The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, September 25, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, September 25, 2022
Sunday, September 25, 2022(Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity)
TOPIC: ALL THE WORDS THE LORD HAS SPOKEN, WE WILL DO
TEXT: Exodus 24:1-18
1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, September 25, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
All the words of the Lord and all the ordinances were made explicit to Israel by Moses. To avoid any Counterfeit of God's words, God Himself wrote His words, the laws and commandments on tables of stone for Moses. Thereafter, the Book of' Covenant was sealed with blood as Israel affirmed before Moses that they would be obedient to God's words.
However, as time went on, God dealt with them when they showcased their religious syncretism, hypocrisy, stubbornness and deliberate disobedience to God's words. God will not spare us when we disobey Him. It is evil to hold the truth in unrighteousness. It is very dangerous to worship God under His anger due to deliberate disobedience. This will surely bring definite destruction. If we believe and obey God, we will see the dazzling glory of God. Read God's word, memorise the same, meditate on and preach it and above all, act on God's words. Obedience is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams. Rebellion is as the sin of divination. Beware! (1 Sam 15:22-23)
Prayer: Father, in your mercy, enable me to keep and obey all your words in Jesus' name. Amen