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When Moses return from the mountain with the law, and the people were worshiping a golden calf <ref>[[Ex 32:4]] And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.</ref>, God was going to destroy them all and start over with just Moses. <ref>[[Ex 32:10]] 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.</ref> Moses interceded saying that the nations would deride God because he could not save his people. It was for God's reputation that they were spared. <ref>[[Ex 32:12]] Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.</ref> | When Moses return from the mountain with the law, and the people were worshiping a golden calf <ref>[[Ex 32:4]] And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.</ref>, God was going to destroy them all and start over with just Moses. <ref>[[Ex 32:10]] 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.</ref> Moses interceded saying that the nations would deride God because he could not save his people. It was for God's reputation that they were spared. <ref>[[Ex 32:12]] Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.</ref> | ||
| − | : | + | :His reputation is not important because of his ego. It is important because he wishes to be known. Anything that misrepresents God is counter to that purpose. This is why lying and gossip are so serious. |
| − | + | We are not spared because we are good people. We are spared because God's reputation is on the line. He is Holy; he is Love. Revealing the invisible God, is the message of the cross. | |
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 23 October 2021
You are the reputation of God
When Moses return from the mountain with the law, and the people were worshiping a golden calf [1], God was going to destroy them all and start over with just Moses. [2] Moses interceded saying that the nations would deride God because he could not save his people. It was for God's reputation that they were spared. [3]
- His reputation is not important because of his ego. It is important because he wishes to be known. Anything that misrepresents God is counter to that purpose. This is why lying and gossip are so serious.
- ↑ Ex 32:4 And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- ↑ Ex 32:10 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.
- ↑ Ex 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
