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00:00The Great Sin Up to Exodus 32 we might say Paul's words
00:06in Romans 4 verse 15 applied, where there is no law there is no transgression.
00:12Clearly when Israel pledged total obedience, their hearts were in the right place, but
00:17they had not faced up either to the law or to themselves.
00:21The incident of the golden calf brings home to them their situation as sinners.
00:26The way the story is told fashions its own lessons.
00:30Impatience is a dangerous game.
00:33A quiet spirit that waits confidently needs cultivation.
00:37Do not neglect the strength of fellowship.
00:40Ought not Aaron to have been aware of his own inadequacies as a leader?
00:45Moses seems to have been, since he appointed a team leadership in his absence.
00:50Why did Aaron not bring her into the equation?
00:54Our only recourse when faced with the wrath of God is to run to God.
00:59Divine wrath is easy to understand.
01:01Turning to a false god is equivalent to identifying the true God with our falsity Israel is still
01:06his redeemed.
01:08It was for them he descended to Egypt.
01:11He will always work for the honor of his own name, and keep the covenant promises he has
01:15made.
01:17To break one commandment is to break the whole law.
01:20Turning to another god is ludicrously inexcusable and inevitably leads to loose conduct.
01:27The time when others are defecting is the time to stand up and be counted.
01:32Nothing diverts the Lord from his purpose of saving his people.
01:36Notice the use of now in verse 34.
01:39Now, in this day of sin and deserved wrath, the promised land is still Israel's destination.
01:47Reflection.
01:48Rejoice in our security in Christ.