Rev. Carl Roth, pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Elgin, TX joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Exodus 34:1-9. The LORD made His promise to make His goodness pass by Moses, and He kept that...

Rev. Carl Roth, pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Elgin, TX joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Exodus 34:1-9. The LORD made His promise to make His goodness pass by Moses, and He kept that promise. Moses prepared according to the LORD’s instruction. New tablets were made so that the LORD’s Word would be written, a picture of the verbal inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. As Moses went up Mt. Sinai, the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, foreshadowing the incarnation of the Son of God in our human flesh. The LORD did this in order to proclaim His name as His goodness. He is the LORD, the Redeemer of His people. He is merciful and gracious, giving to His people not based on their merit but purely out of His love. He abounds in steadfast love and faithfulness, never failing to keep His promises, never changing His Word of salvation. He takes away the sin of His people who trust Him. He punishes those who persist in unbelief in an effort to bring them to repentance and faith. As Moses responded with faith and prayer at this proclamation, so Christians do today at the proclamation of the fulfillment in Christ. He has redeemed us from slavery to sin, death, and the devil. He has saved us out of His great love. He is the fulfillment of all of God’s promises to us, and by faith in Him, we are saved.