One%20More%20Night%20With%20the%20Frogs

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One More Night With The Frogs
Exodus 81-14
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The Plague of Frogs and Pharaoh

• The book of Exodus is about Israels exit from
  Egypt.
• Yet, before their departure God convinces Pharaoh
  to let His people go.
• As Moses first asks Pharaoh to release the
  Israelites the Pharaoh refuses.
• However, after a series of plagues, Pharaoh
  allows Israel to depart.
• One of the ten plagues was an infestation of
  frogs.
• The conversation surrounding this plague is
  intriguing!

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Plague of Frogs and Pharaoh

• The Lord says to Pharaoh,
• Let My people go, that they may serve Me. But
  if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will
  smite all your territory with frogs (Exodus
  81-2).
• Pharaoh refuses and the frogs come (83-7)!
• Pharaoh calls for Moses and says,
• Entreat the Lord that He may take away the frogs
  from me andmy people and I will let the people
  go (88).
• Moses replies to Pharaoh,
• Accept the honor of saying when I shall
  intercede for you, for your servants, and for
  your people, to destroy the frogs from you and
  your houses, that they may remain in the river
  only (89).
• Pharaohs answer?
• Tomorrow (810).

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Striking Similarities

• It is easy to point out fingers at mean, old,
  crazy Pharaoh.
• Yet, most of us have a little bit of Pharaoh in
  ourselves!
• Are there times
• We know God wants us doing something?
• We refuse and make excuses and would rather
  pursue our own selfish interests?
• We tell ourselves Ill do what I want a little
  longer, then Ill do what God wants.
• If so, then weve engaged in the one more night
  with the frogs philosophy!
• Consider what this mindset entails

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One More Night of Sin

• One more day of waiting to ask God for help,
  meant one more day of Pharaohs rebellion!
• The longer we put off doing Gods will, the
  longer we hold on to sin!
• What sin in your life are you clinging onto while
  telling yourself youll change later?
• Temptation will always be therewe must choose to
  overcome it (1 Corinthians 1013).
• Do you think it is the Fathers will that we
  ignore Him now and obey Him later?
• John 811
• Romans 611-12
• Hebrews 1124-26
• Gods Word speaks and we must obey (2 Tim.
  316-17).
• Otherwise, we sin (1 John 34 James 417).

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One More Night of Sins Effects

• Can you imagine Pharaoh that night?
• He could not walk, talk, sleep or eat without
  thinking about frogs (see Ex. 83-4).
• Sin often causes us great harm.
• It can hurt us and others physically
• Violence, abuse, waste leads to poverty
• It can harm us and others emotionally
• Verbal abuse, sins of the tongue
• Division/strife
• It harms us psychologically
• Guilt, shame, regret
• Sleeplessness, worry
• It ruins us spiritually (Rom. 623 Jam. 114-15)!

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One More Night of Excuses

• Pharaohs promised commitment grew cold over time
  (Exodus 815).
• The result for Pharaoh and Egypt was more plagues
  to come!
• Yet, how often do we do the same thing?
• We consider obeying God realizing He is the
  answer to many of our problems.
• Yet, once our problems subside we have more
  excuses and delayed commitments.
• Usually, as a result, we are only multiplying the
  sin in our lives and using God as a crutch.
• God does not want to hear, Ill follow you
  with conditions (Luke 957-62).
• How long will we make excuses for?

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One More Night of Assumption

• Pharaohs answer to Moses of Tomorrow carries
  with it an assumption.
• He assumes there will be a tomorrow.
• We can never be so sure we will have tomorrow
  to fix our lives!
• Proverbs 271
• James 414
• For this reason, we need to act decisively to get
  right with our Maker today.
• Matthew 2128
• Hebrews 37-8
• It is one thing to leave our chores undone until
  tomorrow and another to leave our soul!

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One More Night of Unbelief

• Ultimately, Pharaohs greatest problem was his
  own unbelief in God.
• Why else would he ignore Gods warnings unless He
  disbelieved His power?
• Plague after plague, God is proven true and
  Pharaoh is forced to let God have His way!
• Yet, not before Pharaoh lost his own son in the
  tenth plague (Exodus 1229-32).
• Through Gods Word and those who teach it God
  tries to bring us back to Him!
• Yet, we ignore as if it is all a mere fairy tale!
• By ignoring Him we prove an unbelief in God.
• To those who ignore, remember this God never
  made a promise He did not keep!
• Hebrews 21-4

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The Philosophy in Summary

• Pharaohs one more night with the frogs
  philosophy means
• One More Night of Sin
• One More Night of Sins Effects
• One More Night of Excuses
• One More Night of Assumption
• One More Night of Unbelief

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Will our answer to Gods call be tomorrow or
today? Acts 238-41 1 John 19