But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.
Sometimes we read the Bible like we watch a Hollywood movie. A hero that is inherently good and their adversary or adversaries that is inherently bad. When we read about God freeing the Children of Israel from the Egyptians, we tend to see it through a similar lens—the Israelites as “good” and the Egyptians as “bad?” The problem with reading stories in the Bible that way, is that who is “good” and “bad” is not so easy to discern - everyone is born a sinner (
Romans 3:23
), everyone is saved by God’s grace (
Ephesians 2:8-9
), and He wishes that none would perish (
2 Peter 3:9
).
Tonight, I want our students to see that the ten plagues weren't about who is good or who is bad - but about God’s name being proclaimed in all the earth.
The Egyptians were not the villains and the Israelites the heroes needing and deserving rescue. God responded not because Israel deserved for Him to, but because He had graciously chosen them as His people—His sinful people through whom He would bring a greater salvation to the world.
Praying for you and your family!
-Chris
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