ponder in our hearts the mysteries of your salvation and faithfully express them in what we do or jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for  ever and reading from the book of exodus the tent which was called the meeting tent moses used to pitch at some distance away outside the camp anyone who wished to consult the lord would go to this meeting tent outside the camp whenever moses went out to the tent the people would all rise and stand at the entrance of their tents watching moses until he entered the tent as moses entered the tent the column of cloud would come down and stand at attention swallow lord spoke with closes on seeing the column of cloud stand at the entrance of the tent all the people would rise and worship at the entrance of their own tents the lord used to speak to moses face to face as one man speaks to another would then return to the camp but his young assistant joshua son of nun would not move out of the tent moses stood there with the lord and proclaimed his name lord kindness for a one thousand generations and forgiving wickedness and crime and sin yet not declaring the guilty guilt lists but punishing children and grandchildren to the rd and  th generation for their father's wickedness moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship then he said if i find favor with you a lord do come along in our company this is indeed a stiff necked people yet pardon our wickedness and sins and receive us as your own so moses stayed there with the lord for forty days and forty nights without eating any food or drinking any water and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant the ten commandments moses and his deeds to the children of israel the border of his kind of mercy merciful and gracious is the lord slow to anger and abounding and kinds in this he will not always chide nor does he keep his wrath for ever not according to our sins does he deal with us nor does he required us according to our crimes for as the heavens are as high above it the earth so surpassing is his kind of this toward those who fear him supply as far as the east is from the west so far has he put his our transgressions from us as a father has compassion on his children so the lord reading from the holy gospel according to mat jesus dismissed the crowds and went in to the house his disciples approached him and said explain to us the power of of the reeds in the field he said he replied they do he who  who cause others to sin and all the evil doers they will throw them into the fiery furnace where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father whatever has ears are to hear the gospel of the lord alas two days we've had two examples today is one of them of the most important characters of the old testament in a sense arguing with god couple of days ago we had abraham talking to god about father and asking him to spare the city if he could find fifty right his people there and god and adam go back and forth and abraham go back and forth and then abraham reduces it reduces and reduces the numbers that he's asking god to use as a sign that he will be merciful to everyone finally gets down to ten today in st reading moses is talking to god once again in the sense arguing with him pointing out the fact that these people his people the people the children of israel the people that we call god's chosen ones were stiff necked they were people that didn't want to bow their heads and and do will acquiesce to what god wanted and they had to be led by god to an understanding of the importance of not only doing what god wants but realizing that when they did it did they were reflecting the relationships that they had with god  the midst of the assemblies of god that we heard about today so what we're hearing from the old testament is something that we as people in the new testament to the mission of jesus and the revelation of him as god son is the messiah it is the fulfillment of all of those arguments we don't have to argue with god anymore we know that we are god's people you know that god has guided us we know that god protects us and sometimes we m think so sometimes we in our own personal sufferings we we kind of say well what's a self with god but the understanding in our hearts of our faithful connection with god is something that much stronger at least in our personal lives and it would have been even in the time of moses or abraham because their understanding of god was not the scene understanding that ultimately jesus gave us  remember that god is our father and has a personal relationship with him so as we remember the history of our ancestors in favor of children of israel we know that history developed and evolve in our christian understanding of the relationship of god's people with god himself and that we joyce in it when we come to church every time we offer the eucharist knowing without any prayer and in the silence of our own hearts that each of us add our own particular intention would washerwomen it pretty and you will most and my sisters and brothers pray that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father made a lot except the sacrifices your hands did your church rejoice so to you strengthen her by the example of this for the life teacher by his words of preaching and keep her safe in answer to his prayers and so with the company of angels and  christ time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks procreating gave it to his disciples saying take this all the viewing eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you similar waving sufferers indeed he took the chalice once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all the fuel and drink for me for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new an eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin just do this in memory of me therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her united with your son and their deaths like his may also be one with him and his resurrection remember also our brothers and sisters who are full that asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your throughout the ages we made mary to be co heirs to return to life and made praising glorify busy you through your son jesus christ who him and with him indeed him oh god almighty father evil graciously grants peace you know ids that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all the stress as we await the blessid hope in the coming of our see here jesus lord but my soul shall be healed