Who is on the Lord’s side?

“Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.” - Exodus 32:26

Moses had well and truly had enough. While he received the Ten Commandments the people, with the full support of Aaron, had forsaken God and made a golden calf to worship. They had quickly sunk into sin and debauchery. When Moses saw this he was furious and threw the tablets of the law to the ground. He then ground the golden calf to gold dust and made the people to drink it. When Aaron was confronted he lied and said the calf had just come up out the fire when then people threw in their jewelry.

Moses knew that the time had come to draw the line. The people had yet to decide whether to truly follow God or not. Sadly, this situation would not settle it either. However, Moses calls out – “Who is on the Lord’s side? Let him come unto me!” The time had come to well and truly decide where each individual stood. It is the equivalent to Elijah’s challenge, “How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God follow Him, and if Baal be god then follow him.” Jesus pointed out that we cannot serve two masters.

The principle is clear. We cannot stand on both the Lord’s side and on the world’s side. It is totally impossible. Too often Christians try to live in both. They want the benefits of being saved and they want the pleasures of the world. Moses’ question is one that each of us should consider. “Who is on the Lord’s side?” If we truly are on the Lord’s side than let us divide ourselves and step away from the world. We cannot serve both God and the world.

Who indeed is on the Lord’s side today?