Fear, But Don't Be Afraid.
Google Images Anticipation. All the preparations have been made. The people have done all that they were instructed to do. A people, described by God as one that would become “ ...a kingdom of priests and a holy nation ” (Exodus 19:6) awaits the message God has for it. The phrase is remarkably like 1 Peter 2:5: “ ...you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ” This was what God wanted—and still wants—of His children. Moses comes down from a mountain whose display of light and sound has left the people below terrified (Exodus 19:16). He delivers the message known to us as the Ten Commandments. Each one is huge in itself. But it is the first phrase that grabs my attention this morning: “ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery ” (Exodus 20:2). Would the people have remembered how Moses introduced himself to them when he appe...