The document discusses the story in Exodus 32 where the Israelites worshiped a golden calf idol while Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments from God. Some key points: - When Moses delayed in returning, the Israelites demanded Aaron make them gods to worship. Aaron fashioned a golden calf. - The Israelites declared the calf to be the gods that brought them out of Egypt. They made sacrifices and celebrations before it. - God was angry at their idol worship and lack of faithfulness to Him alone. He considered destroying them but Moses interceded on their behalf. - Some Israelites were killed for their idolatry. God promised future consequences but allowed Moses to continue leading the people

1. The God People Want
Exodus 32
the cause & effect of idol worship

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3. Exodus Era

4. Lesson
Objective:
At the conclusion of
this lesson, students
will be able to
identify the cause
and effect of idol
worship.

5. Context
God’s covenant with Abraham & promise to multiply
Israel & His fulfillment of that promise
Israel’s slavery & Moses’ call
God’s deliverance
10 Commandments & Book of the Covenant at Mt.
Sinai
Tabernacle & the priesthood

6. Exodus 32:1, pg. 160
1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come
down from the mountain, the people gathered
themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up,
make us gods who shall go before us. As for this
Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

7. James 1:14-15
14 But each person is tempted
when he is lured and enticed by
his own desire. 15 Then desire
when it has conceived gives birth
to sin, and sin when it is fully
grown brings forth death.

8. Where in your life is God’s perfection at the
mercy of your perception?

9. Exodus 32:2-4, pg. 160-161
2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that
are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your
daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people
took off the rings of god that were in their ears and
brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from
their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made
a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O
Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

10. Exodus 32:5-6, pg. 161
5 When Aaron say this, he built an altar before it.
And Aaron made a proclamation and said,
“Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” 6 And they
rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings
and brought peace offerings. And the people sat
down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

11. Exodus 20:3-4
3 “You shall have no other gods
before me. You shall not make for
yourself a carved image, or any
likeness of anything that is heaven
above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth.”

12. What characteristic of God are you most
tempted to whittle Him down to?

13. Psalm 115:4-8
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands. 5 They
have mouths, but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see. 6 They have
ears, but do not hear; noses, but
do not smell. 7 They have hands,
but do not feel; feet, but do not
walk; and they do not make a
sound in their throat. 8 Those
who make them become like
them; so do all who trust in them.

14. The ‘god’ Israel wants:
Doesn’t delay
Has eyes but can’t see
(visible object unable to
observe their sin)
Appears strong but lacks
power (visible object
unable to punish their sin)
Present but does not
require holiness (visible
object unable to demand
their purity)

15. Isaiah 44:20
20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded
heart has led him astray, and he
cannot deliver himself or say, “Is
there not a lie in my right hand?”

16. Exodus 32:7-9, pg. 161
7 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, for your people,
whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way
that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a
golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said,
‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the
land of Egypt!’ ” 9 And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen
this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.”

17. Exodus 32:10, pg. 161
10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn
hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I
may make a great nation of you.

18. Exodus 32:11-14, pg. 161
11 But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, “O LORD, why does your wrath
burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt
with great power and with a might hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With
evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume
them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from
this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your
servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply
your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will
give to your offspring, an they shall inherit it forever.’ ” 14 And the LORD relented
from the disaster that he had spoken of brining on his people.

19. Exodus 32:21-24 , pg. 161
21 And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that
you have brought such a great sin upon them?” 22 And Aaron said,
“Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that
they are set on evil. 23 For they said to me, ‘Make us gods who shall
go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of
the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 24 So I
said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off.’ So they gave it to
me, and I threw it in the fire, and out came this calf.”

20. Following Events (pg. 162):
• Who is on the LORD’s side?
• Death of 3,000 by the sons of Levi
that he might bestow a blessing
• Moses back up to intercede for the
people: “Perhaps I can make
atonement for your sin.” (v. 30)
• God’s response (v. 33-34): But the
LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has
sinned against me, I will blot out of
my book. 34 But now go, lead the
people to the place about which I
have spoken to you; behold, my angel
shall go before you. Nevertheless, in
the day when I visit, I will visit their
sin upon them.”

21. Lesson
Objective:
At the conclusion of
this lesson, students
will be able to
identify the cause
and effect of idol
worship.

22. THE GOD WHO IS:
Responds to the sin of His people
Listens to the prayers of
intercessors
Establishes leaders to uphold His
Name
Allows the consequences to
follow the evil that men commit

23. 1 Timothy 2:5-6
5 For there is one God,
and there is one
mediator between God
and men, the man Christ
Jesus, 6 who gave
himself as a ransom for
all, which is the
testimony given at the
proper time.

24. What would it look like this week for you to
worship the God who Is?