Exodus 32 - Proverbs 8 - John 12 - Ephesians 1

Exodus 32
- The people were impatient and made Aaron create a god for them to worship.
- Why did Aaron give in and lead them into sin?
- Why didn't the people worship the pillar of fire?
- The people worshipped the golden calf.
- Moses told God not to totally destroy the people because it would look bad to other nations that God saved the Jews to kill them all.
- Moses went down the mountain with the 2 tablets and Joshua.
- Moses became angry and smashed the tablets and ground up the idol and made the people drink it.
- Aaron's excuse seems lame, he said he put the gold into the fire and a calf came out.
- Moses asked the people who was on the Lord's side and the Levites were.
- Moses commanded them to go and kill their brothers and friends who had sinned.
- The Levites were now servants of the Lord.
- Moses went back up the mountain to plead for forgiveness for his people.
- They refer twice to "the book" and having names written in it.
- The Lord sent a plague on the people for their sin.
- Can the people be responsible for keeping the commandments BEFORE Moses had given them to the people?

Proverbs 8
- Through wisdom comes righteousness.
- Wisdom was with God before, during, and after creation and wisdom is a delight to God.
- Fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
- Riches and honor come by wisdom.
- Wisdom delights in the children of man
- Does this refer to the Garden of Eden?
- Wisdom leads to favor from God and to life.

John 12
- Jesus visits Lazarus and Mary 6 days before the Passover.
- Mary wipes Jesus' feet with expensive oil and Judas rebukes her for not giving the money to the poor.
- We see that Judas didn't care about the poor, but about the money, which he had been using part of for himself.
- How could Judas sin against Jesus before Satan enters him to betray Jesus?
- The priests wanted to kill Jesus and Lazarus because many people began believing in Jesus.
- Jesus rode into town on a colt (fulfilling an OT prophecy) and the people celebrated Him.
- Why does verse 20 specify that it was Greeks who came to Jesus?
- Jesus says that in order to be fruitful He must die, like a seed that falls to the ground.
- Jesus tells the people that He was there to die.
- A voice spoke about Him like thunder. Jesus states that the voice was for them not for Him.
- The people wondered how the Christ could die when He was to live forever.
- Jesus hid from those who refused refused to believe in Him. Their hearts were hardened.
- Isaiah had spoken of Christ's glory because he had seen it.
- Some believed but didn't acknowledge it because they like the praise of people more than the praise of God.
- Jesus says He is speaking for God who will ultimately judge them.

Ephesians 1
- Paul greets the Ephesians with grace and peace a combination of a Greek and a Jewish greeting (we learned about this in church last Sunday)
- We were chosen in Him before the creation of the world.
- By grace He predestined us and elected us to be adopted into His kingdom.
- By grace we have been forgiven of our sins and trespasses.
- He has given believers wisdom.
- Through Christ, God is uniting all of His creation again.
- Paul remembers when they believed in Christ and received the Spirit themselves.
- Having the Holy Spirit ensures we have received an inheritance.
- Paul continually rejoices and prays for the Ephesians.
- He prays that they will rejoice in their inheritance and in the fact that God raised Christ to sit as His right hand in heaven.
- God put all things under Christ's feet and made Him head of the church.
- The church is Christ's body.
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