WITH OR WITHOUT GOD?

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Exodus 33:12–17 NKJV
Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.” So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Main Idea: God desires to manifest Himself amongst His people.

Motivating Idea: God’s people must be hungry for God.

Key Question: Are you ok with a busy, full, successful church without God?

1. We must long for the presence of God more than God’s gifts.

Exodus 33:12 NKJV
Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’

A. Notice the blessings of God. (v. 12)

Exodus 33:12 NKJV
Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’

I. God knows you by name. (v. 12a)

Exodus 33:12 NKJV
Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’
John 10:14 NKJV
I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
Psalm 40:17 NKJV
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.
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2 Timothy 2:19 NKJV
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

II. God extends grace to you. (v. 12b)

Exodus 33:12 NKJV
Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’
Matthew 5:45 NKJV
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Psalm 145:9 NKJV
The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.

B. Notice the blessing of God’s presence. (v. 13-17)

Exodus 33:13–17 NKJV
Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.” So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

I. His presence brings victory. (v. 14)

Exodus 33:14 NKJV
And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 NKJV
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 4:8–9 NKJV
For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

II. His presence brings Him glory. (v. 16)

Exodus 33:16 NKJV
For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
Deuteronomy 4:7 NKJV
“For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
2 Corinthians 6:16–17 NKJV
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”

III. His presence brings intimacy. (v. 13)

Exodus 33:13 NKJV
Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
Psalm 9:10 NKJV
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Colossians 1:10 NKJV
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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