lesson 4

plagues of the Egypt

By: BEC/CDO Philippines

I need to avoid being a PHARAOH and hardening my heart to God’s command. Instead, i need to follow God with a soft loving heart.

BIG IDEA

how is our testament trek going so far? have you got many pictures in the bible scenes to keep in your memory? here are some you might have so far can you number them in order from 1 to 8?

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

do you know what a callous is? here are some hints

A miner might have callouses

on his hands from holding from holding a pick handle

A ballerina might get callouses on her toes from where her shoes rub.

A Cowboy might have callouses

on his hands from Constant rubbing of the lasso rope

A callous might start as just a small

red patch of skin. Repeated

rubbing makes the skin tough and

hard, until it no longer has any

feeling when it is touched.

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Sometimes we describe a whole

person as being "calloused" that

means they are an unfeeling,

unsympathetic person.

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Callous

Hardened lump on the skin

Locust

Grasshopper

Murrain

Infestation of a disease or pest

Plague

Infectious disease of cattle

Reverence

Deep respect

Sacrifice

Giving up something important

We have to be careful that we are not calloused, unfeeling people who can't respond to God's

word. In this lesson we encounter a king who hardened his heart and deliberately refused to

respond to God's command.

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That's it. No more straw! Find your own! But, of course, you still have to make the same number of bricks. (Ha, ha, ha!)

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Exodus 5:5-11

Pharaoh told Moses and Aaron they were

trying to take people from their brick-laying work. So, to punish them, Pharaoh gave orders to his slave drivers-they were not to supply any more straw to put in the bricks, but they

still had to produce the same number of bricks.

Exodus 5:1-4

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and

gave him God's message. God wanted

His people to be free from the cruel

Egyptians so they could worship Him.

Pharaoh did not want to lose his free brick-makers

and REFUSED TO LISTEN. After all he was the

most powerful being around, wasn't he?...

Pharaoh had a lot to learn about the true, living

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Exodus 5:12-19

he Israelites scattered, searching.

desperately for straw in the fields. Of

course they couldn't find much! The slave-

drivers whipped the people and demanded the

same number of bricks. But don't worry,

sometimes things get WORSE before they get

better.

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Why aren’t you making your brick quota

water turning to blood

THE TEN PLAGUES

frogs

lice

flies

unhealable

boils

hail and fire

locust

darkness

killing of firstborn children

Why did God send the plagues? see Exodus 9:16

| To punish the Egyptians for not letting Israel go.

2 To show Pharaoh His power and...

3 so His name might be proclaimed in all the earth

Psalm119:10

I seek you with all

my heart;

do not let me stray

from your

commands.

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The SUN is like the COMMANDS OF GOD (what He is asking us to do).

The BUTTER and CLAY are like PEOPLE'S

HEARTS. Pharaoh's heart was like the CLAY. It responded to God by HARDENING.

Sometimes the NATION OF

ISRAEL made their hearts hard and WOULDN'T LISTEN to God.

We need to keep our HEARTS SOFT like butter and

PAY ATTENTION to God. Where can we find God's commands?

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BIBLE

LISTEN

EARS

HEARTS

FLINT

LISTEN

WORDS

Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

A. Abraham

B. Moses

C. Joshua

D. David

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ANSWER: B. Moses

What was the first plague sent upon Egypt?

A. Hail

B. Locusts

C. Darkness

D. Blood

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ANSWER: D. Blood

Which plague caused the death of the firstborn of Egypt?

A. Frogs

B. Boils

C. Pestilence

D. Death of the Firstborn

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ANSWER: D. Death of the Firstborn

What was the sign God gave Moses to use when performing miracles?

A. A staff

B. A sword

C. A dove

D. A burning bush

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ANSWER: A. staff

After the ten plagues, where did the Israelites go?

A. Canaan

B. Babylon

C. Jerusalem

D. Egypt

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ANSWER: A. Canaan

THANK YOU!