Boils

O. T. # 154 "Boils"
Oct. 24, 2013
Exodus 9-Part 2
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.  Exodus 8:9

LET IT GLOW

I have not had a boil on my body, but I have had a painful sore that made it difficult to sit. It required surgery when I was in the ninth grade. It was so embarrassing to carry a pillow to sit on in my classes at school following the surgery. I can't imagine having painful boils covering my body, as the Egyptians had.

Just to review, we have read about Pharaoh and the Egyptians experiencing five plagues-water turned to blood, frogs, gnats, flies, and death of livestock. God used these plagues as an attempt to get the king, Pharaoh, to let the children of Israel leave Egypt and go a three-day journey into the desert for sacrificing unto God. Pharaoh kept refusing.
Then without warning, like the third plague, Moses had received instructions from God to relay to Pharaoh.

Plague #6 Boils

What happened during this time?

• God told Moses and Aaron to throw handfuls of soot/ashes from a furnace into the air in the presence of Pharaoh.
• It would become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils would break out on mean and animals throughout the land. The dust could have been from a lime kiln or a brick-making furnace. What was used in the oppressive labor became a source of a health hazard for the oppressors.
• Moses and Aaron obeyed God and He kept His Word-boils came on man and beast.
• Pharaoh's magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils on them.

Verse 9 in KJV uses the phrase  a boil breaking forth with blains, which  indicates an inflamed painful boil or abscess, breaking into a running sore, according to The Wycliffe Bible Commentary.

A boil, according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, refers to an ulcer, something inflamed.

Doesn't it sound very painful to have these sores all over your body? Job had these to contend with, also.
Do you have hard feelings, unforgiveness, or bitterness toward someone that is a sore spot in your life? Does it keep festering up as a sore inside your heart or mind? Maybe it happens whenever you see the person that hurt you, when you think about them, or hear their name? It can be a painful sore spot if you don't get it worked out or forgiven. Have you taken it to Jesus? He had the power to heal when He was on earth and He still has that same power.

LET IT GROW

This plague was directed at the Egyptian god Imhotep, the god of medicine.

The Egyptian magicians had no cure or special spell to remove the plague of boils. In fact, they were affected, also.

Pharaoh was unwilling to acknowledge the total sovereignty of the God of Israel. This is the first time that God hardened Pharaoh's heart. Previously, Pharaoh had hardened his own heart.

The purpose of the plagues was to teach Pharaoh and the Egyptians (and the Israelites as well), that there is none like God in all the earth. (verse 14) This series of supernatural calamities were to cripple one of the greatest nations on earth. (Falwell)

John MacArthur said that God was carrying out His purpose through Pharaoh; Pharaoh was personally responsible for his actions as the command of verse 13 implies.

A similar thing will happen during the latter days according to Revelation 16:2.

Do we turn to doctors with medicine or to the God who provides healing and the ingredients for the medicine for our healing?


LET IT GO

Don't let things fester inside of me; take it to God.

When I am sick, take it to God.

If my heart is sin sick or my body is physically sick, take it to God.