Built it God's Way

Alright, well good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This is where every day you and I, we get together, we have a little bit of tea. We get into God's Word and we grow in our love for the Lord together. In this year 2022, no 2023, Lord willing, we'll make it from Genesis through Leviticus. Alright, let's have some coffee, we'll pray, and we'll get into God's Word. Alright, let's pray. Father, we thank You so much for this day. What a blessing it is to get to read Your Word and spend time together. We pray that Your Spirit would teach us this morning in Jesus' name, Amen. Alright, so Exodus chapter 37 beginning at verse 10.
He made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, two cubits its width, and a cubit and a half its height. And he overlaid it with pure gold. and made a molding of gold all around it. He also made a frame of a hand-breath all around it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it. And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs. The rings were close to the frame as holders for the poles to bear the table. And he made the poles of acacia wood to bear the table, and overlaid them with gold. He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table, its dishes, its cups, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring." Alright, so we need to ask ourselves three questions. A, what is this about? B, what's the best verse to summarize? See, what did we call it to do? See, what did we call it to do? All right, so what did Bezalel make?
The utensils. OK, he made the utensils. And what were the utensils put on? A table. A table. What else would go on this table? What do you think? Showbread. The showbread, that's right. So how many loads of bread would there be? Six. Twelve. Six and six. Right? Two stacks of six. Twelve of them. Good. And so you have the showbread.
And so what type of wood was that table made out of? Acacia. Why did it need to be made out of acacia wood? Because God said to. Because God said to. And what was... So it was made out of acacia, but then it was overlaid with what? Gold. Gold. Why did it need to be overlaid with gold? Because God said to. Why did it have to be overlaid with gold? Because that way it would be holy. Okay, maybe so it would be holy. Maybe because it's beautiful and that's what God wants. And what were on its four different corners? Horns. What's that? Horns. Oh, not horns. Chairs. Not chairs. A golden calf. Oh, definitely not a golden calf. No, four rings. Four rings. Why would a table need rings at its four corners?
So what type of wood were the poles made out of? Acacia wood. And why were they made out of acacia wood? Because God said so. And then what was overlaid over the acacia wood poles? Gold. Why was it in gold? Because God wanted it to. So, Bezalel, why did he make it this way? Because God wanted him to do it this way. Did he have the skill to do it? Who gave him the skill to do it? God gave him the skill to do it.
And so this is this beautiful picture that not only had God commanded this table to be made in this way, with this size, with these materials, but now somebody is being faithful in actually making it that way. So that's what this is about, the showbread, the table for showbread. I would underline verse 10, and he made the table of acacia wood. That's what I would underline. So let's ask this. What do you think you're called to do after reading this? Obey God. Obey God, good. What do you think, Ellie? What are you called to do? Obey God. Obey God, okay. Bubba, what about you? What do you think this calls you to do?
Should you make a golden table? That would be hard to make in a big slab of wood. Well, it's more like they took their slat wood, made the table, and they almost like painted it with gold. Well, like hammered the gold on top of it, yeah, so it would cover all of it. That's gonna be hard. Yeah, it'd be really hard. It'd be really expensive, too. But I think you guys are right. So, I'm gonna tie this together. What would happen in the tabernacle? What was it? They lit the incense, the incense would burn, the bread was there. What was all that to point to?
God. Well, to God, but prayer and worship, right? And so when God commands something in worship, what should we do? Do it. Why? Because He said so. Why do you think we should do what God says in worship? Because He said we should do what He says. Yeah. Right, because we love Him. He's the one who gets the service, and so we worship Him. Like he wants to. Has God said a church is supposed to be built a specific way? Yeah. Oh, are you sure? Yeah.
What do I mean by church? Where's the church? Oh, where's the church? Who's the foundation stone of the church now? Jesus. Jesus, he's the cornerstone. What's the foundation? God and Jesus. Nope, the apostles and the prophets. And now we're living stones, right? But the physical church building, has God given any special direction for how we need to make the physical church building? Nope. What about the carpet? Has he told us what color the carpet needs to be? No. What about the pulpit? He definitely told us how the pulpit needs to be made. Some people just worship in a shed. Some people worship on stones. Some people just worship in houses. Some people worship on the ground. Some people worship on the ground, but does that mean we get to do whatever we want in worship now?
No. No. We do what? Who says? God says. Why? Because He said so. Because He said so and He's God. Alright, let's pray. Father we thank you so much that you have shown us this pattern. of what is true in heaven, that there is a tabernacle there where our Lord and our High Priest Jesus Christ ministers. And Father, as we seek to worship you now in spirit and truth, we pray that we would do so according to what you have told us to. Lord, we do thank you for your spirit, and we pray that you would give us wisdom. And where we fail, Lord, we pray that you would forgive us. In Jesus' name, amen. May God bless you. May you worship Him in spirit and truth. And we'll see you next time. You guys want to say bye? Bye!
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