Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Man Made

Exodus 32:2-4 KJV
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
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.

Because my reading today included both Exodus chapter 31 and 32 I noticed what I considered to be a stark contrast between the two chapters. In chapter 31 God said He would divinely enable men to craft the furniture and instruments of true worship. But in chapter 32 the people (including Aaron) created a calf of their own skills. The people chose a form of worship they could create rather than waiting on the Lord to give them His holy form.

Their form was founded in their lack of patience and waiting upon the Lord
Their form was founded in their lack of faith, not knowing what had become of Moses
Their form wasted the precious gold God had gven them
Their form had claimed to provide the same salvation as God's form (deliverance from Egypt)
Their form even included God's man, Aaron

But
Their form incurred the wrath of Almighty God and
Their form led them into promiscuity and immorality (nakedness) and
Their form produced a celebration (dancing) that was short lived (as Moses had 3000 of them killed)


What we have today is a man made form of godliness in the churches that
Does not produce genuine Christians
Allows for immodestly and immorality and
Though the people believe they have been saved, will eventually lead to their suffered the judgment of God.


God help us have eyes that may see the falsehood of what now exists for Christian worship.
God help us take the Lord's side and destroy in our lives all that is falsely Christian

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