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said, "Go tell Pharaoh I am the God of all. I am the God that
was long before the angels sang their songs. I am the God that
stepped out on the planets one morning. I am the God that fed
the thousands. I am the God that planted my feet on the milky
way. I am the God that caught the wheels of glory and placed
it out by Jupiter. I am the God that stepped out upon the earth.
I am the God of glory that sits on high. Go tell Pharaoh that I
sent you. I am the God that planted my footsteps in the sea. I
am the God that walked the water. I am the God that even the
hosts in heaven shall bow to and the cherubim shall bow, crying
holy, holy, Lord of Hosts."
Go tell Pharaoh to let my people go. Moses said, "Those
people down there can do anything, but I am in your hand."
God said here is a rod and I will put power in that rod. I tell
you, church, it takes a strong Christian to go as Moses did. If
you get the love of God in your heart you will go and tell the
world about their sins. When Moses arrived and told Pharaoh
what God had told him his heart kept getting harder and harder.
It is like plenty of sinners in this city. They hear plenty of
sermons but they let the devil make their hearts harder and
harder. But then God decided to let Pharaoh know who he was
and he told Moses: "I am going to pass over Egypt tonight. Yes,
kill a lamb and paint the door post of the houses over their
homes." God sent out the death angel, sent him out from glory
to slay the first-born in every home even to the first-born of
Pharaoh. In the morning Pharaoh sent for Moses and told him
to tell those people that they could go.
I can see mothers and fathers crying about the loss of their
children. But God will take care of his children. We say God
will feed us when we are hungry. Moses with the help of God
almighty led the children of Israel into the wilderness and then
Pharaoh's heart got hard and he decided to pursue the children
and bring them back into bondage. He had his chariots to go
down and try to overtake the children of Israel to bring them
back. But God led the children across the banks of the Red Sea
and parted the water and they crossed over safely to the other
side. Moses looked and saw Pharaoh and his chariots coming
down the dusty road, and the children of Israel began complain