God Loves a Cheerful Giver

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

OCTOBER 10, 2021 Exodus 25:1-2 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.” Anyone who grew up in church or who has spent any time in church knows what an “offering” is — it’s giving […]

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

The Point of Meeting With God

OCTOBER 7, 2021 Exodus 24:12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.” Have you ever noticed that mankind is always being summoned to “come up” or directed to […]

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

We Will See Him in All His Glory

OCTOBER 6, 2021 Exodus 24:9-10 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. Though the Aaron and the other men were not permitted to […]

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

Covenants

OCTOBER 5, 2021 Exodus 24:7-8 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do and be obedient.” And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according […]

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

Golden Calves

OCTOBER 4, 2021 Exodus 24:4-5 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of […]

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

Interacting Without Coexisting

October 2, 2021 Exodus 23:32-33 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you. A covenant is a very sacred and intimate relationship and, therefore, Israel was not to make […]