WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

PROCLAMATION

“Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, ‘Who is on The Lord’s side?  Let him come to me.’  And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves unto him.”  Exodus 32:26 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  When The Lord God finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him two tablets of stone upon which He had inscribed the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 31:18)  Then The Lord told Moses to go down the mountain for the people had corrupted themselves. (Exodus 32:7-8)  Moses had been up on the mountain for forty days (Exodus 24:18) and the people did not know what had happened to him. (Exodus 32:1)  So the people told Aaron to make them a god, and he did.  He collected the gold jewelry from the people and made a golden calf.  Then Aaron built an altar in front of the golden calf and proclaimed that they have a feast to honor their new god.  The people were eating and drinking (Exodus 32:6) and running around naked. (Exodus 32:25)  Moses came down the mountain carrying the two stone tablets and met up with Joshua and they could hear the noise coming from the camp. (Exodus 32:15-18)  When Moses saw the golden calf, he threw the stone tablets down and broke them, then he destroyed the golden calf. (Exodus 32:19-20)  Afterwards he chastised Aaron then asked to people to choose which side they were on.  Those who did not come to him and say that they were on The Lord’s side were slain that day. (Exodus 32:21-28)  Moses told those who remained to consecrate themselves and that he would go back up the mountain to The Lord to make an atonement for their sin. (Exodus 32:29-35)

 

APPLICATION

How quickly we forget what The Lord God has done for us and how quickly we return to our sinful worldly ways.  Sometimes we act as if God cannot see what we are doing.  We say things like, “What happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas.”  It angers The Lord God when we turn our back on Him and put “other gods” or whatever we worship before Him. (Exodus 32:10)  We will have to decide if we are on The Lord’s side or not.  We cannot serve two masters. (Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13)  Please choose wisely because there will be very severe consequences for those who make the wrong choice.