Welcome
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Thanks for tuning into Redeemer Al Ain’s online service. Our church is currently meeting in person with restrictions on Thursdays from 6:30–7:30pm at the Al Ain Evangelical Church Centre. (For more information about the restrictions click here). As pastors, we also understand that different people have different circumstances and comfort levels for in-person gatherings. We do not want to pressure anyone to attend who would not feel comfortable. We will continue to post the service online so that people can participate digitally.
In this service, Pastor John Norris is preaching on Genesis 28, God’s Place. We’d love to connect with you if you have any questions. Email us at info@redeemeralain.com or fill out a connect form by clicking the link below.
March 4 Online Service
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WORSHIP THROUGH SINGING
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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty — Sovereign Grace Music
O, Praise the Name - Anástasis — Hillsong Music
BIBLE READING
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10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14 Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
18 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, 21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”
Genesis 28:10-22
SERMON
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God’s Place
John Norris
Study Questions
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Read verses 1–5. What is significant about what Isaac says to Jacob?
Read verses 10–22. What does God promise Jacob?
Why does Jacob call this place “the house of God” and “the gate of heaven”?
Read John 1:50–51. What does Jesus mean when he tells Nathaniel, “you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man”?
Read John 4:19–24. Why don’t we worship God in one particular location anymore?
Song Credits
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
© Sovereign Grace Music
O, Praise the Name - Anástasis
© Hillsong Music