How to have the best year ever. Exodus 10

INTRODUCTION: GOING HALF WAY VS ALL OUT. ???…Diet. Broke when breakfast hit yesterday.

Surround yourself with the right people.

You become the average of the five people you are most around.

This is why Community Groups, etc are so important.

Exodus 10:1–2 ESV

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.”

Go to Pharoah for I have hardened his heart - sounds like a broken record.

Hardened Pharoah heart AND his servants.

Three purpose clauses - “That”

That - he may show his signs (check this out haha)

That - you may tell (so it will be remembered for a long time, and its work since we are still talking about it.

that you may know that I am the Lord - most important.

They had 40 year wilderness journy coming up. (only because they truely didn’t believe). They needed this.

Exodus 10:3–6 ESV

3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, 5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, 6 and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’ ” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

humble - to place under. Ultimatly, pride. That is the same for us.

IF - God gave him a chance.

locusts - secadas illustration.

no one can see the land. - gross.

what is left after the hail - reminder a huge hail storm came and killed all animals and plants. They were starving. - then the locusts came (MAYBE LOOK UP FARMER STORIES FOR THIS).

houses - they were in your bed, in your kids bed, in your kitchen, everywhere!!

Father and grandfatehrs - there are normal cycles, but this was going to be FAR worse.

went out from Pharoah - mic drop moment. But he gave him another chance. God was always giving him a chance.

Exodus 10:7–11 ESV

7 Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?” 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?” 9 Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.” 10 But he said to them, “The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind. 11 No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are asking.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

Servents - back in verse 1, God hardened there hear too. So they were going to suggest something that sound good, but isn’t. Blind leading the blind.

Men go - but pharoah said people. They knew they would come back if their wife and kids were still here.

Egypt is ruined - which goes to show you the hardness of his heart.

We fall into this same trap of surrounding ourselves with people not from who we need to be with, but with who are going to tell us what we want to be around.

V10 - The Lord be with you - The Lord would be with you.

evil in purpose in mind - it was good what he had in mind, but evil to pharaoh. Sin warps your mind.

No more empty promises, make a commitment.

Exodus 10:12–20 ESV

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.” 18 So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

Came from the East - salvation often picture as coming from teh East.

land was darkened - they ate all teh food! They are worse than teenagers!

I have sinned - he says the right thing again.

death from “me” - only this once -

HAHA - picture a bunch of bugs crawling on him.

Should have said, and you can leave right now. Don’t wait to follow God.

Don’t forget, every time he repents, even though he didn’t mean it fully. God lets up. How much more for us?

Give God all you got.

Exodus 10:21–29 ESV

21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived. 24 Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” 25 But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.” 27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.” 29 Moses said, “As you say! I will not see your face again.”

He doesn’t talk to him, just does it. A regular habit.

11% of adults are afraid of the dark. I’m afraid of what’s in the dark.

Darkness - Darkness - doesn’t seem like a big deal anymore. but it would shut everything down. Try to travel with a torch. ( I already lit things on fire last week, so I won’t this week.haha)

Three days - darkness and three days looks towards the cross.

Cave story? haha.

Now he was going to allow his children to leave but not the flocks. Why?

Obviously, they would come back, my theory is they were going to eat them anyway. All the other food in eygpt was gone!

V28 - you shall die. They would see each other agian, but Pharoahs son would be the one who was dead.

SUN god - ra - big deal! - God just killed their highest God, their highest idol. If you don’t kill the sin in your life, the idols then it will destroy you.

make a commitment and tell someone???