Show Me Your Glory, Part 2

Sermon 84 in Series

Exodus 34:6b-9
[6b] “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, [7] keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” [8] And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. [9] And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How does the desire to see God’s glory function as a test for authenticity? Why does it drive us to Scripture and our future hope?
2.   As God describes his name, what characteristics stand out to you? How does it inform or correct your view of him?
3.   How does God’s name hold together mercy and justice? In what ways does this render other “gods” deficient?
4.   How does this passage protect us from presuming on God’s grace? How can mercy or justice be emphasized at the expense of the other?
5.   What does it look like for us to practice God’s name? How does this passage challenge you in the areas of grace, forgiveness, patience, and anger?
6.   How did Moses respond to this revelation? How are you encouraged to bow down and/or lean in?

References: 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 3:2; Exodus 3:14-15; Matthew 12:31; Exodus 20:5; John 1:14; Romans 3:24-25; 2:4; 6:1-2; Luke 6:36; Matthew 6:12; Proverbs 19:11; Psalm 116:1-5.