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INTRODUCTION:
Christians often forget the patience of God
and scoffers often mock the patience of God.
ILLUSTRATION:
Robert Ingersoll (the famous atheist) was lecturing,
the famous atheist,
was lecturing,
- he once took out his watch and declared,
- “I will give God five minutes to strike me dead for the things I have said.”
- When the five minutes were up, Ingersoll put the watch into his pocket.
- When the five minutes were up, Ingersoll put the watch into his pocket.
When the five minutes were up, Ingersoll put the watch into his pocket.
Believing he had proven that God doesn’t exist.
But what did he really prove?
When that incident reached the ears of a certain preacher, Joseph Parker,
he asked, “And did the gentleman think he could exhaust the patience of the Eternal God in five minutes?”
When Robert Ingersoll, the famous atheist, was lecturing, he once took out his watch and declared, “I will give God five minutes to strike me dead for the things I have said.”
The minutes ticked off as he held the watch and waited.
In about four-and-a-half minutes, some women began fainting, but nothing happened.
When the five minutes were up, Ingersoll put the watch into his pocket.
When that incident reached the ears of a certain preacher, Joseph Parker, he asked, “And did the gentleman think he could exhaust the patience of the Eternal God in five minutes?”
We live in a culture where we don’t wait.
>>>>>and We get mad when we do.
We expect prompt
We can’t wait 5 minutes without tapping our foot, playing with our phone, or reading a magazine.
We can’t wait 5 minutes without
- tapping our foot,
- playing with our phone,
- or reading a magazine.
Our patience towards one another is often just as inch deep,
Because all it takes is one sin to make us forever bitter and distrustful against each other.
And when we sin, we expect God to turn his back on us as well.
But God doesn’t respond to our sin with bitterness and anger,
But with enduring patience.
Peter asked Jesus about forgiveness -
That comes out of a character of God’s patience.
The Last few weeks we have been studying
- which summarizes the exceeding sinfulness of Israel,
- and the overwhelming forgiveness and love of God.
>>>>The History of Israel is how we know that God is patient with us.
>>>>The History of Israel is how we know that God is patient with us.
gives us the story of God’s patience.
Consider this morning a praticum
What do we learn from Ezra’s prayer about God?
That -
PROP: God is Exceedingly Patient.
Trans: and in the next few weeks our text will show 3 monumental examples of God showing his patience.
This week we will examine the - The first monumental example:
The first monumental example:
Israel forsake God,
(1) Israel Choose Idolatry at Mount Sinai.
(; , )
Nehemiah 9:18-
Neh 9:18-21
This event recorded in Exodus is an appalling story of Israel’s sin.
The Bible even starts out by saying, “even when”
The Bible even starts out by saying, “even when”
We often marvel at the hard hearts of Israel - Because
We often marvel at the hard hearts of Israel - Because
Slide
God has just delivered Israel with 12 incredible plagues.
Each which demonstrated the awesome power of God against every other empty idol.
Each which demonstrated God’s care and provision for Israel.
And then he parts the red sea and crashes it upon the Egyptians that are chasing Israel.
God’s mighty hand literally brought Israel out of Egypt.
And so we would expect a grateful nation.
We would expect them to be faithful at least for a little while.
But according to ,
Israel in a short time comes to Mount Sanai.
God tells Moses to go on top of the Mountain.
And God’s very presence manifests itself on that mountain.
Exodus 19:16-20
A simple, unsophisticated, and honest observation of this should have done what?
The
Slide
(a) The Wonders of God in the Exodus and the awesomeness of God's presence on Mount Sinai should have caused them to love and fear God.
EXPLANATION:
We often think, if only we saw a miracle from God, we would live more faithful lives?
If we only saw a miracle, we would know that we should follow God.
> But again this nation has seen numerous miracles and has actually seen the powerful manifestation of God.
> God's presence is echoing a giant storm of lightning and thunder, which is so awesome it puts everyone on their knees in fear.
Yet, when we read , we learn that they commited idolatry in the midst of God’s presence.
That is when they worshipped the golden calf that Ezra talks about.
Most likely, they committed idolatry while they could still see the awesome quaking presence of God on Mount Sinai.
And so read what they do -
Exodus 321-8
(b) Their Idolatry was an impatient response to waiting on God.
(, )
“When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain”
What was Moses and God doing on the mountain?
And the idea is that Moses was receiving the Law.
That is primarily what is found in .
Israel was so impatient that while they were looking up at the very presence of God on Mount Sinai, they could not wait 40 days for Moses hear the law and come down and tell it.
ILLUSTRATION/APPLICATION:
We often talk about how modern culture makes us inpatient; but Israel couldn't even be patient without
phones
cars
TV
while looking up the most amazing sight that anybody ever seen.
[[[I mean, why not just sit down and watch the amazing sight of God on the mountain, but instead they got impatient and bored.
]]]
This is the scene that we all druel over wishing we had seen it.
Our patience problem is not because of technology or a modern problem; it is principally a heart problem.
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