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There is No One Like the Lord Our God

Date: Jan. 14, 2021

Passage

Exodus 8:1-15

The Second Plague: Frogs

8:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. 3 The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. 4 The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’” 5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’” 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with the LORD to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.” 9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.” 10 And he said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. 11 The frogs shall go away from you and your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left only in the Nile.” 12 So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh. 13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. 14 And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Key Verse: Exodus 8:10b

10 And he said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

1. The plague of frogs (1-7)

Again the LORD sent Moses to Pharaoh, commanding him, 'Let my people go,' and again Pharaoh refused. This time frogs teemed forth from the Nile in overwhelming numbers and covered the land. The magicians were able to summon frogs from the Nile by their secret arts. But the frogs still covered the land. Their secret arts could not undo God's power or plan. Pharaoh's response this time would be different.

2. Moses cried out to the LORD (8-15)

Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, seeming to yield to God's command. Moses saw the opportunity for Pharaoh to know that there is no one like the LORD our God, so he told him to set the time. Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD did what Moses asked. God's power and identity were clearly revealed. Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart when he saw there was relief from the frogs, just as God had said. Moses was growing as God's servant step by step.

Prayer: Father, there is no one like you, mighty in power, who hears and answers our prayers. Help me grow in confidence in you as a prayer servant.

One Word: There is no one like God

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Remember Who God is

Psalm 77:1-20

Key Verse: 77:11

I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

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