Overview of Exodus 25-31 A. Exodus 25 1. Offerings for the sanctuary (vv 1-9) 2. The Ark of the Testimony (vv 10-22) 3. The Table For the Showbread (vv 23-30) 4. The Golden Lampstand (vv 31-40) B. Exodus 26 The Tabernacle (vv 1-37) C. Exodus 27 1. The Altar of Burnt Offering (vv 1-8) 2. The Court of the Tabernacle (vv 9-19) 3. The Care of the Lampstand (vv 20-21)
Overview of Exodus 25-31 D. Exodus 28 1. Garments for the Priesthood (vv 1-4) 2. The Ephod (vv 5-14) 3. The Breastplate (vv 15-30) 4. Other Priestly Garments (vv 31-43) E. Exodus 29 Aaron and His Sons Consecrated (vv 1-37)
Overview of Exodus 25-31 F. Exodus 30 1. The Altar (vv 1-10) 2. The Ransom Money (vv 11-16) 3. The Bronze Laver (vv 17-21) 4. The Holy Anointing Oil (vv 22-33) 5. The Incense (vv 34-38) G. Exodus 31 1. Artisans for Building the Tabernacle (vv 1-12) 2. The Sabbath Law (vv 13-18)
Ready Mix Gods Exodus 32:1-6
A. Beware of Impatience Introduction Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 37:34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
B. Believe instruction Introduction Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
C. What the people did Introduction Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Violated the Second Commandment
Introduction D. What God thinks about this Exodus 32:9-10 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. Three Reasons God Is Upset With Ready Mix Gods
I. Built On The Wrong Inspiration A. Moses absence caused the people to struggle B. Two negative motivations 1. The people saw Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
I. Built On The Wrong Inspiration
I. Built On The Wrong Inspiration You can take two small ten-cent pieces, just two dimes, and shut out the view of a panoramic landscape. Go to the mountains and just hold two coins closely in front of your eyes--the mountains are still there, but you cannot see them at all because there is a dime shutting off the vision in each eye. A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil
I. Built On The Wrong Inspiration B. Two negative motivations - continued 2. we wot not what is become of him a. Reflects insecurity Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often might win by fearing to attempt. - William Shakespeare
I. Built On The Wrong Inspiration B. Two negative motivations - continued 2. we wot not what is become of him a. Reflects insecurity b. Our insecurity can cause us to make foolish decisions
II. Built On The Wrong Focus A. Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; 1. They wanted gods that were convenient, comfortable, and controllable 2. Contrast to what Jesus said John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 3. How we perceive God is shown in our convictions and beliefs
II. Built On The Wrong Focus Every single day we make choices that show whether we are courageous or cowardly. We choose between the right thing and the convenient thing, sticking to a conviction or caving in for the sake of comfort, greed or approval. We choose either to take a carefully thought-out risk or to crawl into a shrinking shell of safety, security and inactivity. We choose either to believe in God and trust him, even when we do not always understand his ways, or to secondguess him and cower in the corners of doubt and fear. Bill Hybels
II. Built On The Wrong Focus J. P. Moreland Author, Apologetic Reasoning and the Christian Mind
II. Built On The Wrong Focus What kind of faith do you have? Do We Have a Faith That Caters to Ourselves?
III. Will Lead to The Wrong Outcome A. Leads to empty worship (32:5) Exodus 32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, work at their play, and play at their worship. - Gordon Dahl (1972)
III. Will Lead to The Wrong Outcome B. Leads to an inappropriate lifestyle (32:6) Exodus 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. True worship should be a life changing experience If Socrates would enter the room we should rise and do him honor. But if Jesus Christ came into the room we should fall down on our knees and worship him. Napoleon Bonaparte
III. Will Lead to The Wrong Outcome Amos 8:5-6 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
III. Will Lead to The Wrong Outcome Jeremiah 7:9-10 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?