And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
God seemed to contradict Himself, setting His Word against itself, a terrible trial that would crush faith unless the Spirit upheld it. Yet Moses, like Abraham before him, trusted God's eternal covenant so firmly that he would not let this apparent contradiction unmake his hope, and so he prevailed.
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Sin is self-corruption, a quick turning aside from the way we promised to walk. We marvel that God permits such wickedness to rise so high before stopping it, yet His very patience serves His glory, and what we see concealed from men lies naked before His eyes.
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Commenting on Exodus 32:7-14
God had seen from eternity what they would be, yet now He saw it come to pass: a stiff-necked people, obstinate and self-willed, refusing the yoke like stubborn beasts that will not bend their necks to bridle or command.
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