(Exodus 7) “Pharaoh’s Power Showdown!”
Published 8 Sept. 2025
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Designed for Personal Bible Study or for Bible Teaching
⚠️ The 5 Greatest Mistakes
- 1️⃣ Expecting obedience to guarantee immediate success (Ex. 7:1–2).
- 2️⃣ Measuring God by Pharaoh’s “no” (Ex. 7:13).
- 3️⃣ Confusing imitation for authority—mimicry ≠ sovereignty (Ex. 7:11–12, 22).
- 4️⃣ Treating the Nile as untouchable “source of life” (Ex. 7:14–21).
- 5️⃣ Refusing to wrestle faithfully with “WHY?” (Ex. 7:25; lament is holy work).
💥 The 5 Greatest Failures
- 1️⃣ Palace—failure to heed escalating signs (Ex. 7:3–5, 13).
- 2️⃣ Priests—failure to distinguish demonic mimicry from divine acts (Ex. 7:11–12).
- 3️⃣ People—failure to repent when life-source is judged (Ex. 7:21–24).
- 4️⃣ Moses (initially)—failure to see the strategy in hardening (Ex. 7:3; wrestling implied).
- 5️⃣ Culture—failure to acknowledge the true God behind the showdown (Ex. 7:5).
🚫 The 5 Greatest Sins
- 1️⃣ Mental—pride that hardens the will (Ex. 7:13).
- 2️⃣ Mental—idolatry of systems that “give life” (the Nile) (Ex. 7:20–21).
- 3️⃣ Verbal—mockery of God’s word (implied in court stance) (Ex. 7:1–2, 13).
- 4️⃣ Overt—counterfeiting signs to derail truth (Ex. 7:11–12, 22).
- 5️⃣ Overt—violent oppression that provoked the showdown (Ex. 1–5 backdrop).
🏆 The 5 Greatest Successes
- 1️⃣ Renewed call: “Say everything I command” (Ex. 7:2).
- 2️⃣ The swallow sign—substance consumes show (Ex. 7:12).
- 3️⃣ Nile judged—the true Lord of life identified (Ex. 7:20–21).
- 4️⃣ Strategic pacing—signs multiply toward liberation (Ex. 7:3–5).
- 5️⃣ Public theology—“Egypt will know that I am the LORD” (Ex. 7:5).
🌱 Great Spiritual Growth Applied
- 1️⃣ Practice faithful lament—ask “WHY?” with open hands (Ex. 7:25).
- 2️⃣ Learn to outlast mimicry—stand in the God who swallows counterfeits (Ex. 7:12).
- 3️⃣ Name your Nile—offer every “source of life” back to its Giver (Ex. 7:20–21).
- 4️⃣ Move again after a “no”—obedience is progressive (Ex. 7:15–16).
- 5️⃣ Trust the strategy—God’s hard providence still saves (Ex. 7:3–5).
🧭 Great Leadership Principles Gleaned
- 1️⃣ Deliver the whole message—no edits under pressure (Ex. 7:2).
- 2️⃣ Expect counterfeit pushback; don’t flinch (Ex. 7:11–12).
- 3️⃣ Strike the idol everyone assumes is untouchable (Ex. 7:20–21).
- 4️⃣ Work a public plan that reveals God’s name (Ex. 7:5).
- 5️⃣ Pace the team—return “the next morning” with clarity (Ex. 7:15).