Message Slides 10.06.2019

Posted on October 6, 2019 by - Slides

GOD, PART 1 | Wk 4: “The God Who Liberates”

Pastor Mike Overstreet | 10.06.2019

Message recordings available at: https://vimeo.com/element3

 

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Exodus 7:1-5 (NIV)

Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

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The WHO of the Confrontation – The Villains of the Exodus

The Nation of Egypt

  • Military empire built on the back of slaves and oppression.
  • Viewed their empire as divinely chosen, justified, and empowered.
  • Viewed their king as a god.

The Pharaoh 

  • No name given – just The Pharaoh.
  • Embodiment of what Egypt represents – violence, pride, obsession with power.

 

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The Ten Plagues / Divine Actions

  1. The Nile is turned to blood (Exodus 7:14-24)
  2. The Plague of Frogs (Exodus 8:1-15)
  3. The Plague of Gnats (Exodus 8:16-19)
  4. The Plague of Flies (Exodus 8:20-39)
  5. The Plague on Egypt’s Livestock (Exodus 9:1-7)
  6. The Plague of Boils (Exodus 9:8-12)
  7. The Plague of Hail (Exodus 9:13-35)
  8. The Plague of Locusts (Exodus 10:1-20)
  9. The Darkening of the Sun (Exodus 10:21-29)
  10. The Death of Egyptian Firstborns (Exodus 11:1-10)

 

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The HOW of the Ten Plagues

  • Direct refutation of Egypt’s national identity and strength.
  • Confrontation of the Egyptian sense of divine superiority.
  • Challenge to Pharaoh’s delusion of power.

 

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The WHY of the Confrontation – Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart

  • 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th Plague – “Pharaoh’s heart grew hard.”
    • Verb does not imply God acted to harden Pharaoh’s heart – it just grew hard.
  • 2nd and 4th Plague – “Pharaoh hardened his own heart.” 
    • Verb implies that Pharaoh, not God, acted to harden his own heart.
  • 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Plague – “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.” 
    • Verb implies God is only furthering what has already taken place.