
Quotes
Phil Ryken: “It was not the great things that overwhelmed Pharaoh, but little things in very large quantities.”
James 4:7: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
James 2:19: ““You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!”
Romans 9:14-18: What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’ So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ‘For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.’ So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.”
Matthew 25:31-32: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.”
Questions
Living Out Our Callings–Exodus Series #16 - Exodus 8:16-32
“Limits, Acknowledgements, and Distinctions”
Especially for the Children:
a. Give an example of the most bugs you have ever seen. How does that compare to Egypt’s plagues of gnats and flies?
b. Do you want to KNOW God?
c. How can we know God?
- What was your top takeaway from this sermon?
- What comfort can we take in the fact that Satan’s power has limits (as displayed with the sorcerers inability to imitate these plagues)?
- What is the difference between acknowledging God and knowing God? Can you think of examples today of those differences?
- Why is mankind so bothered that God distinguishes between those who are His and those who are not?
- What does resistance to God’s distinctions in His eternal judgments look like (or sound like) today in Christian circles?