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Exodus 7-12: Salvation Only Comes From God 1/11: SNAKE POP

God told the Hebrews to always remember the Salvation He provided for them. God sent the plagues to show even Pharaoh and the Egyptians where salvation comes from. Today as we look at the plagues in Exodus, the main thing I want us to remember that Salvation only comes from God. What is the main thing I want us to remember? (Salvation only comes from God)

Reading from Exodus 3:7-8 and 6:1:

3 7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land a land flowing with milk and honey—


6:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

Does everyone know what a cake pop is? (see picture below) A little dessert. God sent the plagues so that the Egyptians and the Israelites could remember what He has done to and for them. I have made these cake pops so that we will remember what God has done for us. And as the Israelites enjoyed salvation through the plagues, I hope that you will remember God’s salvation as you enjoy the Plague Pops that I have made. Today as we look at the plagues in Exodus, the main thing I want us to remember is that Salvation only comes from God. What is the main thing I want us to remember?

1. Snake Cake Pop


And this brings us to our first cake pop today to help us remember God’s Salvation: the Snake Pop of Aaron. Reading from Exodus: 7:8-9,11-13:

7 8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”

11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: 12 Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Something I have noticed about this plague is… sometimes, like the magicians we might think that we can do things that God can do without honouring God, but if we fight Him in this way, He will swallow up our rebellion, like Aaron's staff swallowed the magicians’ staffs. So we should think about this as we swallow our Snake Pops after the service today.

Now we are eating snake pops so we will remember that salvation only comes from God - like the Egyptians and the Israelites were to remember - but I am also going to test as we go along here today so that we can try to remember the plagues God used to save them, so what is the first cake pop today? (Snake) What is the main thing I want us to remember? (Salvation only comes from God.
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 This series makes up a sermon written and presented by Sarah-Grace Ramsay when she was 12 years old. She took the sermon on the road and shared it with more than one congregation. She also made delicious cake pops that she shared with the congregations after the services.

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