Intro: What are convictions? I do not speak necessarily of the conviction of the Holy Ghost, but I speak
of the conviction of the conscience. Convictions are not a matter of theology, but they are a matter of lifestyle. Convictions
deal not with what you believe, but they deal with how you live. Moses had them, but Aaron did not. Aaron believed all the
same things that Moses did, but his lifestyle choices were a bit different. He had no convictions. We are in a day when:
1. Parents have no
convictions about their children’s lives.
2. Parishioners have no convictions about their church lives.
And it is so because
3. Preachers have
no convictions about their Christian lives!
We are reaping in this day, years of clergymen, preachers, with no convictions. It has
injured the church. It has undermined the institution of the home. It has scarred the morality of society. I want to show
you the consequences of clergymen with no convictions:
I. Corrupt Worship:
A. Worship the Wrong Things: v. 4
B. Worship the Wrong Way: v. 6, It was all of the flesh, and they were not serious.
II. Calloused
Consciences:
A. They Worshiped a False God with no conviction: v. 6
B. They Wore no
clothes, but had no shame: v. 25, now that they had been caught, they were ashamed, but when Moses was in the mountains, they
were not ashamed to be naked.
C. They Wrought
this evil before their children without concern.
III. Cowardly Leadership:
A. Cowards in dealing with Carnality: v. 1
B. Cowards in dealing with Accusation: v. 21
C. Cowards enough to lie about their sins: v. 24
IV. Chastisement of the People:
A. Destruction of their Picture: v. 20, remember that
the calf was a symbol use in Egyptian pagan worship. They had made a picture of Egyptian life. They sought to be just like
them.
B. Drinking of the Powder: v. 20
C. Death of the People: v. 28, This absence of conviction is killing our
children!
Conclusion: Our children are dying while the church has eating, drinking,
and playing. May God once more give us men and women with convictions again! Let it begin with our ministers, but let it flow
through our members!
