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Idol Time (Exodus 32:1-6)
God and idols don't mix.
How is sin causing you to rationalize your attitude and behavior?
What good things are your doing for God to compensate for the idols in your life?
What tangible things in worship are you substituting for the invisible God?
What unbiblical teachings are you embracing that have led to a false view of God and His character?
Advocacy (Exodus 32:7-14)
Love for God and for people leads to intercession.
On whose behalf are you interceding to God?
When you confront a brother, are you more concerned about your reputation or about God's reputation?
Self-Sacrifice (Exodus 32:15-33:6)
Sin leads to loss of fellowship with God.
What sins are you bearing that need to be humbly repented of before God?
In what areas of your life have you yet to submit to God? What are you waiting for?
If anyone, who is it that has paid the price for your sin?
What are you tolerating in your sphere of influence that God views as detestable? What are you going to do to deal with it?
2 comments:
Hi Mike:
I love the way you use questions to get your students to think through their lesson. I was wondering if, in the second question "What good things are you doing for God to compensate for the idols in your life?" you meant "to replace the idols in your life?" might be better since the word "compensate" implies paying back for damages done instead of out of gratitude.
Keep up the good work. God is using you for His glory. Dad
Dad,
Great point regarding the use of compensate. This particular question was dealing with the idea that Israel asked for an idol. Aaron gave them an idol. Then it seems that Aaron, rather than acknowledge his sin, tries to justify it by declaring a Festival to YHWH and sacrificing to Him. I wanted listeners to think about whether or not they were allowing idols (as we all unfortunately do), then trying to do "penance", so to speak, in order to deal with the guilt rather than repenting. These questions might lose some of the context of the lecture they follow.
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