Pastor Bobby Lugo finishes Exodus 35 and opens the first seven verses of Exodus 36, where God names Bezalel and Oholiab, fills them with his Spirit for every kind of craftsmanship, and the people bring so much for the tabernacle that Moses has to tell them to stop giving.

The sermon argues that this outpouring is not the work of people who suddenly became good. It comes right after the golden calf of Exodus 32, after Moses interceded and God renewed the covenant. The same gold once melted into an idol is now carried in for God's dwelling place. Grace always precedes obedience, and the sermon sets that order against legalism, which says obey and perhaps God will accept you.

From there Pastor Bobby Lugo traces the pattern through Scripture: God supplies what he commands, giving wisdom, skill, materials and even the willing heart. Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4 show gifts given by grace for service, Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 36 promise a new heart, and John 1 shows the Word tabernacling among us. The tabernacle was a shadow; Christ is the reality, and the church is now the dwelling place of God by his Spirit, headed for the day when God dwells with his people in a new heavens and new earth.

In this sermon

• A call to pray for Brother Arturo and his family after the loss of his Nana
• Moses must restrain the people from giving because the materials are more than enough
• Bezalel and Oholiab are named and filled with the Spirit for wisdom, skill and teaching
• The flow of Exodus 32 to 35: sin, mercy, forgiveness, covenant renewal, obedience
• Legalism says make yourself worthy; the gospel says Christ has made you righteous
• God does not merely give commands, he supplies what the command requires
• Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4 on gifts given by one Spirit for service
• Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 36 promise the law written on the heart and a heart of flesh
• The gold once used for the golden calf is now given for God's sanctuary
• John 1:14 uses tabernacle language: the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
• Ephesians 2 describes the church built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit

Chapters
0:00 Prayer for Brother Arturo and his family
1:07 The context: more than enough given
4:58 Reading Exodus 35:30 through 36:7
8:19 God calls Bezalel by name
9:22 From the golden calf to covenant renewal
13:28 Legalism compared with the gospel
16:50 God supplies what he commands
19:37 Gifts given by grace for service
26:50 A new heart that wants to obey
34:57 The tabernacle was a shadow of Christ
38:13 I will build my church
44:55 The church as God's dwelling place
49:14 Does obedience still matter?
54:59 Closing prayer

Scripture: Exodus 35:30-35 · Exodus 36:1-7 · Exodus 32:1-6 · Exodus 32:30-35 · Exodus 33:12 · Exodus 34 · Romans 12:1 · Romans 3 · Romans 12:3-8 · 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 · Ephesians 4:7-11 · Jeremiah 31:33 · Ezekiel 36:26-27 · Philippians 2:12-13 · John 14:15 · 1 John 4:19 · Exodus 25:8 · John 1:14 · John 2:19-21 · John 14:6 · Matthew 16:18 · Ephesians 2:19-22 · 1 Corinthians 3:16 · 2 Corinthians 6:16 · 1 Peter 2:4-5 · 1 Timothy 3:15 · Ephesians 4:31-32 · Titus 2:11-12 · Revelation 21

About Mercy and Grace Church
Mercy and Grace is an expository preaching church in National City, California, committed to preaching Christ, and him crucified, by Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone. Each week Pastor Bobby Lugo and our teaching elders walk verse by verse through God's Word.

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