November 8, 2025 Morning Devotional

Morning Devotion: Read Exodus -

Exodus 32:7  And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8  They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9  And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10  Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11  And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12  Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13  Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14  And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

If we all received what we deserve we would all be destroyed. God had this in mind when He saw Israel in corruption, singing and dancing and playing and fornicating before an idol of Egypt all to their shame.

May I remind you, we are all of the same corruption and are bent toward this kind of activity, we are all stiff-necked. We all should receive the wages of our sins. But by the grace of God the believer in Christ Jesus is spared.

Romans 3:10  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Romans 3:23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

We were born this way because of Adam’s sin which was passed down to all of us.

Romans 5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

There is great grace with God in that He wants all men to turn from corruption and trust Jesus to save them from the penalty of sin.

Romans 5:8  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In our text, Moses brings up the fact that God had established a covenant with Israel.

“Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.” (Verse 13)

God kept His word and chose not to destroy Israel as a whole. We will find that those who actually worshipped the idol were indeed destroyed while the rest of Israel was not.

We are all accountable to God for our sins, our actions, whether by commission or omission.

Ezekiel 18:4  Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

My lost friend, the Lord has made a covenant with you as well. If you would turn from sin and self (thinking you can save yourself) and place your faith and trust in Jesus, He promised he would save your soul.

Romans 10:9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Christian, we are also responsible to God for what we do. Would you chose to live right before the Lord who saved you?

The choice is still yours,

Pastor Cook