Broadcast
Lessons for Today - Part 5
Exodus 8:24
03/08/2024
24 And the LORD did so. There came great swarms of
flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his
servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt
the land was ruined by the swarms of flies. (ESV)
When our Lord speaks, all of creation listens. His Word
does what He says. He spoke, and all things were made. He
promised Adam and Eve a Savior who would redeem them from sin and
death, and Christ Jesus was born. He promises us the same
forgiveness, and you hear the good news that Jesus Christ died
for your sins, and rose again to show His victory over death and
the grave.
God, speaking through Moses and Aaron, told Pharaoh that
flies would destroy the land. ``And the LORD did so. There came
great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his
servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the land was
ruined by the swarms of flies.''
May our Lord preserve us from such calamities as befell the
Egyptians. He uses tragedies to call us to repent of our sin, to
turn to Him, to acknowledge that we cannot, by our own reason or
strength, control those things which are in His power alone. We
also acknowledge that suffering, as we hold to God's promises,
increases and strengthens our faith. Finally, it reminds us that
Jesus Christ suffered the punishments of hell on our behalf so
that we can experience the joys of heaven.
Please join us on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. at Trinity
Lutheran Church to learn more of God's love as found in Jesus
Christ. Amen.