The Golden Calf Volunteering for Slavery 9

Location: West Seattle Campus
Preacher: James Noreiga
Date:10/27/10
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The Golden Calf Volunteering for Slavery - 9
The most bizarre sin in Exodus
God continually is miraculously providing for them - He is saying please remember that I AM the Lord your God
Treason: Denying God's provision in their worship of the calf
Idol: anythign more important to you than God
Anything you seek to give yourself that only God can give you: Peace, comfort, joy, patience, meaning, significance other than God
Romans 5: God has made us slaves of righteousness - instead of slavery to Sin
Romans 1: Trading the Truth for The lie
We cannot truely be enslaved to sin in the same way as we were before Christ - Our identity is different now
Anything that is off of God's metric for truth is a lie, there cannot be two truths, only one
Even when I sin I am not filthy and/or vile, because of the imouted righteousness of Christ
Just because I don't feel like I can ever stop sinning doesn't mean I can't
When the enemy's lies come thay are really lies about God
God has given us the spirit to understand the gifts from God and to understand the works of our enemy - 1Cor2 - The Spirit helps us understand supernatural things
Deacon Stephen says the people rejected Moses - AKA rejected God's man, rejected God - They refused to obey Moses and turned their heart to Egypt - the visible demonstation of their heart was the Calf their Idol
They sef selected slavery to Egypt
They called the Calf the Tetragramiton
How do I make God of my own hands?
Anexiety? - Truth (If I beleieve that Jesus resides inside me because God says so)God is peace and he has given you himself - so you have peace NOT anxiety
Slumber? - Truth (If I beleieve that Jesus resides inside me because God says so) God is active and he has given you himself - so I have his good works to do NOT a lazy disposition
Torment? - Truth....
Deception?
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What does repentance look like?
The tax collector was humble and screamed to God, "I am a sinner please be merciful to me!"