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WHO IS ON THE LORD'S SIDE? Exodus 32:15-30 Intro: Here we have an example of a "public invitation." 1-I believe in a public invitation. 2-I believe people should not be ashamed to confess Christ after they are saved. 3-I believe people should not be ashamed to consecrate themselves to the Lord's service, as well. This was a crisis in the congregation Moses had brought out of Egypt. The problem was that they had not come out without some contamination. In the midst of the children of Israel was a multitude of people who didn't love God at all. Moses demanded for those who DID love God to step out and identify themselves. I think we need to see that happen in churches today. Not everyone in church loves God. Many people in church are lost, and some of them are just as mean and just as wicked as the devil himself. WHO IS ON THE LORD'S SIDE? I. THOSE WHO STAY RIGHT WHEN THE PREACHER IS AWAY Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. Examples of betrayal behind the leader's back - Absalom and Adonijah A. While Moses was on the mount, the people were in a mess B. While Moses was in intimate fellowship with God, the people were in idolatry and fornication
C. While Moses
was communing with God, getting God's commandments, the people were
corrupting themselves with a golden calf! II. THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST FALSE WORSHIP Exodus 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. Jude exhorted us by inspiration of God to "earnestly contend for the faith" A. FALSE DEITIES
1-The god of Islam is not the
God of the Bible B. FALSE DEPENDENCIES 1-Money 2-Military might C. FALSE DOCTRINES 1-Doctrines of devils 2-Doctrines of man III. THOSE WHO SHUN THE MUSIC AND MORALS OF EGYPT--Exodus 32:17-19 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. A. DANCE MUSIC 1-Contemporary Christian music (CCM) – 2-Christian rock, 3-Christian rap 4-Christ thinks it’s ridiculous B. DEFILING MUSIC 1-Connected with nakedness 2- Connected with Fornication 3- Connected with idolatry C. DEVILISH MUSIC Background music for worship of the golden calf IV. THOSE WHO STEP OUT FROM AMONG THE UNGODLY--Exodus 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. A. IN CHURCH MEMBERSHIP B. IN COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE C. IN COMPANIONSHIP - Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. CONCLUSION: IF YOU ARE ON THE LORD’S SIDE, YOU WILL…. 1-SUPPORT THE CHURCH AND ITS CAUSE 2-STRENGTHEN THE TIE THAT BINDS THE CHURCH TOGETHER 3-SUBMIT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD 4-SURRENDER YOUR ALL TO CHRIST (MEANS, MANNERISMS, MOTIVES) 5-SERVE THE LORD FAITHFULLY, AND PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE SERVING AS WELL. Come to this Old Fashioned Altar this morning and Make a New Commitment to Christ to Follow Closely His Will, His Word, and His Way. |