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  • The Ark, the Table, the Lampstand and the Altar | Exodus 37:1-29
    Oct 21 2026

    Exodus 37 records Bezalel's construction of the furniture for the tabernacle — the ark with its mercy seat, the table for the showbread, the golden lampstand, and the altar of incense. Pastor Bobby Lugo walks through the chapter piece by piece, asking of every cubit and ring and gold molding the same question: what does this tell us about who God is?

    The sermon begins by pressing the point that God is not confined to a building. The tabernacle was the place where He dwelt among His people then; Jesus is the dwelling place of God now, and the Spirit indwells all who believe. From there the sermon takes each item in turn — the jar of manna, Aaron's budded staff and the tablets of the covenant kept in the ark; the blood sprinkled on the atonement cover once a year; the twelve loaves renewed each Sabbath; the perpetual flame; the incense that pictures the prayers of God's people.

    The second half turns to Christ as the fulfillment of all of it: the bread of life, the light of the world, the one who comes in to eat with us, and the great intercessor whose prayer in John 17 reached everyone who would believe. The sermon closes where the church closes every week, coming boldly to the throne of grace — the same word used for the mercy seat.

    In this sermon

    • The house of God is not a building; God dwelt in the tabernacle, then in Jesus, and now by His Spirit in His church
    • Bezalel, called the Leonardo da Vinci of the Hebrews, built the ark himself according to the instructions of Exodus 25
    • The ark held the jar of manna, Aaron's budded staff from Numbers 17, and the tablets of the covenant
    • Those three items show God as provider, ruler and covenant keeper
    • Martin Luther's German translation gave us "mercy seat" for the atonement cover, capturing the theology of Leviticus 16
    • The table of showbread marked Israel as set apart for service and bound to God by a covenant meal
    • The lampstand burned perpetually in a tent that would otherwise be pitch black, picturing God as the giver of light and life
    • Strange incense was forbidden; God determines how He is to be worshiped, and Psalm 141 and Revelation 8 tie the incense to the prayers of the saints
    • Jesus speaks tabernacle language when He calls Himself the bread of life and the light of the world

    Chapters
    0:00 The house of God is not a building
    2:08 Why people do not feel at home with God
    7:29 Reading Exodus 37 together
    11:56 The ark of the covenant built first
    14:51 Manna, Aaron's staff and the tablets
    22:39 The atonement cover and the mercy seat
    28:03 The table and the twelve loaves
    31:54 The lampstand burning in the darkness
    36:33 The altar of incense and the prayers of the saints
    40:40 What the tabernacle tells us about God
    42:15 Where is God's dwelling place today
    47:11 Jesus the bread, the light and the intercessor
    53:51 Coming boldly to the throne of grace
    56:12 Closing prayer before communion

    Scripture: Exodus 37:1-29 · Genesis · Exodus 25 · Exodus 16:32 · Numbers 17 · 2 Timothy 3:16 · Leviticus 16 · Leviticus 24 · 1 Samuel · Genesis 1 · 1 John 1:5 · Exodus 30 · Psalm 141:1 · Revelation 8:3 · John 6 · Revelation 3:20 · John 1:4 · John 8:12 · John 17 · Matthew 28 · Hebrews 4:16

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    59 min
  • A Building in Progress | Exodus 36:8-38
    Oct 14 2026

    Exodus 36:8-38 walks step by step through the actual construction of the tabernacle — the curtains, the clasps, the acacia boards, the silver sockets, the veil. Pastor Bobby Lugo takes up the question most readers ask at this point: why does the Holy Spirit give us all these details? His answer is that behind the construction stands the architect, and the architect is God. Israel did not invent a house for God; God gave the pattern in Exodus 26 and supplied the materials, the craftsmen and the skill to carry it out.

    From there the sermon follows what he calls God's building project through the whole Bible. The materials grow more precious the nearer one comes to God's presence, and the veil with its woven cherubim says two things at once: God wants to dwell with his people, and sinners cannot casually walk in. John 1:14 says the Word tabernacled among us, Jesus points to the temple of his body in John 2, and at the cross in Matthew 27 the veil is torn from top to bottom.

    The last stretch brings it to the church. Through the Spirit, God's people are now his dwelling place, living stones being fitted together, which means each believer is still under construction. Pastor Bobby Lugo closes with Philippians 1:6 and Revelation 21:3, urging patience and grace toward one another until the day God dwells with his people forever.

    In this sermon

    • Exodus 36 picks up the tabernacle construction interrupted by the golden calf
    • The tabernacle is the most remarkable structure ever built because God designed it
    • Israel builds exactly according to the pattern God gave in Exodus 26, not their imagination
    • God supplied the pattern, the materials, the craftsmen and Bezalel's skill
    • Bronze, silver and gold grow more precious the nearer one comes to God's presence
    • Cherubim woven into the curtains mark God's presence, as in the garden in Genesis
    • The veil declares both that God wants to dwell with his people and that he is holy
    • John 1:14 says the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us
    • In John 2 Jesus speaks of the temple of his body, which the disciples understood only after the resurrection
    • The torn veil at the cross and the church as living stones, a building still in progress

    Chapters
    0:00 Where Exodus has brought us
    2:40 Hearst Castle and a fascination with building
    6:39 God is the architect of the tabernacle
    9:15 God's building project in three stages
    11:23 Reading Exodus 36:8-38
    16:32 Built by revelation, not imagination
    19:26 God supplied the materials, skill and pattern
    21:38 Cherubim, metals and drawing near with reverence
    25:31 The veil: God is holy, sinners cannot enter
    28:07 John 1 and the Word tabernacled among us
    33:31 Destroy this temple and I will raise it
    38:17 The veil torn at the cross
    44:21 The church as God's dwelling place
    48:19 Living stones and unfinished works
    59:39 Revelation 21 and closing prayer

    Scripture: Exodus 36:8-38 · Exodus 26 · Deuteronomy 8 · Genesis · John 1:1 · John 1:14 · John 2:16-22 · Matthew 27:50-51 · Hebrews 10:19-22 · Ephesians 2:19-22 · Philippians 1:6 · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · 1 Peter 2:5 · Revelation 21:3

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Grace Comes Before Obedience | Exodus 35:30-36:7
    Oct 7 2026

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    57 min
  • A Willing Heart | Exodus 35:1-29
    Sep 30 2026

    Exodus 35:1-29 repeats much of what Yahweh had already told Moses in chapters 25 through 30, but with a key difference: the verbs shift from command to accomplishment. Pastor Bobby Lugo walks through the two preliminary commands given before construction begins, the Sabbath and the call for materials, and then through the list of those who actually brought what they had.

    The sermon dwells on the phrase "whoever is of a willing heart." God is not imposing a tax on Israel or laying a heavy yoke on them; He draws His people by kindness and leaves the amount to their own judgment. The congregation goes out from Moses' presence, and those whose hearts were stirred come back at once with gold, yarn, acacia wood, spun goat's hair, onyx stones and spices. The background is the golden calf, so this giving is the fruit of mercy received and restoration granted.

    From there the sermon asks whether the Sabbath, a sign carrying the death penalty, is the greatest commandment, and turns to Matthew 22 where Jesus answers with Deuteronomy 6. The Ten Commandments are traced out as loving God and loving neighbor, with the closing point that neither is possible without a renewed heart, which comes through the gospel.

    In this sermon

    • Exodus 35 repeats chapters 25 through 30, but the verbs change from command to past tense
    • Two preliminary commands come before construction: the Sabbath and the materials
    • Chapter 31 gave the Sabbath as a sign that Yahweh is the one who makes Israel holy
    • Israel is not to set aside one sign of holiness in order to erect another
    • The new prohibition on kindling a fire keeps them from an early start on the work, and calls for trust
    • The contribution is voluntary: a king who does not burden his subjects with taxes
    • Paul's teaching that God loves a cheerful giver, and that giving is measured by what a person has
    • Those whose hearts were stirred came and brought immediately, after the golden calf and the second set of tablets
    • Men, women skilled at spinning, and the rulers each gave out of what they had
    • Matthew Henry on the wealth plundered from Egypt being devoted back to God
    • Jesus in Matthew 22 answers from Deuteronomy 6, and the first four commandments show love for God, the last six love for neighbor
    • The ability to love God and neighbor comes from a renewed heart, and renewal comes through the gospel of Romans 1:16-17
    • Assurance rests on the promise of Genesis 3:15, fulfilled in the one who has come

    Chapters
    0:00 Welcome and where we are in Exodus
    2:19 Reading Exodus 35:1-29
    6:03 Prayer before the sermon
    7:14 The Sabbath command from chapter 31
    10:34 No fire kindled on the Sabbath
    12:10 A contribution from a willing heart
    14:51 God loves a cheerful giver
    17:03 The people go home and return with gifts
    20:26 The golden calf and godly sorrow
    23:44 Men, women and rulers all contribute
    28:33 Is the Sabbath the greatest commandment
    29:36 Jesus answers the lawyer in Matthew 22
    35:26 A renewed heart through the gospel
    40:32 Assurance in Christ and closing prayer

    Scripture: Exodus 35:1-29 · Exodus 31:12-17 · Exodus 25 · 2 Corinthians · Matthew 22:34-40 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · John 3 · Romans 1:16-17 · Genesis 3:15

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    44 min
  • The Fading Glory and the Face of Christ | Exodus 34:29-35
    Sep 23 2026

    Exodus 34 closes with Moses coming down Mount Sinai carrying the two tablets, unaware that the skin of his face is shining from having spoken with God. This sermon works through verses 29 to 35, setting the scene against the golden calf and the renewal of the covenant, and asking what that strange, borrowed brightness was meant to teach Israel.

    The argument is that Moses only reflected a glory that came from outside him, and that the glory faded and had to be veiled. Matthew 17 shows Jesus on a mountain with a face shining like the sun, glory that belongs to him as the eternal Son, while John 1:14 says that glory took on flesh and came down to us. Paul's commentary in 2 Corinthians 3 then names the law as a ministry of death that nonetheless came with glory, and contrasts it with the greater and abiding glory of the ministry of the Spirit.

    The application turns on one word: behold. Believers are not told to transform themselves but to look intently at Christ, and the Spirit does the transforming, from glory to glory. The sermon ends with the already and not yet, glorified in Christ now, waiting to see him face to face, and a plain warning against answering conviction with resolutions to try harder.

    In this sermon

    • God is glorious whether or not our eyes are opened to see it
    • The renewed covenant comes to a people fresh from the golden calf
    • Why the two tablets were likely two copies of the same covenant
    • The Hebrew behind "his face shone" and Michelangelo's horned Moses
    • Moses reflected a glory he did not possess and had to veil it
    • The shining face marked Moses as the mediator with God's authority
    • Matthew 17: Jesus radiates the glory that Moses only reflected
    • The Father silences Peter's three tabernacles: listen to him alone
    • John 1:14 and the gospel as God coming down, not man climbing up
    • 2 Corinthians 3: the ministry of death and the surpassing ministry of the Spirit
    • The veil is removed in Christ, not by works or information
    • Beholding Christ, and the Spirit transforming us from glory to glory

    Chapters
    0:00 Created to behold the glory of God
    3:59 Context: covenant renewed after the calf
    5:35 Reading Exodus 34:29-35
    8:12 The two tablets of the testimony
    11:24 Why medieval art gave Moses horns
    13:03 Moses reflects glory he does not possess
    17:34 The veil and the fading brightness
    22:30 Matthew 17 and the transfiguration
    28:20 John 1:14, the Word became flesh
    31:31 2 Corinthians 3 and the ministry of death
    38:20 The veil removed in Christ
    43:06 Beholding with unveiled face
    48:45 Already glorified, not yet face to face
    51:24 Behold Christ instead of trying harder
    57:22 Closing prayer

    Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35 · Matthew 17:1-8 · John 1:14 · 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 · 2 Corinthians 4:6 · Romans 8:30

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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  • Authentic Worship and the Renewed Covenant | Exodus 34:18-28
    Sep 17 2026

    Exodus 34:18-28 sets out what God requires of Israel after the golden calf: keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, redeem the firstborn, rest on the Sabbath, appear before the Lord three times a year, and bring the first of the first fruits. Having spent the previous verses telling Israel what not to do, God now tells them what to do instead.

    The sermon argues that these commands are not a new covenant but a reiteration of Exodus 20, given because Israel is a stubborn people heading into a land full of foreign worship. Numbers 25 and the incident with Phinehas show how quickly the warning was ignored, and the New Testament warnings about apostasy in 1 Timothy, Hebrews and 1 John are held up alongside it. A distinction is drawn between a lapse or season of doubt and a final, willful turning away.

    The closing section works out how these ordinances come to the church. Christ is the Passover lamb, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep, and the fulfillment of the feasts, and the Lord's Supper is where the church now feeds on him. The call is to sweep out the old yeast, tear down present-day idols, and honor the Lord's Day.

    In this sermon

    • The setting: God renews the covenant after the golden calf and Moses' plea in Exodus 33
    • Verses 10-17 say what not to do; verse 18 onward says what to do instead
    • The feasts as corporate, not private, worship, rooted in God's deliverance from Egypt
    • Playing the harlot and spiritual adultery, and Jeroboam's two calves in 1 Kings
    • Apostasy defined, and the difference between final apostasy and backsliding
    • Numbers 25, Phinehas and the spear, and the plague that killed 24,000
    • Redeeming the donkey with a lamb, and redeeming every firstborn son
    • Why God's law leaves no room for the sacrifice of children
    • Sabbath rest even during plowing and harvest, and Jesus' answer to the Pharisees
    • Boiling a goat in its mother's milk as a Canaanite fertility rite
    • Christ as Passover lamb, first fruits, and the meaning of the Lord's Supper

    Chapters
    0:00 Where we are in Exodus 34
    4:32 Reading Exodus 34:18-28
    9:42 Corporate worship and the three feasts
    15:41 Why God must repeat himself to Israel
    19:27 Numbers 25, Phinehas and the plague
    24:58 New Testament warnings about falling away
    27:16 Unleavened bread and remembering deliverance
    28:16 Redemption of donkeys and firstborn sons
    34:40 No place for sacrificing children
    36:23 Sabbath rest even at plowing and harvest
    43:05 Three pilgrimages and God's protection of the land
    47:55 First fruits and the boiled goat
    52:45 Moses writes the words of the covenant
    54:19 Christ our Passover lamb and first fruits
    1:02:55 The Lord's Supper as the seal of grace

    Scripture: Exodus 34:18-28 · Exodus 33:16 · Exodus 20 · 1 Kings · Numbers 25:1-9 · 1 Timothy 4:1-3 · Hebrews 6:4-6 · 1 John 2 · Exodus 12-13 · Exodus 22 · Exodus 23 · Luke 14 · Proverbs 28 · Luke · 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 · 1 Corinthians 15

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    1 ora e 6 min
  • The Covenant of God and a Stiff-Necked People | Exodus 34:10-17
    Sep 16 2026

    Exodus 34:10-17 comes immediately after the golden calf, when Israel had broken the covenant in the most flagrant way imaginable, and God says, "Behold, I am going to make a covenant." This sermon asks why God would renew his promise with such a people, and answers that the reason lies not in Israel's worth but in God's character and in the promise he had made to Abraham centuries earlier in Genesis 15.

    From there the sermon shows that God's mercy never means indifference to sin. The same God who renews the covenant commands Israel to tear down the altars, smash the pillars, cut down the Asherim, and make no covenant with the people of the land, because those idols will become a snare. Paul makes the same argument to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 10, telling believers who already knew doctrine and shared the Lord's table to flee from idolatry and to let Israel's failures in the wilderness serve as a warning.

    The application turns personal: work, money, sports, entertainment, comfort, family, and personal preference can all take the place that belongs to God, and the Lord's Day often exposes which of them rules the calendar. But the sermon insists the answer is not trying harder. It is Christ, the rock in the wilderness, the true seed of Abraham, the faithful Israelite and better mediator of a new covenant in his blood.

    In this sermon

    • Exodus 34 follows the golden calf, Israel's most treacherous act of rebellion
    • Genesis 15 and the promise that Abraham's descendants would be enslaved and then delivered
    • Israel's redemption from Egypt as the fulfillment of a promise made centuries before
    • Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, writing Israel's history during the wilderness journey
    • God renews the covenant with a people who could not keep it
    • The command to destroy altars, pillars, and Asherim rather than manage them
    • Grace in the Old Testament, and the false split between a God of law and a God of grace
    • Paul in 1 Corinthians 10: the rock was Christ, and these things were written for our instruction
    • The Corinthians' argument that an idol is nothing, and Paul's warning about the table of demons
    • Calvin on the heart as an idol factory, and how good things become ultimate things
    • The Lord's Day as a means of grace, not a negotiable appointment
    • What Christian parents teach their children by what they rearrange
    • Christ tempted and obedient where Israel grumbled and failed
    • Israel rejecting God at Sinai and rejecting him again at the cross for Barabbas

    Chapters
    0:00 Introducing a stiff-necked people
    2:08 Five things to watch for
    3:29 Reading Exodus 34:10-17
    6:14 Back to the promise to Abraham
    11:16 Israel's redemption fulfills God's promise
    12:52 Behold, I am going to make a covenant
    15:04 Tear down their altars and idols
    19:26 Paul's warning in 1 Corinthians 10
    28:25 Flee from idolatry
    33:25 Where are our golden calves
    36:13 The Lord's Day exposes our idols
    45:09 God is faithful, we are weak
    46:47 Christ the better mediator
    55:47 Three closing applications

    Scripture: Exodus 34:10-17 · Genesis 15:12-16 · Exodus 34:6-7 · 1 Corinthians 10 · Exodus 32 · John 1 · Acts 3 · Luke 22:20 · Hebrews 9:15 · Galatians 3

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    1 ora e 3 min
  • The Name Proclaimed: Compassionate and Gracious | Exodus 34:1-9
    Sep 9 2026

    Exodus 34:1-9 picks up after the golden calf, with God telling Moses to carve two new stone tablets and come back up Mount Sinai alone. This sermon walks through the renewal of the covenant, the descent of Yahweh in the cloud, and the proclamation of his own name and character.

    Much of the sermon sits on verses 6 and 7, where God describes himself as compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving kindness and truth, forgiving iniquity and yet not clearing the guilty. The preacher traces this same confession through Numbers, Nehemiah and the Psalms, explains the Hebrew image behind "slow to anger," and works carefully through what it means for God to visit iniquity on the third and fourth generations while showing loving kindness to thousands.

    The closing turns to Moses as mediator and priest, praying that God would go in the midst of a stiff-necked people and take them as his own inheritance. That prayer is then set alongside the high priestly prayer of John 17, where Jesus prays not only for the apostles but for all who would believe through their word.

    In this sermon

    • Why Moses carves the second tablets while God still writes the words
    • God's law does not change even when his people fail to keep it
    • The parallels with Exodus 19, and why Aaron and Joshua are barred from the mountain
    • Forty days and forty nights as a pattern of testing in Scripture
    • God's condescension in descending in the cloud rather than speaking from afar
    • The proclamation of Exodus 34:6-7 repeated in Numbers 14, Nehemiah 9 and Psalm 86
    • The Hebrew image behind "slow to anger" as long of nostrils
    • Loving kindness to thousands set against iniquity visited to the third and fourth generations
    • Moses praying as mediator, including himself in "our iniquity and our sin"
    • The request to be taken as God's own inheritance, echoing Exodus 19:5
    • Moses as a type of Christ, and John 17 as the better prayer for future believers
    • Psalm 103 and sins removed as far as the east is from the west

    Chapters
    0:00 Recap and the plan of chapter 34
    2:53 Reading Exodus 34:1-9
    5:15 New tablets, unchanged law
    7:28 Parallels with the giving of the law
    10:07 Yahweh descends and passes by
    12:50 Compassionate, gracious, slow to anger
    13:24 The same confession across the Old Testament
    18:07 Why the name Yahweh is repeated
    23:00 Third and fourth generations explained
    27:57 Moses bows and prays for God's presence
    34:45 Moses as a type of Christ
    35:50 The high priestly prayer of John 17
    40:15 As far as the east is from the west

    Scripture: Exodus 34:1-9 · Exodus 32:19 · Exodus 19 · Exodus 33:18-23 · Numbers 14 · Nehemiah 9 · Psalm 86 · Exodus 20:4-6 · Deuteronomy · Exodus 33:3-5 · Exodus 19:5 · John 17:9-23 · Psalm 103:12 · Romans

    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.

    Join us in person — Sundays at 12:00 PM, 1200 E. 8th Street, National City, CA 91950.
    Website: mercyandgracechurch.com
    Email: ncmercyandgrace@gmail.com

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    47 min