LET MY PEOPLE GO

PROCLAMATION

“And The Lord spake unto Moses, ‘Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith The Lord, Let My people go, that they may serve Me.’ ”  Exodus 8:1 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  Moses and Aaron again went to Pharaoh and asked him to let the people of God go so that they could worship Him, but The Lord God had harden Pharaoh’s heart and he refused.  Through the power of God, Moses released nine plagues on Egypt but Pharaoh would not let the people go.  First, the Nile river was turned into blood. (Exodus 7:17-24)  Second, frogs overran Egypt including Pharaoh’s palace. (Exodus 8:1-15)  Third, there was a plague of gnats. (Exodus 8:16-19)  Fourth, there was a plague of flies. (Exodus 8:20-32)  Fifth, there was a plague on the livestock which killed all the Egyptian horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats. (Exodus 9:1-7)  Sixth, was the plague of boils on the skin of all of the Egyptians. (Exodus 9:8-12)  Seventh, was the plague of hail which killed people and animals caught outside and destroyed the trees and plants. (Exodus 9:13-35)  Eighth, there was a plague of locusts which devoured everything growing in the fields and everything green that was left after the hail. (Exodus 10:1-20)  Ninth, was the plague of darkness over Egypt for three days. (Exodus 10:21-29)

 

APPLICATION

The Lord God wanted the people to be free from slavery so that they could worship Him. (Exodus 7:16, 8:1, 8:20, 9:1, 9:13, and 10:3)  The Lord God freed us from the control of sin for the same reason, so that we could worship Him.  Unfortunately, as believers we still sin even though we are not under the control of sin.  We still have our sinful human nature within us, we are no longer under the control of sin.  We now have a choice as to whether we sin or not. (Romans 7:15-20)  However, our sins should not interfere with our worship.  We should ask to be forgiven then continue to praise and worship The Lord.  No person or thing should keep us from serving The Lord.