“A Snake against the snakes” (Exodus 7:8–13)

“A Snake against the snakes” (Exodus 7:8–13)

Pastor Cameron Jungels

Eastside Baptist Church

Sunday PM, July 23, 2017

 

Exodus 7:8–13, NIV

⁸ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ⁹ “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.”

¹⁰ 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. ¹¹ Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: ¹² Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³ Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

 

1. God prepares his servants for skepticism and unbelief: He equips them with words and wonders (8–9).
   

2. God uses his obedient servants to display his power: He transforms creation and brings life out of death (10).
   

3. God’s plan is not thwarted by the threat of cheap imitations: He mocks the futility of man (11).
   

4. God demonstrates his supremacy over all authorities and powers: He conquers and defeats his foes. (12).
   

5. God utilizes the hard-heartedness and stubbornness of the unbelieving in the display of his greater glory: He hardens as he wills (13).