The Good Ole Days? - Is God with us, or not?

Is the Lord with us, or not?

1. THE TESTING OF THE LORD

Deuteronomy 6:16
16"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. 

Matthew 4:7
7Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" 

Hebrews 3:8
8DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS,

2. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE LORD

Exodus 17:5-6
5Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

3. THE MERCY OF THE LORD

Psalms 95:8-9
8Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness, 9"When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalms 95:1-2
1O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.2Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

1 Corinthians 10:1-4
1For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3and all ate the same spiritual food; 4and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.