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Exodus chapter 32 verse 14, and the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of

bringing on his people. This is one of the most theologically baffling and personally awe-inspiring

and encouraging verses in all of the Bible. So just to make sure we've got the context behind

Exodus 32 14. At the beginning of this chapter, God's people have formed a golden calf and are

bowing down and worshipping it and indulging in all kinds of idolatry and immorality. While

God is meeting with Moses on the mountain giving his law to him and to his people.

And God says to Moses back in verse 7, go down for your people whom you brought up out of the

land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They've turned aside from the way I commanded them.

I've made for themselves a golden calf and have worshipped and sacrificed to it. And God says,

I've seen this people behold as a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone that my wrath

may burn hot against them and I may consume them in order that I may make a great nation of you.

So God is saying this people deserve my judgment and I'm going to pour out my wrath upon them

for their sin. Verse 11 says, but Moses implored the Lord his God and said, oh Lord why does your

wrath burn hot against your people? And he calls on God and the verses that follow to be gracious

and to save his people not to pour out his wrath on them to spare them. And in response to Moses

intercession, verse 14 says, the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on

his people. Oh, do you realize what just happened? Moses prayed and God responded to Moses prayer.

Moses prayer affected what God did. Now that's why I mentioned Theologically Baffling. All kinds of

questions start coming up here. Did God change his mind? And we know the Bible makes clear

the Lord is not a man, not like us. He doesn't change his mind. His will, his purpose is fixed.

And there's a ton we get to talk about in this passage. I preached on it. If you go to radical.net

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