WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.580 Thank you for joining us this morning. 00:00:02.899 --> 00:00:04.219 Let us start with a word of prayer. 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:09.279 Heavenly Father, Lord, you've brought us to this place. 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:13.339 And Lord, we pray that you would quiet our hearts 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:15.200 and that you would clear out all the things 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:19.039 that are clouding our minds, our schedules, our thoughts, 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:20.920 and that you would just clear the path 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.039 for what you have to say to us this morning 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:26.260 from Exodus 19. 00:00:26.260 --> 00:00:30.080 We pray that your spirit would be at work, 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:31.720 that your spirit would encourage us, 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.560 that your spirit would correct and help us 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:38.880 as we seek to hold you as a holy God 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:40.179 and to serve you correctly. 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.700 And we pray these things in your holy and awesome name. 00:00:44.180 --> 00:00:44.400 Amen. 00:00:45.500 --> 00:00:48.600 All right, so we finished phase one of Exodus, 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:50.540 the first 18 chapters. 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.760 That is everything to get Israel out of Egypt 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.460 and up to Mount Sinai, which is where we are now. 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:00.439 Phase two is gonna be all the things 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:02.359 that happen around Mount Sinai. 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:06.060 So you have the commandments and the laws 00:01:06.060 --> 00:01:09.140 and the tabernacle and all the things that go in it. 00:01:09.420 --> 00:01:11.920 All those are gonna happen around Mount Sinai. 00:01:12.759 --> 00:01:14.799 Now, Exodus only goes up to chapter 40. 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:18.099 They actually stay around Mount Sinai for much longer, 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:20.019 but we won't stay with them that long. 00:01:21.039 --> 00:01:23.280 So what is the importance of this chapter 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.000 as we look at it this morning? 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.780 As we begin phase two of Exodus, what's the point? 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.200 Chapter 19 of Exodus is a transitional point 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:33.480 for the people of Israel. 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:35.719 So they've been freed, as you know, 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:37.799 from generations of slavery 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:40.299 and brought into the wilderness. 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:43.480 Not so they can just be let go, 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:47.099 go where they want and live a life however they see fit. 00:01:47.099 --> 00:01:52.839 No, God has freed them to be a nation set apart for himself. 00:01:53.379 --> 00:01:56.019 He's rescuing them from themselves, 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:57.379 from their sin nature, 00:01:57.579 --> 00:02:00.019 from their current course of destruction 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:02.979 and self-centeredness and placing them on a course 00:02:02.979 --> 00:02:07.319 leading them towards holiness and blessings from God. 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:10.939 The problem is they don't know how to relate to a holy God. 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.680 And chapter 19 begins that process of teaching them that, 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.680 preparing a people to live holy lives 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:20.540 in the presence of a holy God. 00:02:21.780 --> 00:02:24.379 And while this chapter is for 00:02:24.379 --> 00:02:26.180 and talks about the people of Israel, 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:28.620 it doesn't take us long before we realize 00:02:28.620 --> 00:02:30.560 that what's being taught and the truth there 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.159 are helpful for us in our lives today. 00:02:34.260 --> 00:02:38.120 So Exodus 19 is the passage for this morning. 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.259 If you would stand with me, 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.840 we're going to read Exodus 19 together. 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:51.480 On the third new moon, 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:53.480 after the people of Israel had gone out 00:02:53.480 --> 00:02:54.580 of the land of Egypt, 00:02:55.099 --> 00:02:58.060 on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 00:02:58.659 --> 00:03:00.040 They set out from Rephidim 00:03:00.040 --> 00:03:01.980 and came into the wilderness of Sinai 00:03:01.980 --> 00:03:03.920 and they encamped in the wilderness. 00:03:04.860 --> 00:03:06.980 There Israel encamped before the mountain 00:03:06.979 --> 00:03:09.099 while Moses went up to God. 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:12.299 The Lord called to him out of the mountain saying, 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:14.719 Thus you shall say to the people, 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.239 thus you shall say to the house of Jacob 00:03:17.239 --> 00:03:18.959 and tell the people of Israel, 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.379 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:24.659 and how I bore you on eagles' wings 00:03:24.659 --> 00:03:26.839 and brought you to myself. 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:28.500 Now therefore, 00:03:28.819 --> 00:03:31.039 if you will indeed obey my voice 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:32.699 and keep my covenant, 00:03:33.419 --> 00:03:35.299 you shall be my treasured possession 00:03:35.299 --> 00:03:37.099 among all peoples, 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:39.060 for all the earth is mine. 00:03:39.519 --> 00:03:40.919 And you shall be to me 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:42.159 a kingdom of priests 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:43.239 and a holy nation. 00:03:44.019 --> 00:03:45.799 These are the words that you shall speak 00:03:45.799 --> 00:03:46.859 to the people of Israel. 00:03:47.819 --> 00:03:50.340 So Moses came and called the elders of the people 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:52.939 and set before them all the words 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:54.319 that the Lord had commanded him. 00:03:55.019 --> 00:03:57.259 All the people answered together and said, 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.120 All that the Lord has spoken, 00:03:59.120 --> 00:03:59.860 and we will do. 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.360 And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:05.240 And the Lord said to Moses, 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.360 Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.099 that the people may hear when I speak with you 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:13.060 and may also believe you forever. 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.600 When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord, 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.000 the Lord said to Moses, 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:22.660 Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:24.579 and let them wash their garments 00:04:24.579 --> 00:04:26.199 and be ready for the third day. 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:28.060 For on the third day, 00:04:28.159 --> 00:04:30.379 the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:31.779 in the sight of all the people. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:35.099 And you shall set limits for the people all around, 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:35.659 saying, 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.740 Take care not to go up into the mountain 00:04:38.740 --> 00:04:40.039 or touch the edge of it. 00:04:40.420 --> 00:04:42.839 Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. 00:04:43.579 --> 00:04:44.879 No hand shall touch him, 00:04:44.939 --> 00:04:47.000 but he shall be stoned or shot. 00:04:47.159 --> 00:04:48.319 Whether beast or man, 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:49.419 he shall not live. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:52.899 When the trumpet sounds a long blast, 00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:54.300 they shall come up to the mountain. 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:57.620 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people 00:04:57.620 --> 00:04:59.120 and consecrated the people, 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:00.660 and they washed their garments. 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:02.240 And he said to the people, 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:04.300 Be ready for the third day. 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:06.240 Do not go near a woman. 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:09.060 On the morning of the third day, 00:05:09.220 --> 00:05:10.920 there were thunders and lightnings 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:12.420 and a thick cloud on the mountain 00:05:12.420 --> 00:05:14.580 and a very loud trumpet blast, 00:05:14.939 --> 00:05:17.460 so that all the people in the camp trembled. 00:05:18.280 --> 00:05:20.519 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.420 to meet God, 00:05:21.420 --> 00:05:24.439 and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 00:05:25.520 --> 00:05:27.640 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke 00:05:27.640 --> 00:05:30.259 because the Lord had descended on it in fire. 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:33.879 The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:35.860 and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:39.560 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:41.000 Moses spoke, 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:42.700 and God answered him in thunder. 00:05:43.780 --> 00:05:45.980 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:47.120 to the top of the mountain, 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:50.340 and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:51.459 and Moses went up. 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:53.680 And the Lord said to Moses, 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:55.459 Go down and warn the people, 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:57.399 lest they break through to the Lord 00:05:57.399 --> 00:05:58.300 to look, 00:05:58.620 --> 00:05:59.800 and many of them perish. 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:03.000 Also let the priests who come near to the Lord 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:04.540 consecrate themselves, 00:06:04.899 --> 00:06:06.980 lest the Lord break out against them. 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:09.139 And Moses said to the Lord, 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:11.379 The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, 00:06:11.459 --> 00:06:12.980 for you yourself warned us, 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:13.699 saying, 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:15.079 Set limits around the mountain 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:16.579 and consecrate it. 00:06:17.659 --> 00:06:18.800 And the Lord said to him, 00:06:18.919 --> 00:06:21.439 Go down and come up bringing Aaron with you, 00:06:21.719 --> 00:06:23.879 but do not let the priest and the people 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:25.779 break through to come up to the Lord, 00:06:26.139 --> 00:06:27.779 lest he break out against them. 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.879 So Moses went down to the people and told them. 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:34.139 You may be seated. 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:36.959 These are the words of the Lord 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.180 and his word for us this morning. 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.419 So our passage this morning is going to be broken up, 00:06:43.420 --> 00:06:46.840 and we can see these breaks as we go through this chapter. 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.520 They're going to be the promises from God, 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.360 preparation for God, 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:55.199 and the presence of God. 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.180 So let's look at the promises from God first. 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:00.180 I'm going to flip back. 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:01.000 You won't have to, 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:02.879 just to make it quicker. 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:06.240 I'm going to jump back to Exodus chapter 3, verse 1. 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:11.280 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, 00:07:11.620 --> 00:07:12.579 the priest of Midian, 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:15.019 and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness 00:07:15.019 --> 00:07:18.519 and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:21.379 And as we skip a few verses down, 00:07:21.460 --> 00:07:25.620 this is where God is meeting Moses in the burning bush. 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:32.160 And God has called him to Pharaoh, 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:32.899 and Moses said, 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.420 Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:36.920 and bring the children of Egypt, 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:39.180 the children out of Egypt? 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:41.199 He said, 00:07:41.939 --> 00:07:43.199 But I will be with you, 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:43.959 this is God, 00:07:44.060 --> 00:07:45.740 and this shall be a sign for you 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:47.199 that I have sent you. 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:50.340 When you have brought the people out of Egypt, 00:07:50.579 --> 00:07:53.500 you shall serve God on this mountain. 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:57.100 So we find in chapter 19 at the very beginning, 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.240 they are at this mountain. 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:01.639 This reminds us, 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:03.019 it reminds the people of Israel 00:08:03.019 --> 00:08:04.620 that what God promises, 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:06.040 God completes. 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:12.000 It is here where God is preparing for himself a people, 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.259 a people to worship and commune with him, 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:18.259 preparing them for the covenants and the laws 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:19.779 that he was going to give to them, 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:23.679 preparing a people to live holy lives 00:08:23.679 --> 00:08:26.059 in the presence of a holy God. 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:30.559 As the people arrive to the mountain, 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:32.139 they set up camp. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:33.959 And you'll notice in verse 3 00:08:33.959 --> 00:08:36.500 that Moses goes up to the mountain 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:37.679 to hear from God. 00:08:38.980 --> 00:08:41.319 I think it's interesting for us to pause there 00:08:41.319 --> 00:08:43.019 and think about that for a moment 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:45.579 because what do we commonly do 00:08:45.579 --> 00:08:48.299 when we get to a new place in our life? 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:50.799 A place that God has led us. 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:53.019 A new job, 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:54.279 a new place of residence, 00:08:54.579 --> 00:08:56.799 maybe a new program of study 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:58.860 that you were accepted into. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.679 Do we pause and listen 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:03.860 to what the Lord has for us to hear 00:09:03.860 --> 00:09:05.460 and where he's moving next? 00:09:05.699 --> 00:09:08.519 Or I think our default mindset 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:09.779 is to dig in, 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:10.340 get busy, 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:12.799 and what are my plans going forward? 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:18.299 Moses gives us a good example here 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:20.519 because he doesn't set up his tent. 00:09:20.699 --> 00:09:22.299 He doesn't make sure his hammock 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:23.679 is facing the right direction 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.179 or see how social media is doing, 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:28.819 but he goes up to hear from God. 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:31.079 And as he seeks God, 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:33.439 God has a message for the people. 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:37.079 First, God wants to remind the people 00:09:37.079 --> 00:09:38.460 of who they are. 00:09:39.100 --> 00:09:39.960 It says, 00:09:40.299 --> 00:09:42.639 Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:45.159 and tell the people of Israel. 00:09:45.579 --> 00:09:46.500 Same group of people, 00:09:46.939 --> 00:09:47.799 two different phrases. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.500 The house of Jacob being the weakest 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:53.299 of all the patriarchs, 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:54.539 least stable. 00:09:55.340 --> 00:09:57.340 And so God is reminding them 00:09:57.340 --> 00:09:58.639 of their humble beginnings, 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.100 but also warning them of that instability 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:02.720 that they need to watch out for. 00:10:03.579 --> 00:10:06.639 He also calls them the people of Israel, 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:08.159 pointing out the nation 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:09.259 that they had become. 00:10:12.079 --> 00:10:13.899 God also wants to remind them 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:15.799 of what he has done for them 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:16.959 up to this point. 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:17.959 In verse 4, 00:10:18.079 --> 00:10:19.299 You yourselves have seen 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:20.959 what I did to the Egyptians. 00:10:22.719 --> 00:10:24.579 How I showed up. 00:10:25.199 --> 00:10:27.120 How I rescued you from Pharaoh 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:28.759 and his army 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.500 in a way that you would never have expected 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:33.100 or have ever seen 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:34.779 or will see in the future. 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:36.259 That's what I did for you. 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:39.220 He's not only reminding them 00:10:39.220 --> 00:10:40.960 of his protection, 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:42.419 but his providence. 00:10:44.059 --> 00:10:46.320 You saw what I did to the Egyptians 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.320 and how I bore you on eagles' wings 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.179 and brought you to myself. 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:55.699 This imagery of a majestic bird, 00:10:56.299 --> 00:10:57.759 strong and powerful, 00:10:58.839 --> 00:11:00.399 able to care for its young 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.759 while at the same time 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.819 a lethal bird of prey. 00:11:05.099 --> 00:11:05.679 He's saying, 00:11:05.859 --> 00:11:06.879 I cared for you. 00:11:07.099 --> 00:11:10.000 I divinely led you to myself. 00:11:11.079 --> 00:11:13.259 And it is my strength and my power 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:15.519 that has kept you alive 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:17.439 and brought you to this place 00:11:17.439 --> 00:11:18.259 where you are now. 00:11:18.259 --> 00:11:18.419 Now, 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:21.740 it's important that we point out 00:11:21.740 --> 00:11:22.960 God's faithfulness 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:24.580 to his chosen people 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:27.120 before they start obeying 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:28.319 and living for him. 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:32.700 Because God doesn't demand obedience 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:34.100 and say, 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:35.100 if you're good enough, 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:35.980 I'll love you. 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.159 If you do all the right things, 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.379 I will protect you. 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:41.419 No, God says, 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:43.220 I will choose you. 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.860 I will show you my love. 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:47.220 I will rescue you. 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:48.740 And because of that, 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:50.720 you will be a nation of people 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:52.399 different than all the rest. 00:11:53.560 --> 00:11:55.139 God did that for his people 00:11:55.139 --> 00:11:56.639 and he's still doing that 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:58.600 for us today. 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:02.519 Romans 5.8 says this, 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.200 but God shows his love for us 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.060 in that while we were still sinners, 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:09.160 Christ died for us. 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:12.100 If you were not 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:15.460 a child of God today, 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:16.960 if you were not a believer 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:18.460 in Jesus Christ, 00:12:19.180 --> 00:12:22.040 but you are here, 00:12:22.400 --> 00:12:24.080 somehow you feel drawn 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.420 to seek God, 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.420 that is God's work 00:12:27.420 --> 00:12:28.240 already happening 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.080 in your life. 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:31.379 And I would encourage you 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:33.600 to continue to push on. 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:35.360 Connect with someone today. 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:36.200 Pray. 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:37.420 Ask questions. 00:12:37.660 --> 00:12:40.519 Learn about how you can know God more. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.899 In verse 5, 00:12:43.939 --> 00:12:45.039 we see the actual promise 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:46.720 that God is making with them. 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:48.439 Verse 5 says this, 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:49.519 Now therefore, 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:51.159 if you will indeed 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:52.179 obey my voice 00:12:52.179 --> 00:12:53.419 and keep my covenant, 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:55.860 you shall be my treasured possession 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:57.100 among all peoples, 00:12:57.419 --> 00:12:59.559 for all the earth is mine. 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:03.939 Everything on the earth 00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:04.939 is the Lord's. 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:07.820 whether we want to 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:09.060 let go of control 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:10.200 or not. 00:13:10.520 --> 00:13:11.240 All things, 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:12.100 all people, 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:13.340 God's possessions. 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:15.860 He says, 00:13:16.420 --> 00:13:17.200 but you will be 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:18.660 my treasured ones, 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:20.320 my chosen people 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:22.240 of all my possessions, 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.500 of all my people, 00:13:23.800 --> 00:13:24.500 you will be 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:26.180 my treasured ones. 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.660 I was reminded 00:13:29.660 --> 00:13:30.840 of walking down a beach 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:32.920 where there's just shells 00:13:32.920 --> 00:13:34.220 all over the place. 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:36.040 You can take 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:37.060 any of them, 00:13:37.560 --> 00:13:38.500 but you choose 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:39.500 selective ones. 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:40.500 This one I want. 00:13:40.660 --> 00:13:41.560 This one will be 00:13:41.560 --> 00:13:43.580 my chosen possession. 00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:45.660 The difference is 00:13:45.660 --> 00:13:46.860 we usually pick those shells 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:47.600 because they're pretty 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.860 or they match 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.480 some project 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.060 we want to do. 00:13:50.400 --> 00:13:51.660 God doesn't pick us 00:13:51.660 --> 00:13:52.980 because we're pretty 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:54.120 or we're bringing 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.800 the right traits 00:13:55.800 --> 00:13:57.300 and power 00:13:57.300 --> 00:13:58.960 to his plan. 00:13:59.260 --> 00:14:00.400 He picks us 00:14:00.400 --> 00:14:01.920 out of his sovereignty 00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:02.980 for his will. 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:05.720 He also says 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:06.379 in verse 6, 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.860 and you shall be 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.519 to me a kingdom 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:09.220 of priests 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.340 and a holy nation. 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:11.860 Priests, 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.340 as you know, 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:14.060 mediate between God 00:14:14.060 --> 00:14:15.379 and the people. 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.019 And the people 00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.680 of Israel 00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:18.759 were to be 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.639 the ones 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.720 who would mediate 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.460 the blessings 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:23.279 of God 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:24.539 to the rest 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:25.120 of the nations. 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.759 The nations 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.680 would know 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:28.320 God better 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.020 if the nation 00:14:30.020 --> 00:14:30.680 of Israel 00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.320 lived 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:31.940 as God 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.460 called them 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.080 to live. 00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:35.700 Ultimately, 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:37.420 they would 00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:38.280 mediate 00:14:38.280 --> 00:14:38.820 the blessings 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.520 of God 00:14:39.520 --> 00:14:40.740 because the king, 00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.480 the Messiah, 00:14:41.660 --> 00:14:42.620 Jesus Christ, 00:14:43.160 --> 00:14:43.980 would come 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.540 from 00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:45.580 the nation 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.220 of Israel. 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.780 Along with 00:14:48.780 --> 00:14:49.780 being a kingdom 00:14:49.780 --> 00:14:50.500 of priests, 00:14:51.040 --> 00:14:51.540 God says 00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:52.080 that you shall 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:53.360 be a holy nation. 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:55.280 You will live 00:14:55.280 --> 00:14:56.080 in the world, 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:56.620 but you are 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.639 to live different 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.679 from the world, 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:00.220 set apart 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:00.980 and holy, 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.120 distinct, 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:03.860 defined 00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.899 for a purpose, 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.519 for God 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.279 and his glory. 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.560 Peter, 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:10.299 an apostle 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:10.940 of Jesus 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:12.220 in the New Testament, 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:13.720 connects this promise, 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.519 this calling 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.279 to those 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.240 who follow Jesus. 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:17.899 1 Peter 2, 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.580 9 and 10. 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.139 But you are 00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.980 a chosen race, 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:23.120 a royal priesthood, 00:15:23.180 --> 00:15:24.100 a holy nation, 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.159 a people 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:26.719 for his own possession, 00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:28.219 that you may 00:15:28.219 --> 00:15:28.779 proclaim 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.939 the excellencies 00:15:29.939 --> 00:15:30.699 of him 00:15:30.699 --> 00:15:31.719 who called you 00:15:31.719 --> 00:15:32.399 out of darkness 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.839 into his marvelous 00:15:33.839 --> 00:15:35.039 light. 00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:36.839 Once you were 00:15:36.839 --> 00:15:37.620 not a people, 00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.339 but now 00:15:38.339 --> 00:15:40.219 you are God's people. 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.000 Once you have 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.139 not received mercy, 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.839 but now 00:15:43.839 --> 00:15:44.539 you have 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:46.000 received mercy. 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:47.699 That was fitting 00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:48.339 for the Israelites. 00:15:48.719 --> 00:15:49.240 It was written 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.199 and given 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:53.200 to us, 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:53.940 Jews, 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:54.840 Gentiles, 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.780 after the cross 00:15:55.780 --> 00:15:56.780 of Christ 00:15:56.780 --> 00:15:57.780 and we are part 00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:58.540 of that as well. 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.360 So we see 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.879 that Moses 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.540 comes down 00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:03.000 the mountain. 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.820 He calls 00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:04.240 the elders 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:04.759 of the people 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.180 together 00:16:05.180 --> 00:16:06.720 and he delivers 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.720 God's message 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.340 to them. 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.240 Verse 8 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.759 gives us 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.620 their response 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.940 to that message. 00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:14.440 All the people 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.580 answered together 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.660 and said, 00:16:17.020 --> 00:16:17.560 all that the Lord 00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.120 has spoken 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.480 we will do. 00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:21.460 And Moses 00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:22.360 reports those 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:24.000 words of the people 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.980 back to the Lord. 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.480 God has given 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.060 his promise, 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.620 his covenant, 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:29.879 they've accepted it. 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:31.179 Now what happens? 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:31.860 Verse 9, 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.560 the Lord says 00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.159 to Moses, 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.659 behold, 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.980 I am coming to you 00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:35.940 in a thick cloud 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:37.060 that the people 00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.639 may hear 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:38.279 when I speak 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:38.740 with you 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.720 and may also 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.700 believe you 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.120 forever. 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:42.940 It's at this point 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:43.560 where God 00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:44.240 is moving 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.560 his relationship 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:47.399 closer to the people. 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.220 They've accepted 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.699 his 00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:52.120 question 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.299 of obedience, 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:54.100 his covenant 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:55.000 towards them. 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.620 They said 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.319 that they will 00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:57.879 accept and follow. 00:16:58.319 --> 00:16:58.620 And so 00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.659 God moves 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.699 closer to them. 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.019 Not only that, 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:03.659 but God is saying, 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.660 I've been speaking 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.240 through Moses 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.220 this whole time. 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.759 He's your mediator, 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.839 but I want you 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.759 to know that the words 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.359 that I have been 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.000 given him 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.720 are the words 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.279 that he's been 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.879 given you. 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.279 So when you hear 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.660 Moses, 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.599 you're hearing me. 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.599 you can trust him. 00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:20.879 As God 00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.319 is planning 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.779 to draw 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.939 closer to his people, 00:17:23.179 --> 00:17:24.259 there's one problem 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:26.219 and it's the main 00:17:26.219 --> 00:17:27.459 point of this passage 00:17:27.459 --> 00:17:27.959 and that's 00:17:27.959 --> 00:17:28.899 God's holiness. 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.259 As he draws 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.519 closer to the people, 00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.779 he cannot allow 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.839 them to approach 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.079 as they are. 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:38.980 His perfection, 00:17:39.439 --> 00:17:40.219 his majesty, 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.819 his holiness 00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:44.799 cannot allow it. 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.259 If we think 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.980 of the sun 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.919 as an example, 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.460 not exactly 00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.000 the same, 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.619 but helpful, 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.980 its existence 00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.919 is critical 00:17:53.919 --> 00:17:55.519 for everything 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.220 that lives 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.159 on the earth. 00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.379 Yet if we were 00:17:59.379 --> 00:17:59.819 to stare 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.299 at the sun 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.779 too long, 00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.240 we start 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:01.579 to burn 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.200 our eyes 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.819 and risk 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.899 permanent damage. 00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.960 If we stay 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:07.299 outside too long, 00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:08.299 our skin 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.299 starts to burn. 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.759 If we were 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.919 to try to travel 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.519 or fly 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:14.080 closer to the sun, 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.120 we would either 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:18.279 die from the heat 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.460 or the radiation, 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.500 depending on how 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.660 you attempt 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.340 to get there. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.680 But we can't 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.480 say to the sun, 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.120 sun, 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.660 why are you 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.500 so harsh? 00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:28.460 I mean, 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:30.019 you're 93 million 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:31.000 miles away, 00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:31.820 I just want to 00:18:31.820 --> 00:18:32.759 get a little closer 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.640 and study you 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.740 and know more 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.380 about you. 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:37.700 we know 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.240 that it doesn't 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.980 work that way. 00:18:40.040 --> 00:18:41.220 In several ways, 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.040 that's what it's 00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:43.000 like with God 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.840 and his holiness. 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.420 We can't 00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.880 approach 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.920 anything, 00:18:48.520 --> 00:18:49.140 we can't 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.500 approach 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.380 him 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.200 in any way 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.760 that we want. 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.860 There are limits, 00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:54.080 there are requirements 00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:57.020 that are in place 00:18:57.020 --> 00:18:57.640 and that was true 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.360 for the Israelites, 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:00.060 it's true for us 00:19:00.060 --> 00:19:01.380 as well. 00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:04.040 Our second point 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:06.619 is preparation 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.839 for God. 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.839 As they have 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.299 gone through 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.920 the promises 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.680 from God 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.079 and they have 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.940 accepted this 00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.259 covenant, 00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.359 they get into 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.399 this preparation 00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:16.000 phase. 00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:17.940 People must 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.819 prepare themselves 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.139 before God 00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.039 can come any 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.859 closer to them 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.460 or they get 00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.740 any closer to God. 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.759 Verse 10 says, 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.779 the Lord said 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.180 to Moses, 00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:28.059 go to the people 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.940 and consecrate 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.639 them today 00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.240 and tomorrow. 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.379 Let them wash 00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:31.879 their garments 00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.460 and be ready 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.339 for the third day. 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.599 for on the third 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.099 day the Lord 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.879 will come down 00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.779 on Mount Sinai 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.439 in the sight 00:19:37.439 --> 00:19:38.299 of all the people. 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.079 The Lord says, 00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.240 go tell the people 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.980 to get ready. 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.379 Not just go get ready 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:44.899 because I'm going 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.359 to show up 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.220 in an hour or two, 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.819 but I want you 00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.720 to spend time 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.059 preparing for my 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.579 arrival 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.959 on the third day. 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.899 We see there are 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.500 several things 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.220 that they are called 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.759 to prepare, 00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.139 get prepared for 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:58.919 for this meeting. 00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:00.059 The first one 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.639 is they were called 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.720 to wash their clothes. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.640 It might not seem 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.400 like a big thing, 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.600 but the idea was 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.780 to have a mindset 00:20:06.780 --> 00:20:07.980 of holiness. 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.700 As much as possible, 00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.820 prepare to meet me 00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:13.340 with an earthly level 00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:14.240 of cleanliness. 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.940 Don't come wearing 00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.700 the same clothes 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.580 you always wear. 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.759 Don't come 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.880 and show up 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:24.120 with the dirt 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:25.259 and the spoil 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.180 and the filth 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.240 of everyday life. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:30.840 Next, 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:32.080 he wants to point out 00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:33.560 their schedules 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:35.320 and their priorities. 00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.299 And telling them 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.440 that he is coming 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.320 on the third day, 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.060 he is saying, 00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.740 I want your thoughts 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:43.100 to be focused 00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:44.420 on meeting me. 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:47.700 I want you to be 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:49.740 anticipating my arrival. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.920 There isn't anything 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.920 more important 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.180 than meeting 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.500 your God. 00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.560 I want your schedule 00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.299 to be adjusted 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.440 and set 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.420 so that I'm 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.019 at the center. 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.000 That is what 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.840 a holy God 00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.580 desires 00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:06.259 and requires. 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.279 God should be 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.720 the center 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:12.279 of our schedules. 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.000 Everything moves 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.940 and happens 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:18.440 according to God's will 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.220 and according 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.620 to God's direction. 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.519 Whether we see it, 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.560 want to believe it, 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.180 or not, 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.980 if God is not 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:26.160 the center of our life, 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.840 if he is not 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.279 the center 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.279 of our schedule 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:30.120 and our thoughts, 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.500 then we have 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.360 replaced him 00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:34.000 for another God. 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.279 If he is 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.380 Lord of our lives, 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.940 then he will be 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.500 the center 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.680 of our lives. 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.000 And that means 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.100 our schedules 00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.820 and our time 00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.560 and our thoughts. 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:47.279 After God 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.860 gives these 00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.380 preparations 00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.180 to the people, 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.120 we see that 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.640 there are also 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.320 warnings 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.179 warnings about 00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:52.759 the mountain. 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.139 We saw 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.899 a similar warning 00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.899 when we looked 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:58.299 at the burning bush. 00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.819 God tells Moses, 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:01.019 take your sandals off 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.379 because the ground 00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.220 around the bush 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.799 is holy. 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:06.039 We'll see it later 00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.819 when we get into 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.619 the tabernacle. 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:10.139 You've heard about 00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:12.799 the holiness 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.839 surrounding the ark 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.359 and the covenant 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.119 and what the people 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:16.039 could not do. 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:19.099 there were things 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:20.319 that God's people, 00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.859 even though they 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.819 were God's people, 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.039 they could not do. 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.859 They could not come 00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.700 near or touch 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.759 certain things 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.500 that were connected 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.920 to God's presence 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:29.019 and his holiness. 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.180 And the mountain 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.940 was no different. 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.379 Verses 12 and 13 00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.680 says, 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.420 and you shall set 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.519 limits for the people 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.599 all around. 00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.359 Take care not to go 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.759 up into the mountain 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:41.079 or touch the edge 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.420 of it. 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.119 Whoever touches 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.639 the mountain 00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.779 shall be put to death. 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.039 No hand shall 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.740 touch him 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.900 but he should be 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.039 stoned or shot, 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.940 speaking of a bow 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.359 and arrow. 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.859 Whether beast 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.559 or man, 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.920 he shall not live. 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.559 God had chosen 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.519 Mount Sinai 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.700 as the place 00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.120 where he would 00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:58.819 come down 00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.720 and speak 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.539 to his people. 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.799 And for that reason 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.339 the mountain 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.440 was set apart. 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.640 It would become 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.500 holy because 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.539 the Lord's presence 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.339 on it would 00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.180 make it holy. 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.000 And it needed 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.599 to be treated 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.160 that way. 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.559 In a similar 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.099 way, 00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.639 this should 00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.460 remind us 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.220 of our call 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.039 to be holy 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.799 as Christians. 00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.859 See, 00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.779 we are touched 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:26.179 by God's holiness 00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:27.119 as a Christian 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.359 because the Holy Spirit 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.460 lives inside of us. 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.299 1 Corinthians 6, 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.539 19 and 20 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.319 says this, 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:47.519 We want to live 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.419 holy lives 00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:49.679 because the Holy Spirit 00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.939 who is holy 00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:52.339 dwells inside of us. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.079 It makes no sense 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.099 that a Holy Spirit 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.539 live inside of us 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.839 while we live a life 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.599 that is filthy 00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.240 and sinful. 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.079 Not that we won't 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.619 live a life 00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.419 that we won't 00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.279 be perfect 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.779 but we strive 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.719 towards perfection. 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.519 We strive 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.459 towards holiness. 00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:13.259 As for the mountain, 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.759 they were told 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.439 to set limits 00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:14.959 around it. 00:24:14.959 --> 00:24:15.339 I don't know 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.039 what that was. 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.039 It could have been 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.199 they drew a circle 00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:19.219 around the whole mountain 00:24:19.219 --> 00:24:20.319 in the dirt 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.319 or maybe they 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.239 went around 00:24:22.239 --> 00:24:23.519 and put stones 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.259 around it. 00:24:24.719 --> 00:24:25.559 But something 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.059 that would remind them 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.619 don't go any further. 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:31.179 The mountain 00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:32.679 is about to be 00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:34.179 God's holy place. 00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:37.419 If they touched it, 00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.919 they would defile it 00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.619 and God says 00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.619 the penalty of that 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.539 is death. 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.159 The point of all this 00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.259 was to prepare 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.839 the people 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:48.899 for this meeting 00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.379 but also 00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.159 what was coming. 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.419 God was coming 00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:53.199 to dwell with them 00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:54.339 in the tabernacle 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:56.259 and so he's preparing them 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.259 their thought process, 00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.319 their way of life 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.599 how to live 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.579 in the presence 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.559 of a holy God. 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.000 So we see 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.220 in verse 14 and 15 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.399 that Moses goes 00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:08.319 down the mountain. 00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.559 He consecrates 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.119 the people. 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.659 They wash their clothes. 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.679 He tells them 00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.319 to get ready. 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.879 And then he says 00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:16.599 there's this odd phrase 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.220 added on. 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.779 He says 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.299 do not go near 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.919 a woman. 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.200 Now just a couple 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.720 comments 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.639 on this phrase. 00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.579 First is 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:27.059 it sounds like 00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.099 that's not what God said. 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.399 Moses, 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.259 I think you added 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.839 that on. 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.480 If we took 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.019 a few minutes 00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.219 to dig into this passage 00:25:36.219 --> 00:25:36.959 a little bit more 00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:37.740 we would see 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.980 that there is 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:42.379 not different messages 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.679 but there's summaries. 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.519 Summaries of what God said. 00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.159 There's a summary 00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:47.500 of what Moses said. 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.319 The two aren't identical 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.939 but if we put them together 00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:52.339 we can get a better idea 00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.039 of the message 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.980 that God has 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.799 for his people. 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.619 So we believe 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.460 that Moses 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:59.119 is giving this message 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.000 that God said 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.039 includes 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.399 don't go near a woman. 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.539 Now in saying that 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.259 I want to say 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.940 this isn't a slam 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.619 towards women. 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.099 This isn't 00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.299 anything bad. 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.899 This isn't 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:11.579 some sexist 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:13.619 social distancing 00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.180 rule 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.079 that's going on. 00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.740 Nothing negative 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.099 at all. 00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.059 It's all about 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.779 marital relations 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.960 a couple 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.399 not coming together 00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.339 prior to meeting 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.899 with God. 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.740 And this was 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.680 for two reasons. 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.500 The first was 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.639 to help them 00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.899 align with the idea 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:31.680 that they were 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.680 to get themselves 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.720 ready 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.339 prepared 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.660 to meet with God. 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.519 No distractions. 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.779 You and God. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.220 You and God. 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.899 You and God. 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.319 Get ready 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.460 to meet with God. 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.000 Secondly 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.680 it was also 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.000 we haven't gotten 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.500 to it yet 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.299 because we'll see it 00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.960 in Leviticus 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.940 chapter 15 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.840 but there will be 00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.759 laws 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.860 there will be rules 00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:58.160 about how 00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.980 relations 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.940 between a man 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.460 and a woman 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.960 because of bodily 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.400 fluids 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.440 that would make them 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.279 ceremonially 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.380 unclean. 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.700 So we won't 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.320 dig into that 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.900 we'll save that 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.900 for a different sermon 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:12.660 but these rules 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.440 are being laid out 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.019 here 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:17.140 to get them 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.860 ready for 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.319 this 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.719 separating 00:27:19.719 --> 00:27:20.359 themselves 00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.799 becoming 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.500 clean 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.299 before they 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.599 come 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.119 and meet 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.619 God. 00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.000 Preparing 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.479 them again 00:27:33.479 --> 00:27:34.000 for this 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.279 meeting 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.559 at the 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.859 mountain 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.719 but also 00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.399 meeting 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.719 in the 00:27:36.719 --> 00:27:37.240 tabernacle 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.719 afterward 00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:38.500 which would 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.879 go on 00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.439 for much 00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:39.899 longer. 00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.319 An 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.719 infinite 00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:42.159 holy 00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.639 God 00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.059 sharing 00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.919 space 00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.500 with 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.839 sinful 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.319 people. 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.200 They 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.480 needed 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.700 to 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.119 prepare 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.659 we 00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:47.919 need 00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.099 to 00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.460 prepare 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.579 before 00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.839 we 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.159 come 00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.359 and 00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.679 meet 00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.259 a 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.539 holy 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.000 God. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.839 Our 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.519 third point 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.139 is 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.679 the 00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.279 presence 00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.679 of 00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.179 God. 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.679 It was 00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.000 now the 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.539 third day 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:05.299 the time 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.139 when they 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.859 were to be 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.439 preparing 00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.379 for God's 00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.720 coming 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.559 and God 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.559 begins to 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.000 show up. 00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.279 There's 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.659 lightning 00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.840 thunder 00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:14.080 and as 00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.240 they 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.620 looked at 00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:14.759 the 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.040 mountain 00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:15.360 there's 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.820 a thick 00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.500 cloud 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.840 around 00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.019 the 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.380 mountain. 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.400 I like 00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.080 thunderstorms 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:20.460 personally. 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.540 A lot 00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:21.779 of our 00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.220 kids like 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.960 thunderstorms. 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.000 It's 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.700 usually in 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.540 the safety 00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.620 of sitting 00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:26.880 on a 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.240 porch 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.040 or inside 00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.519 a house. 00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.220 Imagine 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.759 yourselves 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.080 at the 00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.340 foot of 00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:30.800 a mountain 00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:32.100 and a 00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.519 thunderstorm 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.200 comes out. 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.620 Not just 00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:33.900 any 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.279 thunderstorm 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.120 but a 00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.540 thunderstorm 00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:36.360 that God 00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.000 is bringing 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.420 about. 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.300 And then 00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:40.519 there's this 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.360 loud trumpet 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.919 blast. 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.599 Have you 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.279 ever heard 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.299 you're 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.599 standing 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.979 somewhere 00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:45.199 and 00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.899 unexpectedly 00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.519 somebody 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.079 blasts 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.459 a trumpet? 00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.379 It is 00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.299 unnerving. 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.919 It is 00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.579 very difficult 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.299 to take. 00:28:52.459 --> 00:28:53.000 It sends 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.479 chills 00:28:53.479 --> 00:28:53.959 up your 00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:55.219 spine 00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:56.179 if you're 00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.719 close enough 00:28:56.719 --> 00:28:57.039 and it's 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.479 loud enough. 00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.879 That was 00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.740 their signal 00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:01.779 to go 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.199 and meet 00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.719 God. 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.779 And in 00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.000 verses 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.799 17 and 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.519 18 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.159 Moses 00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.939 brings the 00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.779 people out 00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.099 of the 00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.559 camp to 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.099 meet God 00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.439 and they 00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.959 took their 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.700 stand at 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.019 the foot 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.299 of the 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.680 mountain. 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.539 Now 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.140 Mount Sinai 00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.700 was wrapped 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.279 in smoke 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.840 because the 00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.299 Lord had 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.120 descended on 00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:19.000 it in 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.400 fire. 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.380 Here it 00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.680 says the 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.400 Lord descended 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.920 on it in 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.259 fire. 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.940 If we look 00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.360 back at 00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.000 verse 9 it 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.420 says that he 00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.900 was coming 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.420 in a thick 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.920 cloud. 00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.579 Seems like 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.000 there's two 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.140 different images 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.740 here but if 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.200 you remember 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.620 as we've 00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.059 gone through 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.319 the book 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.779 of Exodus 00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.759 the Lord 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.420 has showed 00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.420 up in a 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.240 fire and 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.500 in a 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.960 cloud 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.759 together. 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.039 It happened 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.319 at the 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.740 crossing of 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.039 the Red 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.380 Sea. 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.660 It happened 00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.000 as God 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.460 led them 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.840 through the 00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.160 wilderness. 00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.600 It will 00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.799 happen as 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.519 the tabernacle 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.039 shows up 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.279 and it 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.039 happens here. 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.680 God 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.299 descends on 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.720 the mountain 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.240 and there's 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.380 smoke going 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.660 up like 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.340 a kiln. 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.279 Like a 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.980 hot oven 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.079 that's made 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.059 hot for a 00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.600 purpose and 00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.140 smoke is 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.579 coming up 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.019 from it. 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.360 As God 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.880 comes down 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.660 so powerful 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.539 in this 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.120 event that 00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.559 the whole 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.200 mountain 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.079 trembled 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.519 greatly. 00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.720 I don't 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:09.899 know if 00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.339 anybody here 00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.639 has been 00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:10.919 in an 00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.379 earthquake. 00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.359 Any 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.879 earthquake? 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.399 A couple? 00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.119 I've been 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.599 in one but 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.939 it was really 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.259 tiny. 00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:16.659 I didn't 00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.159 really feel 00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.439 anything. 00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.839 I just 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.079 kind of 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.579 saw a 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.179 bush shake. 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.819 I thought 00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.000 it was 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.419 the wind. 00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.639 But imagine 00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.679 being at the 00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.039 foot of the 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.379 mountain. 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.939 A mountain 00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.980 that is not 00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.559 supposed to 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.980 move. 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.659 And you're 00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.619 in thunder 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.299 and lightning. 00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.480 And this 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.519 huge cloud 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.619 of fire 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.460 and cloud 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.099 is coming 00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.599 down on the 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.980 mountain. 00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.579 And the 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.359 mountain is 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.079 shaking as 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.679 you stand 00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.019 there. 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.139 there. 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.559 Verse 19 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.159 the sound of 00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.559 the trumpet 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.539 grew louder 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.059 as Moses 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.879 speaks and 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.619 God answers 00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.679 him in the 00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.019 thunder. 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.339 There the 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.240 Israelites stand 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.740 around the 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.299 mountain as 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.559 observers and 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.759 participants in 00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.759 this terrifying 00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.919 and awe 00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.980 inspiring meeting 00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.980 between them 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.939 and a holy 00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.419 God. 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.099 A holy God 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.759 that called 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.500 them out 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.240 there. 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.339 there. 00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.859 And as 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.480 they stand 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.859 there, 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.440 Moses again 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.200 called up 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.920 by God 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.039 to receive 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.960 another message. 00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.859 We see 00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.519 that in 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.200 verses 21 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.940 and 22. 00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.920 The Lord 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.259 says, 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.980 go down 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.559 and warn 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.160 the people 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.000 lest they 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.620 break through 00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.259 to the Lord 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.779 to look 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.259 and many 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.640 of them 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.180 perish. 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.579 Also let 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.400 the priest 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.819 who come 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.420 near to the 00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.620 Lord 00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.319 consecrate 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.819 themselves 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.779 lest the 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.240 Lord break 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.700 out against 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:30.980 them. 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:33.000 God wants 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.960 Moses to 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.440 warn the 00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.779 people again 00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.019 not to try 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.319 and get 00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.860 closer. 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.839 Don't move 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.559 closer to the 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:39.799 mountain. 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.720 Don't try to 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.319 get a look 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:43.160 at me any 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.579 more than 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.900 what I've 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.480 already given 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.819 you. 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.259 There are 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.360 specific directions 00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.160 here also for 00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.900 priests which 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:51.039 we haven't seen 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.079 up until this 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.559 point so we're 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.160 not sure how 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.440 they serve but 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.059 they're directed 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.819 to consecrate 00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.360 themselves. 00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.400 Maybe they 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.140 stood in front 00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.799 of the people 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.759 as between 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.680 the mountain 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:03.200 itself and 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.660 the people 00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.319 I don't 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.279 know but 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.039 they like 00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.440 the rest of 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.759 the people 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.140 could not 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.559 come any 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.900 closer. 00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.200 Moses answers 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.819 God by 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.200 saying oh 00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.640 the people 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.220 wouldn't do 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.900 that because 00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.879 you warned 00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.819 us not to 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:18.259 you told us 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.740 not to come 00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.039 near the 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.539 mountain you 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.059 told us to 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.720 set limits. 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.900 This response 00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.500 actually is a 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.200 little comical 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.779 as you think 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.279 about all the 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.059 times that the 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.480 people of 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.299 Israel have 00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:28.180 forgotten God 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.900 forgotten what 00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.839 he said or 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.319 just not 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.859 obeyed him. 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.619 It also 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.259 seems that 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.299 maybe Moses 00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.279 doesn't quite 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.139 grasp the 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.799 severity of 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.759 God's command 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.559 to keep them 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.339 at a distance. 00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.799 It's like when 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.339 you know the 00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.279 danger surrounding 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.720 something that 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.259 someone else 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.879 doesn't quite 00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.220 get. 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:51.119 Like telling a 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.439 two-year-old not 00:32:52.439 --> 00:32:53.059 to try to plug 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.579 in a power 00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.000 cord. 00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:56.579 They've seen it 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.019 happen. 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.579 They could 00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.519 probably do it 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.159 but they don't 00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.740 understand the 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.000 danger around 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.779 that outlet. 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.720 That it could 00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.480 kill them if 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.140 it's not done 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.500 right. 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.359 Moses says no 00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:08.799 no no they 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.339 get it they'll 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.160 be fine Lord. 00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.339 But God knows 00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.480 the thoughts of 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.940 the people. 00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.940 He knows their 00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:16.400 propensity to 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.500 disobey and do 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.259 what they want. 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.240 It's at this 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.920 point where God 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.500 could have given 00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.279 Moses a little 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.319 holy shove down 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.039 the mountain and 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.759 said listen go 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.599 warn the people 00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.679 because I'm 00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.319 serious. 00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.679 Don't get any 00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.039 closer. 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.539 But instead 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.919 God is gracious 00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.719 and he gives 00:33:37.719 --> 00:33:39.839 Moses kind of a 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.339 way out. 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.759 A reason to go 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.339 back down the 00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.579 mountain. 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.519 He said listen go 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.059 down and come up 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.679 bringing Aaron 00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.879 with you and give 00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:49.199 the people another 00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:50.119 warning not to get 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.719 any closer. 00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.519 And that's what 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:54.459 Moses does is he 00:33:54.459 --> 00:33:55.240 obeys the Lord and 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.000 goes and tells the 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.359 people. 00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.000 See God is not 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:01.420 just a little bit 00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.539 bigger a little bit 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.980 stronger than us. 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.339 He's also not a 00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.339 genie that we just 00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.279 rub when we need 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.640 something. 00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.920 How we view God 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.480 how we treat God 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:15.360 how we live for God 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.719 should reflect his 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.699 perfection his power 00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:21.460 his majesty his 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.239 holiness. 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.479 goodness. 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.379 That's what the 00:34:26.379 --> 00:34:27.619 Israelites had to 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:27.939 learn. 00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:29.079 It's what we are 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.859 learning as 00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.599 Christians as 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.899 followers of God. 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.639 This morning we 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.379 have some flowers 00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:38.559 over here on the 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.919 table. 00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.359 I actually prayed 00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:41.019 for these flowers 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.539 this morning. 00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:42.919 I had an example 00:34:42.919 --> 00:34:44.259 to end our 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.639 message this 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.819 morning and I 00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.219 couldn't find 00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.239 flowers that I 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.079 liked and so I 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.659 said God if this 00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.000 is a good 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.940 illustration that's 00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.099 helpful I need 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.579 flowers. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.599 So I come in this 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.719 morning and there's 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.139 flowers. 00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:58.059 So I asked before I 00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.719 did this I'm not 00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.300 just going to like 00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.460 destroy the flowers 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:02.340 but I'm going to 00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.880 take one. 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.000 I'm going to take a 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.639 flower here. 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:09.000 This bouquet of 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.079 flowers represents 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.820 mankind. 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.900 Beings created by 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:15.340 God with limited 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:18.460 abilities and with 00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.680 timelines that are 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:21.400 already marked out 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.039 by God. 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.380 How long they'll 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.140 be, how short 00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.680 they'll be. 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.380 What God did for 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.579 the Israelites and 00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.280 what God is 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.320 continuing to do 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.180 today and all 00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:35.240 through history is 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:38.220 to set apart, to 00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:39.820 take from mankind 00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:42.320 people he desires to 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.480 be set apart for 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:47.579 him so that his 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.539 glory is known in 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.840 a fallen, self 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.880 focused and dying 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.420 world. 00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:55.340 Like a light, like 00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.079 a city on a 00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.300 hill. 00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.340 We are still 00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.880 people. 00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.539 We're just called 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.559 to live separate. 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.860 Different from the 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.260 world. 00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:10.280 We're still people 00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.980 like the world, 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:12.039 called to live 00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.360 differently from the 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.679 world. 00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:16.619 We have been set 00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.920 apart to live 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.000 wholly for the 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.699 glory of God. 00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.179 Let's pray 00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.519 together. 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:31.059 Lord, we're 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.420 thankful for this 00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:34.019 chapter and for the 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.179 seriousness that you've 00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.019 placed around your 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.420 holiness. 00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.940 We may never 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.719 completely grasp the 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.980 depth of your 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:44.099 holiness, of your 00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.019 majesty, of your 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:47.659 power, of your 00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.860 other worldliness. 00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.639 You are so 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.760 different from us. 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.360 Lord, we pray that 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.320 you would help us to 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.980 learn that day by day, 00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:58.079 to grow in that, to 00:36:58.079 --> 00:37:00.420 understand you are a 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.139 holy God. 00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.800 You are also a 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.940 loving God who 00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.880 provided a way of 00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.420 salvation. 00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.119 But you have called us 00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:10.260 out to live lives that 00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.760 are different. 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.860 So Lord, we pray that 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.320 you would help us to 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:14.420 do that in a way that 00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.940 brings you glory. 00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.300 That shows the world 00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.940 around us your glory. 00:37:19.100 --> 00:37:19.940 That you would be 00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.860 magnified, Lord. 00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.960 We pray these things in 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.360 your name. 00:37:24.040 --> 00:37:24.300 Amen. 00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.500 Amen. 00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.520 Amen. 00:37:24.520 --> 00:37:24.540 Amen. 00:37:24.540 --> 00:37:25.220 Amen. 00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:26.460 Amen. 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.580 Amen. 00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:26.620 Amen. 00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.320 Amen. 00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.620 Amen. 00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:28.780 Amen. 00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:28.800 Amen. 00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.240 Amen. 00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.760 Amen. 00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:29.840 Amen. 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.840 Amen. 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:30.860 Amen. 00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.020 Amen. 00:37:31.020 --> 00:37:40.100 Amen.