Exodus 33 - proverbs 9 – john 12 – Ephesians 2

Exodus 33
- The Lord told Moses that He’d send an angel before them into the land to destroy the people already there.
- The Lord also said He would not go with them because He’d get angry with the stiff necked people and destroy them.
- The people mourned this word and took off their ornaments.
- Moses would go to the tent of meeting outside the tent.
- Whenever Moses entered the tent a pillar of cloud would descend and God would talk to Moses face-to-face.
- Can a man talk to God face-to-face without dying?
- Moses asked God to show him His plans.
- Moses said he didn’t want to go on without God present with the people.
- Moses knew that God being with them was the only thing different about the Jews from other people
- Moses saw the back side of God in His glory, but a man cannot live and see God’s face.
- God put Moses in a cleft in the rock until He had passed by.
- Could Adam and Eve see God’s face in the Garden of Eden
Proverbs 9
- What are wisdom’s 7 pillars?
- If you correct a wise man he will love you (so I should love correction)
- Fear of the Lord is beginning of wisdom and knowledge of God is insight
- Wisdom adds days to your life.
- Folly can be seductive
- Folly leads to death and Sheol.
John 12
- Did this chapter yesterday
Ephesians 2
- We were all once dead in our trespasses and sins.
- We were all children of wrath (since the time of the Fall)
- In God’s great love He chose to save us through sending His Son.
- We have been seated in heaven and gave us riches in Christ Jesus.
- We have been saved by faith, which is not our own doing, but God’s doing so that no one can boast.
- God created works for us to do before hand (probably referring to before time began)
- No person can take credit for anything good done or for saving themselves from avoiding God’s wrath. It is only possible through His saving grace though His Son.
- Paul reminds the Ephesians of their hopeless, helpless estate before God called them to Himself
- They have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
- He is our peace because we can now come to Him now that the Law has been done away with.
- Jesus’ death on the cross took away the hostility which existed between God and man once sin entered the world.
- The Spirit gives us access to God
- They are now a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit and part of the House of God