One in Messiah Congregation March 17-18, 2006
Parshah: Ki Tisa -
Many Kings of Israel & Judah did evil in the sight of
the Lord
Some questions to think about:
Agree to disagree?
TOLERANCE?
Political correctness?
Agree to disagree with unbelievers? NO!
Agree to disagree by not preaching the Gospel to people
of other religions? NO!
Agree to disagree with all doctrines? NO!
Agree to disagree in fellowship with unbelievers? NO!
Agree to disagree in making covenants with
unbelievers? NO!
Agree to disagree calling God, Allah or any other name?
NO!
Agree to disagree that Israel is the home
of the Catholic, Protsetants and Islam? NO!
Be politically
correct by calling Israel, Palestine?
NO!
Pss.96
[5] For
all the gods of the nations are idols
: but the LORD made the heavens
.
Deut.32[
39] See now that I, even I,
am he, and there is no god with me
: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there
any that can deliver out of my hand.[40
] For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.[
41] If I whet my glittering
sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine
enemies, and will reward them that hate me.[42
] I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword
shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,
from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Isa.43[
10] Ye are my witnesses, saith
the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me,
and understand that I am he: before me there was no
God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isa.44[
6] Thus
saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am
the first, and I am the last; and
beside me there is no God.[
7] And who, as I, shall call,
and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient
people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto
them.[8] Fear ye not, neither
be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are
even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there
is no God; I know not any.
Isa.45[
5] I
am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:
[14] Thus saith
the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans,
men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall
come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto
thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee;
and there is none else, there is no God.
[21] Tell
ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared
this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD?
and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a
Saviour; there is none beside me.
Hos.13[
4] Yet I am the LORD thy God
from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but
me: for there is no saviour beside me.
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St. Patrick
, along with
St. Nicholas, and
St. Valentine are catholics.
Who are they? Make a day for them? ( This world is no
different then in the scriptures, very sad )
Rom.1[
19] Because that which may be
known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.[
20] For the invisible things
of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by
the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they
are without excuse:[21] Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.[
22] Professing themselves to
be wise, they became fools,
the Creator,
who is blessed for ever. Amen.
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Exod.20
2] I am the LORD thy God
, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage.
the First Commandment
[3]
Thou shalt have no other gods before me
. [4] Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth:[5] Thou shalt not bow down thyself
to them, nor serve them: for
I the LORD thy God am a jealous God
, Deut.13 [
1] If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,[2
] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof
he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods
, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;[
3] Thou shalt not hearken unto
the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God
proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul.[4] Ye
shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments,
and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.[
5] And that prophet, or that dreamer
of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from
the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed
you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD
thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the
midst of thee.
[6] If thy brother,
the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom,
or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying,
Let us go and serve other gods
, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;[
7] Namely, of the gods of the people
which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one
end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;[
8] Thou shalt not consent unto him,
nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou
spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:[9
] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon
him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.[
10] And thou shalt stone him
with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the
LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage.[11] And all Israel
shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among
you.
[12] If thou
shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee
to dwell there, saying,[13]
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have
withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let
us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;[
14] Then shalt thou inquire,
and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing
certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;[
15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that
city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein,
and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.[
16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into
the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all
the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap
for ever; it shall not be built again.[17
] And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to
thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew
thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers;[18] When thou
shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments
which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the
LORD thy God.
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Aaron -
molten calf - graven image-
made a feast
Read all of the chapter
Exod.32[
1] And when the people saw that
Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before
us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we wot not what is become of him.
[19] And it
came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the
calf, and the dancing: and
Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake
them beneath the mount. [20]
And he took the calf which they
had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it
upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
[24] And I said
unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it
me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this
calf.
[35] And the
LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made.
Deut.4[
12] And the LORD spake unto
you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice
of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
[15] Take ye
therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner
of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you
in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:[16
] Lest ye corrupt yourselves
, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any
figure, the likeness of male or female,[17
] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness
of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,[18
] The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground,
the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:[
19] And lest thou lift up thine eyes
unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even
all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them,
which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
recap of Exod. 32
Deut.9[
16] And I looked, and, behold,
ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten
calf: ye had turned aside quickly
out of the way which the LORD had commanded you
[20] And
the LORD
was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him:
and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.[
21] And
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and
burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it
was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended
out of the mount.
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read all of Neh. 9
Neh.9[
18] Yea, when
they had made them a molten calf, and
said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations;
Jeroboam
1Kgs.11[
26] And
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite
of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah,
a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.[
27] And this was the cause that he
lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the
breaches of the city of David his father.[28] And the
man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that
he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph
.[29
] And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad
himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:[
30] And Ahijah caught the new garment
that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:[31
] And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for
thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out
of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:[
32] (But he shall have one tribe for
my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel:)[33
] Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth
the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the
god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which
is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David
his father.[34] Howbeit I will
not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all
the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he
kept my commandments and my statutes:[35
] But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will
give it unto thee, even ten tribes.[36
] And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant
may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen
me to put my name there.[37]
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth,
and shalt be king over Israel.[38
] And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with
thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel
unto thee.[39] And I will for
this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.[40
] Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam
arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until
the death of Solomon.[41] And
the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they
not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
1Kgs.12[
28] Whereupon the king took
counsel, and made two calves of gold
, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
behold thy gods
, O Israel, which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt.
[32] And
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the
fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that
is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing
unto the calves that he had
made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
2Kgs.10[
29] Howbeit from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu
departed not from after them, to wit,
the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
2Kgs.17[
16] And
they left all the commandments of the LORD their God
, and made them molten images, even
two calves, and made a grove, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
-- Jeroboam changed the Lord's Word
2Chr.11[
13] And the priests and the
Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.[
14] For the Levites left their
suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for
Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the
priest's office unto the LORD:[
15] And
he ordained him priests for the
high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made
.
Exod.28 [
1] And take thou unto thee
Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel,
that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and
Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.[
2] And thou shalt make holy garments
for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.[3
] And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted,
whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments
to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
[41] And thou
shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons
with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
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2Chr.13[
8] And now ye think to withstand
the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great
multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which
Jeroboam made you for gods.
Hos.13[1
] When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself
in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.[2
] And now they sin more and more, and have made them
molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding,
all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them,
Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
[3] Therefore they
shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the
chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke
out of the chimney.[4] Yet I
am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou
shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Num.33[
52] Then ye shall drive out
all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and
destroy all their pictures pictures, 2
Num_33:52
, Pro_25:11
, conceit, 1,
Pro_18:11
(2), image, 1, Lev_26:1,
imagery, 1,
Eze_8:12,
wish, 1, Psa_73:7
Lev.26[
1] Ye shall make you no
idols nor graven image, neither
rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in
your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
[30] And I will
destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases
upon the carcases of your idol
s, and my soul shall abhor you.
Deut.29[
17] And ye have seen their abominations,
and their idols, wood and stone,
silver and gold, which were among them:)
1Sam.15[
23] For
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and
idolatry. Because thou hast rejected
the word of the LORD, he hath also
rejected thee from being king.
1John.5
[21] Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
[23] And
changed the glory
of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.[
24] Wherefore God also gave
them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour
their own bodies between themselves:[25
] Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature more than
[2] And Aaron said unto them,
Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your
sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.[
3] And all the people brake off the golden earrings
which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.[
4] And he received them at their hand,
and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten
calf: and they
said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt. [5
] And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar
before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the
LORD.
[8]
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they
have made them a molten calf
, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said,
These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.
[42] And the time that Solomon
reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.[
43] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
stead.
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