One More Night With The Frogs
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Intro
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God has sent Moses to talk to Pharoah about letting the children of Israel go out of Egypt.
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
Here, we have the account of the second plague: the plague of frogs. Frogs in the Bible are associate with uncleaness and judgment.
Psalm 78:40–45 (KJV 1900)
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness,
And grieve him in the desert!
Yea, they turned back and tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
They remembered not his hand,
Nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt,
And his wonders in the field of Zoan:
And had turned their rivers into blood;
And their floods, that they could not drink.
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;
And frogs, which destroyed them.
Frogs are a type of sin, that shows us the seriousness, the stench, and the sentencing of sin.
But we are all as an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; And we all do fade as a leaf; And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Pharoah knew that the frogs (sin and judgment) was more than he could handle. He asked the man of God to intreat God to take these frogs away. HIS KNOWLEDGE WAS RIGHT, BUT HIS MOTIVES WERE WRONG. HE ASKED TO SPEND ONE MORE NIGHT WITH THE FROGS. (VS.10)
Severity of Frogs (vs.1-4)
Severity of Frogs (vs.1-4)
The Sovereignty of the Word
(The Lord spake to Moses)
GOD spake the word.
not Aaron, not a servant, not Moses himself. THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES
God’s Word is the only word.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The Stipulating of the Word
(Demand for Pharoah to let the people go)
The Significance of the Word
Failure to obey the Word of God will bring judgement and uncleaness on you.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
King James Version Chapter 5
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, vfor that all have sinned:
Sensing of the Frogs (vs.3-4)
Sensing of the Frogs (vs.3-4)
Everywhere the people went, they seen, touched, smelled, and maybe even tasted the frogs. When you notice you’re unclean and the judgment of God is upon you, you’ll notice it. If you’re saved, but living in sin, you’ll know it.
Recognition of Sin (David’s sin against Bathsheba)
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: And my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done this evil in thy sight: That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
Reaping of Sin (Jonah disobedient to God)
Jonah got numb to sin (asleep in the ship)
Jonah was in denial ( I fear the Lord, the God of Heaven)
Jonah got thrown off a ship
Jonah got swallowed up by a fish (chastisement)
in darkness
hadn’t talked to God since he willfully rebelled
in the belly of a fish (rotten food, acid, stench)
Sin never brings good things, sin always brings death.
Supplication about the Frogs (vs.8)
Supplication about the Frogs (vs.8)
Pharoah ‘s magicians could bring frogs, too. But they couldn’t take them away. Pharoah realized that only GOD can take away the frogs. The uncleaness and judgment. ONLY GOD CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR UNCLEANNESS AND THE WRATH THAT’S ALREADY ABIDING ON YOU. (8 = new beginnings)
Sorrow of Sin
Sin should bring shame, suffering, and sorrow.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Simplicity of Salvation
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Shrugging Off of the Frogs (vs.10)
Shrugging Off of the Frogs (vs.10)
Even though Pharoah knew the only way to escape the judgment of God and to get clean was just simply asking God to take it away, he didn’t want the frogs to be gone now. HE SAID TOMORROW. PHARAOH WASN’T WILLING TO SURRENDER NOW. HE WANTED JUST ONE MORE NIGHT WITH THE FROGS. HE WANTED ONE MORE NIGHT WITH THE UNCLEANNESS AND THE JUDGMENT OF GOD ON EGYPT. He wanted one more night in the putridness and punishment that could go away right then.
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
King James Version Chapter 4
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? hIt is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Why wait to get saved when you can get saved now? One more night of sin is not worth waking up in hell.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
We’ve only got a little time left on this earth. Are you going to use it for God or for the world?
Don’t make excuses saying, I’ll do it tomorrow. Just one more night of living for myself. DON’T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW BECAUSE TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME.
Slaying of the Frogs (vs.12-14)
Slaying of the Frogs (vs.12-14)
The Lord wiped out all the uncleaness and judgment on the people and the land that they deserved. GOD CAN WIPE YOUR SLATE CLEAN. HE CAN KILL THE FROGS!
As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Seriousness of Being Fake (vs.14-15)
Seriousness of Being Fake (vs.14-15)
Sin stinks. It never brings anything productive. But when Pharoah saw that God cleaned up and they escaped the judgment of God for the moment, he hardened his heart and disobeyed the Word of God again, and again, and again. Making his heart harder, and harder, and harder.
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
You can fool me, you can fool your pastor, your family, your friends, BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL GOD.
When Pharoah saw there was respite (relief) he could’ve cared less about what God wanted.
If you’re coming to church just to get your family off your back, you’ve got worse things coming.
If you’re faking being a Christian, if you’re faking being saved and you like spending time with the frogs, you need to get cleaned up and get born again!
Conclusion
Conclusion
God sent these plagues to shew the Egyptians that He’s more powerful than their false gods. This plague was sent to make fun of the Egyptian goddess, Heqet. Her name means “sceptre” or “ruler.” She was known as the goddess of childbirth and fertility and was depicted as a frog, or a woman with the head of a frog. According to tradition, she was the wife of Khnum, a creator god. Khnum created each person on his potters wheel, and Heqet breathed life into them before they were planted in their mother’s womb. She was also involved in the resurrection of the deceased. It’s said that she assisted pharoahs as they made their way to the eternal stars sky, All frog dietys were believed to have an important role in the formation and creation of the world. God wanted to show Pharoah some things.
God gives life.
God can raise the dead.
God created everything.
God is the only way to get clean.
Frogs (sin) may seem like they have a very important place in our world today. Sin is a very unpopular word, but a very popular action.
The indulgence of one sin opens the door to further sins. The indulgence of one sin diverts the soul from the use of those means by which all other sins should be resisted.
John Owen
Sin is a thief. It will rob your soul of its life. It will rob God of his glory. Sin is a murderer. It stabbed our father Adam. It slew our purity. Sin is a traitor. It rebels against the king of heaven and earth.
Charles Spurgeon
Sin enough and you will soon be unconscious of sin!
Oswald Chambers
If you keep spending night after night with the frogs, you may just become one. Get rid of the frogs this morning, so you can be clean and escape the judgment of God.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.