading after lesson)

When Moses goes into God's presence, he tells him to remove his sandals, for he is on holy ground.
A large issue today is what clothes to wear to church. I've heard this from so many people and they are so vehement, I really wanted to ask you.
Do you think "dressing up" is required for going to church (especially on Sundays)?
If so or if no, why??

God promises the Israelites land that other people are living in. Later we'll do a brief discussion of these people and where they came from.
Why do you think God chose that section of land? Did it have special meaning? Was it the best land around? Were the people living there ungodly?

~Reading: Exodus 3:1-10

Meanwhile, Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the Lord appeared to him in fire flaming out of a bush. As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed. So Moses decided, "I must go over to look at this remarkable sight, and see why the bush is not burned."

When the Lord saw him coming over to look at it more closely, God called out to him from the bush, "Moses! Moses!"

He answered, "Here I am."

God said, "Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. I am the God of your father," he continued, "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

But the Lord said, "I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering. Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good a spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the country of the Canaanites, Hittities, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. So indeed the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have truly noted that the Egyptians are oppressing them. Come, now! I will send you to Pharaoh to lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."