PREPARED TO SERVE
Exodus 24:1-11
COME CLOSE TO GOD
V:1. Then he said to Moses,
"Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of
A. One of the things we must learn
is we can’t treat God any way we want.
1. God is not one of the boys or sisters.
2. We must reverence God.
3. Notice God starts His instructions with
Aaron and his two brothers
who would become priest and the seventy
Elders.
4. They came to the base of the mountain with
Moses but
were commanded to stay at the base of
the mountain.
5. They did not have a relationship with
God.
6. The assembly of the seventy elders was
the starting point of the
teaching of reverence.
B. Only Moses went to the
mountain top to meet with God.
1. Moses had shown himself to be obedient
to God.
2. Moses has developed a special
relationship with God.
a. It was a relationship of trust.
b. It was a relationship of total
submission.
c. It was a relationship where Moses
put God first.
3. You can have a special relationship God,
if you
obey, honor, and trust Him.
4. Those who reverence the Lord are
enlightened more than
who are partially devoted to God.
C. Those who don’t know the
Lord can only worship Him at a
distance.
1. People may worship God with their lips
and their hearts be
far away from Him.
2. The newly formed nation of
themselves to God.
4. They had 400 years of idol worship in
slavery and 90 days of
freedom with a slave mentality.
STUDY THE WORD
V:3 When Moses went and told
the people all the Lord's words and laws, they responded with one voice,
"Everything the Lord has said we
will do." 4 Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.
He got up early the next
morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone
pillars representing the twelve tribes of
A. The start of Worship
begins with Bible Study.
1. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by
the Word of God.
2.
Moses took notes in the presence of God.
3. Often times when we leave the church we
quickly forget the text
the pastor preached from.
4. Two are three days later we forget the
message,
5. God gives us the technique to remember
His message:
take notes.
6. Moses didn’t rely on his memory. He
wrote word for word
what God said and read that to the
people.
7. In Bible Study, our job is to interpret
the Word that God has
given to us with the Holy Spirit
guidance.
B. Notice in the text, verse
3, Moses the people ALL the words and
Laws God gave him.
1. We can’t pick and choose what part of
the Word we want to
study and follow.
2. We need an understanding of the entire
Bible.
3. The Bible has some "do's" and
"don'ts". We need the
don'ts as much as the do’s.
C. Your worship of God should
begin early in the morning
1. Start out by putting God at the altar
in your heart.
2. Lift God up first and He will lift you
up
D. The twelve pillow stones
represented the tribes of
1. When we come to God we come as a
family.
2, God established family and family rights
and boundaries.
3. Every family ought to worship the Lord.
BRING A SACRIFICE TO THE
LORD
V:5 Then he sent young
Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as
fellowship offerings to the Lord . 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in
bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of
the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, "We will do
everything the Lord has said; we will
obey."
8 Moses then took the blood,
sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant
that the Lord has made with you in
accordance with all these words."
A. We are in a covenant
relationship with Jesus. That was ratified with
His Death on the cross.
1. God set the blood covenant in motion
staring with
2. God requires sacrifices from us.
3. Notice it was called a fellowship
sacrifice.
4. The sacrifice had several parts.
a. The selection of men who would
serve as priests.
b. The sacrifice of an animal
c. The sprinkling of blood on the altar
signifying the forgives of
their sins.
d. The sprinkling of blood on the
Book (Word of God) and on the
people ratifying the covenant
between God and
B. All the people agreed to
follow God’s commands.
It was the responsibility of the people to
be obedient to God.
1. We have that same responsibility today.
2. The blood of ratification is Jesus.
3. Each day we must agree to follow God’s
commands.
SEE THE GLORY OF GOD
V:9. Moses and Aaron, Nadab
and Abihu, and the seventy elders of
A. This group of men would be
God’s representatives to the Nation
Of
1. God allowed them to come closer to Him
to see His glory.
2. They saw a pavement that God walked
on.
3. It was important to cement the covenant a
with vision of God’s
presence.
4. When you have experienced the presence of God in your
life, no one can make you doubt Him.
5. I assumed the elders were the ones who
proclaim the
word with divine persuasion.
B. Today God has gifted
preachers and teachers to proclaim
Word to His people.
1. We all play a role in proclaiming God's
Word to
those we come in contact with.
1. We must prepare ourselves for the job
with constant
study of God’s Word.
2. We have been sanctified and justified
with blood
Jesus shed on the cross.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor OF Greater
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