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First Encounter with Pharaoh

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may1 hold aa feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”  
2 And Pharaoh said, a“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, bnor will I let Israel go.”  
3 So they said, a“The God of the Hebrews has bmet with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with cpestilence or with the sword.”  
4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your alabor.”  
5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are amany now, and you make them rest from their labor!”  
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To Pharaoh, Moses' God is only one among many gods, a powerless entity that he need not fear. His disrespect and irreverence are clearly products of his ignorance, and these produce his disobedience. Since irreverence produces disobedience, then true reverence will produce and promote obedience. This clarifies why growing to know God is so essential: The fear of God is a major step toward practical godliness. The Bible and God's Spirit are the major elements that promote the knowledge of His mind and will.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Sovereignty and Its Fruit: Part Ten

Related Topics: Disobedience | Disrespect | Fear of God | Irreverence | Irreverence Begets Disobedience | Knowing God | Reverence | Reverence and Obedience | Reverence Begets Obedience | Reverence Toward God




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