“And the LORD said unto Moses…” (Genesis 19:9).

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6)            Exodus 19:9-12 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10) And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11) And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:” did not take place in a dream. This was an actual event.

                Exodus 20:1-19 “And God spake all these words, saying, 2) I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7) Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” God spoke the first four of the Ten Commandments to the aural attention of all the children of Israel who stood around the Sinai Mountain. 

“I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt…” (Exodus 20:2)

                9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11) For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13) Thou shalt not kill. 14) Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15) Thou shalt not steal. 16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 18) And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19) And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

                The first four Commandments taught them how to relate to the LORD, their God. The next six taught them how to live among their human selves. They heard the voice of the LORD God clearly as one human speaks to another.

“…the LORD…sat under an oak tree…Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress” [Judges 6:11]

                Judges 6:11-14 “And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12) And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13) And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14) And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?” This is another proof that God came physically down to earth, was seen by man, and had the rarest privilege to stand face to face in discussion with the Adamic race, during the dispensation of the law. It also took place in the New Testament.

Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them (Acts 13:2)

                Acts 13:2 “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” At this time it was in the dispensation of grace or the Church Age. Note the personal pronoun, “Me” and “I” that the Holy Spirit used in reference to Himself concerning the work of evangelism. God has personal interest in the Adamic race, especially, the regenerate humanity.

                Spiritual acquittal and discharge takes place only when one is born again. To be born again, say, with all your heart, this simple prayer:

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”      

(…to be continued…)

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