Weekly Sermons

Exodus 10 and 11

Pharaoh’s Choices to Reject God:

Plague:	“Hardened  his heart”	“Did not   heed them”	Didn’t let Israel go	“I have sinned”
PRE	G – 4:21; 7:3 P -7:4, 13	7:4, 13	5:2; 7:3-4, 14
1st	P - 7:22	7:22
2nd	P - 8:15	8:15
3rd	P - 8:19	8:19
4th	P - 8:32		8:32
5th	P - 9:7		9:7
6th	G – 9:12	9:12
7th	P - 9:34, 35		9:35	9:27, 34
8th	G – 10:1, 20		10:20	10:16
9th	G – 10:27		10:27
10th	G – 11:10	11:9	11:10

 

The reality is that for each plague there is acknowledgment that Pharaoh made one or more sinful choices to reject God. Therefore the verses that say “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart” cannot be taken to mean that God overrided Pharaoh’s free choices. Instead, God incorporated Pharaoh’s sinful choices into His certain _________________ to deliver Israel from Egyptian slavery. 

In the New Testament Paul was an unlikely convert, and was so grateful that God extended His grace to the “chief of sinners.”                  I Timothy 1:12-17

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron.                   -I Tim. 4:1-2

“The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”             -Jesus in Matthew 26:24

The Eighth Plague: The gods of pest invasion are dealt with                  V. 1-20

Senehem was a locust-headed god who protected Egypt from the ravages of pests

Pharaoh does listen enough to try and strike a deal in verses 8-11, but in the end he _____________________ them and drives them out.

Based on what verse 17 says, do you think Pharaoh was truly repentant?

The Ninth Plague: The gods of illumination are dealt with                     V. 21-29

Ra was the god of the sun

Horus was the sky god – the sun was his right eye, the moon was his left

3 times in Matthew’s gospel Jesus said that non-believers will be cast into ______________ darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12;22:13;25:30).

I have come as a Light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.                 -John 12:46

How would you compare three days of darkness with the other plagues – where would you place it on your list of hardest to deal with?

“Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”                      -Jesus in Revelation 3:10-11      Psalm 2

The Tenth Plague will deal with the false god named _______________    11:1-10

What prophecy was verses 2-3 going to fulfill?                     Genesis 15:13-16

You say, “Danny, I can’t understand why God would take the firstborn of Egypt to finally achieve the freedom of the Israelites?”

You understand it ____________________ than you think!

All of these signs and wonders showed that YHWH is the One True God who alone should be ________________________ and obeyed.

But what of God’s heart for the nations beyond Israel?

Next time we will see that the way for Jewish people to be spared the death of the firstborn was to _______________ the blood of a sacrificial substitute to their doors. We will also see that some Egyptians turned to YHWH and did the same!