THE CALF THE CROSS: THE STORY OF TWO EXCHANGES (15 OF 17)
by Drew Hunter
The Calf the Cross: The Story of Two Exchanges (15 of 17)
Series: Exodus: Delivered to Dwell
Drew Hunter
Exodus 32
Many of you are familiar with the general details of this story. Even if you aren't a Christian, you may have heard of this before.
This is a very easy story to feel a sense of distance from. We don't have golden calves in our homes. This story seems pretty primitive. They look a bit foolish and crazy to us.
But there are actually significant similarities between this story and each one of us. There are similarities between this story and every culture.
At the heart of this story is idolatry. And when we think through what it meant for them to commit idolatry, we will find that we're not that far away from them. Nobody is.
This story shows us the heart of idolatry and why God takes it seriously. And it also hints at the final solution to the problem of idolatry. This story is in the Bible to help us understand ourselves. And it is here to help us understand God.
We'll walk through this in four movements. The exchange of idolatry, the necessity of judgment, the cost of forgiveness, the destruction of idols.
I. THE EXCHANGE OF IDOLATRY (V1-6)
First, the exchange of idolatry.
There are several places later in the Bible that look back on this event. And a common word used to describe it is ''exchange.'' Psalm 106 describes this moment and says, ''they exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass'' (Ps. 106:20). Every act of idolatry involves several exchanges.
1. AN EXCHANGE OF GOD
?The first exchange is an exchange of God. The true God is exchanged for a false one.
Verse 1, ''When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, 'Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'''
Moses is up the mountai ...
Series: Exodus: Delivered to Dwell
Drew Hunter
Exodus 32
Many of you are familiar with the general details of this story. Even if you aren't a Christian, you may have heard of this before.
This is a very easy story to feel a sense of distance from. We don't have golden calves in our homes. This story seems pretty primitive. They look a bit foolish and crazy to us.
But there are actually significant similarities between this story and each one of us. There are similarities between this story and every culture.
At the heart of this story is idolatry. And when we think through what it meant for them to commit idolatry, we will find that we're not that far away from them. Nobody is.
This story shows us the heart of idolatry and why God takes it seriously. And it also hints at the final solution to the problem of idolatry. This story is in the Bible to help us understand ourselves. And it is here to help us understand God.
We'll walk through this in four movements. The exchange of idolatry, the necessity of judgment, the cost of forgiveness, the destruction of idols.
I. THE EXCHANGE OF IDOLATRY (V1-6)
First, the exchange of idolatry.
There are several places later in the Bible that look back on this event. And a common word used to describe it is ''exchange.'' Psalm 106 describes this moment and says, ''they exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass'' (Ps. 106:20). Every act of idolatry involves several exchanges.
1. AN EXCHANGE OF GOD
?The first exchange is an exchange of God. The true God is exchanged for a false one.
Verse 1, ''When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, 'Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'''
Moses is up the mountai ...
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