June 12, 2022
(Exodus 4:29-31 NIV) Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, and Aaron told them everything the LORD had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
(Exodus 5:1-8 NIV) Afterward, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ” Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go.” Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.” But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!” Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.” That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
When Things Don’t Go as Planned
1. Pharoah: Do you ____________________?
What you think is ____________ could be ____________.
(Exodus 4:21 NIV) The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
(Exodus 6:9 NIV) Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.
2. Israelites: Do you _______________________________________?
(John 14:1 NIV) Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
(Romans 8:35,37 NKJV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?…No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Don’t let your heart be ruled by ___________.
Let it be ruled by what _________________.
(John 16:33 NIV) I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
(Exodus 7:8-12 NIV) The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.” So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
3. Magicians: Do you _________________________________________?
God _________, Satan ____________.
(Exodus 6:2,6,7,8,29 NIV) “I am the Lord…” x5
(Exodus 6:1-8) “See what I will do…I will bring…I will deliver…I will redeem…I will take…I will be…I will bring…I will give…”
4. Moses: Do you ______________________________________________?
✔️ You will never know that God is ____________
✔️ until He allows a situation where ___________.
✔️ ____________ is your responsibility, the ____________ is Gods.
✔️ If it’s not _________, Gods not ________.