09/11/20 THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD #3 — Moses had just finished repeating and elaborating on the Ten Commandments for the Hebrews. He reminded them that they had been TERRIFIED as earlier the LORD had displayed His Majesty, speaking to them accompanied by earthquake, wind and fire. Moses reminded them how they responded in Deuteronomy 5:24 (CSB), “You said, ‘Look, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and GREATNESS, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that God speaks with a person, yet He still lives.’”

OT and NT the Jews fully expected that anyone who saw or spoke to God face-to-face was (nearly) instantly destroyed. And God only allowed a very few exceptions—one such was Moses himself. The Hebrews FEARED for their very lives. At least for a short time, they seemed to realize their stubborn rebelliousness, unworthiness and sinfulness. But their idea was misguided. They begged for God NOT to speak directly to them anymore—just let Him speak to Moses and have Moses relay the information. It seemed never to occur to them that all God required of them was worship and obedience.

Same goes for us today. The (New) covenant God offers us is that He will forgive our sins and give us a new heart, a new name, etc. in exchange for accepting Jesus’ Lordship, surrendering control of our lives to Him.