Ep. 26 | PLAGUE 3: The Finger of God

Text: Exodus 8:16-19

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’”17 And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt. 18 The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

(1) UNPACKING the ATTACK (of the gnats)

(2) UNDERSTANDING the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (of the Magicians)

(3) UNVEILING the ATTRIBUTES (of the LORD God)

(a) COMMUNICATING POWER
(b) CREATIVE POWER
(c) CONTROLLING POWER
(d) COMPASSIONATE POWER

(4) UTILIZING the APPLICATION (for our lives)

Steve Green —
“All across the world
People everywhere
Ask “How can I believe in a God I cannot see?
If there really is a God, why is there so much pain?
If I could only see, then I’d believe.”

If you could only see that His
Love is written all across the sky
As brilliantly the stars all testify
For the glory of the God Who reigns on high
Is displayed in the world He has made
And as all creation seems to shout and sing
In wonder of the one Almighty King
His signature can easily be seen on everything

Take a minute now and take a look around
Can you believe that everything you see
Took place by chance?
The intricate design
Down to the last detail
And what about the mystery that cuts us like a knife:
“What is the source of life?”