WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.080 Well, a warm welcome to the evening service of worship here. 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:13.240 ! I'm going to begin our time of worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 49. 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:14.160 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:42.539 I will speak with understanding, wisdom from the heart I'll preach. 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:46.659 I will listen to a proverb, secrets with a harp I'll teach. 00:00:47.219 --> 00:00:49.000 Why should I fear days of evil? 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:55.980 When the wicked hymn me in, those who boast of their possessions, by their trust in wealth they sin. 00:00:56.959 --> 00:01:00.019 There is no one who is able to redeem a soul from death. 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:04.420 None can pay to God the ransom to prolong another's breath. 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.780 To redeem a life is costly. 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:16.500 None sufficient price can pay so that one should live immortal, free forever from decay. 00:01:16.759 --> 00:01:23.819 To redeem a life is indeed costly and that is precisely what the sacrifice of our Lord and our Savior achieves for us. 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:27.459 So we'll sing those verses there, Psalm 49, verse 1-9. 00:01:27.539 --> 00:01:29.339 And we'll stand to sing to God's praise. 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:59.320 Psalm 49, verse 1-9. 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:29.319 Psalm 49, verse 1-9. 00:02:29.340 --> 00:02:59.319 Psalm 49, verse 1-9. 00:02:59.340 --> 00:03:29.319 Psalm 49, verse 1-9. 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:59.340 Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:07.180 to seek your face in prayer and to gather together like this in a time of worship on your day, a day 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:15.420 that is in itself a gift to us as fallen people. We are in need of that day, that day of rest, that 00:04:15.420 --> 00:04:23.600 day in which we can find rest not only for the body and for the mind but also for the soul as we engage 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:30.920 in the very act of worship and as we gather around your word both as we gather publicly and also in 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:37.160 the privacy of our own homes and our own quiet time as well and we do pray that this day itself 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:44.980 would indeed be just that, a day of rest and may it nourish us, may it encourage us as we seek to 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:52.400 press on in that race that we spoke of earlier in the service today, that we might continue to press 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:59.799 forward and to push forward even into the coming days. We give thanks O Lord that the days that 00:04:59.799 --> 00:05:04.519 lie ahead are days that we don't know what lies before us but we're encouraged to know that we 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:10.279 come before a God who does, a God who knows exactly what lies ahead of each one of us and we pray O Lord 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:15.899 that you would give us the strength, that you would give us that guidance, that wisdom, that help 00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:23.839 from above no matter what it is that might lie in wait for us. We do pray that you would help us to 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:31.039 see the wonder of the atonement and even as we were singing of there as we thought of at least one of 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:36.299 the themes connected to the atonement and redemption itself and we do give thanks that we are a people 00:05:36.299 --> 00:05:41.959 who are redeemed and that the death of our Lord and Saviour has achieved that for us, that we are a people 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:48.459 who have been bought and bought at a very high price, the highest price we can possibly imagine, 00:05:49.099 --> 00:05:56.719 the price of the blood of the God-man and help us to meditate on that as we think about the cross 00:05:56.719 --> 00:06:02.639 and as we think about who we are as sinners and as we think about who you are as the sinless God and 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:08.459 then to follow through the narrative of Scripture and to see that the Son of God himself 00:06:08.459 --> 00:06:15.979 giving his life in that way, handing his life over for people such as we are. And that is a marvel to us 00:06:15.979 --> 00:06:21.539 that you would redeem a people like us, that you would save a people like us, that our Lord and Saviour 00:06:21.539 --> 00:06:28.599 would come down into this world for a people like us and that he came not just to live and not just to 00:06:28.599 --> 00:06:36.639 endure hardship and hatred and rejection but specifically to endure the very pain, the very punishment of 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:44.000 of that hell on the cross, that judgment that was endured. There we see the one who is the sin-bearer 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:52.339 himself, bearing the sins of his people. Help us to reflect daily on the cross. We know that 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:59.279 such is the way our minds are, we can sometimes forget the magnitude of what was done for us there at 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:08.559 Calvary. Sometimes we can be slow to remember, slow to think on the sacrifice of our Lord, but help us to 00:07:08.559 --> 00:07:15.179 do that daily, not just to wait for specific times and seasons like communions and other seasons such as 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:24.139 that. But help us daily to reflect on what our Lord has done. And may that then affect our own 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:32.480 hearts and spirit in this life as well. Because very often we can complain, very often we can fall into a 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:38.680 spiritual slumber as well and we can fall into all sorts of bad habits. And we see that even in 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:43.840 Scripture itself for the people of God, how often we see them falling into these sins and falling into 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:51.639 these traits, traits which we absolutely replicate ourselves as well. And help us to spot that, to see 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:57.600 that, and to seek your help for us to be lifted up out of that. And surely the answer in all these 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:04.079 errors that we fall into is to look to Christ, to look to our Lord. So help us to do that. Even in this 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:09.419 act of worship itself, help us to look to our Lord. Help us to look to the triune God himself, 00:08:09.620 --> 00:08:15.740 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And help us to marvel at who you are, at who you reveal yourself 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:23.279 to be in the pages of Scripture. And as we come before you in prayer, we pray for our nation. 00:08:23.860 --> 00:08:31.000 We pray for the governments in our land. We think especially over these recent days where we've 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:39.759 seen votes and discussions and debates taking place, which seek to pursue a path that will lead to 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:47.740 people being able to prematurely and in their control to end life. We ask, O Lord, that you would 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:55.740 fill us with a sense of burden for that bill as it continues through the various chambers of power. And 00:08:55.740 --> 00:09:01.639 we ask, O Lord, that ultimately that bill would be defeated. It grieves us that it has even got us far. 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:08.360 We come before you and lament when we see and hear of some of the things that have been 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:14.299 said and the way in which so many have voted as well. But we pray that you would intervene. 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:22.240 You're the God who is able to do that, to intervene and to show those who will be taking these 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:28.620 votes, to show them the error of their way and the reality of what it is that they are opening the 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:33.860 door to. We give thanks that we come before a God who can answer in powerful ways like that. Sometimes 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:41.360 we feel unable to have any kind of influence, but we come before a God who is well able and well 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:48.980 powerful to put an end and a stop to these things. And we pray, O Lord, for those who are fighting 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:54.920 the corner from the perspective of your word and your law, we pray that you would encourage them. 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:59.120 We know that very often they come under attack themselves, but strengthen them and may they be 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:07.539 aware of the prayers of your people. Help us in every situation to do what we can, to speak up for 00:10:07.539 --> 00:10:13.139 those who have no voice. And it is sad to see that we live in a society that seems to turn on the 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:18.600 vulnerable, from the very young to the sick and the elderly as well. But let us not fall into that 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:25.840 mindset ourselves as your people. Help us to do what we can to speak up and to ensure that these 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:34.340 things do not pass. And as we come praying for our civil courts and governments, we also come praying 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:39.779 for our spiritual court as well as the General Assembly of our own church and other churches as 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:45.759 well gather in the coming days. We pray, O Lord, that you would go before our own General Assembly and all 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:50.139 the discussions and all that will travel there as well. We pray that you would grant them traveling 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:56.059 mercies and that ultimately all the decisions, all the debates and perhaps any votes that are taken, 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:02.360 ultimately that all these things would be to the glory of your most holy name. And we pray for the 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:08.019 congregation here as well. Continue to strengthen them. During this time of vacancy, we ask, O Lord, 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:14.279 that you would encourage them because we know that very often when we look back, even in congregations 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:20.559 throughout our presbytery here, very often times of vacancies have been times of great blessing and 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.899 fruitfulness. And we ask that that would be the case here as well and that you would continue to 00:11:24.899 --> 00:11:30.519 strengthen Calum Mordo and the additional duties and burden that he's under and his family too. Be with 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:37.759 him even now as he leads worship elsewhere. Go before us, cleanse us from sin, we ask. And we ask it all for 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:45.080 Jesus' sake. Amen. Amen. We're just going to do a reading at this point. We're going to read just a short 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:55.720 passage in Exodus chapter 12. In Exodus 00:11:55.720 --> 00:12:10.100 and chapter 12. This is, of course, the account of the Passover itself, just before the actual 00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:18.019 Exodus event of the people of God leaving Egypt. We're going to read from the beginning there. So, 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:24.139 Exodus 12 and from the beginning. So, let's hear the word of the Lord. 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:33.139 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, this month shall be for you the beginning 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:40.460 of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:48.720 on the 10th day of this month, every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers, a lamb, 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:54.660 according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for 00:12:54.660 --> 00:13:01.940 a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons. According 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:08.519 to what each can eat, you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, 00:13:08.920 --> 00:13:16.540 a male, a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:24.379 14th day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:33.839 twilight. Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the 00:13:33.839 --> 00:13:42.319 houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the flesh that night roasted on the fire with unleavened bread 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:49.020 and bitter herbs. And they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted 00:13:49.020 --> 00:13:56.580 its head with its legs and its inner parts. And you shall let none of it remain until the morning. 00:13:57.060 --> 00:14:04.260 Anything that remains until the morning, you shall burn in this manner. You shall eat it with your belt 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:12.919 fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you shall eat it in haste. 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:21.939 It is the Lord's Passover. Amen. And we pray for God's blessing on that portion of his holy and 00:14:21.939 --> 00:14:28.840 inspired word. We're going to sing again now. We're going to sing this time in the Scottish Psalter 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:42.680 chapter. And in Psalm 91. So Psalm 91. And we'll sing, that's page 351. And we'll sing 00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:52.420 a verse 1 to the verse marked 5 there. He that doth in the secret place of the Most High reside 00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:59.699 under the shade of him that is the Almighty shall abide. I of the Lord my God will say, 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:08.479 He is my refuge still. He is my fortress and my God, and in him trust I will. Assuredly he shall 00:15:08.479 --> 00:15:15.860 thee save and give deliverance from subtle fowler snare and from the noise and pestilence. His feathers 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:21.899 shall thee hide. Thy trust under his wings shall be. His faithfulness shall be a shield, 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:28.299 and buckler unto thee. Thou shalt not need to be afraid for terrors of the night, nor for 00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:34.340 the arrow that doth fly by day while it is light. So we'll sing those verses there, Psalm 91, 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:36.340 verse 1 to 5. 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:40.340 Psalm 91, verse 1 to 5. 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:56.340 He act of in the secret place of the Most High reside, and never shake of him that is, 00:15:56.340 --> 00:16:23.900 and never shake of him that is, your mighty shall abide. I of the Lord my God will say, He is my 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:30.899 Recluse still. He is my fortress and thy God, and in him trust I will. Assuredly he shall be saved, 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.899 and give thee live heavens from the Lord my God, and in him trust I will. Assuredly he shall be saved, and give thee live heavens from the Lord my God. 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:34.899 Son of the Lord my God, and in him trust I will. 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00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.039 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:16.960 The shoulders spin and fall, the noise of pestilence. 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:32.960 His feathers shall delight thy trust, under his wings shall be. 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:48.960 His faithfulness shall be a shield, and that the ground to thee. 00:17:48.960 --> 00:18:04.960 Thou shalt not give to thee a play, for terrors of the night. 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:21.960 Nor for thee I know the love that fly, by thee I lift his light. 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.160 Amen. 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:29.460 Again, if you can turn your Bibles to the Old Testament, this time a different section of 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:31.700 the Old Testament in Joshua in chapter 2. 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:39.779 These two passages form a couple of the images that we're going to look at this evening. 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:42.819 Joshua in chapter 2. 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:55.740 And we'll read from the beginning of this narrative here. 00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:58.879 So Joshua chapter 2 and from the beginning. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.399 So again, let's hear the word of the Lord. 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:11.400 And Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, 00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:13.920 Go, view the land, especially Jericho. 00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:21.080 And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.700 And it was told to the king of Jericho, 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:29.220 Behold, men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land. 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:32.880 And then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:36.940 Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:40.839 for they have come to search out all the land. 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:44.860 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:51.640 And she said, True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:56.079 And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:58.960 I do not know where the men went. 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:02.579 Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them. 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:11.700 But she had brought them up to the roof and hood them with the stalks of flax that she had laid in order on the roof. 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:17.160 So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords, 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:20.660 and the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out. 00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:26.180 Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof and said to the men, 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:29.700 I know that the Lord has given you the land, 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:34.440 and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, 00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:38.220 and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:44.019 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:48.960 and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, 00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:52.859 to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:57.419 And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, 00:20:58.159 --> 00:21:01.959 and there was no spirit left in any man because of you. 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:08.000 For the Lord your God, he is God in heavens above and on the earth beneath. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:13.980 Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that as I have dealt kindly with you, 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:18.339 that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:23.779 and give me a sure sign that you will save alive my father and mother, 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:27.059 my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:29.759 and deliver our lives from death. 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.640 And the men said to her, 00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:34.839 Our life for yours, even to death. 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:37.579 If you do not tell this business of ours, 00:21:37.939 --> 00:21:41.199 then when the Lord gives us the land, 00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:45.039 we will deal kindly and faithfully with you. 00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:49.519 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, 00:21:49.959 --> 00:21:53.119 for her house was built into the city wall, 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:55.139 so that she lived in the wall. 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.779 And she said to them, 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:59.459 Go into the hills, or the pursuers will encounter you, 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:02.939 and hide there three days until the pursuers have returned. 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:05.680 Then afterwards you may go your way. 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.140 The men said to her, 00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:13.120 We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear. 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:16.539 Behold, when we come into the land, 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:20.980 you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window, 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:23.120 through which you let us down, 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.420 and you shall gather into your house 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.940 your father and mother, 00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.620 your brothers, 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:31.519 and all your father's household. 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:31.920 Then, 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:35.460 if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:38.980 his blood shall be on his own head, 00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:40.880 and we shall be guiltless. 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:44.560 But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, 00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:48.240 his blood shall be on our head. 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.000 Amen. 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:54.920 And we pray for God's blessing on that second reading from his holy word. 00:22:55.200 --> 00:23:00.680 We're going to sing again now in the Scottish Psalter and in Psalm 51. 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:05.579 So the Scottish Psalter and Psalm 51. 00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:16.279 And we'll sing verse 1 down to the verse marked 6 there. 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.059 After thy loving kindness, Lord, 00:23:19.199 --> 00:23:23.119 have mercy upon me for thy compassions. 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:26.059 Great blot out all mine iniquity, 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:27.519 me cleanse from sin, 00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:30.199 and throughly wash from mine iniquity. 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:32.240 For my transgressions I confess, 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:35.159 my sin I ever see. 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.679 Against thee, the only, have I sinned, 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:39.299 and thy sight done this ill. 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:41.000 That when thou speakest, 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:44.220 thou mayst be just and clear in judging still. 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.819 Behold, 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:47.879 I in iniquity was formed the womb within. 00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:51.899 My mother also me conceived in guiltiness and sin. 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.599 Behold, 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.659 thou in the inward parts, 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:57.220 with truth delighted art and wisdom, 00:23:57.699 --> 00:24:01.539 thou shalt make me know within the hidden parts. 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.279 So we'll sing those verses, 00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:02.960 Psalm 51, 00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.220 verse 1 to 6. 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.960 I'll stand to sing to God's praise. 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.960 Amen. 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:16.700 After thy loving kindness, 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.200 Lord, 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.700 come, 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:24.200 mercy upon me, 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:28.779 for thy compassion, 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.519 take water, 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.519 take water, 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:37.519 of my iniquity. 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:43.319 May cleanse from sin, 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:52.519 and throughly wash from my iniquity. 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:54.259 for my iniquity. 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.259 For my iniquity. 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:58.259 For my iniquity. 00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:00.259 I confess, 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.259 I confess, 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:08.259 my sin I ever see. 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:20.000 And my sin I ever see. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:50.000 unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto unto 00:25:50.000 --> 00:26:09.160 O quede, my mother also be conceded in guiltiness and sin. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:24.060 Behold, thou in the inward hearts, with truth delighted are, 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:38.940 and wisdom thou shalt lay below, within the middle heart. 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:48.000 With God's help, if you can maybe first of all turn to Exodus chapter 12. 00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:50.440 We are going to be going between the two passages, 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:54.700 but if you can open up first of all at Exodus chapter 12, 00:26:55.340 --> 00:27:00.519 and we'll take us out reading verse 7, where we read there, 00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:07.440 then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts 00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:13.580 and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:22.879 Now, one of the beautiful aspects of Scripture is the way in which the whole thing, 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:27.159 the whole of the Word of God, the whole canon of Scripture, 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.259 all ties together. 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.799 It all ties together. 00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:34.119 It all links together so incredibly beautifully. 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:38.240 It isn't just some collection of random books. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:43.960 It's not just some collection of ancient writings that are written by different authors 00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:48.620 that are sometimes maybe separated by hundreds of years apart. 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.039 That's not what this is. 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:57.740 It's not just a collection of unlinked, separate books together as one library or one book. 00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:05.700 This is one story, one wonderful story, one book, one wonderful narrative. 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:10.980 Yes, by multiple authors, ultimately one divine author, but multiple human authors. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:15.819 But it is that one narrative, one wonderful redemptive narrative, 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:19.140 one wonderful redemptive story and timelines as well. 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:23.180 And one of the ways in which you see Scripture coming together 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:29.759 is when you pick up certain threads and themes that link the whole thing together. 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:34.600 And there's lots of those kinds of threads and themes that you could look at, 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:37.299 you know, covenant and lots of other themes as well. 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:42.580 But probably one of the biggest threads or themes that holds the whole thing together 00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:44.519 is the blood of Christ. 00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:48.779 The blood of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:53.440 That blood that brings all the way from Genesis all the way through to Revelation, 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:58.359 brings this whole book, this whole story, this whole narrative wonderfully together. 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:04.339 Sometimes people can wrongly think that, you know, Jesus and the blood of Christ, 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:06.680 that that just comes into focus on the New Testament, 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:10.599 and maybe specifically in the Gospels themselves, 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:13.440 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:19.960 But of course, as we know, that's absolutely not the case at all. 00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:25.039 There is this wonderful thread of the blood of Christ all the way through. 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:28.539 Even in the Old Testament itself, you go to the Old Testament, 00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:30.720 and you can learn much about the blood of Christ, 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:33.140 and much about what the blood of Christ does. 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:36.279 The way in which the blood of Christ delivers from judgment, 00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:39.920 the way in which the blood of Christ frees, 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:43.460 the way in which the blood of Christ redeems. 00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.880 We were singing about that earlier on. 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:48.060 The way in which the blood of Christ brings us into a new family, 00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:51.019 into the family of the Lord's people. 00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:53.620 So there's so much of the blood of Christ, 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:59.820 and the Gospel message itself very much present in the pages of the Old Testament as well. 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:06.259 And what I want to do tonight is I want to pick out three specific images 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:08.700 connected to three narratives, 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:15.379 but specifically three images that I think in many ways are connected together. 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.799 Visually, I think they're connected together, 00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:21.679 but certainly theologically and by illustration that they're connected together. 00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.259 And the three things I want to look at is, 00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:26.980 first of all, the blood-stained doorposts. 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.819 That's the first one, blood-stained doorposts. 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:31.399 Secondly, the scarlet cord. 00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:37.939 And thirdly, the blood-stained cross of Christ himself. 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:41.980 So three very different images, 00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:46.359 and images that come from three very different parts of the Bible. 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:51.599 Obviously, the blood-stained doorposts coming from that Exodus narrative. 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:55.240 Then the scarlet cord, of course, coming from the Joshua narrative. 00:30:55.240 --> 00:31:01.160 And then the blood-stained cross of our Lord and Savior himself coming from the Gospel narrative. 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:06.779 We didn't specifically read that, but a section, of course, that we know very well. 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:09.160 And when you think of these three images, 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:12.539 these three images, there's a similarity between them. 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:18.279 You know, if you imagine yourself standing there looking at the blood-soaked doorposts in Exodus, 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:23.799 or if you stand there looking at this red cord hanging out of the house of Rahab, 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:29.440 or the cross of Christ after his body's taken away, the cross, that blood-soaked cross of Christ, 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:39.579 visually, there's a similarity between these three images that are presented to us in Scripture. 00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:42.339 And I don't mean just visually, as I mentioned earlier, 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:44.619 also in terms of what these things communicate, 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:47.579 and theologically how these things speak to us, 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:49.899 and how we see something of the Gospel in these things. 00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:53.000 So what I want to do is really stop at each three of these images, 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:57.119 to stand and to take in just the sight itself, 00:31:57.539 --> 00:32:01.079 and really to ask, what is it that these things convey to us, 00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:03.000 of the blood of Christ, of the Gospel, 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:07.139 of the wonder of what our Lord and Savior has done for us. 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:09.900 So let's do that, and we'll begin, 00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:15.000 the first one here, the blood-stained doorposts. 00:32:15.280 --> 00:32:17.220 So you're standing there, and we're just, as it were, 00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:20.720 looking at these houses, or one of these houses in Egypt, 00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:22.980 and there you see this blood-stained, 00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:25.860 not just the doorposts, of course, but the lintel as well. 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:28.480 And as I mentioned just a few moments ago, 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:34.340 this obviously comes from the Exodus narrative that we just read there, 00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:37.939 of God rescuing his people from Egypt. 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:40.099 And you remember how that all unfolded. 00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.740 The Lord sends Moses in. 00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:44.220 So Moses comes in to Egypt, 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:47.019 and then you have the ten plagues, of course. 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:51.279 The ten plagues are unleashed on the Egyptians. 00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:53.159 And then you come to the last one, 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.119 the tenth plague, 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:58.099 which is really what this is all connected to here. 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.459 And this was the plague that was going to result 00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:03.880 in a very solemn outcome, 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:09.680 the death of the firstborn of every home in Egypt, 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:13.259 except, of course, those who had the blood, 00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.980 the blood of the Passover lamb, 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:17.400 actually applied to the doorposts, 00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:21.160 actually applied to the lintel of the households as well. 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:26.319 And if the Lord came and saw the blood on the doorframe, 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.480 if he saw the blood on the lintel, 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.880 then, of course, he was going to Passover. 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:35.140 There was not going to be a death taking place in that home. 00:33:35.260 --> 00:33:37.800 And when you read the section that we read there, 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:41.280 and you look at some of the way in which it's described for us, 00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:45.040 the Lord is very deliberate in the description 00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:47.180 of how all this was meant to happen. 00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.720 He's very specific. 00:33:50.260 --> 00:33:51.800 He gives us specifics, you know, 00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:54.020 to do with how the blood was to be applied 00:33:54.020 --> 00:33:57.600 and various specifics about the actual Passover lamb as well. 00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.780 Now, why is that? 00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.119 Why are there... 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.960 That's not just through here, of course. 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:04.019 That's through for lots of parts of Scripture. 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:05.180 But why is it through here? 00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:07.740 Why does he give us such specifics here? 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:11.119 And the answer is very simply because all of these things, 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.840 all of these details are communicating. 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:15.500 The Lord is, in a visual way, 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:19.259 speaking to us and communicating various things to us. 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:24.420 And I think there's a lot of things that this scene before us here communicates. 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:27.060 And when we look to this door frame 00:34:27.060 --> 00:34:30.280 and we see the blood on the lintel and the doorposts here, 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:32.640 there's lots of things that we could lift out of it. 00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:35.440 I just want to lift a few things out of it at this point. 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:39.140 And the first thing I want to notice there is in verse 5 of this passage that we read there, 00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:42.839 and this is to do with the lamb from whom the blood was to come. 00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:47.039 And we read there that your lamb shall be without blemish. 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.559 So that's very specific. 00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.799 It's to be not just any old lamb. 00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:53.440 It's to be a lamb without blemish. 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.779 So in other words, they weren't to pick the worst of their flock, 00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:58.980 as might be our tendency if we were giving something. 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.519 Let's just give the worst of what we might have. 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:04.539 They were very specifically called to bring the very best, 00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:09.159 to sacrifice a lamb without any blemish at all. 00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.840 And there was a reason for that. 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:14.480 I think we know what the reason for that is. 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:18.559 The reason for that is because the Passover lamb was intended to point forward to Christ. 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:22.159 It was very clearly, very specifically pointing forward to Christ. 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:26.159 And as we know, Christ is one who is himself sinless. 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.079 He is the spotless lamb of God. 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:35.699 No sin, no blame, no guilt at all to be found in our Lord and Savior. 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:38.619 We know he was one who would be perfectly righteous. 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:41.679 And therefore, when you read these laws here, 00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:45.759 and when you read here about the unblemished lamb in the Exodus narrative, 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:49.460 that's clearly there specifically to teach us about that, 00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:54.420 to teach us, to make us look forward to one who was going to come who was sinless, 00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:58.900 to point forward to this great Savior, the spotless lamb of God, 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:02.059 who one day was going to come into the world. 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:05.039 So there you have, looking at that scene, looking at that blood, 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:07.159 it communicates that to us. 00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:11.800 It communicates the way in which this lamb was to be a lamb that was unblemished. 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:14.220 And then after the actual killing of the lamb, 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:18.260 that's when they were to apply the blood to the doorpost. 00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:20.420 You see that in verse 7 and the lintels as well. 00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:36.659 Now, there's a very important lesson being communicated there 00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:40.000 in that visual scene that's described for us. 00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:43.180 Blood, in the biblical context, 00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:48.240 blood was very much connected and associated to the life of the victim. 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:54.159 So blood and the life of the victim were very much seen as being linked together. 00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:58.179 So for example, there's a verse in Leviticus, Leviticus chapter 17, 00:36:58.399 --> 00:37:01.339 and we read it saying the following, we read it says, 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:05.459 for the life of the flesh is in the blood, 00:37:05.919 --> 00:37:09.959 and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls, 00:37:10.439 --> 00:37:12.979 for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. 00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:19.960 So specifically, for the life of the flesh is in the blood. 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:26.460 So there's a very clear, very close tie between blood and life. 00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:28.539 And here, when you're looking at this scene, 00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:31.139 this blood on the doorpost here, 00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.800 that blood is a symbol, 00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:37.420 a symbol of a life that has been sacrificed, 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:41.360 a life that has been sacrificed in order to make atonement. 00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:44.220 And that blood is applied to the very entrance, 00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.660 in a very visual way, 00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:48.559 the very entrance of the house itself. 00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:51.000 And the idea is that the Lord will pass over, 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:54.340 and that the Lord will see the blood. 00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:57.599 And he'll see the blood of the Passover lamb, 00:37:58.059 --> 00:38:01.860 and because a life has already been taken, 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:04.660 because there's already been a death, 00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:07.140 the sign of the blood is a sign of that life, 00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:08.260 has already been taken, 00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:11.840 again, a death has already occurred in this household, 00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:15.700 so therefore, there'll be no further death in this household. 00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:19.120 And there you have the Lord passing over. 00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:20.820 So the lamb has died, 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:22.500 and therefore, no one else is going to die. 00:38:22.580 --> 00:38:23.340 And very clearly, 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:26.640 that speaks to us of the whole idea of substitution. 00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:29.060 So again, when you're looking at that scene, 00:38:29.100 --> 00:38:30.180 and you're seeing that blood, 00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:31.640 it speaks to us of that. 00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:33.240 It doesn't just speak of sacrifice. 00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:38.699 It specifically, it speaks of this idea of substitution. 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:43.039 The Passover lamb is the substitutionary sacrifice. 00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:46.439 And when we think of that in the Old Testament, 00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:49.419 and then seek to apply that to ourselves today, 00:38:49.959 --> 00:38:52.379 exactly the same thing happens to us, 00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:53.319 in a theological way. 00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.739 The same thing happens to us 00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:58.619 when we come and put our faith in Jesus. 00:38:59.399 --> 00:39:03.039 See, when you take Jesus as your Lord and Savior, 00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:05.599 it is, in some sense anyway, 00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:07.519 it is as though we are covered ourselves 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.460 with the blood of Christ. 00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:11.519 As though the blood of Christ covers us. 00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:16.279 So that, as we approach the judgment seat of the Lord, 00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.900 the Lord looks to us, 00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:20.179 and he will see the blood of Christ, 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.340 and he will see, well, 00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:24.400 judgment has already been experienced here. 00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:27.880 A life has already been sacrificed. 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.360 And because of that blood, 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.199 the blood of Christ, 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:33.879 because the Lord Jesus has given his life 00:39:33.879 --> 00:39:36.960 as that penalty that's paid for us, 00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.960 therefore, we are saved. 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.960 Therefore, as it were, 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:42.339 the Lord passes over. 00:39:42.439 --> 00:39:45.179 So the blood on the doorposts 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:47.219 is pointing towards very much 00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:48.919 the death of the true, 00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:52.299 the true Passover lamb to come, 00:39:52.419 --> 00:39:52.919 Jesus himself. 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.259 That blood that ultimately would be shed to save 00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:57.240 all who are his, 00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.200 all who come, 00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:59.800 all who come and put their trust 00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:02.180 and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:04.940 And in this scene here, 00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:08.700 actually putting the blood on the doorpost, 00:40:09.100 --> 00:40:11.680 that was in itself the sign of your faith. 00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:15.860 That was the sign of your faith and trust. 00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:18.080 You were showing your faith and trust 00:40:18.080 --> 00:40:21.000 by actually applying these things 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:23.260 to the doorpost and lintel. 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:26.159 And that's ultimately what delivered the people 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.559 from the judgment here. 00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.880 That's what ultimately, 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:31.079 in the rest of the Exodus narrative, 00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:33.460 that's what ultimately leads to their freedom as well. 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:35.199 Yes, there's trust. 00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:36.420 They trust the Lord. 00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:38.420 That's clearly there. 00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:40.239 But they also had to be obedient. 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.019 They had to be obedient 00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:44.480 to actually perform what it is 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.699 that the Lord had asked them to do. 00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:47.099 So they trusted in him. 00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:48.039 They believed in him. 00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.559 But then they had to do something. 00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.659 They had to actually apply. 00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.779 They had to take that blood 00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:54.679 and put it on the doorpost. 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.900 So they had to respond. 00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:58.880 There was some kind of response 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:01.039 to God's command required here. 00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:03.460 So there was a trust, a faith, 00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:05.000 that led to obedience. 00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:07.000 And yet that obedience part 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:09.000 was very, very important. 00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:12.179 And again, that is like us as well. 00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:13.860 I mean, we are saved through faith. 00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:16.699 Faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:19.139 But that is a faith and a trust 00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:20.099 that leads to something. 00:41:20.399 --> 00:41:22.059 It's a faith and a trust 00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:24.299 that leads to us responding in some way 00:41:24.299 --> 00:41:25.659 and being obedient, 00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:29.399 showing our faith and trust in the Lord. 00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.960 And here as well, 00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.599 the people were specifically 00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:34.699 to do this in a public way. 00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:37.119 You know, it wasn't applying the blood 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:38.239 in the doorpost and lintel 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:39.119 in a hidden way. 00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:41.079 It was very much something 00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:42.379 that was very visible. 00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:44.019 You know, you'd see it. 00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:45.099 Standing outside the home, 00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:46.000 you would see it. 00:41:46.339 --> 00:41:47.559 You would see these are people 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.380 who trust the Lord. 00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.960 These are people who have put 00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:51.059 their faith in the Lord, 00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:53.039 that the blood, the sign of the blood 00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:54.759 is a sign of just that. 00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:57.699 And I think for ourselves as well, 00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.940 I think that's important. 00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:01.219 If your faith is in Christ, 00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:03.099 if your faith is in the Lord, 00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.900 the Lord does not want you to hide that. 00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.779 The Lord does not want you 00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.960 to keep that to yourself. 00:42:09.259 --> 00:42:11.299 He wants you to make that known. 00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.799 It ought to be on display. 00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.480 And I don't mean that in the sense of, 00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:16.500 you know, pride 00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:18.620 and this kind of holier than thou 00:42:18.620 --> 00:42:20.700 sort of wearing our Christianity 00:42:20.700 --> 00:42:22.200 like some kind of badge of pride 00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:22.800 of look at me. 00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:25.380 I don't mean it in that sense at all. 00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.860 But it ought to be visible 00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:28.019 in that sign of love 00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:29.440 and that we're not hiding 00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:31.740 our faith in the Lord, 00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:33.200 but that we're revealing it, 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.680 showing out of love, 00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:37.380 out of love for our Lord and Savior, 00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.800 displaying these things. 00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.640 Shouldn't be hidden. 00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.900 Shouldn't be hidden. 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.920 And it shouldn't be something 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:43.780 that we hide away. 00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.639 It should be evident to all 00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.900 that our trust is in the Lord. 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.059 If you walk past those houses, 00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.599 you would have seen 00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.800 their trust is in the Lord. 00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.660 The blood, 00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.680 the sign of the blood 00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:53.139 is very clearly there. 00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:55.420 And it ought to be the same 00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:57.079 in our own lives as well. 00:42:57.200 --> 00:42:58.860 Not by putting badges on our homes 00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.619 or our cars, 00:42:59.700 --> 00:43:00.579 but through our lives. 00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:01.519 Through our lives, 00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:02.260 we ought to show, 00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:03.460 ought to show something 00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:05.220 of the trust and faith 00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:07.280 that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:08.840 So when you look at the blood, 00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.940 they're standing at this, 00:43:10.080 --> 00:43:11.140 looking at the doorpost, 00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:12.400 seeing that the blood on it 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:14.300 communicates all of these things, 00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:17.440 sacrifice, substitution, atonement, 00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:19.620 speaks of the sinlessness of Christ, 00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:21.440 even trust and obedience. 00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:22.640 All of these things, 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.880 just looking at that, 00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:25.640 seeing with the blood on the doorpost, 00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.700 that speaks to us 00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:29.060 of all of these different things. 00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.720 That speaks to us 00:43:29.720 --> 00:43:32.019 of much, much more than that as well. 00:43:32.160 --> 00:43:34.740 But these things certainly are there. 00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:36.279 And what I want to do now 00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:37.339 is I want to jump forward. 00:43:37.879 --> 00:43:39.000 So we're going to jump to Joshua 00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:40.719 and the second passage 00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:42.539 that we read 00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:46.399 in Joshua chapter 2. 00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.179 And here, 00:43:48.919 --> 00:43:51.319 it's a slightly different image. 00:43:56.359 --> 00:43:58.619 So a slightly different image here, 00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.239 but similar. 00:43:59.399 --> 00:44:01.719 So we've just looked at the red blood 00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:03.719 on the outside of people's homes. 00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:05.659 And now we come to this scene here 00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:07.179 and what you see is a red rope, 00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:08.059 a red cord, 00:44:08.339 --> 00:44:09.359 again outside a home. 00:44:09.859 --> 00:44:11.539 So there are similarities 00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:13.759 in the actual image 00:44:13.759 --> 00:44:14.839 that's been displayed there. 00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:16.980 And you see there in verse 17. 00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:20.500 So in Joshua chapter 2, verse 17, 00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:22.239 the men said to her, 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.459 we will be guiltless 00:44:23.459 --> 00:44:25.500 with respect to this oath of yours 00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.599 that you have made us swear. 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:29.459 Behold, when we come into the land, 00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:31.740 you shall tie the scarlet cord 00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:33.220 in the window 00:44:33.220 --> 00:44:36.980 through which you let us down. 00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.659 So again, 00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:40.099 we're into a different narrative here, 00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:41.420 but the themes are the same, 00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:43.460 which is why I'm connecting them together. 00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:45.280 So the backstory here, 00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:47.380 this is a long way 00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:49.280 into the Exodus journey now. 00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:51.280 They've gone through the wilderness. 00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.740 They've spent their 40 years 00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:54.860 going through the wilderness. 00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:56.599 They've come to the shores of Canaan. 00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:57.860 They're about to come and take Canaan. 00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.860 And of course, 00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:00.339 before they go into enemy territory, 00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:01.539 they send the spies in. 00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:04.659 And so these spies go in. 00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.799 And when the spies, 00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:07.659 when they're in enemy territory 00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.619 there in Jericho, 00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:10.119 they come to the house of Rahab, 00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:11.259 the prostitute. 00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:13.799 And Rahab, of course, 00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:15.659 hides these spies. 00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:17.380 The Jericho police find out 00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:19.319 that they're possibly here. 00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:20.400 And the Jericho police come. 00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:23.059 And of course, Rahab sends them off 00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.860 in another direction. 00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:25.279 She hides these men. 00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:26.960 And that was a huge risk, 00:45:27.120 --> 00:45:28.519 massive risk, her doing that. 00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:31.340 This was not just something small 00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:32.500 that she did a wee favor. 00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:34.140 This is huge. 00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:36.180 Her life would have very much 00:45:36.180 --> 00:45:36.920 been on the line 00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:38.540 by actually covering 00:45:38.540 --> 00:45:39.519 for these men like this. 00:45:39.580 --> 00:45:40.280 And she does it. 00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:41.160 We find out there. 00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:42.560 She does it because ultimately 00:45:42.560 --> 00:45:43.660 her faith is in God. 00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:45.260 Surprisingly so. 00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:45.940 When you're reading it, 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.960 you're not expecting that 00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.860 in many ways. 00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:49.900 But her faith is in the God of Israel. 00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:51.000 She's heard about him. 00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:52.160 She's heard the stories. 00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:53.940 Again, we read that in the passage. 00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:55.620 She's heard about the God 00:45:55.620 --> 00:45:57.240 of heaven and earth. 00:45:57.680 --> 00:45:59.660 And she somehow has come 00:45:59.660 --> 00:46:00.980 to this place of actually 00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:02.079 putting her trust in him. 00:46:02.620 --> 00:46:03.800 And as a result of that, 00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:05.019 and as a result of her 00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:06.780 protecting the spies 00:46:06.780 --> 00:46:08.220 of the Lord here, 00:46:08.620 --> 00:46:10.059 when destruction is going 00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:11.180 to come the way of Jericho, 00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:12.280 and we know it does, 00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.559 and we know it did, 00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:14.640 when that comes, 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:15.859 she was going to be protected. 00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.259 And she was, 00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:18.259 very specifically, 00:46:18.359 --> 00:46:19.239 she was going to be protected 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:20.420 on the condition 00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:21.379 that she was going to 00:46:21.379 --> 00:46:22.199 hang this rope, 00:46:22.279 --> 00:46:24.259 hang this red rope 00:46:24.259 --> 00:46:27.139 down from her window. 00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:27.679 So again, 00:46:27.819 --> 00:46:29.279 just the similarity there 00:46:29.279 --> 00:46:31.059 to the blood on the doorpost, 00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:31.920 the setting, 00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:32.879 and the colours, 00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:34.079 and everything being similar. 00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:35.440 And now you've got this red 00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:37.599 blood-coloured rope 00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:39.679 hanging from her window here. 00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:39.920 Now, 00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:43.139 clearly the red blood 00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:43.699 on the doorpost 00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:44.039 in Exodus 00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:44.779 is very, 00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:46.259 very explicitly linked 00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:47.219 to Christ 00:46:47.219 --> 00:46:48.259 and the blood of Christ. 00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:48.440 Now, 00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.000 here, 00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:51.119 the text doesn't directly tie 00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:53.139 this idea of the red rope 00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:54.619 to the blood of Christ, 00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:56.420 but the visual illustration, 00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.219 when you look at it, 00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:58.219 you cannot but make 00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:58.779 that connection. 00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:00.279 You cannot but see 00:47:00.279 --> 00:47:02.159 something of the blood 00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:02.840 of Christ here, 00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:03.960 something of the shadow 00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:06.099 of the gospel 00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:06.920 present here 00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.800 in this image. 00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.539 And what I want us 00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.059 to do here is, 00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:09.360 again, 00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.239 we'll do the same thing. 00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:11.000 We'll stand in front 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.519 of this house, 00:47:11.960 --> 00:47:12.779 see this red rope 00:47:12.779 --> 00:47:13.199 coming down, 00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:13.759 and ask, 00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.699 what's it communicating 00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:15.199 to us? 00:47:15.799 --> 00:47:16.859 What's it speaking to us 00:47:16.859 --> 00:47:17.779 about the blood of Christ, 00:47:17.879 --> 00:47:18.599 about the gospel, 00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:19.879 about some of the wonders 00:47:19.879 --> 00:47:20.480 of what our Lord 00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:21.319 has done for us? 00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:22.259 And again, 00:47:22.319 --> 00:47:23.279 I've noted a few things 00:47:23.279 --> 00:47:24.059 here of what 00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:26.659 the particular image 00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:27.679 communicates to us. 00:47:27.759 --> 00:47:28.779 And one thing 00:47:28.779 --> 00:47:30.159 that it communicates 00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:30.559 to us 00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:31.500 is the idea 00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.219 of salvation 00:47:32.219 --> 00:47:32.899 from destruction. 00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.519 When you're looking 00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.279 at Rahab's house 00:47:34.279 --> 00:47:35.079 and seeing the red 00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:36.339 rope coming down, 00:47:36.460 --> 00:47:37.299 it speaks to us 00:47:37.299 --> 00:47:38.059 of salvation 00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:38.919 from destruction, 00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:39.599 salvation 00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:41.119 from judgment. 00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.900 We know that 00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:43.279 because that red rope 00:47:43.279 --> 00:47:43.960 was going down, 00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:44.900 that her home 00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:46.319 was going to be safe, 00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:47.359 that she and her 00:47:47.359 --> 00:47:48.559 household as well, 00:47:48.759 --> 00:47:49.519 that they were going 00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:50.179 to be saved, 00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:51.480 saved from judgment. 00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:53.000 And that concept 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:54.159 of saved from judgment 00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:55.199 through the red rope, 00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.400 if we apply that 00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:57.279 to the blood of Christ, 00:47:57.359 --> 00:47:58.519 that's exactly what 00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.759 the blood of our Lord 00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:00.619 and Savior does 00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:01.799 for sinners like us. 00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.940 We are deserving 00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:03.500 of judgment, 00:48:03.779 --> 00:48:04.980 but when we put our trust, 00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.500 as it were, 00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:07.159 lay hold of the blood 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:07.799 of Christ, 00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:08.940 then we too, 00:48:09.060 --> 00:48:09.960 we find that 00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:11.260 we are saved, 00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:12.700 delivered from that judgment 00:48:12.700 --> 00:48:13.920 because of what 00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:16.060 our Lord and Savior 00:48:16.060 --> 00:48:17.240 Jesus Christ 00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:17.900 has done for us. 00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.620 So that's one of the things 00:48:18.620 --> 00:48:19.380 that communicates 00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:20.440 the deliverance 00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:21.100 from destruction, 00:48:21.240 --> 00:48:22.320 deliverance from judgment. 00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:23.660 But it also 00:48:23.660 --> 00:48:25.160 speaks to us 00:48:25.160 --> 00:48:26.760 of trust as well. 00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.660 So we saw that 00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:29.039 in the last image 00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:29.980 and we see that here 00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.440 as well 00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.300 because, 00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:32.060 again, 00:48:32.100 --> 00:48:32.519 when you're looking 00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:33.220 at this house 00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:34.000 with the red rope 00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:35.500 coming down here, 00:48:35.640 --> 00:48:36.360 she's not told 00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:36.980 to run away 00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:37.579 from Jericho. 00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:39.059 She's not told, 00:48:39.179 --> 00:48:39.260 you know, 00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:40.000 destruction's coming, 00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:40.960 you need to get out of here. 00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:41.760 You know, 00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:43.019 you need to run away, 00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:43.699 try and hide 00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:44.800 and get to safety. 00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:45.880 She's told, 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:46.099 no, 00:48:46.139 --> 00:48:46.639 stay here, 00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:47.900 stay in this place 00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:48.820 that's going to be destroyed. 00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:50.240 Stay here 00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:52.139 and put a red cord 00:48:52.139 --> 00:48:52.840 out your window 00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:53.940 and if you do that, 00:48:54.300 --> 00:48:55.860 you will be saved. 00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.940 And that's a tremendous 00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:59.139 test of trust. 00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.699 Is it not? 00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:00.460 I mean, 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:00.840 imagine, 00:49:00.980 --> 00:49:01.440 for example, 00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:03.360 if someone told you today 00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:05.059 a bomb is going to 00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:05.980 hit Stornoway tomorrow, 00:49:05.980 --> 00:49:07.360 a bomb is going to 00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:08.900 hit this town, 00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:09.960 but it's okay 00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:11.500 as long as you put 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:12.500 a red rope 00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:13.699 outside your window 00:49:13.699 --> 00:49:14.659 that you'll be fine, 00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:16.000 that you don't need to worry. 00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:17.460 I mean, 00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:18.900 the strong temptation, 00:49:19.400 --> 00:49:19.880 I think, 00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:21.240 for us in that kind of situation 00:49:21.240 --> 00:49:22.039 would be to run 00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:23.139 or to escape, 00:49:23.579 --> 00:49:24.260 just to get away 00:49:24.260 --> 00:49:25.059 from Stornoway. 00:49:25.340 --> 00:49:26.039 If we know 00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:26.619 that there's some kind 00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.199 of danger coming, 00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:28.699 just to get away 00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:29.599 would take an awful lot 00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:30.179 of trust, 00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:31.659 an awful lot of trust 00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:33.340 to remain in place 00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:34.380 and just to merely 00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:35.680 put out a piece 00:49:35.680 --> 00:49:36.620 of rope outside 00:49:36.620 --> 00:49:37.100 our window. 00:49:37.640 --> 00:49:38.500 And that's exactly 00:49:38.500 --> 00:49:39.600 what Rahab is doing. 00:49:39.980 --> 00:49:40.780 She doesn't run away. 00:49:40.900 --> 00:49:41.340 She doesn't hear 00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:41.980 about the destruction 00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.579 and get out of here 00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:44.120 before the bad stuff happens. 00:49:44.240 --> 00:49:45.000 She stays there. 00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:47.220 She stays in this place 00:49:47.220 --> 00:49:47.640 and she shows 00:49:47.640 --> 00:49:48.440 incredible trust 00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:48.980 by just putting 00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:49.579 that cord out. 00:49:49.680 --> 00:49:50.120 And again, 00:49:50.160 --> 00:49:51.039 if you looked at that home 00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:52.140 and you saw that rope out, 00:49:52.200 --> 00:49:53.000 that's what you would see. 00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:55.000 That's an incredible display, 00:49:55.220 --> 00:49:56.440 an incredible sign 00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:58.640 of trust in the Lord. 00:49:58.720 --> 00:49:59.039 And again, 00:49:59.220 --> 00:49:59.480 that's, 00:49:59.600 --> 00:49:59.820 you know, 00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:01.400 applying this to ourselves, 00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:03.039 that's the same for us as well. 00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:04.079 You know, 00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:05.860 we are sinners 00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:07.320 and to be saved, 00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:08.280 God doesn't tell us 00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:08.840 go away, 00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:11.599 flee for rescue 00:50:11.599 --> 00:50:12.760 and flee from the danger. 00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:13.980 He doesn't tell us 00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:14.960 to kind of work out 00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:16.240 our way to get 00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:17.180 to safety ourselves 00:50:17.180 --> 00:50:18.059 and do things 00:50:18.059 --> 00:50:18.840 in our own strength. 00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:19.680 He doesn't say to us 00:50:19.680 --> 00:50:20.980 be better, 00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:21.639 do better. 00:50:21.940 --> 00:50:22.760 That's not 00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:24.680 what the message 00:50:24.680 --> 00:50:25.340 of the gospel 00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:26.340 is about at all. 00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:27.840 He simply says 00:50:27.840 --> 00:50:28.639 put your trust 00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:29.400 in the Lord. 00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:30.480 Just put your trust 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.840 in the Lord. 00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:32.140 Put your trust 00:50:32.140 --> 00:50:33.160 in that blood, 00:50:33.260 --> 00:50:34.420 that blood that was shed 00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:35.480 for sinners like you. 00:50:36.140 --> 00:50:38.039 There's a tremendous simplicity 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:38.500 in that. 00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.640 There's a simplicity 00:50:39.640 --> 00:50:41.300 in just the red rope, 00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:42.640 Rahab putting that red rope 00:50:42.640 --> 00:50:43.240 out her window. 00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:44.039 And there's a simplicity 00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:44.660 as well 00:50:44.660 --> 00:50:45.960 when it comes to the gospel 00:50:45.960 --> 00:50:46.340 for us. 00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:47.059 Just believe. 00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:49.400 Put your faith 00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:50.640 and trust in Christ. 00:50:50.780 --> 00:50:51.460 Lean on Christ 00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:52.380 and you will be delivered. 00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:53.820 Lean on Christ 00:50:53.820 --> 00:50:55.780 and you will be saved. 00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.860 And here, 00:50:57.320 --> 00:50:58.260 Rahab, 00:50:58.559 --> 00:50:59.420 as we see in the image, 00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:00.099 she does that. 00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:02.119 She puts that rope down 00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:02.860 and miraculously 00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:04.099 when that destruction comes, 00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:05.680 she's delivered. 00:51:06.380 --> 00:51:07.260 She's delivered. 00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:08.659 She is saved. 00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:09.240 So again, 00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:09.720 when you're looking 00:51:09.720 --> 00:51:11.119 at this picture here 00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:11.940 of this red rope 00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:13.000 coming out of her house, 00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:13.800 it speaks to us 00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:14.780 of salvation 00:51:14.780 --> 00:51:15.680 from destruction, 00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:17.820 salvation from judgment, 00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:18.880 speaks to us 00:51:18.880 --> 00:51:20.019 of trust as well. 00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:21.119 But also, 00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:23.000 that red rope 00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:23.980 or cord 00:51:23.980 --> 00:51:25.180 also speaks to us 00:51:25.179 --> 00:51:27.239 of God's grace 00:51:27.239 --> 00:51:28.500 to the outsider. 00:51:28.759 --> 00:51:29.659 So if you're standing there 00:51:29.659 --> 00:51:30.419 looking at that rope, 00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:31.319 you're thinking to yourself, 00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:31.659 wow, 00:51:31.879 --> 00:51:33.000 what amazing grace 00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:34.480 God has shown 00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:36.179 that outsider. 00:51:36.339 --> 00:51:37.079 And I say outsider 00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:38.299 because famously, 00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:38.679 of course, 00:51:38.759 --> 00:51:39.500 Rahab is not, 00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:41.500 she's not part of Israel. 00:51:41.879 --> 00:51:42.719 She's not part 00:51:42.719 --> 00:51:43.500 of the Lord's people. 00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:43.819 In fact, 00:51:43.899 --> 00:51:44.519 very opposite, 00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:44.960 clearly. 00:51:45.359 --> 00:51:46.619 She's a pagan Gentile. 00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:48.299 She's from another people group, 00:51:48.639 --> 00:51:49.559 from another nation, 00:51:49.699 --> 00:51:51.000 from a false religion, 00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:53.299 a pagan religion. 00:51:53.300 --> 00:51:53.980 And amazingly, 00:51:54.900 --> 00:51:56.120 she finds salvation. 00:51:56.720 --> 00:51:56.960 And it's, 00:51:57.060 --> 00:51:57.120 you know, 00:51:57.160 --> 00:51:58.019 if you focus on her 00:51:58.019 --> 00:51:59.560 conversion story, 00:51:59.620 --> 00:52:00.600 it's an amazing story, 00:52:00.680 --> 00:52:00.900 really, 00:52:01.180 --> 00:52:03.360 seeing this woman 00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:04.260 coming to faith 00:52:04.260 --> 00:52:04.820 and the one 00:52:04.820 --> 00:52:05.740 true living God. 00:52:06.060 --> 00:52:06.940 And not only 00:52:06.940 --> 00:52:08.640 does the red cord 00:52:08.640 --> 00:52:09.960 speak to us 00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:10.660 of God's grace 00:52:10.660 --> 00:52:11.460 to the outsider, 00:52:11.580 --> 00:52:12.700 but even more specifically, 00:52:13.240 --> 00:52:14.100 it speaks to us 00:52:14.100 --> 00:52:15.600 of God's grace 00:52:15.600 --> 00:52:17.180 to the most unlikely 00:52:17.180 --> 00:52:17.900 of outsiders. 00:52:18.680 --> 00:52:19.000 Because, 00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:19.500 you know, 00:52:19.519 --> 00:52:19.780 again, 00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:21.180 when you look 00:52:21.180 --> 00:52:22.100 at the Rahab story, 00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:23.400 what's perhaps 00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:24.679 most remarkable 00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:25.480 about the story 00:52:25.480 --> 00:52:26.900 is that it's not just 00:52:26.900 --> 00:52:28.440 that she was Gentile. 00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:28.960 It's not just 00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:30.440 that she was a pagan. 00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:30.679 But, 00:52:30.779 --> 00:52:30.960 of course, 00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.319 as we know, 00:52:31.380 --> 00:52:32.299 she's a prostitute. 00:52:32.759 --> 00:52:33.699 This is Rahab, 00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:34.679 the harlot. 00:52:34.799 --> 00:52:35.799 Someone whose life, 00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:38.099 in lots of ways, 00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:39.380 is contrary 00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:41.159 to the law of God. 00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:42.099 You might imagine 00:52:42.099 --> 00:52:42.679 she might be one 00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:43.699 of the least likely people 00:52:43.699 --> 00:52:44.179 in Jericho 00:52:44.179 --> 00:52:44.900 to actually come 00:52:44.900 --> 00:52:45.659 and put her faith 00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:47.860 and trust in the Lord. 00:52:47.860 --> 00:52:48.700 And yet, 00:52:49.160 --> 00:52:50.200 amazingly, 00:52:50.420 --> 00:52:51.260 someone like her, 00:52:51.980 --> 00:52:53.220 in all that she's gone through, 00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:54.900 can find salvation. 00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:55.300 And again, 00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:55.940 it's through the blood 00:52:55.940 --> 00:52:56.360 of Christ, 00:52:56.440 --> 00:52:56.840 ultimately. 00:52:57.000 --> 00:52:57.780 That blood that was 00:52:57.780 --> 00:52:58.680 yet to come, 00:52:59.160 --> 00:52:59.620 but it's through 00:52:59.620 --> 00:53:00.420 the blood of Christ. 00:53:00.500 --> 00:53:01.680 She would find 00:53:01.680 --> 00:53:03.019 that salvation. 00:53:03.240 --> 00:53:05.460 And that's a wonderful image 00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:07.160 and a wonderful message 00:53:07.160 --> 00:53:09.140 that that red cord 00:53:09.140 --> 00:53:10.000 outside the building 00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:11.820 actually conveys to us. 00:53:11.960 --> 00:53:13.099 And we can apply that, 00:53:13.180 --> 00:53:13.380 of course, 00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:14.519 to ourselves as well. 00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:16.000 It matters not 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:17.320 what people's backgrounds are. 00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:18.500 We thought about something 00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:19.800 of this in our service 00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:20.559 earlier on today. 00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:21.460 It matters not 00:53:21.460 --> 00:53:22.240 whether people have 00:53:22.240 --> 00:53:23.280 a church background. 00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:24.420 It matters not 00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:25.620 how much people know 00:53:25.620 --> 00:53:26.760 in terms of knowledge. 00:53:27.080 --> 00:53:27.660 It doesn't matter 00:53:27.660 --> 00:53:28.900 how little people know. 00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:29.820 It doesn't matter 00:53:29.820 --> 00:53:30.700 how checkered 00:53:30.700 --> 00:53:32.300 people's pasts are. 00:53:32.580 --> 00:53:33.220 It doesn't matter 00:53:33.220 --> 00:53:34.440 how stained 00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:36.039 their record of sin is. 00:53:36.640 --> 00:53:37.680 These things, 00:53:37.760 --> 00:53:38.980 these things matter not. 00:53:39.240 --> 00:53:40.220 That atoning blood, 00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:41.500 that atoning blood 00:53:41.500 --> 00:53:42.600 of the Passover lamb, 00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:44.120 that blood is able 00:53:44.120 --> 00:53:44.660 to wash 00:53:44.660 --> 00:53:46.240 the blackest of records, 00:53:46.239 --> 00:53:48.119 able to save 00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:49.519 the most unlikely 00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:50.079 of people. 00:53:50.479 --> 00:53:51.199 And we know that. 00:53:51.699 --> 00:53:52.599 We know that, 00:53:52.699 --> 00:53:52.899 perhaps, 00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:53.879 in our own experience. 00:53:54.679 --> 00:53:55.599 Our own experience 00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:56.299 of coming to the Lord, 00:53:56.819 --> 00:53:57.719 that the Lord 00:53:57.719 --> 00:53:58.619 is able to save 00:53:58.619 --> 00:53:59.339 the most unlikely. 00:53:59.559 --> 00:54:00.019 And you see that 00:54:00.019 --> 00:54:00.859 in Scripture as well. 00:54:01.419 --> 00:54:01.519 I mean, 00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.059 how many people 00:54:02.059 --> 00:54:02.579 in the Bible, 00:54:02.739 --> 00:54:03.339 you would say, 00:54:04.099 --> 00:54:05.699 not likely to come 00:54:05.699 --> 00:54:06.159 to faith, 00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:07.319 and yet they're saved. 00:54:07.719 --> 00:54:07.879 You know, 00:54:07.879 --> 00:54:08.719 incredible, really. 00:54:09.099 --> 00:54:09.539 Rahab, 00:54:10.059 --> 00:54:10.539 Ruth, 00:54:11.139 --> 00:54:12.159 Saul himself, 00:54:12.819 --> 00:54:14.079 the Ethiopian eunuch, 00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:14.840 the jailer. 00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:15.900 So many people, 00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:16.319 you think, 00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:18.079 not likely to be saved, 00:54:18.139 --> 00:54:18.579 and yet you see 00:54:18.579 --> 00:54:19.539 the power of the gospel 00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:20.460 and the way in which 00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:21.199 the grace of God 00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:21.920 is able to reach 00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:23.039 not just the outsider, 00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:24.139 but the most unlikely, 00:54:24.639 --> 00:54:26.279 even the most unlikely 00:54:26.279 --> 00:54:28.159 of outsiders. 00:54:28.299 --> 00:54:28.480 So, 00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:29.719 there you have 00:54:29.719 --> 00:54:31.460 these two images, 00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:32.420 these two pictures. 00:54:32.539 --> 00:54:32.819 You've got 00:54:32.819 --> 00:54:34.219 the blood-stained 00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:36.420 doorposts in Egypt 00:54:36.420 --> 00:54:37.619 communicating to us 00:54:37.619 --> 00:54:38.319 something of 00:54:38.319 --> 00:54:40.079 the blood of the Lord 00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:41.679 and how he saves. 00:54:41.679 --> 00:54:42.500 And then you've got 00:54:42.500 --> 00:54:43.239 another house 00:54:43.239 --> 00:54:44.319 with a red line, 00:54:44.819 --> 00:54:47.000 the red scarlet cord 00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:47.879 out the window, 00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:48.739 Rahab's house, 00:54:48.779 --> 00:54:49.539 and again we see 00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.659 there in that scene 00:54:50.659 --> 00:54:51.000 as well, 00:54:51.279 --> 00:54:51.619 something, 00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:52.259 it communicates 00:54:52.259 --> 00:54:53.039 something to us 00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:54.460 of the blood of Christ 00:54:54.460 --> 00:54:55.480 and something to us 00:54:55.480 --> 00:54:55.980 of the wonder 00:54:55.980 --> 00:54:57.199 of the grace of the Lord, 00:54:57.559 --> 00:54:58.699 even to the most 00:54:58.699 --> 00:55:00.559 unlikely of people. 00:55:00.859 --> 00:55:01.599 And then we come 00:55:01.599 --> 00:55:02.480 to the third image, 00:55:02.679 --> 00:55:03.319 just for the last 00:55:03.319 --> 00:55:04.859 few minutes, 00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:06.159 and the third scene 00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:06.739 that I want us 00:55:06.739 --> 00:55:08.599 to picture tonight, 00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:09.359 and that is 00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:11.099 just the blood-stained 00:55:11.099 --> 00:55:12.280 cross itself. 00:55:12.840 --> 00:55:13.660 The blood-stained 00:55:13.660 --> 00:55:14.420 cross itself. 00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:14.620 See, 00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:16.720 the blood on the doorposts 00:55:16.720 --> 00:55:18.360 in the Exodus account 00:55:18.360 --> 00:55:19.880 and then the scarlet cord 00:55:19.880 --> 00:55:22.140 in the Joshua account there, 00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:23.559 both those scenes, 00:55:24.200 --> 00:55:24.840 which are scenes 00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:25.800 of deliverance, 00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:26.140 really, 00:55:26.380 --> 00:55:28.180 scenes of salvation, 00:55:28.460 --> 00:55:29.059 they're both 00:55:29.059 --> 00:55:29.940 pointing forward, 00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:31.820 both pointing forward 00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:32.760 to this great 00:55:32.760 --> 00:55:33.640 climax moment, 00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:34.980 this great climax moment 00:55:34.980 --> 00:55:36.039 in the redemptive story, 00:55:36.200 --> 00:55:37.840 the redemptive narrative 00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:39.039 of Scripture, 00:55:39.260 --> 00:55:40.600 as we see Jesus himself, 00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:43.059 the true Passover Lamb, 00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:44.780 and we see him there 00:55:44.780 --> 00:55:48.019 crucified on that cross 00:55:48.019 --> 00:55:49.180 at Calvary. 00:55:49.340 --> 00:55:50.440 And again, 00:55:50.579 --> 00:55:51.519 just put yourself 00:55:51.519 --> 00:55:53.460 in that situation. 00:55:53.680 --> 00:55:54.820 Christ's been taken away, 00:55:54.940 --> 00:55:55.920 he's been buried, 00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:56.740 the body of Christ 00:55:56.740 --> 00:55:57.400 has been removed, 00:55:57.480 --> 00:55:58.079 and you're left there 00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:58.700 with a cross, 00:55:59.120 --> 00:56:01.900 that blood-stained cross 00:56:01.900 --> 00:56:02.860 of our Lord. 00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:03.820 And make no mistake, 00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:04.559 that would have been 00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:05.700 a blood-stained cross. 00:56:05.699 --> 00:56:06.059 I mean, 00:56:06.099 --> 00:56:08.099 we know his back 00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:08.939 was lacerated, 00:56:09.299 --> 00:56:10.819 we know he was beaten, 00:56:10.980 --> 00:56:12.500 we know crown of thorns 00:56:12.500 --> 00:56:14.699 was wedged into his head, 00:56:14.879 --> 00:56:16.179 and that's not thorns 00:56:16.179 --> 00:56:16.779 like we know. 00:56:16.899 --> 00:56:18.019 These are serious spikes 00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:18.779 that's going to cause 00:56:18.779 --> 00:56:19.819 a lot of blood loss. 00:56:20.179 --> 00:56:20.659 Obviously, 00:56:20.779 --> 00:56:21.679 the hands and the feet 00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:22.859 are nailed as well. 00:56:22.980 --> 00:56:23.079 So, 00:56:23.500 --> 00:56:24.939 that cross, 00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:25.539 that wooden cross, 00:56:25.599 --> 00:56:26.439 it's going to be stained. 00:56:26.859 --> 00:56:28.179 It is going to be full 00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:29.379 of the blood 00:56:29.379 --> 00:56:31.279 of our Lord and Savior. 00:56:31.419 --> 00:56:31.759 And again, 00:56:32.039 --> 00:56:32.579 just like we did 00:56:32.579 --> 00:56:33.699 with Exodus passage 00:56:33.699 --> 00:56:35.019 and with Rahab's house, 00:56:35.460 --> 00:56:36.819 let's stand before, 00:56:36.919 --> 00:56:37.339 as it were, 00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:38.299 that cross, 00:56:38.699 --> 00:56:39.719 the blood-soaked cross 00:56:39.719 --> 00:56:40.139 of Christ. 00:56:40.219 --> 00:56:41.419 And ask the question again, 00:56:41.559 --> 00:56:42.119 what does that 00:56:42.119 --> 00:56:42.960 communicate to us? 00:56:43.319 --> 00:56:43.879 We looked at what 00:56:43.879 --> 00:56:46.199 the blood-stained doorposts 00:56:46.199 --> 00:56:47.599 and the red cord 00:56:47.599 --> 00:56:48.159 communicated. 00:56:48.299 --> 00:56:50.219 What does the cross, 00:56:50.319 --> 00:56:51.419 that blood-stained cross 00:56:51.419 --> 00:56:52.119 of Christ, 00:56:52.199 --> 00:56:52.939 communicate to us? 00:56:53.099 --> 00:56:53.119 And, 00:56:53.879 --> 00:56:54.519 well, 00:56:54.579 --> 00:56:54.799 again, 00:56:54.839 --> 00:56:55.719 it communicates a lot 00:56:55.719 --> 00:56:56.019 to us, 00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:57.419 and you could spend 00:56:57.419 --> 00:56:58.919 a whole sermon 00:56:58.919 --> 00:56:59.500 just looking at 00:56:59.500 --> 00:57:00.299 what that communicates 00:57:00.299 --> 00:57:00.679 to us. 00:57:00.759 --> 00:57:01.699 But just a couple 00:57:01.699 --> 00:57:02.299 of things that I've 00:57:02.299 --> 00:57:02.980 noted down here. 00:57:02.980 --> 00:57:03.880 The first one is 00:57:03.880 --> 00:57:04.639 that it communicates 00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:05.079 judgment. 00:57:06.139 --> 00:57:07.340 It communicates 00:57:07.340 --> 00:57:08.420 judgment. 00:57:08.679 --> 00:57:09.619 And that's where 00:57:09.619 --> 00:57:10.380 you see a difference 00:57:10.380 --> 00:57:11.219 between the other two 00:57:11.219 --> 00:57:12.960 images that we saw 00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:13.099 there. 00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:14.199 Because the examples 00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:14.960 in Exodus 00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:16.019 and in Joshua, 00:57:16.519 --> 00:57:17.980 the blood on the 00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:18.920 wooden doorposts 00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:20.280 and the red-colored 00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:21.119 rope, 00:57:21.460 --> 00:57:22.559 that resulted 00:57:22.559 --> 00:57:23.300 in salvation. 00:57:23.460 --> 00:57:23.860 It resulted 00:57:23.860 --> 00:57:24.719 in deliverance, 00:57:25.039 --> 00:57:26.460 delivered from 00:57:26.460 --> 00:57:27.099 judgment. 00:57:27.920 --> 00:57:28.780 They didn't 00:57:28.780 --> 00:57:29.800 experience judgment. 00:57:29.800 --> 00:57:30.880 But here, 00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:32.120 when you look at 00:57:32.120 --> 00:57:33.320 the blood-soaked 00:57:33.320 --> 00:57:34.060 cross of Christ, 00:57:34.260 --> 00:57:34.840 there is no 00:57:34.840 --> 00:57:35.660 deliverance here. 00:57:36.340 --> 00:57:37.320 There is no 00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:39.460 avoiding judgment 00:57:39.460 --> 00:57:39.940 here. 00:57:40.780 --> 00:57:41.680 Our Lord 00:57:41.680 --> 00:57:42.300 and Savior, 00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:43.220 his blood is 00:57:43.220 --> 00:57:43.900 scattered there 00:57:43.900 --> 00:57:44.560 on that cross 00:57:44.560 --> 00:57:45.140 because he 00:57:45.140 --> 00:57:46.160 actually endures it. 00:57:46.360 --> 00:57:46.820 In the other two 00:57:46.820 --> 00:57:47.280 examples, 00:57:47.580 --> 00:57:48.080 they were delivered 00:57:48.080 --> 00:57:48.740 from judgment. 00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:49.340 Here, 00:57:49.720 --> 00:57:50.340 in the blood-stained 00:57:50.340 --> 00:57:50.720 cross, 00:57:51.300 --> 00:57:51.800 he is the one 00:57:51.800 --> 00:57:52.880 experiencing judgment 00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:53.640 because he is the 00:57:53.640 --> 00:57:54.060 substitute. 00:57:54.280 --> 00:57:54.940 He is himself 00:57:54.940 --> 00:57:55.519 the substitute. 00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.400 There was no 00:57:56.400 --> 00:57:56.840 shelter 00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:58.460 from judgment 00:57:58.460 --> 00:57:58.880 for him. 00:57:59.640 --> 00:58:00.260 There was shelter 00:58:00.260 --> 00:58:00.860 for the other two 00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:01.300 in the other two 00:58:01.300 --> 00:58:01.740 examples. 00:58:02.140 --> 00:58:02.579 There is no 00:58:02.579 --> 00:58:03.720 shelter from 00:58:03.720 --> 00:58:04.980 that judgment 00:58:04.980 --> 00:58:05.380 here. 00:58:05.519 --> 00:58:06.160 It was the very 00:58:06.160 --> 00:58:06.920 epicenter of it. 00:58:06.960 --> 00:58:07.920 The very epicenter 00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:08.960 of that judgment 00:58:08.960 --> 00:58:09.920 that we deserve. 00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:11.320 Our Lord 00:58:11.320 --> 00:58:11.900 and Savior 00:58:11.900 --> 00:58:12.880 experience is there 00:58:12.880 --> 00:58:13.420 on that cross 00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:14.760 and the blood-stained 00:58:14.760 --> 00:58:15.340 cross. 00:58:15.440 --> 00:58:16.019 It speaks to us 00:58:16.019 --> 00:58:16.380 of that. 00:58:16.740 --> 00:58:17.180 He is our 00:58:17.180 --> 00:58:17.640 substitute. 00:58:18.079 --> 00:58:18.620 He is there 00:58:18.620 --> 00:58:19.980 enduring the 00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:20.980 very pains 00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:21.940 of hell 00:58:21.940 --> 00:58:22.600 there on the 00:58:22.600 --> 00:58:22.760 cross. 00:58:22.860 --> 00:58:23.019 So, 00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:24.200 it speaks to us 00:58:24.200 --> 00:58:25.280 of judgment. 00:58:25.280 --> 00:58:25.580 But, 00:58:26.200 --> 00:58:26.880 it also 00:58:26.880 --> 00:58:28.640 communicates 00:58:28.640 --> 00:58:29.680 something to us 00:58:29.680 --> 00:58:30.519 of what I 00:58:30.519 --> 00:58:30.920 touched on 00:58:30.920 --> 00:58:31.420 earlier on, 00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:32.040 the fact that 00:58:32.040 --> 00:58:32.460 he is the 00:58:32.460 --> 00:58:33.019 sinless 00:58:33.019 --> 00:58:35.140 lamb of God. 00:58:35.220 --> 00:58:35.360 Because, 00:58:35.660 --> 00:58:36.240 we saw that 00:58:36.240 --> 00:58:37.420 in the 00:58:37.420 --> 00:58:37.760 Exodus 00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:38.620 narrative. 00:58:39.000 --> 00:58:39.500 It was a 00:58:39.500 --> 00:58:40.420 spotless lamb 00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:41.040 that was required. 00:58:41.640 --> 00:58:41.720 And, 00:58:42.040 --> 00:58:43.160 ever since then, 00:58:43.900 --> 00:58:44.400 you're looking 00:58:44.400 --> 00:58:45.480 in the narrative 00:58:45.480 --> 00:58:45.920 of Scripture 00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:46.680 for this 00:58:46.680 --> 00:58:47.420 sinless Savior. 00:58:48.100 --> 00:58:49.019 You're looking 00:58:49.019 --> 00:58:49.360 at all the 00:58:49.360 --> 00:58:49.720 characters. 00:58:49.960 --> 00:58:50.600 Is it David? 00:58:50.860 --> 00:58:51.180 No. 00:58:51.660 --> 00:58:52.380 Is it Moses? 00:58:53.080 --> 00:58:53.540 No. 00:58:54.080 --> 00:58:54.920 Is it Daniel? 00:58:55.920 --> 00:58:56.360 No. 00:58:56.840 --> 00:58:57.800 You're continually 00:58:57.800 --> 00:58:58.540 looking. 00:58:58.840 --> 00:58:59.720 Is it John the 00:58:59.720 --> 00:59:00.019 Baptist? 00:59:00.400 --> 00:59:00.680 No. 00:59:00.760 --> 00:59:01.360 You're continually 00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:02.420 looking for this 00:59:02.420 --> 00:59:03.740 sinless Savior 00:59:03.740 --> 00:59:04.800 to come and hear 00:59:04.800 --> 00:59:05.519 in the Lord Jesus 00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:05.940 Christ. 00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:06.660 You see it. 00:59:07.300 --> 00:59:08.400 The one who is 00:59:08.400 --> 00:59:08.960 himself the 00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:09.440 God-man. 00:59:09.580 --> 00:59:10.320 He knew no sin. 00:59:10.519 --> 00:59:11.200 The blood that's 00:59:11.200 --> 00:59:12.620 on that blood-soaked 00:59:12.620 --> 00:59:13.300 cross is the 00:59:13.300 --> 00:59:13.880 blood of the 00:59:13.880 --> 00:59:14.740 sinless, 00:59:15.180 --> 00:59:15.900 spotless 00:59:15.900 --> 00:59:16.840 lamb of God. 00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:17.380 One who is 00:59:17.380 --> 00:59:18.480 perfectly righteous. 00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:19.660 Unlike Rahab, 00:59:20.460 --> 00:59:21.560 unlike the rest 00:59:21.560 --> 00:59:23.560 of the Lord's 00:59:23.560 --> 00:59:23.820 people, 00:59:23.820 --> 00:59:25.240 unlike anyone 00:59:25.240 --> 00:59:25.500 else, 00:59:25.640 --> 00:59:25.920 he was 00:59:25.920 --> 00:59:26.539 absolutely 00:59:26.539 --> 00:59:27.019 righteous. 00:59:27.320 --> 00:59:27.700 The blood 00:59:27.700 --> 00:59:28.220 speaks to us 00:59:28.220 --> 00:59:28.559 of that. 00:59:28.780 --> 00:59:29.160 It's the 00:59:29.160 --> 00:59:29.640 blood of one 00:59:29.640 --> 00:59:29.880 who is 00:59:29.880 --> 00:59:31.620 himself sinless. 00:59:31.880 --> 00:59:33.760 But the 00:59:33.760 --> 00:59:34.160 third thing 00:59:34.160 --> 00:59:34.620 that it speaks 00:59:34.620 --> 00:59:35.059 to us of 00:59:35.059 --> 00:59:37.019 is that he 00:59:37.019 --> 00:59:37.519 is a Savior 00:59:37.519 --> 00:59:38.720 who died 00:59:38.720 --> 00:59:39.700 for sinners. 00:59:40.420 --> 00:59:41.000 What I'm 00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:41.660 specifically 00:59:41.660 --> 00:59:42.760 getting that 00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:43.280 there is that 00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:44.140 this is the 00:59:44.140 --> 00:59:44.640 blood of a 00:59:44.640 --> 00:59:44.880 man. 00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:45.700 It's the 00:59:45.700 --> 00:59:45.940 blood of 00:59:45.940 --> 00:59:46.559 the God-man. 00:59:47.100 --> 00:59:47.340 It's the 00:59:47.340 --> 00:59:47.600 blood of 00:59:47.600 --> 00:59:47.780 one who 00:59:47.780 --> 00:59:48.519 was 100% 00:59:48.519 --> 00:59:48.800 God, 00:59:48.860 --> 00:59:49.460 100% 00:59:49.460 --> 00:59:49.740 man. 00:59:50.240 --> 00:59:50.580 But it 00:59:50.580 --> 00:59:50.980 is the 00:59:50.980 --> 00:59:51.480 blood of 00:59:51.480 --> 01:00:21.460 a 01:00:21.480 --> 01:00:21.800 because of 01:00:21.800 --> 01:00:21.980 course, 01:00:22.219 --> 01:00:22.679 Rahab 01:00:22.679 --> 01:00:23.400 herself, 01:00:23.519 --> 01:00:23.960 amazingly, 01:00:24.119 --> 01:00:24.559 she becomes 01:00:24.559 --> 01:00:25.039 part of 01:00:25.039 --> 01:00:25.619 the direct 01:00:25.619 --> 01:00:26.260 bloodline 01:00:26.260 --> 01:00:28.019 of our 01:00:28.019 --> 01:00:28.480 Lord and 01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:28.699 Savior, 01:00:28.820 --> 01:00:29.380 the direct 01:00:29.380 --> 01:00:29.980 bloodline 01:00:29.980 --> 01:00:31.119 of Jesus 01:00:31.119 --> 01:00:31.659 himself. 01:00:31.860 --> 01:00:32.139 And you 01:00:32.139 --> 01:00:32.460 see that 01:00:32.460 --> 01:00:32.820 when you 01:00:32.820 --> 01:00:34.500 read the 01:00:34.500 --> 01:00:35.280 genealogy of 01:00:35.280 --> 01:00:35.760 Jesus at 01:00:35.760 --> 01:00:36.420 the beginning 01:00:36.420 --> 01:00:37.179 of Matthew 01:00:37.179 --> 01:00:38.360 in chapter 01:00:38.360 --> 01:00:38.619 one. 01:00:38.760 --> 01:00:39.079 You see 01:00:39.079 --> 01:00:39.760 she appears 01:00:39.760 --> 01:00:40.539 there. 01:00:41.400 --> 01:00:41.880 Amazingly, 01:00:41.980 --> 01:00:42.240 really, 01:00:42.320 --> 01:00:42.539 when you're 01:00:42.539 --> 01:00:42.920 reading through 01:00:42.920 --> 01:00:43.219 the Old 01:00:43.219 --> 01:00:43.500 Testament, 01:00:43.619 --> 01:00:43.940 to see 01:00:43.940 --> 01:00:44.639 Rahab 01:00:44.639 --> 01:00:45.159 appearing 01:00:45.159 --> 01:00:45.940 in that 01:00:45.940 --> 01:00:46.519 passage. 01:00:46.519 --> 01:00:47.139 So the 01:00:47.139 --> 01:00:47.759 blood of 01:00:47.759 --> 01:00:48.519 the 01:00:48.519 --> 01:00:48.840 harlot 01:00:48.840 --> 01:00:49.079 woman 01:00:49.079 --> 01:00:49.559 herself 01:00:49.559 --> 01:00:49.960 is 01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:50.420 connected 01:00:50.420 --> 01:00:52.099 to 01:00:52.099 --> 01:00:52.300 the 01:00:52.300 --> 01:00:52.559 very 01:00:52.559 --> 01:00:52.900 blood 01:00:52.900 --> 01:00:53.139 that's 01:00:53.139 --> 01:00:53.400 actually 01:00:53.400 --> 01:00:53.759 flowing 01:00:53.759 --> 01:00:54.039 through 01:00:54.039 --> 01:00:54.679 the 01:00:54.679 --> 01:00:55.059 veins 01:00:55.059 --> 01:00:55.340 of 01:00:55.340 --> 01:00:55.940 the 01:00:55.940 --> 01:00:56.259 Lord 01:00:56.259 --> 01:00:56.739 Jesus 01:00:56.739 --> 01:00:57.179 Christ. 01:00:57.340 --> 01:00:57.980 And as 01:00:57.980 --> 01:00:58.219 the 01:00:58.219 --> 01:00:58.619 blood of 01:00:58.619 --> 01:00:58.920 Christ 01:00:58.920 --> 01:00:59.300 is shed 01:00:59.300 --> 01:00:59.619 there on 01:00:59.619 --> 01:01:00.039 the cross, 01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:01.119 not only 01:01:01.119 --> 01:01:01.440 do we 01:01:01.440 --> 01:01:01.940 see the 01:01:01.940 --> 01:01:02.380 precious, 01:01:02.619 --> 01:01:02.940 sinless 01:01:02.940 --> 01:01:03.480 blood of 01:01:03.480 --> 01:01:04.280 the Lamb 01:01:04.280 --> 01:01:04.860 of God, 01:01:05.059 --> 01:01:05.400 but we 01:01:05.400 --> 01:01:05.920 also see 01:01:05.920 --> 01:01:06.340 that blood 01:01:06.340 --> 01:01:06.599 that's 01:01:06.599 --> 01:01:07.079 connected 01:01:07.079 --> 01:01:07.559 to man, 01:01:08.119 --> 01:01:08.900 that blood 01:01:08.900 --> 01:01:09.300 that is 01:01:09.300 --> 01:01:09.780 connected 01:01:09.780 --> 01:01:11.259 to his 01:01:11.259 --> 01:01:11.559 fallen 01:01:11.559 --> 01:01:11.880 people. 01:01:11.880 --> 01:01:12.500 He himself 01:01:12.500 --> 01:01:12.900 is not 01:01:12.900 --> 01:01:13.619 a sinner, 01:01:13.760 --> 01:01:14.260 he himself 01:01:14.260 --> 01:01:14.640 is not 01:01:14.640 --> 01:01:15.019 sinful, 01:01:15.500 --> 01:01:16.240 but he 01:01:16.240 --> 01:01:16.900 is from 01:01:16.900 --> 01:01:17.900 that blood 01:01:17.900 --> 01:01:18.180 line. 01:01:18.340 --> 01:01:18.579 He is 01:01:18.579 --> 01:01:19.140 dying there 01:01:19.140 --> 01:01:20.039 for sinful 01:01:20.039 --> 01:01:20.980 people, 01:01:21.280 --> 01:01:21.780 his sinful 01:01:21.780 --> 01:01:22.059 people, 01:01:22.140 --> 01:01:22.519 not just 01:01:22.519 --> 01:01:23.059 the likes 01:01:23.059 --> 01:01:23.559 of Rahab, 01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:24.160 but all 01:01:24.160 --> 01:01:24.400 of his 01:01:24.400 --> 01:01:24.740 people, 01:01:25.260 --> 01:01:26.140 all of 01:01:26.140 --> 01:01:26.680 his people, 01:01:26.780 --> 01:01:27.220 he's dying 01:01:27.220 --> 01:01:28.200 there for 01:01:28.200 --> 01:01:28.920 us. 01:01:29.059 --> 01:01:29.440 It is the 01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:29.920 blood of 01:01:29.920 --> 01:01:30.900 a man, 01:01:30.980 --> 01:01:31.140 the blood 01:01:31.140 --> 01:01:31.360 of the 01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:31.760 God, 01:01:32.079 --> 01:01:32.579 the blood 01:01:32.579 --> 01:01:33.300 of our 01:01:33.300 --> 01:01:33.980 Lord and 01:01:33.980 --> 01:01:34.280 Savior, 01:01:34.720 --> 01:01:35.140 Jesus 01:01:35.140 --> 01:01:35.559 Christ. 01:01:35.880 --> 01:01:36.460 And ultimately, 01:01:36.579 --> 01:01:37.039 when you look at 01:01:37.039 --> 01:01:37.420 all that, 01:01:37.460 --> 01:01:37.880 and when you look 01:01:37.880 --> 01:01:38.300 at that 01:01:38.300 --> 01:01:39.760 blood-stained 01:01:39.760 --> 01:01:40.019 cross, 01:01:40.099 --> 01:01:40.539 I think that 01:01:40.539 --> 01:01:41.780 the overriding 01:01:41.780 --> 01:01:43.680 communication 01:01:43.680 --> 01:01:44.320 perhaps that 01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:45.160 it speaks to 01:01:45.160 --> 01:01:45.620 us of is 01:01:45.620 --> 01:01:46.400 the love 01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:46.860 of God. 01:01:46.960 --> 01:01:47.600 I think that's 01:01:47.600 --> 01:01:48.120 the overriding 01:01:48.120 --> 01:01:48.460 thing. 01:01:48.900 --> 01:01:49.260 When you 01:01:49.260 --> 01:01:49.740 stand there 01:01:49.740 --> 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01:02:23.279 three different 01:02:23.279 --> 01:02:24.500 but similar 01:02:24.500 --> 01:02:25.500 images that we 01:02:25.500 --> 01:02:25.859 have in 01:02:25.859 --> 01:02:26.199 scripture. 01:02:26.199 --> 01:02:27.719 The blood-stained 01:02:27.719 --> 01:02:28.399 doorpost, 01:02:28.539 --> 01:02:29.639 the red cord 01:02:29.639 --> 01:02:30.219 down the 01:02:30.219 --> 01:02:30.579 window, 01:02:30.799 --> 01:02:31.199 and the 01:02:31.199 --> 01:02:31.859 blood-stained 01:02:31.859 --> 01:02:32.579 wooden cross 01:02:32.579 --> 01:02:32.980 as well. 01:02:33.239 --> 01:02:34.139 Three similar 01:02:34.139 --> 01:02:34.599 images, 01:02:34.819 --> 01:02:35.719 but all three 01:02:35.719 --> 01:02:36.599 really connecting 01:02:36.599 --> 01:02:37.559 scripture together 01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:37.619 together, 01:02:38.139 --> 01:02:38.799 bringing some 01:02:38.799 --> 01:02:39.279 of the 01:02:39.279 --> 01:02:40.279 wonders of 01:02:40.279 --> 01:02:40.799 what Christ 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grow cold, 01:03:23.199 --> 01:03:23.519 can't we? 01:03:24.519 --> 01:03:24.920 Sadly, 01:03:25.099 --> 01:03:25.359 we can 01:03:25.359 --> 01:03:26.019 grow cold, 01:03:26.440 --> 01:03:26.900 and we can 01:03:26.900 --> 01:03:27.900 forget exactly 01:03:27.900 --> 01:03:28.400 what it is 01:03:28.400 --> 01:03:28.779 the Lord 01:03:28.779 --> 01:03:29.679 has done. 01:03:30.259 --> 01:03:30.599 And it 01:03:30.599 --> 01:03:31.199 is important, 01:03:31.299 --> 01:03:31.940 so important, 01:03:32.420 --> 01:03:33.079 to continue 01:03:33.079 --> 01:03:33.539 to go back 01:03:33.539 --> 01:03:34.099 to what is 01:03:34.099 --> 01:03:34.400 the very 01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:34.940 basics, 01:03:35.119 --> 01:03:36.099 of what 01:03:36.099 --> 01:03:36.759 takes place 01:03:36.759 --> 01:03:37.339 there when 01:03:37.339 --> 01:03:37.639 you think 01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:38.000 about the 01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:38.500 blood of 01:03:38.500 --> 01:03:38.940 Christ on 01:03:38.940 --> 01:03:39.400 that cross, 01:03:39.539 --> 01:03:40.099 and what 01:03:40.099 --> 01:03:41.079 it is that 01:03:41.079 --> 01:03:41.420 he has 01:03:41.420 --> 01:03:42.299 done for 01:03:42.299 --> 01:03:42.480 us. 01:03:42.519 --> 01:03:43.279 So let's 01:03:43.279 --> 01:03:43.960 take what 01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:44.539 all three 01:03:44.539 --> 01:03:44.799 of these 01:03:44.799 --> 01:03:45.079 images 01:03:45.079 --> 01:03:46.139 communicate to 01:03:46.139 --> 01:03:46.400 us, 01:03:46.719 --> 01:03:47.219 and let 01:03:47.219 --> 01:03:47.880 us respond 01:03:47.880 --> 01:03:49.079 in worship 01:03:49.079 --> 01:03:50.359 and adoration, 01:03:50.739 --> 01:03:51.279 and seeking 01:03:51.279 --> 01:03:51.759 therefore, 01:03:51.880 --> 01:03:52.199 because of 01:03:52.199 --> 01:03:52.519 what he's 01:03:52.519 --> 01:03:52.859 done for 01:03:52.859 --> 01:03:53.059 us, 01:03:53.400 --> 01:03:53.659 seeking 01:03:53.659 --> 01:03:54.259 therefore to 01:03:54.259 --> 01:03:55.099 serve him, 01:03:55.559 --> 01:03:55.980 and to 01:03:55.980 --> 01:03:56.819 follow him, 01:03:57.159 --> 01:03:57.699 and to be 01:03:57.699 --> 01:03:58.380 obedient to 01:03:58.380 --> 01:03:58.559 him, 01:03:58.619 --> 01:03:58.960 and whatever 01:03:58.960 --> 01:03:59.960 it is that 01:03:59.960 --> 01:04:00.500 he seeks 01:04:00.500 --> 01:04:01.299 to call 01:04:01.299 --> 01:04:02.019 us to. 01:04:02.739 --> 01:04:03.219 Amen. 01:04:03.420 --> 01:04:03.599 May the 01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:04.079 Lord bless 01:04:04.079 --> 01:04:04.539 these few 01:04:04.539 --> 01:04:04.980 thoughts to 01:04:04.980 --> 01:04:05.219 us will 01:04:05.219 --> 01:04:05.519 bow our 01:04:05.519 --> 01:04:06.019 heads now 01:04:06.019 --> 01:04:06.860 in a 01:04:06.860 --> 01:04:07.179 word of 01:04:07.179 --> 01:04:07.480 prayer. 01:04:10.800 --> 01:04:11.240 Heavenly 01:04:11.240 --> 01:04:11.699 Father, 01:04:11.840 --> 01:04:12.800 we give 01:04:12.800 --> 01:04:13.639 thanks that 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01:05:24.559 all, 01:05:24.840 --> 01:05:25.260 his name, 01:05:25.420 --> 01:05:25.740 Amen. 01:05:26.920 --> 01:05:28.200 We're going 01:05:28.200 --> 01:05:29.539 to conclude 01:05:29.539 --> 01:05:30.099 now by 01:05:30.099 --> 01:05:30.860 singing to 01:05:30.860 --> 01:05:31.880 God's 01:05:31.880 --> 01:05:32.039 praise, 01:05:32.099 --> 01:05:32.440 again in 01:05:32.440 --> 01:05:33.119 Psalm 51, 01:05:33.260 --> 01:05:33.659 this time in 01:05:33.659 --> 01:05:33.980 the Sing 01:05:33.980 --> 01:05:34.639 Psalms. 01:05:35.680 --> 01:05:37.059 Psalm 51 01:05:37.059 --> 01:05:38.059 in the Sing 01:05:38.059 --> 01:05:38.720 Psalms, 01:05:39.740 --> 01:05:42.159 page 68, 01:05:43.800 --> 01:05:45.019 page 68, 01:05:46.639 --> 01:05:49.639 Psalm 51, 01:05:49.820 --> 01:05:50.220 and verse 01:05:50.220 --> 01:05:51.019 7 to 01:05:51.019 --> 01:05:52.820 verse 15, 01:05:53.920 --> 01:05:54.559 cleanse, 01:05:54.840 --> 01:05:55.139 that's 01:05:55.139 --> 01:05:55.940 page 68, 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