God Draws Us Near Exodus 24

 

Exodus 24 – God Draws Us Near

 

 

God invites us to draw near, but often we are unwilling to do what is necessary to meet Him.  The Israelites had the Book and the blood, and they made promises to obey God; but they did not have the vision of the glory of the Lord that Moses had on the Mount. God told 70 men to come up into the mountain, but even these men were in a unique position at that time as they were told to worship afar off.  Under the law man must worship afar off but today Ephesians 2:13 tells us, “But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”  God saves us and leads us along life’s pathway today by His grace.

They have been given the Ten Commandments and believe they can keep them.  If you say you do not sin, you deceive yourself.  I John 1:10 “If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.” The best thing to do is not boast of your goodness. Romans 3:10 “There is none righteous, no, not one.”  We live in a day when sin is called good and bad is called good.

All that we know today about God is through the Son. We don’t know how God looks, feels or thinks, because God has told us in Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways… For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts, saith the Lord.”

Moses wanted to see God. If you want to see God, you will have to go through Jesus Christ.  Christ puts one hand in the Father’s hand and one in your hand and brings you and God together.  We do not reach God the Father on our own, and we must recognize that.

 

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.