Unyielding Faith: Moses' Stand Against Compromise | Exodus 10

Summary

Andrew Wommack teaches through Exodus 10, focusing on the eighth and ninth plagues and the danger of accepting partial victories.

God’s purpose and Pharaoh’s hardened heart

• Wommack says God brought the plagues to display his supernatural power and make the events memorable to the Israelites and later generations.
• He interprets the statement that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart as God reinforcing Pharaoh’s chosen resistance, rather than making him unwilling from the outset.
• Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh and call him to humble himself and let the Israelites go.

The locust plague and Pharaoh’s attempts to compromise

Moses warns that locusts will consume what the hail left behind. Pharaoh’s servants urge him to release the Israelites, saying Egypt has been devastated.

Pharaoh offers a limited concession: the men may go, but their families must stay. Moses refuses, insisting that the young and old, women and children, and all their livestock must go to worship God.

Wommack draws a lesson from Moses’ refusal: when pursuing what God has instructed, people should not settle for partial victory simply because circumstances have begun to improve. He applies this principle to spiritual opposition and healing, saying Christians should resist sickness rather than tolerate what they consider “minor” illnesses. This is Wommack’s stated belief and personal application.

The plague’s arrival and removal

After Moses stretches out his rod, an east wind blows through the night, and the locusts arrive the next morning. The swarm consumes the remaining vegetation across Egypt. Wommack cites Psalms 78 and 105 to add that caterpillars were also involved.

He compares the delay between Moses’ declaration and the locusts’ visible arrival with the fig tree in Mark 11: something may have happened before its effects are visible.

When Pharaoh admits he has sinned and asks Moses to pray for relief, Wommack sees this as a request to escape the consequences, not genuine repentance. A strong west wind carries the locusts away. Wommack emphasizes that both their arrival and removal were extraordinary acts.

Hardness of heart and memory

Wommack connects a hardened heart with difficulty remembering or learning spiritual lessons, referring to Jesus’ rebuke of the disciples in Mark 8. He suggests that people become more sensitive to what they focus on and less responsive to what they neglect.

He recounts an elderly relative who could recall distant past events but struggled to remember recent ones. Wommack speculates that this could reflect a person’s focus and emotional retreat into the past, while acknowledging that mental injuries and other causes may also affect memory. His comments about Alzheimer’s and aging are personal speculation, not established medical conclusions.

The darkness plague and another refusal to compromise

The ninth plague brings three days of darkness over Egypt, while the Israelites have light in their dwellings. Wommack interprets this as a miraculous distinction between Egypt and the Israelites, possibly sunlight in the Israelites’ homes rather than artificial light, though he says he does not know how God produced the darkness.

Pharaoh then offers another partial concession: the families may go, but the livestock must remain. Moses refuses again, insisting that not a hoof be left behind because the people need the animals for worship.

Pharaoh hardens his opposition, orders Moses not to appear before him again, and threatens to kill him if they meet again.

Moses as an example of an imperfect servant

Wommack highlights the contrast between Pharaoh’s earthly power and Moses’ boldness in confronting him on God’s behalf. He says fellowship with God should make people less intimidated by human status and authority.

He also stresses that Moses was imperfect: he initially resisted God’s call and later disobeyed instructions by striking the rock instead of speaking to it. Even so, God used him to accomplish a great work. Wommack presents this as encouragement that God can work through people who struggle and are not perfect.

Speakers and sources featured

• Andrew Wommack — Presenter and interpreter of the chapter; also shares personal anecdotes and applications.
• The biblical text of Exodus 10 — Quoted and discussed, including statements attributed to God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, and Pharaoh’s servants.
• Other biblical sources referenced — Psalms 78:46 and 105:34 (locusts and caterpillars); Mark 8 (hardness of heart and remembering); Mark 11 (the fig tree); and 1 Samuel 17 and Psalms (David pursuing his enemies).
• Charlie Kirk memorial — Mentioned as part of Wommack’s personal anecdote; no additional speaker from the event is quoted.