Our God is the Real Deal

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Our God is the Real Deal

Date: Sep. 10, 2015

Passage

Exodus 7:1- 13 (ESV)

1 And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them. 7 Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 7:5

The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.”

First, God makes impossible missions possible to reveal his glory (1-6). God reveals his glory so that people would believe and trust in him for salvation. He reveals his glory through those who embrace his "impossible" mission. Pharaoh's tenacity would reveal that it was by God's power alone that the Israelites could be set free. The entire world, for all generations, would know that God is the sovereign ruler of all the earth and he is mighty to save and strong to deliver (1 Cor 10:31).

Second, God's glory will conquer counterfeits (7-13). Satan generates counterfeit miracles to deceive people. When Pharaoh asked for a miracle to prove their authority, Aaron threw down his staff and it became a snake. But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing. Aaron's snake swallowed them up by a miracle of God. The things of God are lasting and genuine. They reveal the things of this world for what they truly are. Never settle for the fake miracles of this world.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for revealing your glory. May your glory shine to the ends of the earth.

One Word: God's power and glory shines forth amidst counterfeits and so trust in God alone

The Lamb Will Triumph

Revelation 17:1-18

Key Verse: 17:14

They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

Today's Question

What is creation?

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