Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

If you're in Christ, your identity isn't defined by your failures, but by God's covenant promises.

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Exodus,

the gospel one rescue at a time.

In this episode, Paul teaches from Exodus 3

and reflects on Moses' encounter with God at the burning bush,

a powerful moment of fresh starts and new beginnings.

To hear more from this series, visit paultrip.com slash exodus.

Now here's Paul, teaching from Exodus 3.

Moses' life was about to change. And that change is captured for us in six words,

and the angel of the Lord.

Music and the angel of the Lord. So the title of the Lord. So the title for our next study in Exodus is fresh starts and new beginnings. Exodus 3, 1 through 6.

Now, Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jeffro, the priest of Midian, and he led Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horib the Mount

of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the

midst of a bush. He looked and behold the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said,

I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. When the Lord saw that

he had turned aside, he said, aside to sea, God called him out of the bush,

Moses, Moses, and he said, here I am. Then he said, do not come near, take off the sandals off

your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. And he said, I am the God

of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and

Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Moses was probably very thankful after his murder and exile that his life had become what

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