The Book of the Covenant Exodus 20:18-21
The Book of the Covenant They are comparable to our Bill of Rights. 6 a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (19:6)
The Book of the Covenant The Peoples’ Answer (Exodus 20:18-21). 18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance (Exodus 20:18)
Exodus 20:19 19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
Exodus 20:20 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
Exodus 20:21 21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
The Book of the Covenant Scared to Death
The Book of the Covenant Someone Help Me 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. (Deut. 5:25)
The Book of the Covenant Holy Fear Supplants Holy Terror 28 The LORD heard you when you spoke to me and the LORD said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good. (Deut. 5:28)
Deuteronomy 5:29 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!
The Book of the Covenant What about Our Holy Fear? Fostering Humility Via Seeing 8 “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” (Luke 5:8)
Hebrews 12:22 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
Hebrews 12:23 23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,
Hebrews 12:24 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
The Book of the Covenant Humility is the Antidote to Deafness 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. (2 Cor. 3:17)
2 Corinthians 3:18 18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Hebrews 12:25 25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
The Book of the Covenant Exodus 20:18-21