Get Real (7 of 7)
Series: Walking with Moses
Jeff Strite
Exodus 34:29-35
OPENING: Arthur Tonne tells of an overnight visitor to the White House during the Coolidge administration. Calvin Coolidge was not one of the warmest people to be around - he was well known for his brevity and taciturn nature. Seated at breakfast with President, the visitor determined to attempt to be as ''invisible'' as possible by imitating everything the President did and thus avoiding any possible digressions of etiquette. All went well, until Coolidge began to catch on. Reaching for his coffee, the President poured some of it into his saucer... the visitor followed suit. Then Coolidge reached for the cream and poured a generous amount into the saucer... the visitor did the same. Then Coolidge bent down and placed the saucer on the floor for his cat.
APPLICATION: There is a difference between those who merely get by - who copy, imitate, and fake it - AND those who are ''real'' or authentic about what they believe and do.
I. Moses is an example of someone who ''got real''
Remember Cecile B. DeMille's 10 Commandments?
Do you recall HOW he changed Charlton Heston's look to show this ''God's glory?'' Heston's hair became white and face became wiser and more mature.
By today's standards of film wizardry it looks a little odd, but it was still effective in communicating what God did in Moses' life.
Now think hard again - in the movie - WHEN did Heston undergo this change? Do you remember?
It was when he met God at the burning bush.
But that's not what the Bible tells us. It didn't happen at the bush... Moses took on ''God's glory'' after the 2nd giving of the law - after he trekked up the mountain a 2nd time to receive a copy of God's commandments to replace the ones he broke earlier.
This change took place at the 2nd giving of the law, not the first. Why would Moses change now?
I believe the difference took place because Moses had changed from an attitude of ' ...
Series: Walking with Moses
Jeff Strite
Exodus 34:29-35
OPENING: Arthur Tonne tells of an overnight visitor to the White House during the Coolidge administration. Calvin Coolidge was not one of the warmest people to be around - he was well known for his brevity and taciturn nature. Seated at breakfast with President, the visitor determined to attempt to be as ''invisible'' as possible by imitating everything the President did and thus avoiding any possible digressions of etiquette. All went well, until Coolidge began to catch on. Reaching for his coffee, the President poured some of it into his saucer... the visitor followed suit. Then Coolidge reached for the cream and poured a generous amount into the saucer... the visitor did the same. Then Coolidge bent down and placed the saucer on the floor for his cat.
APPLICATION: There is a difference between those who merely get by - who copy, imitate, and fake it - AND those who are ''real'' or authentic about what they believe and do.
I. Moses is an example of someone who ''got real''
Remember Cecile B. DeMille's 10 Commandments?
Do you recall HOW he changed Charlton Heston's look to show this ''God's glory?'' Heston's hair became white and face became wiser and more mature.
By today's standards of film wizardry it looks a little odd, but it was still effective in communicating what God did in Moses' life.
Now think hard again - in the movie - WHEN did Heston undergo this change? Do you remember?
It was when he met God at the burning bush.
But that's not what the Bible tells us. It didn't happen at the bush... Moses took on ''God's glory'' after the 2nd giving of the law - after he trekked up the mountain a 2nd time to receive a copy of God's commandments to replace the ones he broke earlier.
This change took place at the 2nd giving of the law, not the first. Why would Moses change now?
I believe the difference took place because Moses had changed from an attitude of ' ...
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