Moses´ Persistent Pleading With Pharaoh.

He had a message from God.
He kept faithfully declaring it.
Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Pharaoh Rejects God´s Command Again

The Plague Of The Frogs Exodus 8:2-6
Pharaoh ignores the warning of Moses.
Aaron lifts his rod and the plague begins.
Frogs were everywhere in Egypt.
They speak of sin and its results in every area of life.
There are 3 lessons in this encounter with frogs.

The Power of the Magicians

read  Exodus 8:7

Egyptians Worshipped Frogs.

There was a frog goddess.
Embalmed frogs were placed in their tombs.

Pharaoh´s Magicians Were Called To Get Rid Of The Frogs.

They could only bring more frogs.
Like experts trying to solve today´s problems.

People Can Do Many Things.

Build beautiful buildings.
Split the atom and travel in space.
Discover miracle drugs to cure our ills.

Still, our most perplexing problems remain.

Ever learning but missing the truth. read 2 Timothy 3:7-8

The Procrastination of Pharaoh

read Exodus 8:10

Moses Is Called And Asked To Pray.

Even ungodly people know who walks and talks with God.
Pharaoh acknowledges that only the Lord can help.

Moses Asks When He Should Pray.

The Strangest Reply In The Bible: Tomorrow.

Pharaoh wants one more night with the frogs.
He is like all who put off coming to Christ.
Today is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

Get Right With God Today.

The Prayer of Moses

read Exodus 8:12-13

Moses Cried To The Lord.

He Was Specific In His Prayer: because of the frogs.
Puny Man Calls; Mighty God Acts.
Does your Problem seem to Difficult To Solve?
God Answers Prayer: The Plague Ended  Exodus 8:13

Conclusion

After The Frogs Departed, Pharaoh Hardened His Heart. Exodus 8:15

After their problems are over, many forget God.
They harden their hearts to His Spirit.

Remember How God Met You In Your Crises.

Respond To His Tender Pleading Without Delay.

Bible Studies Home

Exodus 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
² And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
⁴ And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
⁵ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
⁶ And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
⁷ And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
⁸ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
⁹ And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
¹⁰ And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
¹¹ And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
¹² And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
¹³ And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
¹⁴ And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
¹⁵ But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
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Exodus 8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
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2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
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Exodus 8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
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2 Corinthians 6:2 For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
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Exodus 8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
¹³ And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

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Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
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Last updated on Octobeer 07, 2005