Frogs, Flies, and a Flustered Pharaoh
from Exodus Series on SermonAudio Hosted by Pastor Jim Scudder
Frogs in the bedroom, frogs in the ovens, frogs in the kneading bowls. Lice that no magician could copy. Swarms of biting flies, dying cattle, boils, hail with fire inside, locusts, and three days of darkness. It all sounds random, until you learn that every one of these plagues was aimed at a different god of Egypt. In this message from the series Is The Old Testament Obsolete?, Pastor Jim Scudder opens Exodus 8 through 10 at Quentin Road Baptist Church and walks through plagues two through nine, showing how each one took on an idol Egypt trusted, from the frog-headed god of fertility to the sun god himself. He explains why only God can make life from dust, why Pharaoh kept saying I have sinned and kept going right back to it, and why being sorry about the consequences is not repentance. Pride destroys. Humility blesses. Pharaoh would not bow, but Pastor Scudder warns that the human heart is a perpetual idol factory, and that if you will not humble yourself, God will do it for you. The shepherd king defeats the serpent king, and the same Lord who brought darkness on Egypt rose on the third day as the Light of the world. Scripture referenced: Psalm 119:89; Acts 7:36; Exodus 8:1-3; Exodus 8:13-15; Exodus 8:17-19; Exodus 8:24; Psalm 78:45; Exodus 8:31-32; Exodus 9:3-4; Exodus 9:10-12; Matthew 23:12; Exodus 9:18; Exodus 9:23-24; Exodus 9:27; Exodus 10:3-5; Exodus 10:22-23; Exodus 10:27-29
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