Exodus 9:8-12

– The Sixth Plague –

& some background stuff
 Sermon Outline
I. Background
II. The Sixth Plague
III. Building of a Godly Leader
IV. Communion
 Background: The Plagues

1. Yahweh is Sovereign over the Nile

2. Yahweh is Sovereign over Child-Birth
3. Yahweh is Sovereign over Order &
Stability (Government)
4. Yahweh is Sovereign over Satan
5. Yahweh is Sovereign over Religious
Systems
6. Yahweh is Sovereign over Healing
 Background: The Cycles
• First Cycle (Plagues 1-3)
• Second Cycle (Plagues 4-6)
• Third Cycle (Plagues 7-9)
 Background: Cycles Cont’d
• Each cycle begins with Moses going to
Pharaoh early in the morning
• The second phase in each cycle involves
going to Pharaoh, and greater severity
• The third phase in each cycle involves
no warning
 The Sixth Plague
• ‘Boils’ Ex. 9:10-11
• 2Kings 20:7 Hezekiah is healed of “a boil.”
• Rev. 16:2 first bowl of God’s wrath poured out
on the earth is “harmful and painful sores.”
• Unable to stand Ex. 9:10-11
• A picture of Judgment Ex. 9:8-9, Matt. 3:11-12,
Psalm 1:1-6
 The Sixth Plague Cont’d
• Without warning
• Replicated in Revelation 16:2
• People unable to stand before God’s
Leader
• no mention in the text to this plague
ending
 The Building of a Godly Leader
• A godly leader learns who the Savior
really is, not him, but God. c.f. Exodus
2:11-15
• A godly leader learns that he must
obediently do what God tells him to
do. c.f. Exodus Ch.3-7
The Building of a Godly Leader:
Moses’ Objections
1. Who Am I that I should go? Ex. 3:11
2. What is your name, that I may tell people
who sent me? Ex. 3:13
3. How would the people believe that you have
sent me? Ex. 4:1
4. I am not eloquent; I am slow of speech. Ex.
4:10
5. Please send someone else [God gets angry
at this point]. Ex. 4:13
 OBJECTION ONE ANSWERED.
• Who Am I that I should go? Ex. 3:11
• I will be with you; when you come out of
Egypt, you will serve me on this mountain.
Ex. 3:12
 OBJECTION TWO ANSWERED.
• What is your name, that I may tell people
who sent me? Ex. 3:13
• I AM WHO I AM: The LORD, the God of
your Fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Ex. 3:14-15 c.f. Psalms 9:10
 OBJECTION THREE
ANSWERED.
• How would the people believe that you
have sent me? Ex. 4:1
• rod into a serpent Ex. 4:2-4. Moses’ hand
leprous, and then heals
• the water from the Nile into blood Ex. 4:6-
7
OBJECTION FOUR ANSWERED.
• I am not eloquent; I am slow of speech.
Ex. 4:10
• I, the LORD [Yahweh], am the one who
made your mouth. Ex. 4:11
 OBJECTION FIVE ANSWERED.
• Please send someone else [God gets
angry at this point]. Ex. 4:13
• Aaron will go with you; you will speak my
words to him, and he will speak to the
people for you. Ex. 4:15-16
 OBJECTION SIX (CITED &)
ANSWERED.
• But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, I
am of uncircumcised lips. How will
Pharaoh listen to me?" (Exodus 6:30)
• Pharaoh will not listen to you. (Exodus
7:1-5)
 The Building of a Godly Leader:
The Man Stands
• The First sign, and the first three
plagues = Aaron
• The fourth and fifth plagues = God
• The sixth plague = Moses (and will
continue through the ninth plague!)
Exodus 9:9 “Let Moses!”
 Communion.
• We have Communion weekly, because
we have church weekly (1Cor. 16:2,
11:18; Acts 2:42; Rev. 1:10).
• We take Communion with solemnity and
joy because our Savior died for us (c.f.
1Cor 15:1ff It is of “first importance”)
• We apply the sermon text to the weekly
Communion, so we do not interpret it apart
from Gospel lenses.