Perhaps I Can Make Atonement 

Exodus
Written By Dave Royes

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Exodus 32:30-35
August 24, 2025

Sermon Notes

Exodus 32:30-35: The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. But now, if you will forgive their sin — but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” But the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.”

Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.

1 Peter 3:18: For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.

Outline:

1. Introduction

  • A treasured possession

  • What if I’ve been living for myself?

  • The confidence of a Christian

2. A lingering stain

  • A debt has been incurred

  • A relationship is broken

3. A determined mediator

  • Moses pleads with God on Israel’s behalf

  • Moses is grieved over sin not his own

  • Moses appeals at the cost of his life

  • Moses is insufficient to reconcile

4. A future visit

  • A day of reckoning

  • A day of atonement

Dave Royes
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