Pastor Metzger - Other gods - Part 5

“Other gods” –Part 5Pastor Metzger 5/17/2026Sun ValleyChurch MT in Florence, MontanaExodus 8:20-3220 -  And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise upearly in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to thewater; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they mayserve me.21 -  Else, if thou wilt not let my people go,behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and uponthy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be fullof swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.22 -  And I will sever in that day the land ofGoshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; tothe end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.23 -  And I will put a division between mypeople and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.24 -  And the LORD did so; and there came agrievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants'houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of theswarm of flies.25 -  And Pharaoh called for Moses and forAaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.26 -  And Moses said, It is not meet so to do;for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God:lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, andwill they not stone us?27 -  We will go three days' journey into thewilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.28 -  And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, thatye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not govery far away: intreat for me.29 -  And Moses said, Behold, I go out fromthee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart fromPharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaohdeal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to theLORD.30 -  And Moses went out from Pharaoh, andintreated the LORD.31 -  And the LORD did according to the word ofMoses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, andfrom his people; there remained not one.32 -  And Pharaoh hardened his heart at thistime also, neither would he let the people go.