Spreading the Word

Spreading the Word

Exodus 32-Exodus 32-3333

So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand

the reading. (Nehemiah 8:8)

I. Salvation: I. Salvation: God God Delivers -Delivers - 1-181-18II. Covenant:II. Covenant: God God Directs -Directs - 19-2419-24III. Worship: III. Worship: God God Dwells -Dwells - 25-4025-40

1.1. Tabernacle Design Tabernacle Design (25-31)(25-31)2.2. The Golden Calf The Golden Calf (32-(32-34)34)3.3. Tabernacle Built Tabernacle Built (35-(35-40)40)

The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)v.1v.1 Begins with a Delay…Begins with a Delay…impatience impatience v.1v.1 People want a god before People want a god before themthemv.2v.2 Aaron makes Golden Calf….Aaron makes Golden Calf….

• Not meant to be a “different Not meant to be a “different god”god”• Cost them greatly…Cost them greatly…• Learned in Egypt…Be Learned in Egypt…Be careful in careful in vacuum of going vacuum of going backback

Exodus 32…The Golden CalfExodus 32…The Golden Calf

The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)v.1v.1 Begins with a Delay…Begins with a Delay…impatience impatience v.1v.1 People want a god before People want a god before themthemv.2v.2 Aaron makes Golden Calf….Aaron makes Golden Calf….v.4v.4 The people worshipThe people worshipv.5v.5 Aaron builds alter, makes a Aaron builds alter, makes a feastfeastv.6v.6 People offered…ate…and People offered…ate…and played played


The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)v7-10v7-10 God’s DeclarationGod’s Declarationv11-13v11-13Moses IntercessionMoses Intercessionv.14v.14 God’s Alteration God’s Alteration


God relents?

1)God does not change

““For I am the Lord, I do not For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of not consumed, O sons of Jacob.Jacob.

God is not a man, that He God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. man, that He should repent.

God relents?


2)God does not lie

it is impossible for God to it is impossible for God to lielie

God relents?


2)God does not lie

3)Prayer works…intercession

can be effective

you do not have because you do not have because you do not ask. you do not ask.

So I sought for a man So I sought for a man among them who would among them who would make a wall, and stand in make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found not destroy it; but I found no one. Therefore I have no one. Therefore I have poured out My indignation poured out My indignation on themon them

The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)v7-10v7-10 God’s DeclarationGod’s Declarationv11-13v11-13Moses IntercessionMoses Intercessionv.14v.14 God’s Alteration God’s Alteration

Is God inviting Moses to Is God inviting Moses to pray?pray?

• v.7 “your people…you v.7 “your people…you brought”brought”• v.10 “Let me alone…”v.10 “Let me alone…”


The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Confrontation (v.15-29)Moses’ Confrontation (v.15-29)


The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Confrontation (v.15-29)Moses’ Confrontation (v.15-29)Moses’ Intercession Pt 2 (30-35)Moses’ Intercession Pt 2 (30-35)


And I fell down before the And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your water, because of all your sin which you committed in sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. to anger.

For I was afraid of the anger For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with and hot displeasure with which the Lord was angry which the Lord was angry with you, to destroy you. with you, to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me But the Lord listened to me at that time also. at that time also.

And the Lord was very And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and would angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the prayed for Aaron also at the same time. same time.

The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)The Golden Calf! (v.1-6)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Intercession (v.7-14)Moses’ Confrontation (v.15-29)Moses’ Confrontation (v.15-29)Moses’ Intercession Pt 2 (30-35)Moses’ Intercession Pt 2 (30-35)


God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)v.1v.1 God offers guidance, purposeGod offers guidance, purposev.2v.2 God offers protection, God offers protection, effectiveness effectiveness v.3v.3 God offers blessing, God offers blessing, abundance abundance

God offers these w/o His God offers these w/o His presencepresence

God offers what sought God offers what sought w/gold calf w/gold calf

Exodus 33…The Great PetitionExodus 33…The Great Petition

God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)Mourning (v.4-6)Mourning (v.4-6)


God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)Mourning (v.4-6)Mourning (v.4-6)Separation (v.7-11)Separation (v.7-11)


God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)Mourning (v.4-6)Mourning (v.4-6)Separation (v.7-11)Separation (v.7-11)Petition – Moses’ (v.12-17)Petition – Moses’ (v.12-17)


v.12v.12 You have said…know you…You have said…know you…gracegracev.13v.13 Show me Your way (follow)…Show me Your way (follow)…gracegracev.13v.13 that I may know You…grace that I may know You…grace

this people is Your People this people is Your People (petition) (petition) v.14v.14 God responds – I will go with God responds – I will go with youyouv.15v.15 If you don’t go…I don’t want If you don’t go…I don’t want to goto go

If between God & If between God & blessings…Godblessings…Godv.16v.16 Is how we display…graceIs how we display…gracev.17v.17 you found grace in My sightyou found grace in My sight

and I know you by nameand I know you by name

Petition – Moses’ (v.12-17)Petition – Moses’ (v.12-17)

God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)God Declares “I will not go…” (1-3)Mourning (v.4-6)Mourning (v.4-6)Separation (v.7-11)Separation (v.7-11)Petition – Moses’ (v.12-17Petition – Moses’ (v.12-17))


And this is eternal life, that And this is eternal life, that they may know You…they may know You…

Nevertheless I have this Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have against you, that you have left your first love. left your first love.

And you shall love the Lord And you shall love the Lord your God with all your your God with all your heart, with all your soul, heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. the first commandment.

Yet indeed I also count all Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the things loss for the excellence of the knowledge excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lordof Christ Jesus my Lord

that I may know Him and that I may know Him and the power of His the power of His resurrection, and the resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferingsfellowship of His sufferings

For God so loved the world For God so loved the world that He gave His only that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting perish but have everlasting life. life.

And this is eternal life, that And this is eternal life, that they may know You…they may know You…

that I may know Him and that I may know Him and the power of His the power of His resurrection, and the resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferingsfellowship of His sufferings

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