Exodus 9:13-35

The Seventh Plague

 Sermon Outline
• The Purpose of the Plagues
• The Shelter of the Word
• The Danger of False Confession
 Purpose Summary
• To teach the world, about God’s Unique Power
& Mercy Exodus 9:13-16a
• To teach the world, about God’s Universal
Praise in all the earth Exodus 9:16b
• To teach the world, about God’s Unlimited
Authority Over Creation Exodus 9:29
 Purposes
• To teach the world, about God’s Unique
Power & Mercy Exodus 9:13-16a, c.f.
Romans 9
 Purposes (Cont’d)
• To teach the world, about God’s
Universal Praise in all the earth Exodus
9:16b, c.f. Ch.3
 Purposes (Cont’d)
• To teach the world, about God’s
Unlimited Authority Over Creation
Exodus 9:29
 When you believe that God has
unlimited power over all creation, you
pray.

And you praise.

 The Shelter of the Word
– Those who feared God’s Word run to God’s
shelter v.18-20
– Those who did not fear God’s Word, nor
paid attention to it v.21
– Those who did not leave God’s protection
v.26
The Danger of False Confession
– He did not fully confess his sins v.27
– He asked for others to pray for him 28a, 34-
35
– He obeyed only temporarily on the basis of
comfort, not conviction v.28b
– He did not fear God v.30
 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.