Discipleship School - Exodus 8-10

Quiz

Exodus is part 2 of which book

12 Tribes of Israel - Judah, Benjamin, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Nephtali, Gad, Asher

what tribe Moses, Aaron from

What tribe David from

What tribe Jesus from

Where did the name of Israel come from?

Other names for Abraham’s descendants - Jews, Hebrews, children of Israel, Israelites, Israel . . . new one (Judah)

How many plagues? 10

Name them

blood, frogs, gnats

flies, death of livestock, boils

hail, locust, darkness . . . death of first born

What ya’ll got for me?

insights, questions? . . . . .

We will focus on the 9 plagues tonight

This awesome display of God’s Power

is there a pattern?

is there something we can learn about God?

Let’s review

First “Ask: in Chapter 5

Pharaoh said no

Israelites suffer

people mad, moses mad

Second “Ask” in Chapter 7

Aaron threw down staff - miracle of the serpent

Pharaoh’s magicians can do it too

king said no

Blood (1)

Aaron took the staff and struck the water of the Nile

Could Pharaoh’s magicians do the same? (yes)

it affected Israelites and Egyptians

seems probable it lasted for seven days

other plagues were temporary

7 days mentioned

now to chapters 8-10

Frogs (2)

warned Pharaoh

Aaron raised his staff over the waters

Pharaoh’s magicians can do the same

it affected Israelites and Egyptians

frogs into houses and even beds

jump in your ovens and cooking bowls

jump on you

Pharoah begged for Moses to take them away, and promised to let them go, Moses said set the time time (could have picked same day)

frogs all died, dead frogs pile in heaps . . . stinking

Pharaoh said no again (so he lied)

Gnats (3)

no warning this time

Aaron raised staff and struck the ground

swarms of gnats

Pharaoh’s people couldn’t do the same (finger of God)

serpent, blood, frogs . . . but not this

gnats covered everything - people and animals

it affected Israelites and Egyptians

Pharaoh said no

probably found a way to get rid of them

Flies (4)

Moses warns him first

no staff used this time, Moses just prophesied

and the next day homes filled with flies

ground covered with them

Only Egyptians suffered this time (explain land of Goshen)

Pharaoh said you can go

but after Moses prayed for flies to leave, the king changed his mind

Livestock (5)

(chapter 9)

warning and Moses prophesied that it would happen tomorrow if the king did not let them go

apparently Pharaoh said no

plague killed horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, goats

but not animals of Israelites

Pharaoh investigated and found out that all of the Israelite animals were fine

. . . this did not change Pharaoh’s heart

Boils (6)

Moses and Aaron get the soot, but have Moses threw soot in the air

and it caused boils to break out on people and animals

just Egyptians (including magicians)

Exodus 9:12 NASB95

12 And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

first time we hear of the Lord’s hardening his heart, so before that it was Pharaoh hardening his own heart

So it seems up to this point he has been stubborn and has been lying of his on volition . . . but now we are getting to reprobate mind (can’t think straight anymore)

Hail (7)

warning and lesson: could have wiped you out, but spared you for a purpose - spread the Lord’s fame throughout the earth

sometimes getting by is really a set up

getting by not because you’re lucky, slick, but God wants your fall to be greater . . . that’s why some evil people get promoted (greater fall, the less will reach more people)

hail will come, bring everything inside

some Egyptians started believing Moses and brought their stuff inside

some didn’t - Pharaoh wasn’t the only one stubborn

Moses lifted the staff towards the sky

hailstorm, continous lighting

destroyed everything in the field

but everything was fine in Goshen

Pharaoh said you can go . . . but after it stopped, Pharaoh AND his officials refused to let the people go

It is explained in chapter 10, God also made Pharaoh and his officials stubborn, (referring to the hail)

they will see my power

so you can tell your children and grandchildren

so you will now that I am the Lord

in other words, I want everybody to know

Locust (8)

gives Pharaoh a warning

Pharaoh’s officials get scared

So Pharaoh tried to negotiate but negotiations fell apart

Moses raised his staff

locust - giant grasshoppers

they will eat everything not destroyed by hail

will fill your houses

so many that it darkened the land (that’s not a dark cloud, that’s a swarm of insects)

after locust, Pharaoh said I have sinned,

God caused a strong west wind to take the locust into the red sea

then Pharoah changed his mind (Lord hardened his heart)

explains why we see people in trouble but won’t take the smart way out

Darkness (9)

Moses lifted his hands toward the sky

darkness you can feel for three days

can’t see each other, no one moved

Goshen was fine (amazing!)

Pharaoh tried to negotiate again, but Moses said everything has to go

Pharaoh says get out (God hardened his heart), come back and I will kill you next time

Patterns

warnings come before destruction

Power of God displayed through different means:

Aaron with staff

Moses with staff

Moses with no staff

lifting hands to sky

prophesy

so you have to follow God’s leading

Aaron is slowly moving out of the picture (original plan)

God is in control

can’t negotiate with God (he can negotiate with you)

people trying to do a part of what the Lord wants

as time passed you could eventually you could see the difference between God’s people (Goshen) and other people.

Lesson Reminder - Why has God spared you?

to do his will or make an example of you

Announcements

Garage sale pictures

Devotional Encouragment

Count Sunday Worship as one of your devotional times

count Wednesday Discipleship as one of your devotional times

they come fast but you will get used to it

just like a learning program, health program, you get stronger with time

Continued Prayers

Sis. Cooks, treatment tomorrow