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Speaker 2All right , guys . I know at the end of last week I said it would be Joby this week , but we moved the schedule around a little bit , so I don't know if this is disappointing or exciting
, but it's me again . But today we are going to be talking about attributes , and specifically the attributes of God , and it can be kind of hard to describe someone else's attributes . So I don't know if you've ever been asked to describe somebody else , but every now and then you kind of run aground , you don't really know exactly what to say next . And then , if you've ever been asked to describe your own attributes right , you know , think of , like a job interview or , you know , some sort of dating app or something like that . I mean , that can be pretty difficult because at the same time , especially for us guys , you don't want to come off too cocky but you don't want to come off too passive . And this is part of theanic ones like the Enneagram . If you don't know why it's satanic , go check it out on my show . I give you the receipts but I digress . But then when we talk about describing the attributes of God , that can be really difficult because , depending upon if you're flipping through the Bible and you just land on a page , it might be difficult to kind of surmise exactly what attributes we're talking about
here . So why don't we let God speak for himself ?
Speaker 2So that's what we're going to do this week on the Daily Blade , and we're going to do that by looking at God's word in Exodus 34 , verses six and seven . So I got the idea for this batch of episodes from my pastor of my home church , that's Dr Mark Hitchcock of Faith Bible Church in Edmond , oklahoma . He did a sermon on March the 16th of this year entitled Show and Tell . So I would encourage you guys to go check that out . Of this year entitled Show and Tell . So I would encourage you guys to go check that out , google it , find it so you can watch it or listen to it for yourself . Again , march the 16th . It's called Show and Tell , but his sermon got me thinking specifically about the attributes of God and God in his infinite wisdom . He actually gives us a list of his attributes in Exodus 34 , verses six and seven . But before we get there , we've got to set the stage today , before we dig into those verses , starting tomorrow , so in Exodus 32 , if we go all the way back there while Moses is on Mount Sinai receiving the law from God , right , you know , communing with God .
Speaker 2The Israelites grow impatient and they ask Aaron , his brother , to make them gods right . And so Aaron creates a golden calf and they begin to worship it and they're engaging in basically a gigantic rager around this and they're going all crazy and whatnot . God tells Moses what the people have done and threatens to destroy them , but Moses kind of intercedes on their behalf . Moses descends , he breaks the tablets of the covenant in anger . He kind of goes crazy , destroys the calf , rebukes Aaron , and then he commands the Levites to execute judgment and this results in about 3,000 deaths . And Moses again intercedes for the people , asking God to forgive them and to blot him out of his book . And then God sends a plague on the people for their idolatry . And then , when we get into Exodus 33 , god tells Moses to lead the people to the promised land , but he will not go with them personally due to their stiff-necked nature .
Speaker 2Okay , the people mourn this announcement . They remove their ornaments in repentance and then Moses pitches the tabernacle of the congregation outside of the camp where he meets with God . The Lord speaks to Moses and you know it's described as face to face , as a man speaketh unto his friend right . And then Moses pleads with God to go with him and asks to see God's glory . Now God agrees to show his goodness and to proclaim his name , but he states that no man could see him and live . So that gets us all the way to Exodus
34 .
Speaker 2So I'm going to read the first five verses now out of Exodus 34 from the New American Standard Bible 1995 edition . Now the Lord said to Moses cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones , and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered . So be ready by morning and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain . No man is to come up with you , nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain . Even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain . So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones , and Moses rose up early in the morning and went to Mount Sinai , as the Lord had commanded him , and he took two stone tablets in his hand . The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord . So , guys , we're going to get into verses six and seven of Exodus 34 , starting tomorrow .
Speaker 2But I wanted to point out something that Dr Hitchcock did , something that he taught me as we march our ways towards , or march our way towards , god's words . In Exodus 34 , verses 6 and 7 , we see God provide protection from himself to Moses . Okay , dr Mark Hitchcock calls them firewalls or buffers , and there's four of them that we see here in the text . So in Exodus 33 , 21 , he tells Moses to hide behind the rock . So that's firewall number one . Firewall number two that's Exodus 33 , verse 22 . He tells Moses that he's going to cover him with his hand . Then we see in firewall number three , exodus 33 , 23, .
Speaker 2God is only going to allow Moses the tiniest glimpse of him , right , just the tiniest glimpse . It's basically , you know that stank that you know somebody has when they walk by you and like two or three seconds later you get whether or not they've showered , right ? That's all he's going to be able to let him see , right , he's going to let him see his trail . And then , firewall number four , we have Exodus 34 , verse five . God hid himself partially behind a cloud to filter his full radiance . So a lesson we can derive from this is that God does indeed want to show us his glory , but this side of heaven , we simply can't handle it . So if you're feeling frustrated because you want God to reveal himself to you and his will for your life , just know that his answer , while it may feel incomplete , is for your protection and benefit . All right , guys , come back here tomorrow , where we will get into God's attributes , according to himself .
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