EXODUS 32:22-32 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS-PART 3

INTRODUCTION

The passage has taken place in a strange situation

moses has left the children in the hands of the baby sitter named AARON

AND WHEN MOSES RETURNS, IT IS LIKE BABY SITTER GONE WILD

ALL OF THE CHILDREN ARE NAKED

DANCING NAKED AROUND A CALF DOING GOD KNOWS WHAT TO GOD KNOWS WHO

THEY ARE IN A REAL MESS BECAUSE MOSES HAS COME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND THEY ARE IN A CRITICAL SITUATION

THEY WERE NOT ONLY DANCING AROUND A GOLDEN CALF IN SEDUCTIVE WAYS

BUT, THE GOLDEN CALF WAS THE GOD OF EGYPT AND THEY WERE WORSHIPING AN IDOL GOD

AND THERE IS NOTHING GOD HATES MORE THAN IDOLATRY

HE SAYS, THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME

WHAT GOOD IS IT TO COME OUT OF EGYPT IF YOU CANNOT GET EGYPT OUT OF YOU

WHY WOULD GOD DELIVER YOU FROM PHARAOH FOR THEM TO INVITE THE SAME PHARAOH BACK INTO THEM

IN THE MIDST OF THIS JUDGEMENT OCCURS, BUT THERE IS BLESSING IN THE JUDGEMENT

BUT, THERE IS A CHOICE TO MAKE THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE BONDAGE OFF OF YOU

THERE IS A CHOICE TO BREAK EVERY NEGATIVE WORD THAT SOMEONE HAS EVER SPOKEN OVER YOU

THERE IS A CHOICE TO BREAK THE RESULT OF EVERY MISTAKE THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT THREATENS YOUR DESTINY

THERE IS A CHOICE THAT WILL BREAK EVERY SPELL, HEX,

TODAY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY

THERE IS A CHOICE THAT WILL FORTIFY YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU A BRAND NEW BEGINNING

THERE IS A CHOICE THAT WILL BREAK EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT, DISCOURAGEMENT, FRUSTRATION

TODAY THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU

AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK EVERY NEGATIVE THING OVER YOUR LIFE

BODY

PEOPLE CAN TRY TO CURSE YOU WITH WORDS

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CUSSING AND CURSING

TO CUSS IS TO USE PROFANITY TO CURSE IS TO SPEAK WICKEDNESS AGAINST MY FUTURE

A CURSE IS A NEGATIVE THING AGAINST MY PROPHETIC DESTINY

PEOPLE SAY THINGS TO US, THAT EVEN IF THEY APOLOGIZE, THE CURSE IS NOT BROKEN BY THE APOLOGY

YOUR APOLOGY LEAVES ME WITH THE PAIN OF THE MEMORY

AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FIX THAT CURSE IS TO WALK IN THE APOLOGY

WHEN THE BIBLE FIRST TALKS TO US ABOUT BLESSINGS, ITY TALKS TO US ABOUT FATHERS

IT TALKS ABOUT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHERS

TO RECEIVE THE BLESSING, THE FATHERS WOULD BLESS THEIR CHILDREN

WOMEN WOULDN’T GET MARRIED WITHOUT IT

SONS WOULDN’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT

CHILDREN DIDN’T BUY PROPERTY WITHOUT IT

IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT CHILDREN DESIRED TO GET THE BLESSING OF THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT WHEN JACOB WAS ABOUT READY TO DIE, THE 12 SONS GATHERED AROUND THE BED

JACOB HAD BEEN BLESSED, HE RECEIVED THE BLESSING OF ISAAC

ISAAC HAD RECEIVED THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM

AND THEY WERE WONDERING WHO IS NEXT

12 BOYS RUSHING AROUND THE BED WAITING TO HEAR A BLESSING

A BLESSING IS A POSITIVE END OR A CURSE WHICH IS A CONDEMNATION

A CURSE THAT COMES FROM ANYWHERE MAKES YOU A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE

WHEN IT COMES FROM YOUR FATHER IT IS A TERRIBLE THING

WHEN I BECAME A FATHER, I REALIZED MY WORDS HAD A LOT OF POWER

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD TO LEARN IS THAT THE ANGER WILL PASS BUT THE WORDS WILL STAY

I UNDERSTAND THAT MY WORDS WILL EITHER MAKE THEM OR BREAK THEM

IF I BELIEVED IN THEM, THEY WILL SOAR

YOU CANNOT TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN THE WAY THAT YOU TALK TO EVERYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE WILL WALK OFF AND FORGET YOU

WHEN YOU SPEAK TO YOUR CHILDREN, YOU CAN BLESS THEM OR CURSE THEM BY THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY

BUT YOU CAN ALSO CURSE THEM BY WHAT YOU DON’T SAY

YOU CAN CURSE THEM BY MAKING YOUR LOVE HARD TO GET, YOUR APPROVAL HARD TO RECEIVE

YOU CAN CURSE THEM SILENTLY

WHEN THE 12 SONS OF JACOB GATHERED AROUND THE BED, THEY WERE WAITING TO GET THE BLESSING

THIS BLESSING ORIGINALLY CAME FROM GOD THE FATHER, I WILL BLESS...

THIS IS A MAJOR BLESSING

A BLESSED MAN HAD A BLESSED SON

IT IS A BLESSED THING TO BE BORN NY A BLESSED MAN BECAUSE NO WEAPON FORMED...

ABRAHAM HAD IT, ISAAC HAD IT, JACOB HAD IT-THE HUMAN TRINITY OF BLESSING

AND JACOB IS ABOUT TO DIE AND HIS 12 SONS ARE GATHERED AROUND

WHO’S NEXT

THE BIBLE SAYS, JACOB WAS DYING, BUT ISRAEL SAT UP IN THE BED AND STRENGTHENED HIMSELF

THIS REMINDS US THAT GOD CHANGED HIS NAME BUT UNTIL HE DIED, BOTH MEN WERE SITTING IN THE BED

THE MAN HE WAS AND THE MAN THAT HE IS THERE

YOU WILL NEVER TOTALLY FIX YOURSELF

SOME OF YOU STILL HAVE JACOB OPERATING BUT YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PUT JACOB UNDER SUBJECTION

YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF JACOB BUT YOU CAN CONTROL HIM

EVEN IF YOU ARE BLESSED ENOUGH TO DATE ISRAEL, YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF JACOB (MARRIED)

NO MATTER WHAT GUY YOU GET, HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A TWIN

ISRAEL WILL COME TO THE WEDDING BUT JACOB WILL BE AT THE HONEYMOON

IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY DEGREES HE HAS, HOW HANDSOME HE IS, HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS, THERE IS ALWAYS A JACOB THERE

THE FACT THAT I HAVE A JACOB DOE NOT MEAN THAT I DON’T HAVE AN ISRAEL THAT CAN BLESS YOU

JACOB IS DYING

JACOB IS DYING

ISRAEL WILL ALWAYS STRENGTHEN HIMSELF

ALL OF THE SONS GATHERED AROUND THE BED

WHEN LEVI AND SIMEON CAME TO THE BED, JACOB CURSED THEM

HE CURSED THEM BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY WITH THEM

HE BRINGS UP THEIR PAST

HE CURSED THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR ANGER, WRATH, AND CRUELTY

HE CURSED THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD MURDERED THE MEN THAT RAPED THEIR SISTER DINAH

THEY WERE ANGRY BECAUSE THEIR SISTER HAD BEEN RAPED

SO, THEY DECEIVED THE MEN OF SHECHEM AND MURDERED THEM

WHEN JACOB HEARD HE WAS ANGRY WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE TRICKSTERS

HE WAS ANGRY WITH HIS SONS BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE HIM

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT ARE ANGRY WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE THEM

JACOB IS DIFFERENT NOW, AND HE HAS TO FIGHT A YOUNG VERSION OF HIMSELF

BECAUSE WHATEVER IS WRONG USUALLY RUNS IN THE FAMILY

LEVI HAD LIVED WITH THE CURSE OF HIS FATHER AND HIS SONS LIVED WITH THEM

JACOB CURSED HIM FOR BEING LIKE HIM

WHAT IS AMAZING THAT IN THIS SITUATION WHERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE DANCING NAKED AROUND THE CALF

IN THE WORST SITUATION, CAME A OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEMPTION

EVERYONE IS NAKED AND OUT OF BREATH

PASTOR MOSES HAS COME BACK TO THE CHURCH

AND MOSES IS ANGRY

MOSES HIMSELF IS PART OF THE LEVITES

WHAT MOSES IS RELATED TO HAS GONE OUT OF CONTROL

THE HARDEST THING TO CORRECT IS THE ENEMY THAT IS RELATED TO YOU

MOSES SAID, WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE?

YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT JUDAH WOULD HAVE JUMPED UP

CAUSE JUDAH MEANS PRAISE

YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT BENJAMIN BECAUSE OUT OF BENJAMIN COME ALL THE KINGS

BUT, HERE COMES THE LEAST EXPECTED-THE LEVITES, WHO HAVE LIVED WITH THE CURSE OF HIS FATHER

LEVI SAID, I AM

I KNOW THAT I’M NOT MUCH, I’VE DONE SOME DUMB THINGS, MADE SOME HORRIBLE MISTAKES

I MAKE THIS DECISION

I MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS, BUT I’M COMING TO THE LORD

IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LORD’S SIDE TODAY

I’VE DONE SOME BAD THINGS, BUT I AM ON THE LORD’S SIDE

MADE SOME MISTAKES, LIED ON, GUILTY, CURSED, BRUISED, BUT I AM ON THE LORD’S SIDE

I DID SOME DUMB THINGS, BUT I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE

I’VE DONE SOME BAD THINGS, BUT I’M ON THE LORD’S SIDE

I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES

YOU DON’T NEED GREAT MUSICIANS, INSTRUMENTS TO WORSHIP

YOU NEED LEVI

SOMEONE WHO GOD HAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE

IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LORD’S SIDE

YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THAT I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP.

HOW MANY TIMES SUICIDE TRIED TO TAKE ME

BUT I MADE A CHOICE

I MADE A CHOICE TO OPEN THE DOOR WHILE OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS