I. When Moses was delayed in returning from the mountain, the Israelites grew impatient and demanded Aaron make them gods to lead them instead. II. Aaron gathered gold from the people's jewelry and fashioned it into a golden calf for them to worship. III. The people celebrated and made sacrifices to the golden calf the next day.

1. Text; Exodus 32; 1-6
1 When the people saw that Moses was so long
in coming down from the mountain, they
gathered around Aaron and said, “Come,
make us gods who will go before us. As for
this fellow Moses who brought us up out of
Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to
him.” 2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the
gold earrings that your wives, your sons and
your daughters are wearing, and bring them
to me.” 3 So all the people took off their
earrings and brought them to Aaron.

2. 4 He took what they handed him and made it
into an idol cast in the shape of a
calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said,
“These are your gods, Israel, who brought
you up out of Egypt.” 5 When Aaron saw
this, he built an altar in front of the calf and
announced, “Tomorrow there will be a
festival to the Lord.”6 So the next day the
people rose early and sacrificed burnt
offerings and presented fellowship
offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat
and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

3. What was the Text says?
Theme;
The Gathering

4. Why?
 Because he was busy for spiritual
needs of the entire Israelites.

5. Organized a meeting
without Moses
Agenda; Make a Golden Calf
Taken from
Earrings of
Their Wife Daughters Son

6.  The Presence of the Spiritual Leader on
every occasions is a must
 They organized a meeting without Moses.
They are driven and tempted to approved the
wrong resolutions to make an image of a
golden calf as a replacement for the living
God.

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9. Aaron
 He was driven by fear because he saw
the disobedience of the people to
Moses since the first day of their
Journey.
 He was feel comfortable because
Moses was his brother.
 He choose not to take the risk of being
a leader instead he prefer to please
the People.

10. 6 So the next day the people rose early
and sacrificed burnt offerings and
presented fellowship offerings.

11.  I; We need the presence of the spiritual
leaders in our lives.
 II; we must choose wisely because our
decisions can affect our families.
 III; we must live a life to be a pleasers of
God not a pleasers of Man.
 IV; when the people rose up early for the
golden calf as their god, can we rise up
early every Sunday to worship the Living
God?