1 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:06,940 The best life is yet to come, that 2 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:07,440 is true. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:09,780 The best life is yet to come. 4 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,480 The life here is the most difficult time. 5 00:00:14,860 --> 00:00:15,360 It's true. 6 00:00:17,020 --> 00:00:18,160 It's not true. 7 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:21,720 The life here is probably the best time 8 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,720 we will experience. 9 00:00:32,610 --> 00:00:34,230 We should not have a reason not to 10 00:00:34,230 --> 00:00:34,750 be thankful. 11 00:00:35,510 --> 00:00:36,650 God has saved us. 12 00:00:36,650 --> 00:00:39,030 And opened our eyes that we could see 13 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:42,010 and understand the truth. 14 00:00:44,390 --> 00:00:46,090 By the way, we can't do that unless 15 00:00:46,090 --> 00:00:48,690 God opens our eyes and helps us, gives 16 00:00:48,690 --> 00:00:49,510 us understanding. 17 00:00:50,770 --> 00:00:53,030 We really can't do that on our own. 18 00:00:56,410 --> 00:00:57,950 So, praise the Lord. 19 00:00:58,290 --> 00:00:59,910 He is good to us and has been 20 00:00:59,910 --> 00:01:00,550 good to us. 21 00:01:00,550 --> 00:01:05,510 And will be good to us as we 22 00:01:05,510 --> 00:01:06,410 go through this life. 23 00:01:06,790 --> 00:01:08,410 So, praise the Lord. 24 00:01:12,050 --> 00:01:16,190 Well, like I said, most of our leaders 25 00:01:16,190 --> 00:01:20,330 here are gone, so here I am. 26 00:01:22,270 --> 00:01:23,530 But I'm thankful. 27 00:01:23,890 --> 00:01:25,050 You know, the Lord is faithful. 28 00:01:26,110 --> 00:01:27,350 The word of God is true. 29 00:01:29,230 --> 00:01:30,990 And we can trust the Lord. 30 00:01:32,190 --> 00:01:35,510 If we stick to the word of God, 31 00:01:35,630 --> 00:01:38,890 He will give us something to say that 32 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:40,590 is true and that is right. 33 00:01:41,190 --> 00:01:44,110 And that is helpful and that encourages people. 34 00:01:45,430 --> 00:01:46,370 So, I'm thankful. 35 00:01:46,650 --> 00:01:48,030 I'm thankful for that this morning. 36 00:01:48,210 --> 00:01:49,810 And I just want to ask the Lord 37 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:50,510 to be with us. 38 00:01:51,830 --> 00:01:53,250 So, Father, we thank you this morning. 39 00:01:54,110 --> 00:01:56,950 Thank you, Lord God, that you care for 40 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:57,910 each one of us, Lord. 41 00:01:58,090 --> 00:02:00,930 We thank you that you are here in 42 00:02:00,930 --> 00:02:01,310 our midst. 43 00:02:01,410 --> 00:02:02,290 We trust you for that. 44 00:02:02,370 --> 00:02:04,070 We trust you for your spirit this morning. 45 00:02:05,690 --> 00:02:08,150 Minister your word, Father, to each one of 46 00:02:08,150 --> 00:02:08,430 us. 47 00:02:09,850 --> 00:02:11,930 God, that our hearts could be opened and 48 00:02:11,930 --> 00:02:13,590 receive what you have for us today. 49 00:02:13,730 --> 00:02:18,270 Father, I pray that you would take control, 50 00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:20,890 Lord God, and feed your people this morning 51 00:02:20,890 --> 00:02:21,130 here. 52 00:02:22,230 --> 00:02:23,090 Thank you for that. 53 00:02:23,090 --> 00:02:24,490 And I trust you in Jesus' name. 54 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:24,970 Amen. 55 00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:39,060 So, Jerry called me Friday night and said 56 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:44,360 that his plans that he had for today 57 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:45,060 are not working. 58 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,300 And it will be up to me, I 59 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:54,920 guess, to take care of things. 60 00:02:56,740 --> 00:02:58,600 I don't want to be in the way. 61 00:02:58,700 --> 00:02:59,900 I just want the Lord to take care 62 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:01,560 of things here this morning. 63 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,100 If he can use me in some way, 64 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:03,780 praise the Lord. 65 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,160 I want to be willing to do that. 66 00:03:13,290 --> 00:03:16,790 I thought this morning that we would go 67 00:03:16,790 --> 00:03:18,990 to the Old Testament in Exodus. 68 00:03:20,090 --> 00:03:21,830 And I want to talk about when the 69 00:03:21,830 --> 00:03:30,960 law came to Moses in Exodus 24 in 70 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,680 verse 12. 71 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:36,700 It says, And the Lord said unto Moses, 72 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,660 Come up to me into the mount and 73 00:03:39,660 --> 00:03:40,320 be there. 74 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,700 And I will give thee tables of stone 75 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:47,260 and a law and commandments which I have 76 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:50,240 written, that thou mayest teach them. 77 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,140 And Moses rose up and he ministered to 78 00:03:55,140 --> 00:03:55,620 Joshua. 79 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,720 And Moses went up into the mount of 80 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:58,100 God. 81 00:03:58,540 --> 00:04:00,780 And he said unto the elders, Carry ye 82 00:04:00,780 --> 00:04:04,600 here for us until we come again unto 83 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:04,960 you. 84 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,240 And behold, Aaron and Ur are with you. 85 00:04:09,380 --> 00:04:12,000 If any man have any matters to do, 86 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:13,520 let him come unto them. 87 00:04:15,790 --> 00:04:18,190 And Moses went up into the mount, and 88 00:04:18,190 --> 00:04:19,630 a cloud covered the mount. 89 00:04:21,110 --> 00:04:23,470 And the glory of the Lord abode about 90 00:04:23,470 --> 00:04:24,450 Mount Sinai. 91 00:04:25,530 --> 00:04:27,890 And a cloud covered it six days. 92 00:04:31,940 --> 00:04:34,800 Something that happens to us pretty easily, I 93 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,820 think, is we don't always want to wait 94 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:40,400 to hear from the Lord. 95 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:42,860 And I was amazed when I read this. 96 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,760 God called Moses to go up on the 97 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,860 mountain, and he was going to speak to 98 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:48,060 him. 99 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,380 And here, the cloud covered the mountain, and 100 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:53,500 Moses was up there for six days. 101 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,280 Six days. 102 00:04:56,540 --> 00:04:57,440 That's pretty long. 103 00:04:58,180 --> 00:04:59,980 Just go up on a mountain and be 104 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:02,560 in the cloud for six days. 105 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,080 And if you've ever been to a place 106 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,520 where there's real high mountains, sometimes the clouds 107 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,040 come down and cover the top of the 108 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:12,300 mountain. 109 00:05:12,420 --> 00:05:13,820 And when you go up there, you're actually 110 00:05:13,820 --> 00:05:14,600 in the cloud. 111 00:05:15,260 --> 00:05:17,520 And it gets pretty, you can't see very 112 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:17,800 far. 113 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:18,800 There's not much there. 114 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,260 You can't do a whole lot. 115 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:23,060 But here Moses is up there for six 116 00:05:23,060 --> 00:05:23,580 days. 117 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,000 It says, And then on the seventh day 118 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,400 he called unto Moses out of the midst 119 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,960 of the cloud, and the sight of the 120 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,580 glory of the Lord was like devouring fire 121 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,400 on the top of the mountain in the 122 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:40,800 eyes of the children of Israel. 123 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,140 And Moses went into the midst of the 124 00:05:44,140 --> 00:05:46,260 cloud and got him up in the mount, 125 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,780 and Moses was in the mount forty days 126 00:05:50,780 --> 00:05:51,600 and forty nights. 127 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:54,200 Wow. 128 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,560 And then God spake to Moses and for 129 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:07,460 the next seven chapters, God has given Moses 130 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:09,700 direction and instructions. 131 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,620 And it's very interesting actually to read that 132 00:06:12,620 --> 00:06:15,600 and see what, if you haven't read that 133 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,840 recently, it's very interesting to read that. 134 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,920 Just do them seven chapters and see what 135 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,440 all God told Moses and how to do 136 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:25,860 things in very detail. 137 00:06:26,140 --> 00:06:28,860 Very detailed about different things, about building the 138 00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:34,620 tabernacle and all the things that he wanted 139 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:35,520 Moses to do. 140 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:39,980 So we're not going to read all that. 141 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:49,800 So we'll go to the end of chapter 142 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,600 31. 143 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,820 Exodus 31. 144 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,560 Actually, I'll start at verse 12. 145 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:07,960 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak 146 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,240 thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, 147 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:17,320 Verily, my Sabbath ye shall keep, for it 148 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,580 is a sign between me and you throughout 149 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:23,080 your generations, that ye may know that I 150 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,780 am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 151 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,920 Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it 152 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:30,880 is holy unto you. 153 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,860 Everyone that defiles it shall surely be put 154 00:07:33,860 --> 00:07:34,360 to death. 155 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:39,720 For whosoever doth any work therein, that soul 156 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,600 shall be cut off from among his people. 157 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,400 Six days may work be done, but in 158 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,360 the seventh is the Sabbath of rest. 159 00:07:48,820 --> 00:07:51,620 Holy to the Lord, whosoever doth any work 160 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:53,520 in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be 161 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:54,140 put to death. 162 00:07:55,020 --> 00:07:57,340 Wherefore, the children of Israel shall keep the 163 00:07:57,340 --> 00:08:00,180 Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, 164 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:01,680 for a perpetual covenant. 165 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,880 It is a sign between me and the 166 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,000 children of Israel forever. 167 00:08:07,660 --> 00:08:10,040 For in six days the Lord made heaven 168 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,700 and earth, and on the seventh day he 169 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:13,700 rested and was refreshed. 170 00:08:16,710 --> 00:08:19,250 Then 18, And he gave unto Moses, when 171 00:08:19,250 --> 00:08:22,290 he had made end of commuting with him 172 00:08:22,290 --> 00:08:27,030 upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables 173 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:29,490 of stone written with the finger of God. 174 00:08:31,799 --> 00:08:35,140 Now God gives Moses the Ten Commandments written 175 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:39,400 in stone, after all that he has said. 176 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,600 And chapter 32, And when the people saw 177 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,960 that Moses delayed to come down from the 178 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,480 mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, 179 00:08:52,220 --> 00:08:55,600 and said unto him, Up, make us gods, 180 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:57,580 which shall go before us. 181 00:08:58,180 --> 00:09:00,640 For as for this Moses, the man that 182 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,280 brought us up out of the land of 183 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,900 Egypt, we want not what has become of 184 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:05,140 him. 185 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,760 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the 186 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,740 golden earrings that are in the ears of 187 00:09:13,740 --> 00:09:15,720 your wives, and your sons, and your daughters, 188 00:09:15,900 --> 00:09:17,460 and bring them unto me. 189 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:19,980 And all the people break off the golden 190 00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:23,120 earrings which were in their ears, and brought 191 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,040 them unto Aaron. 192 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:27,960 And he received them at their hand, and 193 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:33,620 fashioned it with a grading tool, after he 194 00:09:33,620 --> 00:09:35,380 had made a molten calf. 195 00:09:37,220 --> 00:09:39,560 After he had made a molten calf. 196 00:09:40,140 --> 00:09:42,880 And they said, These be thy gods, O 197 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,160 Israel, which brought thee out of the land 198 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:46,660 of Egypt. 199 00:09:48,950 --> 00:09:50,710 And when Aaron saw it, he built an 200 00:09:50,710 --> 00:09:51,650 altar before it. 201 00:09:52,210 --> 00:09:55,070 And Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is 202 00:09:55,070 --> 00:09:56,090 a feast of the Lord. 203 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,540 And they rose up early on tomorrow, and 204 00:10:01,540 --> 00:10:05,400 offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. 205 00:10:05,620 --> 00:10:07,480 And the people sat down to eat, and 206 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,600 to drink, and rose up to play. 207 00:10:10,620 --> 00:10:13,220 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get 208 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:15,800 thee down, for thy people, which thou broughtest 209 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,160 out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted 210 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:18,580 themselves. 211 00:10:22,860 --> 00:10:24,800 They have turned aside quickly out of the 212 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,340 way which I commanded them. 213 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:30,880 They have made them a molten calf, and 214 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,380 have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto. 215 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:37,900 And said, These be thy gods, O Israel, 216 00:10:38,060 --> 00:10:39,780 which have brought thee up out of the 217 00:10:39,780 --> 00:10:40,460 land of Egypt. 218 00:10:43,060 --> 00:10:44,820 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have 219 00:10:44,820 --> 00:10:48,120 seen this people, and behold, it is a 220 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,040 stiff-necked people. 221 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:56,730 Now therefore, let me alone, that my wrath 222 00:10:56,730 --> 00:11:00,310 may wax hot against them, and that I 223 00:11:00,310 --> 00:11:03,150 may consume them, and I will make of 224 00:11:03,150 --> 00:11:04,270 thee a great nation. 225 00:11:08,940 --> 00:11:10,200 So, here's Moses. 226 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:11,800 He'd been up on the mountain for 40 227 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,660 days and 40 nights with God. 228 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,840 And God had ministered to him, given many, 229 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:17,880 many instructions. 230 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:20,180 And then at the end, He gave him 231 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,520 the tables of stone, the Ten Commandments. 232 00:11:25,820 --> 00:11:27,520 And what's the very first one? 233 00:11:30,170 --> 00:11:32,210 Somebody know what the first commandment is on 234 00:11:32,210 --> 00:11:32,930 the Ten Commandments? 235 00:11:35,970 --> 00:11:38,270 The very first one, Thou shalt have no 236 00:11:38,270 --> 00:11:39,570 other gods before me. 237 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:43,130 And God had just wrote this on stone 238 00:11:43,130 --> 00:11:44,710 in front of Moses. 239 00:11:46,970 --> 00:11:50,090 And then God says, Moses, step back. 240 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:52,530 I'm going to destroy the people. 241 00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:55,070 And what does Moses say? 242 00:11:58,660 --> 00:12:02,920 And Moses besought the Lord his God and 243 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,700 said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot 244 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:10,140 against thy people, which thou hast brought forth 245 00:12:10,140 --> 00:12:12,600 out of the land of Egypt with great 246 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,720 power and with a mighty hand? 247 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,420 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, For 248 00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:23,900 mischief did he bring them out to slay 249 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:25,720 them in the mountain and to consume them 250 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:26,960 from the face of the earth. 251 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:31,220 Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of 252 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:33,240 this evil against thy people. 253 00:12:36,250 --> 00:12:36,790 Isn't that amazing? 254 00:12:37,310 --> 00:12:39,650 Here's Moses speaking to God. 255 00:12:41,050 --> 00:12:43,030 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 256 00:12:44,190 --> 00:12:48,030 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to 257 00:12:48,030 --> 00:12:50,610 whom thou swearest by thine own self, and 258 00:12:50,610 --> 00:12:53,210 sayeth unto them, I will multiply your seed 259 00:12:53,210 --> 00:12:54,710 as the stars of heaven. 260 00:12:55,530 --> 00:12:57,310 And all this land that I have spoken 261 00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:59,290 of will I give unto your seed, and 262 00:12:59,290 --> 00:13:00,610 they shall inherit it forever. 263 00:13:02,950 --> 00:13:04,890 The Lord is reminding him what he has 264 00:13:04,890 --> 00:13:06,610 promised to the children of Israel. 265 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,880 And then in verse 14, And the Lord 266 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,300 repented of the evil which he thought to 267 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:14,340 be unto his people. 268 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:18,320 I just think that's amazing. 269 00:13:18,980 --> 00:13:25,080 It just amazes me the heart of Moses 270 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,440 after being with the Lord 40 days and 271 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,600 the Lord literally writing these things on the 272 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,020 stone. 273 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,460 And then the heart of Moses. 274 00:13:35,380 --> 00:13:37,740 And I said that to a brother one 275 00:13:37,740 --> 00:13:43,080 time, and he said, Well, he thinks the 276 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,620 reason Moses was so forgiving and gentle was 277 00:13:47,620 --> 00:13:49,640 because he had just spent 40 days with 278 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:49,940 the Lord. 279 00:13:52,470 --> 00:13:53,110 Isn't that amazing? 280 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,740 You think clearly he was with the Lord, 281 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,740 and the Lord had clearly given him in 282 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:03,100 all his direction and instruction. 283 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:06,440 And then written this on stone, and you 284 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,440 would think Moses is just going to say, 285 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,520 You need to destroy him. 286 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:11,260 That's it. 287 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:16,100 But really the time spent with the Lord 288 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:24,030 melted Moses' heart, and he was merciful, I 289 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:24,330 believe. 290 00:14:25,430 --> 00:14:26,850 And I think that's the way it is 291 00:14:26,850 --> 00:14:27,330 for us. 292 00:14:29,230 --> 00:14:31,870 The Lord is tender, and he melts our 293 00:14:31,870 --> 00:14:32,290 hearts. 294 00:14:32,810 --> 00:14:36,630 And if we want to be in the 295 00:14:36,630 --> 00:14:38,570 Spirit and have the fruits of the Spirit, 296 00:14:39,990 --> 00:14:41,670 we need to spend time with the Lord, 297 00:14:42,670 --> 00:14:44,690 and he will bring them fruits out of 298 00:14:44,690 --> 00:14:44,950 us. 299 00:14:49,220 --> 00:14:51,500 But it's amazing to read that and just 300 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:54,800 see what Moses did there and how the 301 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,840 Lord repented of the evil which he thought 302 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:57,940 to do unto his people. 303 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:01,200 But you know he's done that for us. 304 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:05,340 He's done that for us. 305 00:15:07,860 --> 00:15:11,620 If you've been born again, if you've cried 306 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:13,080 out to the Lord and the Lord has 307 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,380 cleansed you, and set you free from sin, 308 00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:21,940 and made you holy and unblameable and unapprovable 309 00:15:21,940 --> 00:15:25,680 before God, what does God do? 310 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,640 He repents of what he was going to 311 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,340 do to you. 312 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:30,920 Isn't that amazing? 313 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:34,170 I think it's amazing. 314 00:15:37,030 --> 00:15:38,950 Because if we don't, if we don't turn 315 00:15:38,950 --> 00:15:41,710 to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord has 316 00:15:41,710 --> 00:15:43,430 no choice but to destroy us. 317 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,200 But if we repent and turn to the 318 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,180 Lord, he will repent of what he was 319 00:15:53,180 --> 00:15:53,940 going to do to us. 320 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:54,760 Praise God. 321 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:56,500 Praise the Lord. 322 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,180 And Moses turned and went down from the 323 00:16:02,180 --> 00:16:04,180 mount, and the two tables of testimony were 324 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:05,840 in his hand, and the tables were on 325 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:13,680 the side, were on both sides, both their 326 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,260 sides, and on the one side and on 327 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:16,620 the other, they were written. 328 00:16:17,180 --> 00:16:19,480 And the tables were the work of God, 329 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,660 and the writing was the writing of God, 330 00:16:21,820 --> 00:16:22,940 raven upon tables. 331 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:26,320 And when Joshua heard the noise of the 332 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,600 people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, 333 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:30,760 There is a noise of war in the 334 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:31,040 camp. 335 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,460 And he said, It is not the voice 336 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:38,960 of them that shout for mastery, neither is 337 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,600 it the voice of them that cry for 338 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,260 being overcome, but the noise of them that 339 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:46,060 sing do I hear. 340 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,300 And it came to pass, as soon as 341 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,580 he came nigh unto the camp, that he 342 00:16:51,580 --> 00:16:53,960 saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses' 343 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,320 anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables 344 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,140 out of his hands and broke them beneath 345 00:16:58,140 --> 00:16:58,580 the mount. 346 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,860 And he took the calf which they had 347 00:17:00,860 --> 00:17:02,700 made and burned it in the fire and 348 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:07,819 ground it to powder, and strewed it upon 349 00:17:07,819 --> 00:17:10,020 the water and made the children of Israel 350 00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:10,599 drink it. 351 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:14,339 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this 352 00:17:14,339 --> 00:17:17,339 people unto thee that thou hast brought so 353 00:17:17,339 --> 00:17:18,640 great a sin upon them? 354 00:17:19,060 --> 00:17:23,200 And we could keep reading there, but we 355 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:24,099 don't need to do that. 356 00:17:24,099 --> 00:17:27,660 But if we go to verse 27 or 357 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:33,570 26, Then Moses stood in the gate of 358 00:17:33,570 --> 00:17:34,970 the camp and said, Who is on the 359 00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:35,510 Lord's side? 360 00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:37,730 Let them come unto me, and all the 361 00:17:37,730 --> 00:17:40,270 sons of Levi gather themselves together unto him. 362 00:17:41,090 --> 00:17:42,950 And he said unto them, Dost sayeth the 363 00:17:42,950 --> 00:17:45,350 Lord God of Israel, Put every man his 364 00:17:45,350 --> 00:17:46,950 sword by his side and go in and 365 00:17:46,950 --> 00:17:49,390 out from gate to gate throughout the camp 366 00:17:49,390 --> 00:17:51,090 and slay every man his brother and every 367 00:17:51,090 --> 00:17:53,430 man his companion and every man his neighbor. 368 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:55,330 And the children of Levi did according to 369 00:17:55,330 --> 00:17:56,810 the word of the Lord, the word of 370 00:17:56,810 --> 00:17:57,190 Moses. 371 00:17:58,190 --> 00:18:00,390 And there fell of the people that day 372 00:18:00,390 --> 00:18:01,830 about three thousand men. 373 00:18:02,330 --> 00:18:04,730 So because of what they had done, many 374 00:18:04,730 --> 00:18:05,690 people did die. 375 00:18:10,150 --> 00:18:13,690 So there was a penalty that was brought 376 00:18:13,690 --> 00:18:14,390 upon them. 377 00:18:16,810 --> 00:18:19,930 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to 378 00:18:19,930 --> 00:18:22,570 the Lord, even every man upon his son 379 00:18:22,570 --> 00:18:24,950 and upon his brother, and he may bestow 380 00:18:24,950 --> 00:18:26,370 upon you a blessing this day. 381 00:18:44,130 --> 00:18:46,690 Now if we go to chapter 33. 382 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:54,880 Chapter 33 and verse 12. 383 00:19:00,770 --> 00:19:03,910 And Moses said unto the Lord, See thou 384 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:07,710 sayest unto me, Bring up this people, and 385 00:19:07,710 --> 00:19:09,850 thou hast not let me know whom thou 386 00:19:09,850 --> 00:19:10,930 wilt send with me. 387 00:19:11,290 --> 00:19:13,290 Yet thou hast said, I know thee by 388 00:19:13,290 --> 00:19:16,770 name, and thou hast also found grace in 389 00:19:16,770 --> 00:19:17,410 my sight. 390 00:19:20,060 --> 00:19:23,200 Now therefore I pray thee, Moses says, If 391 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,580 I have found grace in thy sight, show 392 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:29,700 me now thy way, that I may know 393 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:33,220 thee, and I may find grace, that I 394 00:19:33,220 --> 00:19:35,060 may find grace in thy sight, and consider 395 00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:37,820 that this nation is thy people. 396 00:19:38,340 --> 00:19:40,580 And he said, My presence shall go with 397 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:43,140 thee, and I will give thee rest. 398 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,280 And Moses said, And he said unto him, 399 00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:53,720 If thy presence go not with me, carry 400 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:54,840 me not up hence. 401 00:19:57,210 --> 00:19:58,430 You see what just happened there. 402 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:02,770 God said to Moses, My presence shall go 403 00:20:02,770 --> 00:20:04,530 with thee, and I will give thee rest. 404 00:20:04,890 --> 00:20:09,210 And Moses says unto him, If thy presence 405 00:20:09,210 --> 00:20:11,450 go not with me, carry me not up 406 00:20:11,450 --> 00:20:11,770 hence. 407 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:15,220 So in other words, if you don't go 408 00:20:15,220 --> 00:20:17,820 with me, I don't want to go, Moses 409 00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:18,240 said. 410 00:20:21,460 --> 00:20:24,040 Verse 16, For wherein shall it be known 411 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,180 here, that I and thy people who have 412 00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:29,780 found grace in thy sight, is it not 413 00:20:29,780 --> 00:20:35,780 in that thou goest with us, is it 414 00:20:35,780 --> 00:20:37,800 not in that thou goest with us, Moses 415 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,420 said, that God with them, the presence of 416 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:44,860 God with them, is what shows that they 417 00:20:44,860 --> 00:20:46,260 have found grace in his sight. 418 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,520 Then it says, So shall we be separated, 419 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,000 I and thy people, from all the people 420 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,420 that are upon the face of the earth. 421 00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:03,080 What is he saying? 422 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,220 Moses said, If you don't go with me, 423 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:09,940 I don't want to go. 424 00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:15,330 And if you go with us, doesn't that 425 00:21:15,330 --> 00:21:17,410 show the people that we have grace in 426 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:17,950 your sight? 427 00:21:18,290 --> 00:21:24,310 And, you going with us is what separates 428 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:27,290 us from all the other people on the 429 00:21:27,290 --> 00:21:27,550 earth. 430 00:21:29,630 --> 00:21:30,230 Isn't that amazing? 431 00:21:30,730 --> 00:21:31,990 Think about that a little bit. 432 00:21:33,630 --> 00:21:35,450 We can do a lot of things to 433 00:21:35,450 --> 00:21:37,410 try to be different from all the rest 434 00:21:37,410 --> 00:21:38,370 of the people in the world. 435 00:21:39,170 --> 00:21:41,810 We'll try to, whatever, we can do whatever, 436 00:21:42,930 --> 00:21:43,830 to try to be different. 437 00:21:44,090 --> 00:21:45,250 But you know what makes us different? 438 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,220 The presence of God with us. 439 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,240 That makes us different. 440 00:21:56,620 --> 00:21:57,920 That's what makes us different. 441 00:21:58,580 --> 00:21:59,400 You want to be different? 442 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,040 That's how you're different. 443 00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:04,880 Spend time with the Lord. 444 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,220 Let the Spirit of God fill you and 445 00:22:09,220 --> 00:22:11,160 walk with God and you will be different. 446 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:13,460 You will be different. 447 00:22:13,860 --> 00:22:15,240 That is what will make you different. 448 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,820 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will 449 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:25,960 do this thing also that thou hast spoken, 450 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:28,240 for thou hast found grace in my sight, 451 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,240 and I know thee by name. 452 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,540 And he said, I will make all my 453 00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:41,400 goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim 454 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,620 the name of the Lord before thee, and 455 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:45,380 will be gracious to whom I will be 456 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:47,980 gracious, and I will show mercy on whom 457 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:48,880 I will show mercy. 458 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,980 And he said, Thou canst not see my 459 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:53,720 face, for there shall no man see me 460 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:54,320 and live. 461 00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:56,400 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a 462 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,320 place by me, and thou shalt stand upon 463 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,400 a rock, and it shall come to pass 464 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,600 while my glory passes by that I will 465 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,180 put thee on a cliff of the rock 466 00:23:11,180 --> 00:23:13,480 and will cover thee with my hand while 467 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,260 I pass by, and I will take away 468 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:17,060 my hand and thou shalt see my back, 469 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,400 and my face shall not be seen. 470 00:23:26,220 --> 00:23:27,120 What a blessing. 471 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:35,970 Chapter 34. 472 00:23:37,010 --> 00:23:38,650 I'm just doing a lot of reading. 473 00:23:39,690 --> 00:23:40,550 I hope that's okay. 474 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:42,550 I thought it was interesting. 475 00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:45,930 And also, if I'm reading the word of 476 00:23:45,930 --> 00:23:48,570 God, I'm not telling you something wrong. 477 00:23:49,810 --> 00:23:51,010 I can be assured. 478 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:55,290 Chapter 34. 479 00:23:55,570 --> 00:23:57,570 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee 480 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,570 two tables of stone like unto the first, 481 00:23:59,670 --> 00:24:02,110 and I will write upon these tables the 482 00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:05,810 words that were in the first tables, which 483 00:24:05,810 --> 00:24:06,610 thou breakest. 484 00:24:08,730 --> 00:24:13,630 And be ready in the morning and come 485 00:24:13,630 --> 00:24:16,110 up in the morning unto Mount Sinai and 486 00:24:16,110 --> 00:24:18,570 present thyself there to me in the top 487 00:24:18,570 --> 00:24:19,030 of the mount. 488 00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:21,710 And no man shall come up with thee, 489 00:24:21,790 --> 00:24:24,030 neither let any man be seen throughout all 490 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:26,270 the mount, neither let the flocks nor the 491 00:24:26,270 --> 00:24:27,970 herds feed before the mount. 492 00:24:28,650 --> 00:24:31,070 And he hewed two tables of stone like 493 00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:31,690 unto the first. 494 00:24:31,810 --> 00:24:33,490 And Moses rose up early in the morning 495 00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:37,550 and went up into Mount Sinai, as the 496 00:24:37,550 --> 00:24:41,410 Lord had commanded him, and took in his 497 00:24:41,410 --> 00:24:43,050 hand the two tables of stone. 498 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:45,430 And the Lord descended in the cloud and 499 00:24:45,430 --> 00:24:48,390 stood with him there and proclaimed the name 500 00:24:48,390 --> 00:24:48,930 of the Lord. 501 00:24:50,250 --> 00:24:52,690 And the Lord passed by before him and 502 00:24:52,690 --> 00:24:57,490 proclaimed the Lord, O God, merciful and gracious, 503 00:24:57,690 --> 00:25:00,630 long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, 504 00:25:00,950 --> 00:25:05,290 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression 505 00:25:05,290 --> 00:25:08,650 and sin, and that will by no means 506 00:25:08,650 --> 00:25:11,690 clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the 507 00:25:11,690 --> 00:25:13,650 fathers upon the children and upon the children's 508 00:25:13,650 --> 00:25:15,730 children unto the third and fourth generation. 509 00:25:16,810 --> 00:25:19,170 And Moses made haste and bowed his head 510 00:25:19,170 --> 00:25:20,750 toward the earth and worshiped. 511 00:25:23,270 --> 00:25:25,850 And he said, If now I have found 512 00:25:25,850 --> 00:25:28,230 grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my 513 00:25:28,230 --> 00:25:30,430 God, I pray thee, go among us, for 514 00:25:30,430 --> 00:25:35,050 it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon 515 00:25:35,050 --> 00:25:37,070 our iniquity and our sin and take us 516 00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:39,750 for thine inheritance. 517 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,720 And the Lord said, Behold, I make a 518 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,260 covenant before all of thy people. 519 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,660 I will do marvels such as have not 520 00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:53,020 been done in all the earth nor in 521 00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:55,760 any nation, and all the people among which 522 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,140 thou art shall see the work of the 523 00:25:58,140 --> 00:25:59,980 Lord, for it is a terrible thing that 524 00:25:59,980 --> 00:26:01,300 I will do with thee. 525 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:03,500 Praise the Lord. 526 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:05,580 The Lord made a covenant there with Moses 527 00:26:08,070 --> 00:26:10,170 to be with them and use them for 528 00:26:10,170 --> 00:26:10,670 his kingdom. 529 00:26:11,610 --> 00:26:12,990 Praise God, and he wants to do that 530 00:26:12,990 --> 00:26:13,490 to us. 531 00:26:13,770 --> 00:26:14,850 He wants to do that to us. 532 00:26:20,660 --> 00:26:23,320 Now also, if we go back to Exodus 533 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:32,760 25, when the Lord 534 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:39,080 gave Moses the commandments again, they put them 535 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,040 in the ark, or in a ark, I 536 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:42,580 should say. 537 00:26:47,620 --> 00:26:54,230 And in chapter 25, verse 10, it tells 538 00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:55,910 us how they made the ark. 539 00:26:56,050 --> 00:26:57,390 I thought that was interesting too. 540 00:26:59,330 --> 00:27:04,990 In Exodus 25, verse 10, And they shall 541 00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:06,950 make an ark of shiddom wood. 542 00:27:07,630 --> 00:27:09,590 Two cubits and a half shall be the 543 00:27:09,590 --> 00:27:11,750 length thereof, and a cubit and a half 544 00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:14,430 the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a 545 00:27:14,430 --> 00:27:15,810 half the height thereof. 546 00:27:16,890 --> 00:27:19,270 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 547 00:27:19,590 --> 00:27:24,170 within and without shalt thou overlay it, and 548 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:27,990 shall make upon it a crown of gold 549 00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:29,290 round about. 550 00:27:30,530 --> 00:27:32,850 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold 551 00:27:32,850 --> 00:27:35,010 for it, and put them on the four 552 00:27:35,010 --> 00:27:38,150 corners thereof, and two rings shall be in 553 00:27:38,150 --> 00:27:40,450 the one side of it, and two rings 554 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:41,850 in the other side of it. 555 00:27:42,850 --> 00:27:46,430 And thou shalt make staves of shiddom wood, 556 00:27:47,130 --> 00:27:49,750 and overlay them with gold, and thou shalt 557 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:52,710 put the staves into the rings by the 558 00:27:52,710 --> 00:27:55,190 sides of the ark, that the ark may 559 00:27:55,190 --> 00:27:56,410 be born with them. 560 00:27:58,170 --> 00:28:00,010 And the staves shall be in the rings 561 00:28:00,010 --> 00:28:01,550 of the ark, and they shall not be 562 00:28:01,550 --> 00:28:02,730 taken from it. 563 00:28:03,610 --> 00:28:05,130 So if you can kind of picture what 564 00:28:05,130 --> 00:28:08,630 they did, what they made there, this box, 565 00:28:09,370 --> 00:28:11,850 and they covered everything with gold, and then 566 00:28:11,850 --> 00:28:13,810 they put rings on the side, and then 567 00:28:13,810 --> 00:28:17,010 they made staves to go through the rings, 568 00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:19,510 that people could grab ahold of the staves 569 00:28:19,510 --> 00:28:20,230 and carry it. 570 00:28:21,330 --> 00:28:23,130 And then this was where they put the 571 00:28:23,130 --> 00:28:23,770 Ten Commandments. 572 00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:26,650 The Ten Commandments were in this ark. 573 00:28:32,850 --> 00:28:36,390 And if you, which I didn't read all 574 00:28:36,390 --> 00:28:39,590 of it, but if you read a lot 575 00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:42,030 of the stories here, it was very important 576 00:28:42,030 --> 00:28:44,710 for them to have the ark in their 577 00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:47,310 presence, and it was the presence of God 578 00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:47,850 with them. 579 00:28:50,810 --> 00:29:06,700 So if we go to 1 Samuel, 1 580 00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:11,500 Samuel in chapter 4, I just want to 581 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:12,840 give a little picture here. 582 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,620 In chapter 4, verse 11, actually in this 583 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:23,240 chapter, the Philistines came and took the ark 584 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,460 from the children of Israel. 585 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,200 They came in and they took over and 586 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,040 took the ark from the children of Israel. 587 00:29:34,390 --> 00:29:36,930 And the ark of God was taken, it 588 00:29:36,930 --> 00:29:39,290 says in verse 11, in 1 Samuel chapter 589 00:29:39,290 --> 00:29:39,690 4. 590 00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:45,550 And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and 591 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,130 Benihas, were slain. 592 00:29:52,730 --> 00:29:55,230 And there ran a man from Benjamin out 593 00:29:55,230 --> 00:29:57,250 of the army and came to Shiloh and 594 00:29:57,250 --> 00:30:02,320 said, the same day, with his clothes rent 595 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,100 and with earth upon his head. 596 00:30:04,380 --> 00:30:06,820 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon 597 00:30:06,820 --> 00:30:09,820 his seat by the wayside watching, for his 598 00:30:09,820 --> 00:30:11,720 heart trembled for the ark of God. 599 00:30:12,380 --> 00:30:14,480 And when he came into the city, they 600 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,420 told it, and told it, all the city 601 00:30:18,420 --> 00:30:19,160 cried out. 602 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,600 And when Eli heard the noise of the 603 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,220 crying, he said, what meaneth the noise of 604 00:30:26,220 --> 00:30:27,180 this tumult? 605 00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:31,060 And the man came in hastily and told 606 00:30:31,060 --> 00:30:31,480 Eli. 607 00:30:31,660 --> 00:30:34,120 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old 608 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:35,980 and his eyes were dim and he could 609 00:30:35,980 --> 00:30:36,480 not see. 610 00:30:37,020 --> 00:30:40,120 And the man said unto Eli, I am 611 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,740 he that came out of the army and 612 00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:44,400 I fled today out of the army. 613 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,100 And he said, what is there done, my 614 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:49,340 son? 615 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:54,800 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is 616 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,700 fled before the Philistines and there hath been 617 00:30:57,700 --> 00:30:59,860 also a great slaughter among the people. 618 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,860 And thy two sons also, Hophni and Benihas, 619 00:31:04,940 --> 00:31:07,760 are dead and the ark of God is 620 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:08,080 taken. 621 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,040 And it came to pass when he made 622 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,600 mention of the ark of God that he 623 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,300 fell off the seat backward by the side 624 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:17,380 of the gate and his neck break and 625 00:31:17,380 --> 00:31:17,940 he died. 626 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:20,360 For he was an old man and heavy 627 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,640 and he had judged Israel forty years. 628 00:31:24,020 --> 00:31:30,030 And then down in verse 22, Eli's daughter 629 00:31:30,030 --> 00:31:31,630 -in-law, actually I think it is, and 630 00:31:31,630 --> 00:31:35,470 she said, the glorious departed from Israel where 631 00:31:35,470 --> 00:31:36,870 the ark of God is taken. 632 00:31:38,370 --> 00:31:40,510 It came and they took the ark of 633 00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:42,190 God with the Ten Commandments in it. 634 00:31:42,710 --> 00:31:45,950 And the glory of God departed from the 635 00:31:45,950 --> 00:31:46,710 children of Israel. 636 00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:52,170 So it was very important for them to 637 00:31:52,170 --> 00:31:55,670 have that ark with them. 638 00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:02,370 Another thing that happened there in chapter 5 639 00:32:02,370 --> 00:32:07,660 now, verse 1, and the Philistines took the 640 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:11,660 ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer 641 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:12,700 and Ashtar. 642 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,340 And when the Philistines took the ark of 643 00:32:15,340 --> 00:32:19,340 God, they brought it into the house of 644 00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:21,040 Dagon and set it by Dagon. 645 00:32:22,580 --> 00:32:25,300 And Dagon was an idol that the Philistines 646 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:28,240 had made and set up as God and 647 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,360 they worshipped this idol. 648 00:32:30,580 --> 00:32:35,240 So now they had overtaken the children of 649 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,200 Israel and got the ark with the Ten 650 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,060 Commandments and they took it over and brought 651 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:44,440 it into the place where this idol was. 652 00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:47,400 Here sits the idol and they bring the 653 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,860 ark in and set it down beside it. 654 00:32:54,970 --> 00:32:56,770 When the Philistines took the ark of God, 655 00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:58,830 they brought it into the house of Dagon 656 00:32:58,830 --> 00:33:00,110 and set it by Dagon. 657 00:33:01,130 --> 00:33:03,610 And when they of Ashtar rose early in 658 00:33:03,610 --> 00:33:06,750 the morning, in the morrow, behold, Dagon was 659 00:33:06,750 --> 00:33:10,570 fallen upon his face to the earth before 660 00:33:10,570 --> 00:33:11,410 the ark of the Lord. 661 00:33:11,870 --> 00:33:14,290 And they took Dagon and set him in 662 00:33:14,290 --> 00:33:15,070 his place again. 663 00:33:16,030 --> 00:33:18,510 So here they brought the ark in with 664 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:21,590 the Ten Commandments, set it beside their idol. 665 00:33:22,670 --> 00:33:24,530 And the next morning the idol had fallen 666 00:33:24,530 --> 00:33:27,430 off of its seat, face down. 667 00:33:31,030 --> 00:33:32,830 And when they arose early on the morrow 668 00:33:32,830 --> 00:33:34,750 morning, this is the next day, behold, Dagon 669 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:38,210 was fallen upon his face to the ground 670 00:33:38,210 --> 00:33:39,490 before the ark of the Lord. 671 00:33:39,610 --> 00:33:41,570 And the head of Dagon and both palms 672 00:33:41,570 --> 00:33:44,310 of his hands were cut off upon the 673 00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:44,830 threshold. 674 00:33:45,470 --> 00:33:47,290 Only the stump of Dagon was left to 675 00:33:47,290 --> 00:33:47,590 him. 676 00:33:48,790 --> 00:33:49,290 Isn't that amazing? 677 00:33:53,780 --> 00:33:56,700 Therefore neither the priest of Dagon nor any 678 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,820 that come into Dagon's house tread on the 679 00:33:59,820 --> 00:34:02,440 threshold of Dagon at Ashtar until this day. 680 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:05,480 But the hand of the Lord, listen to 681 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,400 this, but the hand of the Lord was 682 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,540 heavy upon them of Ashtar, and he destroyed 683 00:34:10,540 --> 00:34:14,239 them and smote them with emeralds, even Ashtar 684 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:15,300 and the coast thereof. 685 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,480 And when the men of Ashtar saw that 686 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,659 it was so, they said, The ark of 687 00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:22,440 the God of Israel shall not abide with 688 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,440 us, for his hand is sore upon us 689 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,580 and upon Dagon our God. 690 00:34:30,179 --> 00:34:32,400 So here they were worshiping another god. 691 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:36,179 They brought in the ark and God destroyed 692 00:34:36,179 --> 00:34:36,739 their idol. 693 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:43,800 And then really destroyed them or came against 694 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:44,100 them. 695 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,760 And they decided they didn't want the ark 696 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:47,820 of God after all. 697 00:34:49,980 --> 00:34:52,900 They decided they didn't want the presence of 698 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:54,739 God there because it was working against what 699 00:34:54,739 --> 00:34:55,239 they were doing. 700 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:57,500 Very interesting. 701 00:35:02,010 --> 00:35:04,170 So I just did that to kind of 702 00:35:04,170 --> 00:35:05,670 give you a little bit of a picture. 703 00:35:06,010 --> 00:35:09,970 If you read all that, we skipped a 704 00:35:09,970 --> 00:35:10,330 lot. 705 00:35:10,330 --> 00:35:12,910 If you read all that, it's very interesting 706 00:35:12,910 --> 00:35:14,650 to read that. 707 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:27,780 There's another, 1 Chronicles Chapter 13. 708 00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:54,150 1 Chronicles Chapter 13 is another incident here 709 00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:57,070 where they were moving, and you're probably all 710 00:35:57,070 --> 00:35:59,830 familiar with this story, but they were moving 711 00:35:59,830 --> 00:36:01,190 the ark to a different place. 712 00:36:03,490 --> 00:36:11,450 And this man named Uzzah was walking beside 713 00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:14,470 the ark and had the ark on top 714 00:36:14,470 --> 00:36:15,750 of Cal, two cattle. 715 00:36:16,390 --> 00:36:18,050 And as they were walking along, Uzzah was 716 00:36:18,050 --> 00:36:21,410 walking beside it, and the one cow stumbled, 717 00:36:22,450 --> 00:36:25,390 and he just touched the ark with his 718 00:36:25,390 --> 00:36:25,830 hand. 719 00:36:26,970 --> 00:36:28,990 And just like that, he was killed. 720 00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:32,830 And I often kind of feel sorry for 721 00:36:32,830 --> 00:36:36,950 that guy because I could see a reaction 722 00:36:36,950 --> 00:36:37,530 like that. 723 00:36:38,950 --> 00:36:44,190 But that just shows the sacredness of the 724 00:36:44,190 --> 00:36:47,070 ark and the Ten Commandments and all that 725 00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:47,890 God was doing. 726 00:36:49,330 --> 00:36:50,610 Just amazing. 727 00:36:52,690 --> 00:36:57,410 Anyway, now let's go to the New Testament, 728 00:36:58,410 --> 00:36:59,430 2 Corinthians. 729 00:37:12,380 --> 00:37:14,520 2 Corinthians Chapter 3. 730 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:26,420 Verse 1, let's start reading. 731 00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:30,960 Do we begin again to commend ourselves, or 732 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,660 need we as some others, epistles of commendation 733 00:37:33,660 --> 00:37:35,920 to you or letters of commendation from you? 734 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,500 Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, 735 00:37:40,220 --> 00:37:42,020 known and read of all men. 736 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,280 For as much as ye are manifestly declared 737 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,600 to be the epistle of Christ, ministered by 738 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:54,370 us, written not with ink, but with the 739 00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:57,130 spirit of the living God, not in tables 740 00:37:57,130 --> 00:38:01,410 of stone, but in the fleshly tables of 741 00:38:01,410 --> 00:38:01,910 the heart. 742 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,900 In such trust have we through Christ to 743 00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:10,960 God written, not that we are sufficient of 744 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:16,760 ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but 745 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,860 our sufficiency is of God, who hath made 746 00:38:20,860 --> 00:38:23,960 us able ministers of the New Testament, not 747 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,580 of the letter, but of the spirit. 748 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:30,820 For the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth 749 00:38:30,820 --> 00:38:31,220 life. 750 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,560 But if the ministration of death, written and 751 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,400 engraved in stones, was glorious. 752 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:42,440 And we just read all that. 753 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:44,180 Well, not all of it. 754 00:38:44,260 --> 00:38:45,840 We just read some of that. 755 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,900 The administration of death, written and engraved in 756 00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:53,100 stone, was glorious. 757 00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:56,180 We've seen how glorious it was, and how 758 00:38:56,180 --> 00:38:57,260 sacred it was. 759 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,540 But it was the administration of death. 760 00:39:02,460 --> 00:39:05,720 And the reason was because it was the 761 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:06,080 law. 762 00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:08,900 And the law shows us how we fail. 763 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,320 And it brings condemnation and death to us. 764 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,040 That's what happened. 765 00:39:16,830 --> 00:39:18,650 So Paul is saying here, if the administration 766 00:39:18,650 --> 00:39:21,570 of death, written and engraved in stones, was 767 00:39:21,570 --> 00:39:26,760 glorious, so that the children of Israel could 768 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,760 not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for 769 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,480 the glory of his countenance, which glory was 770 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,320 to be done away, how shall not the 771 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,080 administration of the spirit be rather glorious? 772 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:43,720 Think about it. 773 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:47,620 If that was glorious, the administration of death, 774 00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:50,400 of condemnation, was glorious. 775 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,540 How shall not the administration of the spirit 776 00:39:54,540 --> 00:39:57,300 be much more glorious? 777 00:40:02,450 --> 00:40:03,370 Isn't that amazing? 778 00:40:03,890 --> 00:40:05,190 I think it's amazing. 779 00:40:07,150 --> 00:40:09,050 And that's where we're living. 780 00:40:10,210 --> 00:40:11,310 That's where we live. 781 00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:12,490 That's where we are. 782 00:40:12,890 --> 00:40:13,490 It's our turn. 783 00:40:14,450 --> 00:40:14,630 Right? 784 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,040 If that was glorious, how shall not the 785 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,520 administration of the spirit be rather glorious? 786 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,060 For if the administration of condemnation be glory, 787 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:31,560 much more does the administration of righteousness exceed 788 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:32,000 in glory. 789 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,560 For even that which was made glorious had 790 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,640 no glory in this respect by reason of 791 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:39,620 the glory which excels. 792 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,580 For if that which was done away was 793 00:40:41,580 --> 00:40:45,920 glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 794 00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:47,460 Much more. 795 00:40:51,370 --> 00:40:55,510 Seeing then that we have such hope, seeing 796 00:40:55,510 --> 00:40:58,090 then that we have such hope, we use 797 00:40:58,090 --> 00:40:59,510 great plainness of speech. 798 00:41:01,470 --> 00:41:04,690 The administration of the spirit, how much more 799 00:41:04,690 --> 00:41:09,630 glorious is the time where we're living than 800 00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:10,030 that? 801 00:41:11,050 --> 00:41:12,270 That's what Paul says. 802 00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:13,110 How much more? 803 00:41:14,470 --> 00:41:17,190 How much more responsibility do we have now? 804 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,400 The coming of the spirit of God, the 805 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,860 coming of Christ, first of all, making the 806 00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:32,840 way, opening the way for us. 807 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:36,380 Coming of Christ, opening the way for us 808 00:41:36,380 --> 00:41:41,020 to cleanse our hearts, to cleanse us from 809 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:43,820 sin, the blood of Christ, the resurrection of 810 00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:46,840 Christ, and then the ascension of Christ and 811 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,080 the coming of the Holy Spirit. 812 00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:52,440 How much more glorious is that? 813 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,940 So we have a great responsibility. 814 00:42:12,580 --> 00:42:15,480 We have a great responsibility upon us to 815 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,120 show forth the glory of God. 816 00:42:26,570 --> 00:42:28,350 And that's what He wants to do in 817 00:42:28,350 --> 00:42:29,110 each one of us. 818 00:42:29,490 --> 00:42:30,550 That's what He wants to do. 819 00:42:31,530 --> 00:42:33,110 Show forth the glory of God in each 820 00:42:33,110 --> 00:42:33,670 one of us. 821 00:42:35,540 --> 00:42:39,660 In Acts 17, verse 24, it says, God 822 00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:41,680 made the world and all the things therein, 823 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,420 seeing that He is Lord of heaven and 824 00:42:43,420 --> 00:42:45,680 earth, loveth not in temples made with hands. 825 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,040 Neither is worship with man's hands as though 826 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:53,220 he needed anything, seeing He giveth to all 827 00:42:53,220 --> 00:42:55,460 life and breath and all things, and hath 828 00:42:55,460 --> 00:42:57,820 made of one blood all nations of men 829 00:42:57,820 --> 00:42:59,200 to dwell on all the face of the 830 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,920 earth, and hath determined the times before appointed 831 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,580 and the bounds of their habitation. 832 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:04,760 Why? 833 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,940 That they should seek the Lord, that we 834 00:43:07,940 --> 00:43:08,960 should seek the Lord. 835 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:10,380 That's why He has us here. 836 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,220 He has given us life. 837 00:43:16,580 --> 00:43:17,840 He has given us a time. 838 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:22,320 We're here now until He takes us home. 839 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,060 And He has given us the bounds of 840 00:43:26,060 --> 00:43:27,420 our habitation, where we are. 841 00:43:27,420 --> 00:43:28,720 Isn't that amazing? 842 00:43:29,420 --> 00:43:31,260 We think we decide all these things. 843 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:34,480 Do we? 844 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,980 But God has given us life. 845 00:43:41,660 --> 00:43:43,040 He's given us a time. 846 00:43:43,620 --> 00:43:45,180 He's given us a place. 847 00:43:46,340 --> 00:43:46,820 Why? 848 00:43:47,060 --> 00:43:51,280 That they should seek the Lord, that we 849 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,080 should seek the Lord. 850 00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:56,780 If happily they might feel after Him and 851 00:43:56,780 --> 00:43:59,540 find Him, though He be not far from 852 00:43:59,540 --> 00:44:01,640 every one of us, He's not far from 853 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,420 every one of us. 854 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,320 For in Him we live and move. 855 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:09,300 In Him we live. 856 00:44:09,420 --> 00:44:12,540 He's the one that gives us life and 857 00:44:12,540 --> 00:44:13,620 the ability to move. 858 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,840 In Him we live and move and have 859 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,600 our being because of Him. 860 00:44:23,210 --> 00:44:25,170 As certain also of our own poets have 861 00:44:25,170 --> 00:44:28,210 said, for we are also His offspring. 862 00:44:28,610 --> 00:44:29,950 For as much then as we are the 863 00:44:29,950 --> 00:44:31,890 offspring of God, we ought not to think 864 00:44:31,890 --> 00:44:34,630 that the Godhead is like unto gold or 865 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:37,630 silver or stone, graven by art and men's 866 00:44:37,630 --> 00:44:38,030 device. 867 00:44:39,350 --> 00:44:41,450 In the times of this ignorance, God went 868 00:44:41,450 --> 00:44:44,210 that, but now commandeth all men everywhere to 869 00:44:44,210 --> 00:44:44,650 repent. 870 00:44:45,690 --> 00:44:46,750 He commands us to repent. 871 00:44:47,650 --> 00:44:50,310 Not to think that somehow we can use 872 00:44:50,310 --> 00:44:52,030 our hands and we can build something and 873 00:44:52,030 --> 00:44:55,810 God is impressed or something that we can 874 00:44:55,810 --> 00:45:01,800 worship and use as an idol or any 875 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:02,720 of those kind of things. 876 00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:04,940 But He wants us to repent and come 877 00:45:04,940 --> 00:45:08,420 to Him and serve Him and be in 878 00:45:08,420 --> 00:45:09,160 His presence. 879 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,600 And in His presence, guess what happens? 880 00:45:16,410 --> 00:45:17,190 Idols fall. 881 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:21,670 In His presence, idols fall. 882 00:45:21,810 --> 00:45:22,630 You just read that, right? 883 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,160 Things change in His presence. 884 00:45:30,340 --> 00:45:31,820 Things change in us. 885 00:45:32,780 --> 00:45:33,360 Praise the Lord. 886 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:35,660 It's not us, it's Him. 887 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:37,620 It's Him. 888 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:39,900 If we walk with Him, the presence of 889 00:45:39,900 --> 00:45:42,660 God in us, how are we separated from 890 00:45:42,660 --> 00:45:44,620 people, from the rest of the people in 891 00:45:44,620 --> 00:45:44,920 the world? 892 00:45:46,460 --> 00:45:47,300 Presence of God. 893 00:45:49,690 --> 00:45:52,530 Presence of God in us changes us, makes 894 00:45:52,530 --> 00:45:53,190 us different. 895 00:45:54,590 --> 00:45:55,490 Idols fall. 896 00:45:57,590 --> 00:45:58,570 Sin is overcome. 897 00:46:01,190 --> 00:46:06,500 We bring glory to God to maybe walk 898 00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:07,200 in His presence. 899 00:46:07,980 --> 00:46:08,980 We need His presence. 900 00:46:09,240 --> 00:46:10,480 We need God with us. 901 00:46:11,020 --> 00:46:13,080 We need the Spirit of God filling us 902 00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:16,420 that we can bring glory to Him. 903 00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:22,490 Otherwise, we don't. 904 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,320 So here's our opportunity. 905 00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:37,720 This is our time. 906 00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:38,780 This is when we're here. 907 00:46:39,940 --> 00:46:41,720 We have an opportunity to serve the Lord 908 00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:45,280 and walk in the presence of God, bring 909 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:45,980 glory to Him. 910 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:47,720 Praise the Lord. 911 00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,220 He promised to be with us. 912 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,740 He promised to be with us. 913 00:46:56,510 --> 00:46:57,330 I'm thankful. 914 00:46:58,750 --> 00:46:59,110 Thankful. 915 00:47:01,310 --> 00:47:02,270 Maybe surrender. 916 00:47:02,490 --> 00:47:04,930 Maybe surrender ourselves to the Lord. 917 00:47:07,110 --> 00:47:08,030 Seek the Lord. 918 00:47:09,070 --> 00:47:09,850 Trust in Him. 919 00:47:10,490 --> 00:47:13,030 Let Him go with us where we go. 920 00:47:13,490 --> 00:47:17,970 And He will make us different than the 921 00:47:17,970 --> 00:47:19,050 rest of the people in the world. 922 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:22,100 He will. 923 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:23,740 We can be a light. 924 00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:25,580 Bring people to Him. 925 00:47:26,820 --> 00:47:27,760 Praise God. 926 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:47,440 Well, I 927 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:48,180 guess we'll open it.