Year: 2013

25 July 2013

60. Turn away from the world

We are currently busy discussing Moses’ life and we are looking at the rules that God gave Moses for the Israelites to follow. These rules are called ‘The Law of...
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18 July 2013

59. Entering into God’s presence

God’s Tabernacle was finished and Moses received further instructions from God there. One of the instructions that God gave Moses was that they must celebrate a Day of Atonement once...
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12 July 2013

58. We are God’s Temple

The Tabernacle of God has been built and all the duties of the priests and the people have been assigned to them. I think a lot can be said about...
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5 July 2013

57. Respect God

The tabernacle has been completed and the Israelites did a wonderful job. It was precisely as He had commanded and to show that He was pleased with it, His glorious...
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28 June 2013

56. Listen to God’s instructions

God gave Moses the instructions on everything concerning the building of the Tabernacle and Moses followed all the instructions down to the letter. He did everything exactly as God had...
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20 June 2013

55. Allow God to use you

God continued to give His detailed instructions to Moses on how the Israelites were supposed to be living. He also gave Moses detailed instructions on the building of His tabernacle....
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14 June 2013

54. Glow for God (2)

We can glow just like Moses’ face did after he had spoken with God. We can glow even more, because of the work of the Holy Spirit within us and...
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6 June 2013

53. Glow for God (1)

God is gracious and good. Even after the Israelites worshipped a gold calf, God forgave them and patiently wrote the Ten Commandments again on two stone tablets for them. He...
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31 May 2013

52. Lead us unto the right paths

Last week we saw that sins have consequences and the Israelites quickly learned that lesson after they worshipped the calf of gold. They were quite aware that they were supposed...
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24 May 2013

51. Sin has consequences

The Israelites built their own god the moment Moses went up Mount Sinai to hear God’s instructions. They sent Moses to God, because they didn’t want to hear what He...
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17 May 2013

50. Don’t reduce God to your size

Moses was up on Mount Sinai, in the presence of the Lord, carefully listening to His instructions regarding the Tabernacle, the priests and His covenant with Israel. And whilst Moses...
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9 May 2013

49. Take a stand for God

Moses was up on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights. There the Lord spoke to him and gave him instructions on the building of the Tabernacle, the clothing...
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2 May 2013

48. Each of us has a role to play

God instructed Moses on all the details of how the Tabernacle and all its furnishings, the Ark of the Covenant, the clothing of the priests etc should look like. Everything...
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18 April 2013

46. Spend time with God

Israel accepted God’s covenant with them. Moses announced all the teachings and regulations the Lord had given him to the people and they agreed that they will do everything that...
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12 April 2013

45. Don’t mix with this world

God told Moses that He will bring the Israelites into the Promised Land and that He will destroy all the inhabitants living there now. Why will He destroy them? Because...
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20 March 2013

44. Do not gossip

God wants us to live honorable lives. He wants us to love one another and to reach out to one another, to exalt and to lift up, not to destroy....
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14 March 2013

43. Reach out to others

God is giving and explaining His law to Moses in detail at Mount Sinai. And what is interesting to note is that God is in favor of restitution, in other...
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