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- 0:00Welcome
- 0:00to
- 0:00The
- 0:00Dwelling
- 0:00Place
- 0:01from
- 0:01Entrusted
- 0:01Ministries.
- 0:02I'm
- 0:02Stephanie
- 0:03Cock.
- 0:03Today
- 0:04we're
- 0:04looking
- 0:04at
- 0:04Exodus
- 0:05chapter
- 0:05seven
- 0:06through
- 0:06nine.
- 0:06In
- 0:07chapter
- 0:07six,
- 0:07God
- 0:08issued
- 0:08a
- 0:08sevenfold
- 0:09promise
- 0:09of
- 0:09things
- 0:10that
- 0:10he
- 0:10would
- 0:10do.
- 0:11He's
- 0:11definitive,
- 0:12he's
- 0:12clear,
- 0:13and
- 0:13he
- 0:13will
- 0:13be
- 0:13faithful
- 0:14to
- 0:14his
- 0:14word.
- 0:15In
- 0:15chapter
- 0:15seven,
- 0:16God
- 0:16begins
- 0:17to
- 0:17send
- 0:17the
- 0:17plagues
- 0:17upon
- 0:18Egypt,
- 0:18the
- 0:18phrase
- 0:19that
- 0:19they
- 0:19may
- 0:20know
- 0:20that
- 0:20I
- 0:20am
- 0:20the
- 0:20Lord
- 0:21appears
- 0:21many
- 0:21times
- 0:22throughout
- 0:22Exodus.
- 0:23God
- 0:23is
- 0:23revealing
- 0:24his
- 0:24power
- 0:24and
- 0:25might
- 0:25to
- 0:25the
- 0:25Egyptians,
- 0:26to
- 0:26Pharaoh,
- 0:27and
- 0:27also
- 0:27to
- 0:28the
- 0:28Israelites.
- 0:28He's
- 0:29showing
- 0:29them
- 0:29that
- 0:29he
- 0:30will
- 0:30rescue
- 0:30them
- 0:31and
- 0:31with
- 0:31it
- 0:31there
- 0:31will
- 0:32be
- 0:32a
- 0:32systematic
- 0:33dismantling
- 0:33of
- 0:34the
- 0:34Egyptian
- 0:34Gods.
- 0:35God
- 0:35reveals
- 0:36he
- 0:36is
- 0:36the
- 0:36one
- 0:37true
- 0:37God.
- 0:38We
- 0:38see
- 0:38a
- 0:38curious
- 0:39tension
- 0:39as
- 0:40we're
- 0:40told
- 0:40that
- 0:40God
- 0:40will
- 0:40harden
- 0:41Pharaoh's
- 0:41heart,
- 0:42but
- 0:42we're
- 0:42also
- 0:42told
- 0:43that
- 0:43Pharaoh
- 0:43hardens
- 0:44his
- 0:44own
- 0:44heart
- 0:44my
- 0:44MacArthur
- 0:45commentary
- 0:45says
- 0:46that
- 0:4610
- 0:46times
- 0:47God
- 0:47hardened
- 0:48the
- 0:48king's
- 0:48heart
- 0:48and
- 0:4910
- 0:49times
- 0:49the
- 0:49king
- 0:49hardened
- 0:50his
- 0:50own
- 0:50heart.
- 0:51In
- 0:51Romans
- 0:51nine,
- 0:52Paul
- 0:52talks
- 0:52more
- 0:52about
- 0:53this.
- 0:53Romans
- 0:53nine
- 0:5414
- 0:54begins,
- 0:55what
- 0:55shall
- 0:56we
- 0:56say
- 0:56then?
- 0:56Is
- 0:57there
- 0:57injustice
- 0:57on
- 0:58God's
- 0:58part?
- 0:59By
- 0:59no
- 0:59means
- 1:00for,
- 1:00he
- 1:00says
- 1:00to
- 1:00Moses,
- 1:01I
- 1:01will
- 1:01have
- 1:01mercy
- 1:02on
- 1:02whom
- 1:02I
- 1:02have
- 1:03mercy,
- 1:03and
- 1:03I
- 1:04will
- 1:04have
- 1:04compassion
- 1:05on
- 1:05whom
- 1:05I
- 1:05have
- 1:05compassion.
- 1:06So
- 1:06then
- 1:06it
- 1:07depends,
- 1:07not
- 1:08on
- 1:08human
- 1:08will
- 1:08or
- 1:08exertion,
- 1:09but
- 1:09on
- 1:09God
- 1:10who
- 1:10has
- 1:10mercy
- 1:11for
- 1:11the
- 1:11scripture
- 1:11says
- 1:12to
- 1:12Pharaoh
- 1:12for
- 1:12this
- 1:13very
- 1:13purpose,
- 1:14I
- 1:14have
- 1:14raised
- 1:14you
- 1:14up
- 1:15that
- 1:15I
- 1:15might
- 1:15show
- 1:15my
- 1:16power
- 1:16in
- 1:16you.
- 1:17and
- 1:17that
- 1:17my
- 1:17name
- 1:17might
- 1:18be
- 1:18proclaimed
- 1:18in
- 1:18all
- 1:18the
- 1:19earth.
- 1:19So
- 1:19then
- 1:20he
- 1:20has
- 1:20mercy
- 1:21on
- 1:21whomever
- 1:21he
- 1:21wills
- 1:22and
- 1:22he
- 1:22hardens
- 1:23whomever
- 1:23he
- 1:23wills.
- 1:24You
- 1:24will
- 1:24say
- 1:24to
- 1:24me,
- 1:25then,
- 1:25why
- 1:25does
- 1:25he
- 1:26still
- 1:26find
- 1:26fault
- 1:27or
- 1:27who
- 1:27can
- 1:27resist
- 1:28his
- 1:28will?
- 1:28But
- 1:29who
- 1:29are
- 1:29you
- 1:29O
- 1:29man
- 1:30to
- 1:30answer
- 1:30back
- 1:30to
- 1:30God.
- 1:31Will,
- 1:31what
- 1:31has
- 1:32been
- 1:32molded
- 1:32say
- 1:32to
- 1:32its
- 1:33molder?
- 1:33Why
- 1:33have
- 1:34you
- 1:34made
- 1:34me
- 1:34like
- 1:34this?
- 1:35Has
- 1:35the
- 1:35potter
- 1:35no
- 1:36right
- 1:36over
- 1:36the
- 1:36clay
- 1:37to
- 1:37make
- 1:37out
- 1:37of
- 1:37the
- 1:37same
- 1:38lump
- 1:38one
- 1:39vessel
- 1:39for
- 1:39honorable
- 1:40use
- 1:40and
- 1:40another
- 1:41for
- 1:41dishonorable
- 1:41use.
- 1:42What
- 1:42if
- 1:43God
- 1:43desiring
- 1:44to
- 1:44show
- 1:44his
- 1:44wrath
- 1:45and
- 1:45to
- 1:45make
- 1:45known
- 1:46his
- 1:46power?
- 1:46Has
- 1:47endured
- 1:47with
- 1:47much
- 1:48patience,
- 1:48vessels
- 1:49of
- 1:49wrath,
- 1:49prepared
- 1:50for
- 1:50destruction
- 1:51in
- 1:51order
- 1:51to
- 1:51make
- 1:52known
- 1:52the
- 1:52riches
- 1:53of
- 1:53his
- 1:53glory
- 1:53for
- 1:54vessels
- 1:54of
- 1:54mercy,
- 1:55John
- 1:56Piper
- 1:56claims
- 1:56that
- 1:56Romans
- 1:57nine
- 1:57is
- 1:57the
- 1:57chapter
- 1:58of
- 1:58scripture
- 1:58he
- 1:58has
- 1:59received
- 1:59the
- 1:59most
- 1:59questions
- 2:00about
- 2:00in
- 2:01the
- 2:01history
- 2:01of
- 2:01his
- 2:01ask
- 2:02Pastor
- 2:02John
- 2:03podcast.
- 2:03It
- 2:04feels
- 2:04complicated
- 2:05to
- 2:05reconcile
- 2:05this
- 2:05tension
- 2:06of.
- 2:06How
- 2:07was
- 2:07Pharaoh's
- 2:07heart
- 2:07hardened?
- 2:08Was
- 2:08it
- 2:08God
- 2:09or
- 2:09was
- 2:09it
- 2:09Pharaoh?
- 2:10But
- 2:10I
- 2:10learned
- 2:10a
- 2:11new
- 2:11word
- 2:11studying
- 2:12my
- 2:12moody
- 2:12commentary.
- 2:13It
- 2:13says,
- 2:13this
- 2:13is
- 2:14a
- 2:14classic
- 2:14case
- 2:15of
- 2:15compatible,
- 2:16not
- 2:17cannibalism
- 2:18compatible,
- 2:19which
- 2:19simply
- 2:20means
- 2:20that
- 2:20the
- 2:21determined
- 2:21plan,
- 2:22purpose,
- 2:22or
- 2:22action
- 2:23of
- 2:23God.
- 2:24Is
- 2:24compatible
- 2:25with
- 2:25the
- 2:25free
- 2:26act
- 2:26of
- 2:26an
- 2:26agent.
- 2:27Meaning
- 2:28God
- 2:28knew
- 2:28Pharaoh's
- 2:28heart
- 2:29was
- 2:29hard,
- 2:29and
- 2:29as
- 2:30Pharaoh
- 2:30hardened
- 2:31his
- 2:31heart,
- 2:31God
- 2:31continued
- 2:32to
- 2:32harden
- 2:32it
- 2:33and
- 2:33in
- 2:33this
- 2:33act
- 2:34of
- 2:34hardening
- 2:34one
- 2:34man's
- 2:35heart,
- 2:35the
- 2:35Lord
- 2:36was
- 2:36able
- 2:36to
- 2:36rescue
- 2:37and
- 2:37redeem
- 2:37an
- 2:38entire
- 2:38nation.
- 2:39I
- 2:39want
- 2:39you
- 2:39to
- 2:39think
- 2:39about
- 2:40this
- 2:40as
- 2:40though
- 2:40it
- 2:40were
- 2:40someone
- 2:41like
- 2:41Hitler.
- 2:42Someone
- 2:42who
- 2:42was
- 2:42already
- 2:42so
- 2:43evil
- 2:43and
- 2:44was
- 2:44oppressing
- 2:44an
- 2:44entire
- 2:45nation,
- 2:45and
- 2:46then
- 2:46what
- 2:46if
- 2:46the
- 2:46Lord
- 2:46allowed
- 2:47the
- 2:47destruction
- 2:47of
- 2:47that
- 2:48man
- 2:48for
- 2:48the
- 2:49saving
- 2:49of
- 2:49many?
- 2:50What's
- 2:50unfair
- 2:51is
- 2:51not
- 2:51that
- 2:51Pharaoh
- 2:52was
- 2:52devoted
- 2:52to
- 2:52destruction,
- 2:53but
- 2:53that
- 2:53we
- 2:54get
- 2:54to
- 2:54receive
- 2:54the
- 2:54righteousness
- 2:55of
- 2:55Christ
- 2:56and
- 2:56that
- 2:56we
- 2:56get
- 2:56his
- 2:56mercy.
- 2:57if
- 2:57we
- 2:57look
- 2:58at
- 2:58the
- 2:58whole
- 2:58of
- 2:58scripture,
- 2:59it
- 2:59overwhelmingly
- 3:00points
- 3:00to
- 3:00the
- 3:00fact
- 3:01that
- 3:01God
- 3:01softens
- 3:02hearts
- 3:02and
- 3:02draws
- 3:03people
- 3:03to
- 3:03him.
- 3:04One
- 3:04of
- 3:04my
- 3:04favorite
- 3:05of
- 3:05these
- 3:05verses
- 3:06is
- 3:06in
- 3:06Ezekiel
- 3:0636,
- 3:07verse
- 3:0726.
- 3:08God
- 3:08says,
- 3:09I
- 3:09will
- 3:09give
- 3:09you
- 3:09a
- 3:09new
- 3:10heart
- 3:10and
- 3:10a
- 3:10new
- 3:11spirit
- 3:11I
- 3:11will
- 3:11put
- 3:11within
- 3:12you,
- 3:12and
- 3:12I
- 3:12will
- 3:13remove
- 3:13the
- 3:13heart
- 3:13of
- 3:13stone
- 3:14from
- 3:14your
- 3:14flesh
- 3:15and
- 3:15give
- 3:15you
- 3:15a
- 3:15heart
- 3:16of
- 3:16flesh.
- 3:16And
- 3:16I
- 3:16will
- 3:17put
- 3:17my
- 3:17spirit
- 3:17within
- 3:18you
- 3:18and
- 3:18cause
- 3:19you
- 3:19to
- 3:19walk
- 3:19in
- 3:19the
- 3:19statutes
- 3:20and
- 3:20be
- 3:20careful
- 3:21to
- 3:21obey
- 3:21my
- 3:21rules.
- 3:22This
- 3:22is
- 3:22a
- 3:22prayer
- 3:23I
- 3:23often
- 3:23pray
- 3:23both
- 3:24for
- 3:24non-believers,
- 3:25but
- 3:25even
- 3:25in
- 3:26my
- 3:26own
- 3:26heart,
- 3:26when
- 3:26I'm
- 3:27struggling
- 3:27to
- 3:27love
- 3:27or
- 3:27forgive
- 3:28as
- 3:28God
- 3:28would
- 3:28have
- 3:29me.
- 3:29With
- 3:29that
- 3:30understanding,
- 3:30let's
- 3:31look
- 3:31more
- 3:31at
- 3:31today's
- 3:31reading.
- 3:32In
- 3:32the
- 3:32first
- 3:33of
- 3:33the
- 3:3310
- 3:33PLAs,
- 3:34God
- 3:34turns
- 3:34the
- 3:34Nile
- 3:35River
- 3:35to
- 3:35blood.
- 3:35This
- 3:36isn't
- 3:36red
- 3:36dye.
- 3:37This
- 3:37is
- 3:37actual
- 3:38blood.
- 3:38It's
- 3:38their
- 3:39source
- 3:39of
- 3:39water
- 3:39and
- 3:39it's
- 3:40a
- 3:40direct
- 3:40attack
- 3:41on
- 3:41hoppy
- 3:42who
- 3:42they
- 3:42believed
- 3:42was
- 3:43the
- 3:43spirit
- 3:43of
- 3:43the
- 3:43Nile
- 3:44and
- 3:44on
- 3:44Osiris.
- 3:45And
- 3:45it
- 3:45was
- 3:46said
- 3:46that
- 3:46the
- 3:46Nile
- 3:46was
- 3:47his
- 3:47bloodstream.
- 3:47The
- 3:48magicians
- 3:48were
- 3:48able
- 3:48to
- 3:48duplicate
- 3:49this.
- 3:49If
- 3:50we
- 3:50look
- 3:50at
- 3:50other
- 3:50verses
- 3:50in
- 3:51scripture,
- 3:51we
- 3:51realize
- 3:52this
- 3:52would
- 3:52probably
- 3:52be
- 3:52rooted
- 3:53in
- 3:53demonic
- 3:53activity
- 3:54the
- 3:54second
- 3:54plague,
- 3:55the
- 3:55plague
- 3:55of
- 3:55frogs,
- 3:56would've
- 3:56also
- 3:56been
- 3:56an
- 3:57attack
- 3:57against
- 3:57hapi
- 3:58and
- 3:58hacked,
- 3:59One
- 3:59of
- 3:59them
- 3:59even
- 4:00had
- 4:00a
- 4:00frog
- 4:00head.
- 4:01this
- 4:01was
- 4:01a
- 4:01revered
- 4:02symbol,
- 4:02in
- 4:02their
- 4:02culture,
- 4:03and
- 4:03Pharaoh
- 4:03is
- 4:04pretty
- 4:04fed
- 4:04up
- 4:04with
- 4:05the
- 4:05frogs
- 4:05everywhere.
- 4:06In
- 4:06chapter
- 4:06eight,
- 4:07verse
- 4:07eight
- 4:07we're
- 4:07told,
- 4:08then
- 4:08Pharaoh
- 4:09called
- 4:09Moses
- 4:10and
- 4:10Aaron
- 4:10and
- 4:10said,
- 4:11plead
- 4:11with
- 4:11the
- 4:11Lord
- 4:12to
- 4:12take
- 4:12away
- 4:12the
- 4:12frogs
- 4:13from
- 4:13me
- 4:13and
- 4:13from
- 4:14my
- 4:14people,
- 4:14and
- 4:15I
- 4:15will
- 4:15let
- 4:15the
- 4:15people
- 4:16go
- 4:16to
- 4:16sacrifice
- 4:16to
- 4:16the
- 4:17Lord.
- 4:17Moses
- 4:18said
- 4:18to
- 4:18Pharaoh,
- 4:18be
- 4:19pleased
- 4:19to
- 4:19command
- 4:20me
- 4:20when
- 4:20I
- 4:21am
- 4:21to
- 4:21plead
- 4:21for
- 4:21you
- 4:22and
- 4:22for
- 4:22your
- 4:22servants
- 4:23and
- 4:23for
- 4:23your
- 4:23people
- 4:24that
- 4:24the
- 4:24frogs
- 4:24may
- 4:25be
- 4:25cut
- 4:25off
- 4:25from
- 4:25you
- 4:26and
- 4:26your
- 4:26houses
- 4:26and
- 4:27be
- 4:27left
- 4:27only
- 4:27in
- 4:28the
- 4:28Nile.
- 4:28And
- 4:29he
- 4:29said,
- 4:29tomorrow.
- 4:30Moses
- 4:30said,
- 4:31be
- 4:31it
- 4:31as
- 4:31you
- 4:31say
- 4:32so
- 4:32that
- 4:32you
- 4:33may
- 4:33know
- 4:33that
- 4:33there
- 4:34is
- 4:34no
- 4:34one
- 4:34like
- 4:34the
- 4:35Lord
- 4:35our
- 4:35God.
- 4:35The
- 4:36frogs
- 4:36shall
- 4:36go
- 4:36away
- 4:37from
- 4:37you
- 4:37and
- 4:37your
- 4:38houses
- 4:38and
- 4:38your
- 4:38servants
- 4:39and
- 4:39your
- 4:39people.
- 4:40They
- 4:40shall
- 4:40be
- 4:40left
- 4:40only
- 4:41in
- 4:41the
- 4:41Nile.
- 4:41So
- 4:42Moses
- 4:42and
- 4:42Aaron
- 4:42went
- 4:42out
- 4:43from
- 4:43Pharaoh
- 4:43and
- 4:43Moses
- 4:44cried
- 4:44to
- 4:44the
- 4:44Lord
- 4:44about
- 4:45the
- 4:45frogs
- 4:45as
- 4:45he
- 4:46had
- 4:46agreed
- 4:46with
- 4:46Pharaoh,
- 4:47and
- 4:47the
- 4:47Lord
- 4:47did.
- 4:48According
- 4:48to
- 4:48the
- 4:48word
- 4:49of
- 4:49Moses,
- 4:49the
- 4:50frogs
- 4:50died
- 4:50out
- 4:50in
- 4:50the
- 4:51houses,
- 4:51the
- 4:51courtyards
- 4:52and
- 4:52the
- 4:52fields,
- 4:53and
- 4:53they
- 4:53gathered
- 4:53them
- 4:53together
- 4:54in
- 4:54heaps
- 4:54and
- 4:54the
- 4:54land
- 4:55stank.
- 4:55But
- 4:56when
- 4:56Pharaoh
- 4:56saw
- 4:56that
- 4:56there
- 4:57was
- 4:57a
- 4:57respite.
- 4:57He
- 4:58hardened
- 4:58his
- 4:58heart
- 4:58and
- 4:59would
- 4:59not
- 4:59listen
- 4:59to
- 4:59them
- 5:00as
- 5:00the
- 5:00Lord
- 5:00had
- 5:01said.
- 5:01Then
- 5:02the
- 5:02Lord
- 5:02brings
- 5:02the
- 5:02third
- 5:03plague
- 5:03of
- 5:03the
- 5:03lice
- 5:04or
- 5:04the
- 5:04nats,
- 5:04this
- 5:04was
- 5:05an
- 5:05attack
- 5:05against
- 5:06Seb,
- 5:06the
- 5:06Earth,
- 5:06God
- 5:07of
- 5:07Egypt.
- 5:07Fascinatingly,
- 5:08the
- 5:08magicians
- 5:09could
- 5:09not
- 5:09produce
- 5:09this.
- 5:10And
- 5:10I
- 5:10can't
- 5:10help
- 5:10but
- 5:10laugh
- 5:11in
- 5:11verse
- 5:1119,
- 5:11when
- 5:11the
- 5:11magicians
- 5:12say
- 5:12to
- 5:12Pharaoh,
- 5:12this
- 5:13is
- 5:13the
- 5:13finger
- 5:13of
- 5:13God,
- 5:14makes
- 5:14me
- 5:14think
- 5:15about
- 5:15whenever
- 5:15I've
- 5:15been
- 5:16attacked
- 5:16by
- 5:16mosquitoes
- 5:17or
- 5:17had
- 5:18fruit
- 5:18flies
- 5:18or
- 5:18flies
- 5:18in
- 5:19my
- 5:19house.
- 5:19It's
- 5:19amazing
- 5:20how
- 5:20obnoxious
- 5:21such
- 5:21a
- 5:21tiny
- 5:22thing
- 5:22can
- 5:22be.
- 5:22And
- 5:23in
- 5:23that
- 5:23same
- 5:23verse
- 5:23we're
- 5:23told,
- 5:24but
- 5:24Pharaoh's
- 5:25heart
- 5:25was
- 5:25hardened
- 5:25and
- 5:26he
- 5:26would
- 5:26not
- 5:26listen
- 5:26to
- 5:26them
- 5:27as
- 5:27the
- 5:27Lord
- 5:27had
- 5:28said.
- 5:28And
- 5:28then
- 5:28the
- 5:29fourth
- 5:29plague
- 5:29comes
- 5:29with
- 5:29the
- 5:30flies.
- 5:30And
- 5:30in
- 5:30verse
- 5:3128.
- 5:31So
- 5:32Pharaoh
- 5:32said,
- 5:32I
- 5:33will
- 5:33let
- 5:33you
- 5:33go
- 5:33to
- 5:34sacrifice
- 5:34to
- 5:34the
- 5:34Lord
- 5:35your
- 5:35God
- 5:35in
- 5:35the
- 5:35wilderness
- 5:36only.
- 5:36You
- 5:36must
- 5:37not
- 5:37go
- 5:37very
- 5:37far
- 5:38away.
- 5:38Plead
- 5:39for
- 5:39me.
- 5:39Then
- 5:39Moses
- 5:40said,
- 5:40behold,
- 5:41I'm
- 5:41going
- 5:41out
- 5:42from
- 5:42you.
- 5:42And
- 5:42I
- 5:43will
- 5:43plead
- 5:43with
- 5:43the
- 5:43Lord
- 5:44that
- 5:44the
- 5:44swarms
- 5:44of
- 5:44flies
- 5:45may
- 5:45depart
- 5:45from
- 5:45Pharaoh,
- 5:46from
- 5:46his
- 5:46servants
- 5:47and
- 5:47from
- 5:47his
- 5:47people.
- 5:48Tomorrow
- 5:49only
- 5:49let
- 5:49not
- 5:50Pharaoh
- 5:50cheat
- 5:50again
- 5:51by
- 5:51not
- 5:51letting
- 5:51the
- 5:52people
- 5:52go
- 5:52to
- 5:52sacrifice
- 5:53to
- 5:53the
- 5:53Lord.
- 5:54And
- 5:54the
- 5:54Lord
- 5:54did.
- 5:55As
- 5:55Moses
- 5:55asked
- 5:56and
- 5:56removed
- 5:57the
- 5:57swarms
- 5:57of
- 5:57flies
- 5:57from
- 5:58Pharaoh,
- 5:58from
- 5:58his
- 5:59servants
- 5:59and
- 5:59from
- 5:59his
- 5:59people.
- 6:00Not
- 6:00one
- 6:01remained,
- 6:01but
- 6:02Pharaoh
- 6:02hardened
- 6:02his
- 6:02heart
- 6:03this
- 6:03time
- 6:03also.
- 6:04And
- 6:04did
- 6:04not
- 6:04let
- 6:04the
- 6:04people
- 6:05go.
- 6:06God
- 6:06is
- 6:06thorough.
- 6:07Not
- 6:07one
- 6:08fly
- 6:08remains.
- 6:09That's
- 6:09incredible
- 6:10evidence
- 6:10of
- 6:10his
- 6:11power,
- 6:11but
- 6:11Pharaoh
- 6:12doesn't
- 6:12listen.
- 6:13I'm
- 6:13amazed
- 6:13at
- 6:13the
- 6:13continued
- 6:14intercession
- 6:15that
- 6:15God
- 6:15allows.
- 6:16God
- 6:16had
- 6:16allowed
- 6:16Job
- 6:17to
- 6:17intercede
- 6:17on
- 6:17behalf
- 6:18of
- 6:18his
- 6:18friends.
- 6:18Abraham
- 6:19to
- 6:19intercede
- 6:20on
- 6:20behalf
- 6:20of
- 6:20Sodom
- 6:21and
- 6:21Gomorrah
- 6:21and
- 6:21for
- 6:21Pharaoh
- 6:22over
- 6:22and
- 6:22over.
- 6:23He
- 6:23allows
- 6:23intercession
- 6:24on
- 6:24behalf
- 6:25of
- 6:25people
- 6:25that
- 6:25do
- 6:26not
- 6:26follow
- 6:26him,
- 6:26and
- 6:27I
- 6:27love
- 6:27the
- 6:27specificity
- 6:28of
- 6:28the
- 6:28prayers.
- 6:29When
- 6:29do
- 6:29you
- 6:29want
- 6:30this
- 6:30to
- 6:30happen,
- 6:30Pharaoh?
- 6:31These
- 6:31are
- 6:31not
- 6:31random
- 6:32acts.
- 6:32They're
- 6:32happening
- 6:32exactly
- 6:33as
- 6:33God
- 6:33said.
- 6:34In
- 6:34most
- 6:34of
- 6:34the
- 6:34plagues,
- 6:35God
- 6:35warns
- 6:35fear
- 6:36in
- 6:36advance
- 6:36with
- 6:37only
- 6:37a
- 6:37few
- 6:37exceptions.
- 6:38He
- 6:38is
- 6:39a
- 6:39God
- 6:39of
- 6:39clarity,
- 6:40and
- 6:40that's
- 6:40one
- 6:40of
- 6:40the
- 6:41things
- 6:41that
- 6:41I've
- 6:41learned
- 6:41most
- 6:42from
- 6:42Scripture
- 6:43about
- 6:43how
- 6:43to
- 6:43parent
- 6:43my
- 6:43kids.
- 6:44God
- 6:44sets
- 6:44clear
- 6:45boundaries
- 6:45and
- 6:45clear
- 6:45guidelines.
- 6:46He
- 6:46says,
- 6:46this
- 6:47is
- 6:47a
- 6:47line
- 6:47you
- 6:47may
- 6:47not
- 6:48cross,
- 6:48and
- 6:48if
- 6:48you
- 6:49do,
- 6:49this
- 6:49is
- 6:49what
- 6:49will
- 6:50happen.
- 6:50We're
- 6:50not
- 6:50called
- 6:51to
- 6:51be
- 6:51wishy-washy
- 6:52or
- 6:52to
- 6:52confuse
- 6:52our
- 6:52kids.
- 6:53They
- 6:53should
- 6:53know
- 6:54these
- 6:54are
- 6:54righteous
- 6:55choices
- 6:55and
- 6:55these
- 6:55are
- 6:56not.
- 6:56And
- 6:56when
- 6:56you
- 6:57do
- 6:57this,
- 6:57this
- 6:57is
- 6:58how
- 6:58I
- 6:58will
- 6:58respond.
- 6:59That's
- 6:59loving
- 7:00and
- 7:00it's
- 7:00helping
- 7:00guide
- 7:01them.
- 7:01In
- 7:02nine
- 7:02five,
- 7:02we
- 7:02read
- 7:03and
- 7:03the
- 7:03Lord
- 7:03set
- 7:04a
- 7:04time
- 7:04saying
- 7:05tomorrow
- 7:05the
- 7:05Lord
- 7:06will
- 7:06do
- 7:06this
- 7:06thing
- 7:06in
- 7:07the
- 7:07land.
- 7:07And
- 7:07the
- 7:07next
- 7:08day,
- 7:08the
- 7:08Lord
- 7:08did
- 7:09this
- 7:09thing.
- 7:10All
- 7:10the
- 7:10livestock
- 7:10of
- 7:10the
- 7:11Egyptians
- 7:11died,
- 7:12but
- 7:12not
- 7:12one
- 7:13of
- 7:13the
- 7:13livestock
- 7:13of
- 7:14the
- 7:14people
- 7:14of
- 7:14Israel
- 7:14died.
- 7:15And
- 7:15Pharaoh
- 7:15sent
- 7:16and
- 7:16behold,
- 7:16not
- 7:17one
- 7:17of
- 7:17the
- 7:17livestock
- 7:18of
- 7:18Israel
- 7:18was
- 7:18dead.
- 7:19But
- 7:19the
- 7:19heart
- 7:19of
- 7:19Pharaoh
- 7:20was
- 7:20hardened
- 7:20and
- 7:20he
- 7:20did
- 7:21not
- 7:21let
- 7:21the
- 7:21people
- 7:21go
- 7:22in
- 7:22the
- 7:22fourth
- 7:23plague.
- 7:23God
- 7:23had
- 7:23began
- 7:24to
- 7:24make
- 7:24a
- 7:24distinction
- 7:25between
- 7:25his
- 7:25people
- 7:26and
- 7:26the
- 7:26Egyptians.
- 7:27It's
- 7:27a
- 7:27dramatic
- 7:28separation
- 7:29the
- 7:29Egyptians
- 7:29revered
- 7:30bulls
- 7:31and
- 7:31cows
- 7:31as
- 7:31holy.
- 7:32The
- 7:32male
- 7:32god
- 7:32of
- 7:32fertility
- 7:33was
- 7:33often
- 7:33represented
- 7:34as
- 7:34a
- 7:34bull
- 7:35and
- 7:35hathor,
- 7:35the
- 7:35goddess
- 7:36of
- 7:36the
- 7:36sky
- 7:36was
- 7:36represented
- 7:37as
- 7:37a
- 7:37cow.
- 7:38God
- 7:38is
- 7:38continuing
- 7:39to
- 7:39bring
- 7:39down
- 7:39their
- 7:40polytheistic
- 7:40beliefs.
- 7:41In
- 7:4113
- 7:42then
- 7:42the
- 7:42Lord
- 7:42said
- 7:43to
- 7:43Moses,
- 7:43rise
- 7:44up
- 7:44early
- 7:44in
- 7:44the
- 7:44morning
- 7:45and
- 7:45present
- 7:45yourself
- 7:46before
- 7:46Pharaoh
- 7:46and
- 7:47say
- 7:47to
- 7:47him,
- 7:47thus,
- 7:48says
- 7:48the
- 7:48Lord,
- 7:49the
- 7:49God
- 7:49of
- 7:49the
- 7:49Hebrews.
- 7:50Let
- 7:50my
- 7:51people
- 7:51go
- 7:51that
- 7:51they
- 7:52may
- 7:52serve
- 7:52me.
- 7:52For
- 7:53this
- 7:53time,
- 7:53I
- 7:54will
- 7:54send
- 7:54all
- 7:54my
- 7:54plagues
- 7:55on
- 7:55you
- 7:55yourself,
- 7:56and
- 7:56on
- 7:56your
- 7:57servants
- 7:57and
- 7:58your
- 7:58people,
- 7:58so
- 7:58that
- 7:59you
- 7:59may
- 7:59know
- 7:59that
- 8:00there
- 8:00is
- 8:00none
- 8:00like
- 8:01me
- 8:01in
- 8:01all
- 8:01the
- 8:01Earth.
- 8:02For
- 8:02by
- 8:02now,
- 8:03I
- 8:03could
- 8:03have
- 8:03put
- 8:03out
- 8:04my
- 8:04hand
- 8:04and
- 8:04struck
- 8:05you
- 8:05and
- 8:05your
- 8:05people
- 8:05with
- 8:06pestilence,
- 8:06and
- 8:07you
- 8:07would've
- 8:07been
- 8:07cut
- 8:07off
- 8:08from
- 8:08the
- 8:08earth.
- 8:08But
- 8:09for
- 8:09this
- 8:09purpose,
- 8:10I
- 8:10have
- 8:10raised
- 8:10you
- 8:11up
- 8:11to
- 8:11show
- 8:11you
- 8:11my
- 8:12power
- 8:12so
- 8:12that
- 8:13my
- 8:13name
- 8:13may
- 8:13be
- 8:13proclaimed
- 8:14in
- 8:14all
- 8:14the
- 8:14earth.
- 8:15You
- 8:15are
- 8:15still
- 8:16exalting
- 8:16yourself
- 8:17against
- 8:17my
- 8:17people
- 8:18and
- 8:18will
- 8:18not
- 8:18let
- 8:18them
- 8:18go.
- 8:19Behold,
- 8:20about
- 8:20this
- 8:20time
- 8:20tomorrow
- 8:21I
- 8:21will
- 8:21cause
- 8:22very
- 8:22heavy
- 8:22hail
- 8:23to
- 8:23fall,
- 8:23such
- 8:24as
- 8:24has
- 8:24never
- 8:24been
- 8:25in
- 8:25Egypt
- 8:25from
- 8:25the
- 8:26day
- 8:26it
- 8:26was
- 8:26founded
- 8:26until
- 8:27now.
- 8:27Now
- 8:28therefore,
- 8:28send,
- 8:29get
- 8:29your
- 8:29livestock
- 8:30and
- 8:30all
- 8:30that
- 8:30you
- 8:30have
- 8:31in
- 8:31the
- 8:31field
- 8:31in
- 8:31a
- 8:31safe
- 8:32shelter
- 8:32for
- 8:33every
- 8:33man
- 8:33and
- 8:33beast
- 8:34that
- 8:34is
- 8:34in
- 8:34the
- 8:34field
- 8:35and
- 8:35is
- 8:35not
- 8:35brought
- 8:35home
- 8:36will
- 8:36die.
- 8:36when
- 8:36the
- 8:36hail
- 8:37falls
- 8:37on
- 8:37them,
- 8:38then
- 8:38whoever
- 8:38feared
- 8:39the
- 8:39word
- 8:39of
- 8:39the
- 8:39Lord
- 8:40among
- 8:40the
- 8:40servants
- 8:40of
- 8:40Pharaoh,
- 8:41hurried
- 8:41his
- 8:42slaves
- 8:42and
- 8:42his
- 8:42livestock
- 8:43into
- 8:43the
- 8:43houses.
- 8:44But
- 8:44whoever
- 8:44did
- 8:44not
- 8:44pay
- 8:45attention
- 8:45to
- 8:45the
- 8:45word
- 8:45of
- 8:45the
- 8:46Lord
- 8:46left
- 8:46his
- 8:46slaves
- 8:47and
- 8:47his
- 8:47livestock
- 8:48in
- 8:48the
- 8:48field
- 8:48on
- 8:49the
- 8:49Lord
- 8:49does
- 8:49what
- 8:49he
- 8:49says
- 8:50he
- 8:50will
- 8:50do.
- 8:50There
- 8:50was
- 8:50hail
- 8:51and
- 8:51fire
- 8:51flashing
- 8:52continually,
- 8:52and
- 8:53in
- 8:53verse
- 8:5327,
- 8:54then
- 8:54Pharaoh
- 8:54sent
- 8:55and
- 8:55called
- 8:55Moses
- 8:55and
- 8:56Aaron
- 8:56and
- 8:56said
- 8:56to
- 8:56them,
- 8:57this
- 8:57time
- 8:58I
- 8:58have
- 8:58sinned.
- 8:58The
- 8:59Lord
- 8:59is
- 8:59in
- 8:59the
- 8:59right.
- 9:00I
- 9:00and
- 9:00my
- 9:00people
- 9:01are
- 9:01in
- 9:01the
- 9:01wrong
- 9:01plead
- 9:02with
- 9:02the
- 9:02Lord.
- 9:03For
- 9:03there
- 9:03has
- 9:03been
- 9:03enough
- 9:04of
- 9:04God's
- 9:04thunder
- 9:04and
- 9:04hail.
- 9:05And
- 9:05when
- 9:05Pharaoh
- 9:06sees
- 9:06that
- 9:06the
- 9:06rain
- 9:07and
- 9:07the
- 9:07hail
- 9:07and
- 9:07the
- 9:07thunder
- 9:08have
- 9:08ceased,
- 9:08we're
- 9:08told
- 9:09he
- 9:09sinned
- 9:09yet
- 9:10again
- 9:10and
- 9:10hardened
- 9:10his
- 9:10heart,
- 9:11let's
- 9:11pray.
- 9:12Heavenly
- 9:12Father,
- 9:13we
- 9:13are
- 9:14truly
- 9:14grateful
- 9:15that
- 9:15you
- 9:15have
- 9:15softened
- 9:15our
- 9:16hearts
- 9:16to
- 9:16the
- 9:16gospel,
- 9:17and
- 9:17we
- 9:17ask
- 9:18that
- 9:18you
- 9:18would
- 9:18continue
- 9:19to
- 9:19soften
- 9:19them
- 9:20where
- 9:20there
- 9:20is
- 9:20bitterness,
- 9:21unforgiveness,
- 9:22apathy,
- 9:22or
- 9:23indifference,
- 9:23transform
- 9:24us
- 9:24into
- 9:24the
- 9:24likeness
- 9:25of
- 9:25your
- 9:25son.
- 9:26We
- 9:26pray
- 9:26also
- 9:27for
- 9:27our
- 9:27kids
- 9:27where
- 9:27they
- 9:28haven't
- 9:28been
- 9:28softened
- 9:29yet,
- 9:29to
- 9:29your
- 9:29goodness.
- 9:30Oh
- 9:30Lord,
- 9:30draw
- 9:31them
- 9:31to
- 9:31yourself.
- 9:32Guide
- 9:32us
- 9:32to
- 9:32be
- 9:33clear
- 9:33and
- 9:34consistently
- 9:35follow
- 9:35through
- 9:35with
- 9:35discipline,
- 9:36but
- 9:36also
- 9:37to
- 9:37be
- 9:37gracious
- 9:38knowing
- 9:38we
- 9:38have
- 9:39needed
- 9:39your
- 9:39mercy.
- 9:39Many
- 9:40times
- 9:40we
- 9:41thank
- 9:41you
- 9:41for
- 9:41your
- 9:41power
- 9:42over
- 9:42creation,
- 9:43and
- 9:43we
- 9:43think
- 9:44of
- 9:44Jesus,
- 9:44that
- 9:45even
- 9:45the
- 9:45wind
- 9:45and
- 9:46the
- 9:46waves
- 9:46obeyed
- 9:46him.
- 9:47Lord,
- 9:47may
- 9:47we
- 9:47trust
- 9:48in
- 9:48your
- 9:48power
- 9:48to
- 9:49move
- 9:49in
- 9:49our
- 9:49lives
- 9:50and
- 9:50be
- 9:50aware.
- 9:50Of
- 9:51where
- 9:51you
- 9:51already
- 9:51are.
- 9:52We
- 9:52pray
- 9:52you
- 9:53would
- 9:53use
- 9:53us
- 9:53so
- 9:54that
- 9:54all
- 9:54around
- 9:55us
- 9:55would
- 9:55know
- 9:55that
- 9:55you
- 9:56are
- 9:56the
- 9:56Lord.
- 9:57In
- 9:57Jesus'
- 9:57name
- 9:57we
- 9:58pray.
- 9:58Amen.