When Moses climbed Mount Sinai to received the Ten Commandments from God, after 40 days the people tired of waiting for his return. They even wondered if he had perished. The people approached Aaron to help them make an image to worship. God was not enough. They wanted something they could touch and feel and admire. They loved the way it glistened in the sunlight. They loved that the calf was made by their own hands.

God is spirit, and therefore cannot be worshiped as an image.  In case this story in the Bible is not fresh and clear in your memory, let me place the Scriptures here for you to read:

Exodus 32   KJV

 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

 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:

 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.

 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

 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.

 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?

 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.

 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.

 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord‘s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

This Scripture comes to my mind:

 ^“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me” (Matthew 15:8).

Your relationship with Jesus Christ should affect every decision you make

Do you believe that the Word of God is inerrant? Do you believe that every Word of the Bible is for our good?

All that glitters is not godly

Many Evangelicals have given up on God. Instead, they are in search of their golden calf which they found in one, Donald Trump.  I’ve heard every rationalization of why their choice is okay with our God:

“We are not choosing a pastor in chief.”

“He who is without sin, cast the first stone.”

“He is the one whom God chose for such a time as this.”

“Do not judge….”

Could they really mean…..

“We are tired of waiting for the American government (Moses) to get this country in order.  We want what we want NOW and Donald Trump (Golden calf) has what it takes to give it to us.”

Where does God fit into this scenario?  Oh, He is there, but these people know better than He does – or so they think.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55: 8-9)

As for me and my house – we will serve the Lord. And we will pray to Him over every important decision we make.

May God’s people repent and turn to Him. May God have mercy on America once again.

MARANATHA