What do you wish God would do to your enemies?
In the fourth plague, the plague of flies, God reveals something deeper than judgment alone. For the first time in the plagues, God makes a clear distinction: Egypt is overwhelmed, but God’s people in Goshen are protected. It’s a powerful reminder that the Lord is not distant or absent, He is in the land, active, just, and merciful.
This sermon invites us to wrestle honestly with our desire for justice, our tendency to bargain with God, and the sobering truth that we, too, were once God’s enemies. Yet the good news shines through: at the cross, God poured out the judgment we deserved on Jesus, making a distinction not to destroy us, but to save us.
Because Christ bore judgment, we are sheltered by grace. And because we are no longer God’s enemies, we are called to live differently, with humility, repentance, and even love for those who wrong us.
Justice is real. Grace is deeper.
And the tomb is empty.