Steve PetchSunday 30th October 2011

“I am the LORD your God”Part 5: Bringing down the idols

Exodus 7v8 – 11v10

Wadjet – the cobra goddess: PROTECTION

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Hapi – God of the Nile: PROVISION

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Heqet – the frog headed goddess: FERTILITY, CREATION

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Geb – the earth god: GRAIN, VEGETATION

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Kheper (Khepri) – the beetle-headed god: SUNRISE & RESURRECTION

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Apis – the bull-god

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Hathor – the cow-goddess

Khnum – the ram-god

YOU NAME IT – THEY DID IT!

Thoth – MAGIC

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Imhotep – MEDICINEIsis

MAGIC, HEALING AND MEDICINE

Nut – goddess of the sky

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Seth – the storm god

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Min – fertility/harvest

Senehem – the locust-headed harvest god

STORMS & HARVEST

Ra – the sun god – ruler of all CREATION

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Horus – god of victory, the sky and THE PHARAOH

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PHARAOH HIMSELF

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Ten lessons:

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1. Yahweh is the sovereign Lord of heaven and earth

2. There is no other God but Yahweh

3. No man or woman can resist the will of God

4. God can and does save his people

5. God will bring judgement on sin

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6. God will distinguish between the righteous and the unrighteous

7. You can’t bargain with God

8. God wants us to rid ourselves of our idols

9. Following God will affect every part of our lives

10. Freedom for God’s people came at a cost – the death of a precious son

Steve PetchSunday 30th October 2011

“I am the LORD your God”Part 5: Bringing down the idols

Exodus 7v8 – 11v10