2019-01-06 Exodus 34:1-9
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1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
2 Be prepared by morning. Come up Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before me on the mountaintop.
3 No one may go up with you; in fact, no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.”
4 Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hand, he climbed Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him.
5 The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the Lord.”
6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
7 maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
8 Moses immediately knelt low on the ground and worshiped.
9 Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.”
God is merciful.
God is merciful.
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Despite our sinfulness, God continues to work in our lives.
Despite our sinfulness, God continues to work in our lives.
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Illus: God could have looked at this group of people, and said, “you chose a false God over me, now you are stuck” just as he can look at us and say “you choose false gods over me every day”.
Frankly God would be fair to hand us over to our sin and take his hand off of us.
What kind of father would give up on his child after their first mistake. What kind of father would give up on their child after their umpteenth mistake.
When God gave the order to make a new comand it showed 2 things: 1. that God did not abandon His people, and 2. That God did not lower his standard for His people.
That is how God works in our lives. He is patient and does not abandon us all the while never lowering his standard.
18 “Come, let us settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.
God is slow to anger and abounds in faithful love.
God is slow to anger and abounds in faithful love.
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
7 maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
Illus: Let’s keep using the parent illustration...
As a parent I should not fly off the hook the moment my kids mess up.
I may feel like blowing up, and may be tempted to jump all over my kids, but that has little benefit to them.
A temper tantrum on my part will vent my frustration, but it rarely benefits my kids. That said, neither do I as a good father overlook the mistakes of my children. When they need punishment, I punish them.
God says he is compassionate, forgiving, but also just in rightly bringing justice to the guilty.
God is compassionate. He is patient with us in our sin allowing us time to repent, and turn from them. That said, God does not turn a blind eye to our sin. He does not lower our standard. When we need punishment, he gives it.
If we do not repent, we will feel the full force of his justice.
22 Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!
24 I say, “The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him.”
Just because God forgives your sins does not mean that He lowers his standard.
Just because God forgives your sins does not mean that He lowers his standard.
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
4 Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hand, he climbed Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him.
5 The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the Lord.”
6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
7 maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
God’s standard does not change, His forgiveness is not a license to sin.
God’s standard does not change, His forgiveness is not a license to sin.
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Illus: There is a temptation to think that since God is a loving God, and since he forgives our sin, he does not take our sin as seriously.
We might say something like, “God loves me just the way I am”.
Or we might say, “The God of the NT is a God of love.”
Or even “Only God can judge me.”
Hear me friends, God takes your sin just as seriously today as he took sin in the Old Testament.
Also, Just because God loves you does not mean that he does not also hate the sin in your life.
Also, God loves you, but he does not love you just as you are… he loves you through the precious blood shed on the cross. God loves you enough to free you from your sin, to poor his wrath on Jesus because of his hatred of sin, so there is no way that God will tolerate a complacent attitude for sin in your life.
1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?
2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.
God will punish the unrepentant.
God will punish the unrepentant.
5 The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the Lord.”
6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
7 maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
Illus: God understands that we sin. He does not take it lightly, but knows that men a re broken. That is why he sent Jesus.
That said, the attitude which God does not tolerate is unrepentance.
When you willfully ignore, reject and turn a blind eye to your sin, God does not take that lightly.
When you love your sin so much that you reject what scripture says, and turn a deaf ear to God, you will face his punishment.
God’s patience is ready for you to repent. What in your life have you ignored the voice of God on, rejected the clear teaching of scripture on and refused to obey?
Today repent. Turn to him and find life and freedom.
9 The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
God’s compassion and holiness leads us to worship.
God’s compassion and holiness leads us to worship.
8 Moses immediately knelt low on the ground and worshiped.
9 Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.”
Worship is more than just singing, it is a life lived in faith and repentance.
Worship is more than just singing, it is a life lived in faith and repentance.
Illus: Today I callenge you to be a worshiper. Go beyond just singing, or attending church. Instead live a life of repentance and faith to God.
Listen to the conviction of the Holy Spirit and repent as he convicts. Read the word to pursue God’s holiness. Choose to live for Jesus.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.