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Will You Retell His Story?
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Pastor Jojo Ma
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Exodus 10:1-20
I. Will you humble yourself? [vv1-6]
II. Will you retell His story? [v2]
III. Will you worship the Lord? [vv7-11]
IV. Will you repent and be saved? [vv12-20]
I. Will you humble yourself? [vv1-6]
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD." 3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, 5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, 6 and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.'" Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
Pharaoh would have two choices: not hegemony or humility, but humility or humiliation. Humble yourself or God will humble you.
How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Lord? How long? How long will you go on rejecting your Creator, your Sustainer, your Provider, the only Savior, the only true King? How long will you refuse Him? How long will you put off the day of faith and repentance? How long until you find the life that is truly life? How long before you receive eternal life?
II. Will you retell His story? [v2]
2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.
The older we get the more it takes for us to be in awe, which is why so many adults are bored out of their minds, in large part because they have pursued the awe of the world and have gotten used to it and have been let down. In many ways we need to nurture a child-like awe, seeing God’s power and grace and love in all of life.
Deut 6:20-25 20 When your son asks you in time to come, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?' 21 then you shall say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. 23 And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. 25 And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.'
Today we have a great story to tell our kids and grandkids too, right? It’s the story of all stories, the true exodus, the gospel story of our Lord Jesus Christ who has brought us out of the Egypt of our sin.
III. Will you worship the Lord? [vv7-11]
7 Then Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?" 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your God. But which ones are to go?" 9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD." 10 But he said to them, "The LORD be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind. 11 No! Go, the men among you, and serve the LORD, for that is what you are asking." And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
Here is an important principle for us all: Worship is for everyone. Worship is for the whole family.
Scripture speaks to our fallen race, many ethnicities and people groups, the universality of sin, and the only hope we have in Christ. Keep your gaze on Scripture and the gospel, not on worldly philosophies and race-bating division.
IV. Will you repent and be saved? [vv12-20]
12 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left." 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me." 18 So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the LORD. 19 And the LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.
16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me."
In this script, this story, His story, Pharaoh’s heart is hard all the way through, Pharaoh is held responsible for his sin, and God is sovereign over it all.
God is willing to show mercy upon you. So how long will you refuse to humble yourself before the Lord? Will you repent of your sin, turn in faith to Christ, and be saved by his blood?