Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Exodus 34:10 says, And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.  God told Moses that He would make a covenant with the people, and that He would do works among them the like of which had never been seen and all those around them would see it.  God said it was a terrible thing that He would do.  The covenant that we have with God today is through our faith in Christ, and the sacrifice of Christ is the greatest work that God ever did for us.  To those who do not believe in Christ as their Savior and Lord, it is indeed a terrible thing.  Verse eleven declares, Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.  God told Moses to make note of what He was going to do, and that was to drive out all their enemies.  We to can make note of, or put our faith in, the fact that as followers of Christ God will defeat all our enemies for us.  As a matter of fact, He already has.  We will never be spiritually defeated by the world as long as we keep our faith in God.  Verse twelve warns, Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:  Moses was warned against making covenants with the people they came in contact with, because it could become a snare to them.  We today cannot compromise with the world, and if we do, it will be a trap to our faith.  Verse thirteen adds, But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:  God told Moses to have the people of Israel to destroy all the false gods and their altars.  We today must also destroy all the false gods in our lives if we are to successfully follow Christ.  Verse fourteen declares, For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.  Moses was warned against worshipping other gods, because God is a jealous God.  As Creator and Redeemer of the world, God has a right to be jealous of His relationship with His people.  Verse fifteen adds, Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;  God warned Moses of the danger of the people of Israel compromising faith and being led into the worship of false god.  The same warning still applies to us today.  We cannot compromise with the world and still faithfully serve God.  Verse sixteen adds, And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.  Moses was warned of the danger of marrying those who were not a part of the nation of Israel, just as we today are warned against marrying outside those who are part of the family of God.  Unfortunately, when this happens, too often the believer is led away from God.  Verse seventeen declares,Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.  This was a warning against making idols, and it is just as true for us today.  Verse eighteen says, The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.  Moses was told that the people were to observe the feast of unleavened bread by eating unleavened bread for a week in the month that God had brought them out of Egypt.  We celebrate the Lord's Supper today, however often we celebrate it, to commemorate Christ dying to free us from our sins and from the power of the forces of evil in the world.  Verse nineteen adds, All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.  The first born males of the animals were still to be given to God to be used as He saw fit.  Vere twenty adds, But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.  God made  a provision to redeem the first born ass and also the first born sons, but this required the sacrifice of a lamb.  Christ became the sacrifice for all people for all time, and though we have nothing else to offer, we do not come to God empty handed when we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord.  We offer our life and all that we have to God.

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