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style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 36pt">47:13-27</span></b><span
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style="COLOR: maroon;
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VIRGINIA</span></b><b><span
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13pt"> </span></b><b><span
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style="COLOR: maroon;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">SERVICE-STIMULUS</span></b><b><span
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13pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: maroon;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">SERMON</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
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47:13-27</span></b><b><span
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</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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 47<sup>th</sup>
chapter of Genesis, we'll
begin our reading at verse
13 and go through verse
27.</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Brother
Ray, would you stand and
read that great passage
for us?
....(reading)....</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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.</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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..</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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.</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">What can
we learn from this,
brothers and sisters?</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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.</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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. </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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.</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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"?</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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...</span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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." </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="COLOR: black;
FONT-SIZE: 13pt">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.</span></b><b><span
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style="COLOR: black;
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We Trust...</span></b><b><span
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Liberal ideology and political correctness, infused with
public policy, begets social insanity. - Michael Savage
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