Keeping a Close Relationship with Christ

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We need each other. Just as significantly we need Jesus.However, how we love the Lord exemplifies how we love each other. God made us for fellowship, and without it, something inside us dies. Fellowship with other followers is breath and life to the Christian. , if you would like a deeper, more gratifying relationship with the Lord, learn how to create godly friendships with others who share your love for Jesus Christ.

Do not be too concerned with the depth of the relationship. Some folk long for friendships and attempt to build relations that run deep and are emotionally binding. This could be constraining. Instead, as you are starting to work on your friendships with others, draw nearer to the Lord. Ask Him to reveal any troublesome areas of your personality that can unknowingly block others from getting nearer to you. As you open your heart to the Lord in prayer, he’s going to make more of Himself known to you. Love starts here in the presence of God. After you experience this unconditional love, you may end up desiring to share it with others, not just as an evangelistic tool but also as a strategy of knowing and loving others who worship the Savior.

It is nice to have mates from many areas of life. But let the pattern for your deeper relations start and finish with a sincere love for Jesus Christ.

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The Life That God Desires For You

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If you were to take a trip, would you hop in your automobile one morning with no concept where you are going and then magically arrive at the right destination, at the right time? No way! Instead, you’d need a plan - some guide that shows where you would like to go. If we do this with our holiday plans, we deserve to be even more diligent to do a similar thing with our lives.

How can you expect to get to where God wants you to be if you never stop to set clear, quantifiable goals for your life? Without these determined directional markers, there’s no way to keep your life on course - you may just be adrift from one experience to another, with no consistency or coherence. That is definitely not the wealthy, purposeful, abounding life that God needs for you.

Many folks fear goal setting as the act of building and moving towards goals needs change. Seldom will God reveal a goal that does not need some amount of expansion on your side. However, these chances for growth are his technique of moving His children forward. And if you aren’t progressing in your walk with the Lord, then you may be certain that you are slipping backward. God does not want you falling back or losing ground in your walk with Him. His best isn’t behind you, but rather ahead. Even the apostle Paul pressed forward to accomplish what he called “the prize” (Philippians 3:14).

Like Paul, we must continually progress by asking God where He wants us to be and then directing our lives to that end.

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MY TREASURE-STEWARDSHIP

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Foundation Scriptures: Genesis 1:26
God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26 AMP

1. The lost sense of the Eternal.

Many people habitually think and act as if there is no eternity to consider

  • James 2:12 AMP - So speak and so act as [people should] who are to be judged under the law of liberty [the moral instruction given by Christ, especially about love].
  • 2 Peter 3:12-13 AMP - While you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will be dissolved, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will flare and melt with fire? 13 But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness (uprightness, freedom from sin, and right standing with God) is to abide.
  • Isaiah 40:6-8 NKJV - The voice said, “Cry out!” And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”
  • James 4:14 AMP - Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].
  • Psalm 39:4 AMP - Lord, make me to know my end and [to appreciate] the measure of my days–what it is; let me know and realize how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

2. According to God’s Word, one of our main aims in this life is to prepare for the Next.

3.  A steward’s primary goal is to be found faithful by his Master as he uses the Master’s resources to accomplish the tasks delegated to him.
    

  • God is the Master — We are the Steward.
  • Ownership:
  • God owns everything
  • We are the custodians of what He has placed in our care. We are to wisely administer and expand the Master’s estate.

Power:

  • All power is His.
  • We are accountable to Him.

Trust:

  • He entrusts us with possessions, authority and responsibilities.
  • We are expected to be faithful with what we are given.

Expectations:

  • He expects us to do what He asks and do what we can.
  • We are to work and be industrious – to give our best and do our best for Him. 

Absence:

  • He is like the Master who went on a journey — He has left His estate in His servant’s hands—that’s you and me.
  • We must use wisdom as we invest the Master’s wealth and manage His estate.

Return:

  • He will return—it will be unannounced.
  • We should be always ready and waiting for His return.

Generosity:

  • The Lord is extremely generous.
  • We should never take Him for granted. Fear the Master and appreciate His blessings.

Standards:

  • God has set standards for us that are non-negotiable —there are no grey areas.
  • We should be single-minded in service. We will give an individual account to God for our own words and deeds.

4. Things we must seriously consider:

  • The long term significance of today’s behavior and choices (ours).
  • The inevitability of consequences for all of our choices and actions.
  • The weightiness of our responsibility to choose wisely and live rightly.
  • We have clear cut incentives and motivations—our eternal treasure and crowns.
  • We should place more importance on, and be more focused on, our responsibilities than our rights. Our obedience is more important and more fruitful than our temporary happiness. 
  • N.B. Anyone else’s evaluation of the steward, compared to the judgment of the one and only Master, is meaningless. We are here to please the Master. No one else’s opinion means anything, or counts for anything, at all.   

5.  God owns everything:

  • Deuteronomy 10:14
  • Leviticus 25:23
  • 1 Chronicles 29:11-12
  • Job 41:11
  • Psalm 24:1-2
  • Psalm 50:10-12
  • Haggai 2:8
  • 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
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What Happens When Jesus Shows Up?

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Jesus walked into the wedding in Cana of Galilee and

what did they need there? They had run out of wine. His turning

the water into wine was a miracle, to be sure, but it wasn’t essential.

Nobody’s life depended upon the miracle. He was just showing

His glory. He was manifesting His power. John 2:11 says,

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and

manifested forth his glory.

You ask, “What is Jesus doing in the meetings you conduct?”

Quite simply, He’s doing what He’s always done. He’s just

showing forth His glory and meeting the needs — big and small

— of the people. Jesus walked into that wedding feast and was

pushed into that miracle by His mother. He turned the water into

wine to manifest His glory and meet the need.

What does that tell you? It tells you that Jesus wants to

bless you. He is interested in the smallest details of your life. He

wants to take care of you. He wants to meet your every need, just

like He did for the disciples in Mark 4:35-41. Jesus is sleeping in

the back of the boat as He and His disciples are taking a cruise

across the lake. Alas, a storm arises and the waves roll and the

winds howl The disciples are afraid and they run back and awaken

Jesus.

What happened when Jesus showed up? He commanded,

“Peace, be still!” and the wind obeyed.

I want you to know, He can still calm the storms in your

life! It doesn’t matter what your storm looks like. It doesn’t matter

what you’re facing. Jesus still calms the storm for you.

You might think, “Well, maybe He’s sleeping in the back

of the boat. Then why don’t you just go lie down at the back of

the boat with Him and take a nap too? As long as He’s sleeping,

you can rest too. He’ll calm the storm for you.

Rodney Howard Browne explains that Jesus also casts out demons. After calming the storm,

Jesus and the disciples came to the country of the Gadarenes

where a man with an unclean spirit met Him. (See Mark 5:1-6.)

The devils possessing the man took one look at Jesus and said,

“Uh- oh, we have to go! We can’t stay here anymore! Where can

we go? Oh, there’s a bunch of swine; let’s go into those swine.”

The devils know they can’t stay around when Jesus walks in the

door.

Rodney Howard Browne teaches that Jesus forgives sin. In Matthew 9:2-8, He

walked up to a man with palsy and said, “Your sins are forgiven

you,” and he was healed. When Jesus shows up, it’s the absolute

opposite of when the Pharisees show up. When the Pharisees and

the Sadducees and the wouldn’t-sees and couldn’t-sees show up,

they bring rocks! They’re ready to stone you to death for your

sins. When Jesus shows up, He forgives sin! It’s easy for Him to

forgive sin and heal the sick because it’s His nature and His purpose

to forgive.

Rodney Howard Browne shows us that Jesus heals sickness. In Mark 5:25-34, a woman had been

sick for twelve years with an issue of blood. She had spent all

that she had on medical doctors, who were unable to help her.

When she heard that Jesus was going to pass by, she said, “If I

can just touch the hem of His garment, I’m going to be made

whole.”

As the woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, the

power of God, the anointing of the Holy Spirit that was on the life

and the ministry of Jesus, flowed out of Him into her, and she was

made whole. He said to her, Go in peace, and be whole of thy

plague (Mark 5:34).

When Jesus shows up, He’ll heal you. It doesn’t matter

what you’re facing. You might have an incurable disease right

now, a disease that has been diagnosed as terminal. I want you to

know that Jesus still heals today. Hallelujah! He’s the same yesterday;

today, and forever. (See Hebrews 13:8.)

Jesus provides for us. In Matthew 14:15-21, Jesus had

been followed into a desert place by a multitude of people who

didn’t have anything to eat. He took a little boy’s lunch, blessed

it, and multiplied it. Then He fed thousands with five loaves and

two fishes. That’s what happens when Jesus shows up!

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How To Release and Transfer

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It is one thing to be anointed of God. It is another

thing to be in a position to release that anointing to

others, seeing their lives touched with the reality of that

heavenly materiality.

 

After the encounter I had with the Lord in July of

1979, I made plans to go into the full-time ministry. In

January of 1980, at the age of eighteen, I joined a group

that traveled our nation, ministering in Word and music

in many of the nominal mainline denominations across

our country.

 

The group that I joined was interdenominational,

but non-charismatic in their beliefs. They frowned upon

the Pentecostal experience, but I felt led of the Lord to

work with the vehicle they were providing me to spread

the gospel. I knew that at anytime I could have been

given the left foot of fellowship because I held fast to my

Pentecostal experience.

 

The Day My Ministry Changed

 

I can remember the day it first happened - the

day my life and ministry was to change. It was a day like

every other. The interesting thing was that I was not

doing anything that you might think I should have been

doing to bring this on. I believe it was all in the plan of

God.

 

We were preaching in a Methodist church. I was

back in the vestibule - which is a holy name for a plain,

old office - preparing for the service. One of the young

ladies came into the office and asked me to pray for her

because she was in terrible pain. I stood up from the chair

where I was sitting and lifted my right hand as I normally

would do to lay hands upon her and pray. Then the most

amazing thing happened.

 

Hey, This One’s Loaded!

 

I got my hand halfway to her head, almost like a

gunslinger would draw a gun out of a holster and point it

at his opponent. Suddenly, unexpectedly, it felt like my

finger tips came off. I felt a full volume of the anointing

flow out of my hand. The only way I can explain it is to

liken it to a fireman holding a fire hose with a full volume

of water flowing out of it. The anointing went right into

her. It looked like someone had hit her in the head with

an invisible baseball bat and she fell to the floor.

 

I was left standing there totally dumbstruck by

what had happened, looking at my hand and at the young

lady. I was still conscious of the presence of God flowing

out of me, but I was amazed at what had just transpired.

About that time, the rest of the team walked in the door. I

prayed for them and they all fell out under the power of

God.

 

After a while, I managed to sober them up. I was

afraid the priest would walk in the door and I would have

some explaining to do. We then moved into the sanctuary

and the service began. I was so overwhelmed by the

experience and what I had witnessed that I couldn’t get it

out of my mind.

 

Call All Those Who Want a Blessing

 

I began to talk to the Lord all the while I was

speaking in the service. I was asking Him what we

(notice I said we) were going to do about what had

happened. After all, I was not allowed to talk about the

Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, or falling under the

power. But they didn’t realize when you talk about Jesus,

the Holy Spirit comes along to find out who you are

speaking about.

 

Here I am, having a conversation with the Lord,

asking Him what are we going to do. Suddenly He says to

me, “Call all those who want a blessing.”

Now, I was in a Methodist church, and if you

asked a question like that, the whole church would

respond. And respond they did. Let us keep in mind that I

had said nothing about the Holy Spirit, speaking in

tongues, or falling under the power.

 

They came and stood in one line across the front

of the church. The Lord then said to me, “Don’t lay both

of your hands upon them.” We have a problem with folks

who are under the impression that ministers are pushing

people over. The Lord said to me, “Just lay one finger of

your right hand on the forehead of each individual and

say, “In the name of Jesus.”

 

I walked over to the first person and said, “In the

name of Je…” I did not even have time to say, “sus,”

when the power of God threw that person to the floor. I

went down the line and everyone went out under the

power. They hit the floor just like someone had slammed

them in the head with a Louisville Slugger.

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Knowing the Lord

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Have you experienced a non secular dry spell when you could not sense God was real, your requests slid flat, and the Bible appeared like nothing less than black print on white pages? If during those times you were keeping a diary, you could have discovered the dry spells happened when your mind and heart were focused somebody or something apart from the person of Jesus Christ. The cure for such spiritual droughts is learning a way to seek the Lord in a scriptural demeanor. All thru the Scriptures, we are scolded to find Him. Looking for implies that we wish Him, hunger for Him, and need to grow in intimacy with Him.

It doesn’t mean going to the Lord laden with requests so you can get your requirements met.

Looking for Him may include wishes and requests, but it is going far deeper. It suggests building a personal relationship where the focus isn’t just getting my things, but being satisfied with Him. A method to seek God is by developing a continual subconscious awareness of Jesus’ presence.

You cannot consciously be thinking about Him each moment, but if you’re a follower and know what it implies to stroll in the Spirit, Jesus will always be therea sense of His presence will are cyclical, even when you’re fastidiously engrossed in something else. Set your heart to avoid any sort of relationship, pleasure, or experience that leaves Him out. Instead, seek the Lord totally ; you’ll be totally satisfied and sumptuously rewarded.

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A Healthy Body

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Rodney Howard Browne Discusses the importance of a healthy body. All of us know that there is an undeniable relationship between our health and our ability to realize our full potential. We may labor to have a clean heart, a clear mind, and a balanced schedule, but without a healthy body we simply cannot do our best. And good health will be enhanced when we begin to see our bodies as God views them.

Rodney Howard Browne teaches that our bodies belong to God. In the sixth chapter of first Corinthians, Paul teaches that our bodies belong to the living God. (verses 19-20) As a result, I have to decide whether I will take care of my body or whether I will ignore or abuse it. None of us would walk into church and deliberately make a big mess, smearing red or black paint all over the place. We wouldn’t do that because we respect the church building as a place where God’s people worship. Then consider this: the human body indwelt by the God’s Spirit is far more important than any house of worship that ever existed.

Nevertheless, people often think that neglecting or mistreating their body is their prerogative. Whether the issue is substance abuse, abortion, or unhealthy habits, many people will say, “This is my body. I’ll do with it whatever I please.” But as we saw in Scripture, it is not your body. You can do what you please, but you will pay the penalty. Sin has its consequences, and sin against the body can inflict a penalty that lasts for generations. Ask God to help you regard the body as He does so that you will care for it appropriately.

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  • Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
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  • Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
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  • Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  • I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
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  • That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
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  • Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
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  • So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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  • Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  • God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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  • Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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  • For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
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  • Now this I say , that every one of you saith , I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
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  • Is Christ divided ? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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  • I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
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  • Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
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  • And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
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  • For Christ sent me not to baptize , but to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect .
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  • For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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  • For it is written , I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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  • Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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  • For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe .
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  • For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
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  • But we preach Christ crucified , unto the Jews a stumblingblock , and unto the Greeks foolishness;
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  • But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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  • Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
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  • For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
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  • But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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  • And base things of the world, and things which are despised , hath God chosen , yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are :
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  • That no flesh should glory in his presence .
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  • But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
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  • That, according as it is written , He that glorieth , let him glory in the Lord.
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Obstacles in Faith

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God enables us to do His designer plan for our life. When we fall short of realizing the goals He has set for us, it isn’t as the Father did not provide required kit.

Instead, failure is mostly the results of a barrier in the heart, an angle or mixture of perspectives that short-circuits our religion. As a consequence, the flow of God’s power is obstructed, and we won’t become the person He wants us to be. Moses is a dramatic illustration of the disruptive potential of religion barriers. Called to one of the best missions in the Old Testament, the future leader of the Israelites answered with excuses for why he should not obey. Excuses for insubordination have not modified much since Moses’ experience with the burning bush. He attempted to cover behind the same 5 religion barriers believers use today : poor self-image ( 3:11-12 ), stupidity of God ( 3:13-21 ), self-doubt ( 4:1-9 ), feelings of inadequacy ( 4:10-11 ), and dread of failure ( 4:13-17 ) Thankfully, God’s reaction to religion barriers hasn’t modified since Old Testament days. Every time Moses objected that God asked the incorrect mana slow-tongued Midianite shepherd of slavery lineage, who murdered a person and became a fugitive. God replied with a firm but peaceful rebuttal. The theme of His answers is one we need to realize as Moses eventually did when we are called to serve, God will the work thru us. The Lord does not hunt down the best person for a job.

He calls men and women who are prepared to surrender themselves to Him.

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Exodus 11

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1And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

   2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.

   3And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

   4And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

   5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

   6And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

   7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

   8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

   9And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

   10And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

 

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Exodus 4

1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

   2And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

   3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

   4And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

   5That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

   6And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

   7And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

   8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

   9And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

   10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

   11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

   12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

   13And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

   14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

   15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

   16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

   17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

   18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

   19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

   20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

   21And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

   22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

   23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

   24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

   25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

   26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

   27And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

   28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

   29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

   30And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

   31And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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