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matt

Verse 14 The phrase my presence literally means “my face” in Hebrew.

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matt

Verse 28 Forty days and nights – compare his previous pilgrimage to Sinai also lasting 40days and nights in 24:18

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christadelphianvideo

NO GREATER LOVE

Jesus said, “Greater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15 v 13). Moses said, “The LORD your God will raise up a prophet like me from among you own people.” (Acts 3 v 22) That prophet was Jesus and one of the ways that he and Moses were alike was in their great love and self sacrifice for their people.

When Israel turned away from the LORD and made and worshipped the golden calf, the LORD was so angry with them that he was ready to destroy the whole nation then and there. He said to Moses, “Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them.” But instead of leaving God alone Moses stood in the gap to plead for his people’s forgiveness and turn away God’s wrath.

When Moses had seen for himself what the people had done, he went back up the mountain to confess and plead for their forgiveness. “But now, please forgive their sin – but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.” (v 23). There is no greater love than that – loving his people when all they deserved was to face God’s wrath.

Jesus has done the same for us. He died for us while we were still sinners. He did it so that we could be forgiven and be made at one with God again. Would we do the same for our friends?

Robert Prins

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