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Moses and Aaron came before Pharaoh with a message from Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may worship me in the wilderness.”

Pharaoh answered, “Who is Jehovah that I should obey his voice? I don’t know Jehovah and besides, I won’t let the people go.” In other words, he was determined, and in fact became hard of heart, so God demonstrated his power and brought great plagues upon the land.

We pick up the story in the plagues that God is pouring out on the Egyptians. First, Moses struck the Nile and the fish in the river died and it became foul and they could not drink of the water.

Next, Aaron stretched out his hands over the waters and frogs came up and infested the land. There were frogs everywhere, but the magicians of Egypt did the same and Pharaoh was unimpressed. Although, to me this is interesting, If the magicians really wanted to show the power of their gods, they should have removed the frogs, but making more frogs? Me thinks somethings amiss. Right, and Pharaoh knows it, too. They have no power.

Finally, God brought gnats out of the dust of the ground. Then a swarm of biting insects that were so bad that Pharaoh was finally willing to let the people go, but he wanted Israel to compromise.

Egypt is a type of, or a picture of, the world. Bringing Israel out of Egypt is in many ways a picture of God saving us from the slavery and oppression of the world and giving us eternal life in Christ.
There are many lessons in this study because when we become a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, the world and the god of this age will press you to compromise your faith.

Sometimes, in everyday things, compromise is acceptable and even helpful. If we go on vacation and I want to go fishing and the family wants to go swimming, surely we can compromise. In business, give and take is often needed to order to make a business deal.

But in your Christian faith, you will find that the god of this age will pressure you to compromise and the result will be devastating. There is a time to take a stand in your faith and not to compromise.

I. Go Farther in Your Faith

 The swarm of insects was too much, they had been bitten and bothered and now Pharaoh calls for Moses and Aaron and tells them they can worship their God, but… they must stay in the land.

 They can worship, but they must not leave Egypt. The comparisons to our faith are important to see.

A. Leave the world behind

 The moment you ask Jesus into your life, the enemy begins to work on getting you to compromise.
 Pharaoh finally came to the point where he would allow the people of Israel to worship their God, but they must stay in the land of Egypt.
 There’s the compromise. “Go ahead and believe in God if you want to, but don’t leave the world.” In other words, don’t change anything. Be the same kind of person you used to be when you were in the world.

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