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Frogs
There are more than 3900 species of frogs living all over the world except the
Antarctic. True frogs have two bulging eyes, long, strong, webbed feet (for leaping
and swimming), and smooth or slimy skin. True frogs can leap up to twenty times
their length. Toads, which are in fact frogs, have stubby bodies with short hind
legs (for walking), and skin that is warty and dry. Frogs hatch from eggs and go
through the tadpole
stage before becoming adult frogs. Frogs come in a variety of
shapes and colors and range in size from tree frogs, less than a
half inch, to the
giant Goliath frog, 12 inches. Some frogs are poisonous. Frogs drink and breathe
through their skin which they also shed regularly and eat! A group of frogs is
called an army. (A group of toads is called a knot.)
Many cultures worship the frog as God. This was true of the ancient Egyptians. In
Exodus chapter eight God taught them that the frog is not God. When Pharaoh, the
King of Egypt, refused to let God's people Israel go, God sent them so many frogs
that they were sick of them.
God is other than His creation. There is no physical likeness of God. God fills the
entire universe and more. He warns us against making idols which cannot see or
hear or walk or talk (see Psalm 115), which must be carried and fed, which cannot
care for themselves let alone people. We must worship the God of heaven, the
Mighty Maker of all that is or was or ever shall be. We must worship the God Who
sent His Son, becoming like us that He might bear the punishment of our sin (for
the wages of sin is death) and give us the gift of Life (the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord). See Romans 6:23.
Idols are not God. The frog is not God. We must "turn from these vanities unto the
living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are
therein (Acts 14:15)." The LORD alone is God. Worship Him!
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