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Pastor Santiago Vasquez: The Golden You (Exodus 32:1-29)
Pastor Santiago Vasquez, pastor of Valley Hi First Baptist Church in San Antonio and a graduate of Baptist University of the Américas, read a pointed list of reasons why people need spiritual revival. Many of the reasons share in common a focus on earthly and temporal concerns rather than eternal things. Another common factor is apathy about God and salvation.
Vasquez walked through the cautionary story of Moses’ brother Aaron making a golden calf for the Israelites while they were in the wilderness. After reading the story, he asked, “Today, what have you fashioned into an idol?” In the pause that followed, one such idol made itself known.
Turning to idols is to reject God, which leads to death. Vasquez pointed to God’s instruction to kill those who worshipped the golden calf. He expressed gratitude Jesus came to offer a different response to our sin.
This sermon was delivered in August 2017, on the fourth day of a revival held at West Main Baptist Church in Alice, Texas. The revival was based on the list “We Need Revival …” by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth.
A sermon outline is available here.
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