The Ten Plagues: The Plague of Boils
The Ten Plagues: The Plague of Boils Opening Illustration: Good morning church. Hope all of you are doing well this morning. This is week 6 of a 10 week sermon series. The series is very creatively called “The Ten Plagues” and I’ll give you 5 guesses as to what the series is all about? Any guesses? That’s right, it is about the ten plagues that God brought against Egypt. God had heard the cries of His people. They desired to be set free from the harsh oppression of the Egyptians. God moves on the nation of Egypt using Moses as His mouthpiece. Moses was instructed to speak to the Pharaoh, his adopted brother, and he was to instruct Pharaoh to let God’s people go so that they may worship YHWH. Every single time Pharaoh disregards Moses’ instructions and is disobedient to God. Over the last several weeks we have seen the plagues of blood, frogs, gnats, flies, livestock and today we will see the horrible plague of boils. What exactly is a boil? Well here is a picture on the screens