March 3 Readings

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Today's Reading Exodus 34-35; James 3
Exodus 34 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Exodus 35 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Exo 34
1-9 Moses returned to Mount Sinai with new stone tablets to replace the ones he broke the original stone tablets in anger when he approached the camp (ex 32.19). God gave instructions and spoke again to Moses face to face saying that He was a God of Love and Judgement.

34.10-16 The Mosaic covenant (Ex 9-24) was renewed . This was a conditional covenant based on obedience. IF obedient God would drive out the inhabitants out of the land. The people were to be careful not make treaty with the inhabitants or intermarry with them. This also applies today to us, as bron-again believers, we are in this world but we are not of the world.

2Co 6:4 (NIV) Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."
18 "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
2Co 7:1 Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Ex 34.17 Do not make cast idols
Moses brother did this very thing by making the golden calf in Ex 32.The Apostle John reminds us in 1Jo 5:21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. An idol is any object of affection that replaces our love for God. It could be a statute, person, ambition, toy, desire, etc..

Ex 34.18-28 The Feast of the Unleaven Bread, Sabbath, offering of first fruits are mentioned. God must be kept first in our lives, how we spend our money, time and entertainment. He does not want the leftovers or rejects that we habitually give him.

29-35
After forty days and night, Moses came down from Sinai, he was unaware that his face was radiant because he was with God. The people were afraid to come near Moses. The Apostle Paul mention this event as an illustration in 2 Cor 3. 13-18

2Co 3:13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away.
14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Exodus 35
The passage spoke about keeping the Sabbath to honor God (1-3). We are suppose to honor God by keeping the Sabbath day holy. As Christians we recognize Sunday, as the DAY OF REST. We should look behind the intent of the Sabbath instead of spliiting hair about whether it should be Saturday.
The Tabernacle was made not by Moses, Aaron, Bezalel and Oholiab alone. Everyone in Israel helped and contributed to the materials and helped in the construction of the tabernacle and its furnishings. So it is with a church, the church is not the pastors, elders and deacons. No, the church survives because everyone builds.

Another Link to Tabernacle.
Arthur Pink: Gleanings from Exodus, see chapters related to tabernacle

Other Links
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 3 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 4 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Exodus
Scott Grant on Exodus

James 3 with Commentaries, verse by verse
In James 3, James spoke about the danger of the tongue. Such a small organ in the body can cause as must damage to a person's emotional well-being. James likened the tongue a bit in the mouth of a horse or a small rudder in a ship. Such small things can steer such a large object. So is the tongue, it can build up or destroy. The book of Proverbs has a lot to say about the tongue.(Prov. 10.18-21). James also spoke about two kinds of wisdom in the world. The first is an earthly, unspiritual and devilish while the second type of wisdom comes from heaven and is pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, merciful, has good fruits, is impartial and sincere. This is similar to the comparison of the works of flesh and the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5.

Other Links
James, Introduction, Outline, and Argument
Calvin on James
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on James
Miller on James 1
Piper on James

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.