Title Ex. 32:30~35 If you agree~
Contents
Exodus 32:30~35 If you agree~ Topic: 34. Idol worship 2007. 4. 1.
◎ Introduction
: It shows how corrupt humans are, and how serious the people are.
※ Israel a few months ago witnessed God miraculously delivering deliverance from slavery in Egypt, from the Red Sea, and from the thirst and hunger of the wilderness journey.
※ To receive God's blueprint for the tabernacle, Moses went up the mountain (Mt. Sinai), and six weeks have passed since he entered the cloud of God's glory.
※ The people broke the promise of being different and obedient to God, and God broke the interview with Moses by making a golden calf.
※ Moses came down with two stone tablets, but broke them at the bottom of the mountain. and punish the people. (The following Levi kills 3000 men)
※ Moses will now intercede for this people.
1. Asking for forgiveness of sins (30-32)
2. The severity of judgment (33-35)
1. Asking for forgiveness of sins (30-33)
※ The presence of the Lord was changed to an idol of a calf.
* Motivation is a conflict arising from the tension between God's presence and absence, as the people see the golden calf.
He tried to feel God's presence by making God's absence visible.
※ Causes of sin (Ex 32:1~6)
① Impatientness(1) ② Crowd Pressure(1) ③ Weak Leadership(1) ④ Belief in False Gods(1)
⑤ Disobedience to God’s commandments (1) ⑥ Trust in humans (1) ⑦ Fear of crowds (2~4)
⑧ False worship (5-6) ⑨ Food, alcohol, and obscene practices (6)
※ There was a great intercession of Moses asking for forgiveness for the people's great sins (7-14).
(Abraham's great intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah is Genesis 18:16-33)
※ Moses' actions after hearing from God of the sins of Israel. (7-33)
① Ask to save the lives of the people (7~14): Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel!
②Fierce anger (15-20): Throw away the stone tablets of the 10 commandments. The calf is powdered and sprinkled with water to drink.
③ Analysis of the situation and thorough investigation (21-24): Moses said to Aaron, “How can this people
④ Punishment by killing many of the offenders (25-29): Levi must slaughter each person... He killed about 3,000 people.
⑤ He pleaded with Israel for mercy (30-33): Moses asked that his name be erased from the book of life.
One). All people have sinned (30)
※ Even those who do not actually attend the debauched banquet are responsible for this sin.
* Life was saved because they did not take part, but they were also held accountable for their sins.
(Because I didn't actively dry it)
※ The community is responsible for each other. Therefore, it is the responsibility to stop sin and evil deeds.
※ Sin and evil can only be controlled when good people stand up for God and righteousness.
2). Atonement for sins needed (30)
※ The people needed atonement for their sins. (Becoming a mediator)
※ The people are in need of atonement (reconciliation), and God's servant
① Reconciliation between people and God,
②For the forgiveness of sins, we had to seek the face of the Lord.
3). Moses prays for the people (31-32)
Moses' great intercession
① Confession of sin (31): The sin of idolatry
② Asking for forgiveness of sins (32): Asking for forgiveness for the sins of the people
③Crying for the people (32): by pleading for his name to be removed from the book of life
※ The book of the living (Isa 4:3), the book of life (Revelation 3:5, 20:12, comparative Revelation 21:27, 22:19)
※ If we have true love for those who have lost (our family, friends, neighbors, ...), we must go before God and seek His face for them.
* Let us pray more earnestly than before for their redemption (reconciliation) while crying out for the forgiveness of their sins (Luke 11:9, Ephesians 6:18, Psalm 91:15, Isaiah 65:24, Jer 29:13) )
“Again I say to you, ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find
knock, and the door will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9).
“With all prayers and supplications, praying in the Holy Spirit always, watch and ask for this always.
Be diligent and pray for the saints” (Ephesians 6:18)
“He will plead with me, and I will answer; I will be with him in their troubles, and deliver him.
will glorify” (Psalm 91:15).
“Before they call, I will answer, and before they have finished speaking, I will listen” (Isaiah 65:24).
“If you seek me and seek me with all your heart, you will find me” (Jeremiah 29:13).
2. The severity of judgment (33-35)
One). There must be judgment for sin. (Everyone must pay the price for their sins)
※ Each person is responsible for the sins he or she has committed.(33)
* No one can escape responsibility for their sins. Only each of us is responsible for what we do.
(Ex 32:33, Psalm 62:12, Jer 17:10, Matthew 16:27, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Pet 1:17, Revelation 22:12)
※ God rejected the plea of Moses, who even sacrificed himself for the sins of the people,
He urged him to do as he commanded. As such, no one can change God's judgment.
That is, no matter how much Moses begged, he must obey God's decision.
2). The punishment for that judgment is severe.
※ ① Promise: The great promise between God and Moses (I will lead you to the Promised Land) (34).
② Punishment: Previously, Jehovah himself led them, now Moses and the angels lead them.
③ Retribution: Pay attention to what will happen at some point after punishment: It was implemented as a kind of plague.
※ It is the sin of making an idol calf.
what is your calf
◎Conclusion: