Agreement to Follow GOD

Agreement to Follow GOD

Exodus 19: ⁷ So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. ⁸ Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord. ⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.”

 

So Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.

 

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Moses did a lot of walking at the age of eighty. He went up the mountain to hear from GOD and was told to obey HIS voice and keep HIS covenant. Moses then walked back down the mountain and told them what GOD said. The people agreed to follow GOD.

 

My Observations:

• GOD was establishing Moses as the person HE would talk to.
• The children of Israel did not know that GOD was about to change their mindset.
• Moses was now established as a judge, priest and leader of the children of Israel.

 

The first five books of the Bible are called the Torah or the Pentateuch. These books, written by Moses,  include Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. GOD dictated to Moses what HE wanted to be revealed and remembered. In this passage, GOD is establishing Moses as the one who would bring the Law to humans.

 

Moses also had the task of announcing JESUS, without knowing he was doing so. The words of the Law would never go away, however, the Law would be fulfilled in CHRIST, who never broke a single Law. Over 600 laws would be given in the upcoming chapters and books. The people agreed to follow the laws and did not know what they were agreeing to.

 

Challenge

• Why does GOD remind Moses about his travel up and down the mounting, exchanging conversations between the children of Israel and HIM?
• Have you ever agreed to follow GOD but found yourself reluctant when you truly discovered what it meant?
• Can you seen that loving one another fulfills all the law and that should be your pursuit versus trying to be perfect?