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Good morning, brothers and sisters;
it's always a delight to see
the pews crowded on Sunday
morning and so eager to get into
God's Word. Turn with me
in your Bibles, if you will, to the 47th
chapter of Genesis, we'll
begin our reading at verse 13 and go through verse 27.
Genesis
47:13-27
Brother Ray, would you stand and read that great passage for us?
....(reading)....
Thank you for that fine reading, Brother Ray... So we see that economic hard times fell upon
Egypt and the people turned to the government of Pharaoh to deal with this for them.
And Pharaoh nationalized the grain harvest and placed the grain in great storehouses that he had
built. So the people brought their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave it all
to him willingly in return for grain. And this went on until their money ran out and they were
hungry again.
So when they went to Pharaoh after that, they brought their
livestock- their cattle, their horses, their sheep, and their donkey -
to barter for grain and verse 17 says that only took them through
the end of that year..
But the famine wasn't over was it? So the next year the people
came before Pharaoh and admitted they had nothing left except
their land and their own lives. "There is nothing left in the sight
of my lord but our bodies and our land. Why should we die before
your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food and we with our land will be
servants to Pharaoh.." So they surrendered their homes, their land, and their real estate to
Pharaoh's government and then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for grain.
What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters?
That turning to the government instead of to God to be our provider
in hard times only leads to slavery?.. Yes, That the only reason
government wants to be our provider is to also become our master?
Yes.
But look how that passage ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel
settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen.. And they gained possessions in it and
were fruitful and multiplied greatly." GOD
provided for His people, just as He always has! They didn't end up
giving all their possessions to government, no, it says they gained
possessions! But I also tell you a great truth today and an ominous one.
We see the same thing happening today,the government today wants to "share the wealth" once
again, to take it from us and redistribute it back to us It wants to take control of healthcare,
just as it has taken control of education, and ration it back to us, and when government rations
it, then government decides who gets it, and how much, and what kind. And if we go along with it,
and do it willingly, then we will wind up no differently
than the people of Egypt did four thousand years ago -as slaves to the government and as
slaves to our leaders.
What Mr. Obama's government is doing now is no different from what
Pharaoh's government did then and it will end the same. And a lot of people like to call Mr.
Obama a "Messiah," don't they? Is he a Messiah? A savior? Didn't the Egyptians say, after Pharaoh
made them his slaves,"You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to
Pharaoh"?
Well, I tell you this - I know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of mine; and Mr. Obama is
no Messiah!
No, brothers and sisters, if Mr. Obama is a character
from the Bible, then he is Pharaoh.
Bow with me in prayer, if you will...
Lord, You alone are worthy to be
served, and we rely on You, and You alone. We confess that the
government is not our deliverer and never rightly will be. We read in the eighth chapter of 1
Samuel, when Samuel warned the people of what a ruler would do, where it says "And in that day
you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but
the LORD will not answer you in that day."
And Lord, we acknowledge that day has come. We cry
out to you because of the ruler that we have chosen for ourselves as
a nation.
Lord, we pray for this nation. We pray for revival and we pray
for deliverance from those who would be our masters. Give us hearts to
seek You and hands to serve You and protect Your people
from the atrocities of Pharaoh's government.
Delivered by a Pastor of a predominantly black church in
Virginia
How much has changed in 4,000 years?
who is our real leader ....
In God We Trust...
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