Bible Studies

Through Moses, God commands the people to keep the Sabbath - it is a holy day. While we are no longer under the Law, do we make time for God? God then asks Moses to take an offering - from those of a willing heart! God never just takes; He receives. In return, God equips the people to have the knowledge and skill to build the Tabernacle. God also equipped the people to be able to teach others so that they can help. The people gave so much that Moses had to "restrain" the people from bring more! Are we willing to give of ourselves so that the Master can use us to do His work!?

God makes a covenant with His people Israel - He "will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth" and "drive out the inhabitants of the land". God then spells out what the people must do in return. And the people see how Moses' face shone from being in the presence of God.

Even though Israel saw the wondrous works of God during their exodus from Egypt they still turned to idols and worshiped them. And even though God calls Israel "a stiff-necked people", He still replaces the two tablets of stone Moses broke in anger in Exodus 32. We should be so thankful that our Lord does not turn His back on us when we wander from His ways!

The Israelists create for themselves the golden cafe and worship it. Moses pleads on behalf of the people for God not to show His wrath against them. Here we see Moses shepherding heart for the people. As Christians we too ought to be interceding for both the saved and unsaved. Are we?

We are no different than Israel as they waited for Moses to come back from meeting with God. We have seen the Lord's blessings and have even given our promise to follow His way - yet we, like the Israelites in Exodus 32, create false idols and images in our lives and worship them instead of the One True God. May we return to our Lord Jesus today and give Him all of who we are!