TITLE:
4-Eyed Frog
TEXT: 2 Chronicles 13:13-15
PROPOSITION: Lessons can be learned from a frog.
QUESTION: What?
KEY WORD: Lessons
SCRIPTURE READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
One addition to my frog collection – Chilean 4-Eyed Frog
Has eye-shaped bulges on its back – look like eyes
Sitting normal – these eyes are hidden by hind legs
When danger is around the frog raises its back end
The false eyes appear and it looks like the frog is:
Larger than he really is
Headed the other direction that he really is
Can see what he really can’t see
These false eyes are really glands that shoot a poison at its enemy
King of Judah – Abijah (also called Abijam) – son of Rehoboam, grandson of Solomon
King of Israel – Jeroboam 2
There were many battles over territory and religion
Israel sent some troops around and behind Judah
Judah saw they were in an ambush – cried to the Lord
Judah killed 500,000 of Israel in a great defeat
Some people try to look larger (bigger, more important, more powerful) than they really are
Hypocrites – appear to be more holy than they really are
Boast, brag,
We need some “defense mechanism” to help us in time of trouble
Turtles and skunks
Some hide, some shoot poison, some sting, some thrust quills
We also have our defense mechanisms
Looks are deceiving
Can’t judge a book by its cover
1 Samuel 16:7 – Man looks on outside, God looks at the heart
Many are like this frog:
Appear larger than they really are
Headed the other direction
Can’t see what they should see