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 Well, good morning.

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 It's good to have you with us.

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 We are going to continue in our series this morning in the book of Exodus.

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 And if you haven't been here, we've been waiting breathlessly for chapters 11 and 12.

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 Because the whole book of Exodus we know is leading up to or is going to tell this story of deliverance.

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 The story of God intervening on behalf of his people to do a great work to save them from slavery.

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 And we've been waiting for 10 long chapters.

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 10 long chapters of detours and 10 long chapters of disappointments.

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 And 10 long chapters of hardened hearts and nine plagues.

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 Plagues and over and over again.

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 And we've finally gotten there.

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 We finally, as we come to chapters 11 and 12 this morning, we finally get to see what will it take for God to deliver his people.

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 This is the question that our passage reminds us of this morning.

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 And if you haven't been here for the last couple of weeks, I want to recommend you go to our website and listen to the last two sermons.

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 Because Pastor Nick preached two weeks ago on the nature of the nine plagues.

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 The nature of the way that God was preparing both Egypt and Israel for this work of deliverance that he was going to do.

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 And that God was in the process of doing that.

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 Demonstrating his greatness, his sovereignty, his majesty over all things.

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 And then the week after, Pastor Greg tackled the challenging question of the hardness of Pharaoh's heart.

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 And called us to examine how easily we harden our hearts.

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 And helped us to see how much we need a sovereign God to intervene in our lives.

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 To help us to respond to him in ways that we cannot do on our own.

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 This is where we've come to in the story of Exodus.

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 And it leads us to this great question.

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 How will God actually deliver his people?

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 What will it take to do that?

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 Now, it's early.

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 So I'm going to take a risk here and read more than I thought this morning.

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 I want you all to stand up.

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 We're going to stand for the word of God.

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 And we're going to read most of 11 and 12.

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 I'm going to give you guys a little bit of a break.

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 Because chapter 12, verses 14 through 20, is all about not the work of deliverance, but the memorialization of it.

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 Which is what Pastor Nick is going to preach on next week.

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 So come back next week.

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 You'll get that.

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 But I'm going to read chapters 11 and 12 for us.

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 So let's look at God's word together this morning.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 And moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt,

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 in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.

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 And so Moses said,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt,

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 and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die.

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 From the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne,

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 even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the hand mill,

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 and all the firstborn of the cattle.

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 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,

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 such as there has never been nor ever will be again.

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 But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel,

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 either man or beast,

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 that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

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 And all these servants shall come down to me and bow down to me,

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 saying,

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 Get out, you and all the people who follow you.

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 And after that I will go out.

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 And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

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 And then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Pharaoh will not listen to you,

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 that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

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 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh,

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 and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,

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 and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.

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 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

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 this month shall be for you the beginning of months.

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 It shall be the first month of the year for you.

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 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month,

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 every man shall take a lamb according to their father's houses,

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 a lamb for a household.

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 And if the household is too small for a lamb,

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 then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons,

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 according to what each can eat.

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 You shall make your count for the lamb.

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 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male, a year old.

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 You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,

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 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the month.

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 Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel

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 shall kill their lambs at twilight.

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 Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts

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 and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

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 They shall eat the flesh that night,

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 roasted on the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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 They shall eat it.

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 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water,

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 but roasted its head with its legs and its inner parts,

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 and you shall let none of it remain until the morning.

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 Anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.

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 In this manner you shall eat it with your belt fastened

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 and sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand,

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 and you shall eat it in haste.

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 It is the Lord's Passover.

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 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night,

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 and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

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 both man and beast.

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 And on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments.

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 I am the Lord.

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 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are.

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 And when I see the blood, I will pass over you.

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 And no plague will befall you to destroy you

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 when I strike the land of Egypt.

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 And then skipping down to verse 21.

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 And then Moses called the elders of Israel and said to them,

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 Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans

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 and kill the Passover lamb.

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 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin

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 and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin.

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 None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning,

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 for the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians.

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 And when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts,

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 the Lord will pass over the door

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 and will not allow the destroyer to enter your house,

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 to strike your houses, to strike you.

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 And you shall observe this right as a statute for you

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 and for your sons forever.

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 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you as he promised,

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 you shall keep this service.

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 And when your children say to you,

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 What do you mean by this service?

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 You shall say,

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 It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover.

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 For he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt

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 when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.

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 And the people bowed their heads and worshipped.

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 Then the people of Israel went out and did so,

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 as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

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 So they did.

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 Just as a note,

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 all of this is now preparation.

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 We've heard it over and over again.

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 The Lord is telling Moses.

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 Now Moses is telling the people.

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 And now finally we get to, in verse 29,

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 the action that happens.

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 At midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn of the land of Egypt,

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 from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne,

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 to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon,

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 and all of the firstborn of the livestock.

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 And Pharaoh rose up in the night,

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 he and all of his servants and all the Egyptians.

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 And there was a great cry in Egypt,

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 for there was not a house where someone was not dead.

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 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said,

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 Up, up, go out from among my people,

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 both you and the people of Israel,

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 and go serve the Lord as you have said.

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 Take your flocks and your herds,

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 as you have said, and be gone.

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 And bless me also.

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 And the Egyptians were urgent with the people

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 to send them out of the land in haste,

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 for they said, We shall all be dead.

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 So the people took their dough before it was leavened,

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 their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.

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 The people of Israel had also done,

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 as Moses told them.

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 For they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing,

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 and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,

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 so that they let them have what they asked.

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 Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

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 And the people of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Succoth,

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 about 600,000 men on foot besides women and children.

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 A mixed multitude also went up with them,

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 with very much livestock, both flocks and herds.

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 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough

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 that they had brought out of Egypt,

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 for it was not leavened,

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 because they were thrust out of Egypt

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 and could not wait,

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 nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

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 And the time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.

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 And this is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Go ahead and take a seat.

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 Friends,

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 the question I proposed at the beginning this morning is,

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 what will it take?

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 What will it take for God to deliver His people?

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 And what we see as we read this story

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 is that God's deliverance

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 displays both a terrifying judgment

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 and a gracious provision

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 to save a people for Himself.

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 That's what we're going to look at.

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 Basically, those two ideas,

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 a terrifying judgment and a gracious provision

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 as the dynamics by which God saves His people.

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 So let us first consider

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 the nature of this terrible judgment.

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 Friends,

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 we maybe know this story too well

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 and are easily numbed to the horror of it.

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 This night would have been a more terrifying night

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 in the nation of Egypt

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 than we probably could imagine.

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 Let's look at it for a minute

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 to remember the nature of this judgment.

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 First of all,

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 we want to see that it was predicted

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 way back in chapter 4.

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 Turn with me for a second.

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 Turn back a few chapters to Exodus chapter 4

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 verses 22 and 23.

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 Moses has returned to Egypt

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 and the Lord is telling him

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 what is going to happen.

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 He's saying,

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 you will go

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 and you will do all these miracles

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 but Pharaoh will not let you go.

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 And then in verse 22,

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 then you shall say to Pharaoh,

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 thus says the Lord,

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 Israel is my firstborn son

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 and I say to you,

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 let my son go

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 that he may serve me.

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 And if you refuse to let him go,

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 behold,

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 I will kill your firstborn son.

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 So when we begin to explore

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 the nature of this,

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 this death of the firstborn sons

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 throughout the history

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 or throughout the nation of Egypt,

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 what we see is that

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 it is happening

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 because Egypt

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 has withheld God's firstborn son.

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 That is,

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 his people

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 from actually worshiping him.

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 There is a judgment on Egypt

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 because they have not responded

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 to God's call to respond.

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 This judgment is

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 as horrific as it is

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 with the death of all of these children.

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 It is also,

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 as we've seen before,

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 in a deeper and more severe pattern,

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 like the plagues that have come before,

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 it is the undoing of creation.

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 Just as the creation story in Genesis

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 reaches its pinnacle

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 in the creation of human life,

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 now as God shows his power

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 over all of creation

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 and as he shows how

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 the dissolution of creation

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 creates chaos and destruction,

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 so here he brings death

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 to show his power over death and life.

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 not only does it do that,

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 but it also strikes

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 at the very nature

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 of the gods of Egypt.

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 For Osiris and Anubis

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 were the gods

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 that ruled over the underworld

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 and ruled over the afterlife.

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 And in fact,

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 they viewed the son of the Pharaoh

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 as the son of God,

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 the son of light,

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 who was immortal

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 and could not die.

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 And God says,

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 you have refused me

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 again and again and again,

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 and I will show you

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 that your gods are false

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 and they do not have the power

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 that they promise.

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 Friends,

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 the nature of this judgment,

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 the death of the firstborn,

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 was universal in the nation.

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 Every household,

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 without distinction,

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 that's what verse 12

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 and verse 29 says.

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 Every household

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 will be struck by this.

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 From the throne room

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 in Pharaoh's palace

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 to the prisons

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 to the most menial of workers,

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 from the ivory towers

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 to the homeless shelters,

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 this judgment

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 would have gone

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 throughout the nation.

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 Even the livestock

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 were subjected to this.

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 And friends,

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 I want you to recognize

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 that even the Hebrew households

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 that were not covered

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 with the blood of the Lamb

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 would be subject

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 to this judgment.

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 God was bringing

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 one final,

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 great judgment

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 to show that He is God.

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 God also says

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 that this judgment

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 will come swiftly.

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 His instructions

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 to the people of Egypt

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 is to basically

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 have the Passover meal

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 with their jackets on

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 and their car keys

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 in their pocket

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 and their wallets

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 ready to go.

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 That's what it means

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 by keeping your sandals on

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 and tightening your belt.

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 It will come swiftly

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 and when it comes,

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 you must be ready to go.

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 It is also

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 an extremely personal judgment.

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 Turn with me

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 to chapter 12,

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 verses 12 and 13.

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 I want you to look

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 at this with me again.

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 The other judgments,

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 God said He was going

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 to do it,

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 but inanimate objects

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 were changed

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 or transformed

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 or controlled.

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 The weather was,

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 the sunlight

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 was manipulated.

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 The gnats

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 or the bugs

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 were moved.

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 But here,

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 God Himself

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 is the agent

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 of this plague

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 and of this sign

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 and of this judgment.

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 Verses 12 and 13

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 of chapter 12,

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 I want you to hear it again

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 just to hear

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 the number of

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 personal pronouns.

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 For I will pass

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 through the land of Egypt

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 that night

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 and I will strike

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 all the firstborn

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 in the land of Egypt,

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 both man and beast,

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 and on all the gods

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 of Egypt,

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 I will execute judgments.

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 I am the Lord.

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 The blood shall be

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 assigned for you

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 on the houses

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 where you are

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 and when I see the blood,

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 I will pass over you

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 and no plague

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 will befall you

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 to destroy you

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 when I strike

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 the land of Egypt.

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 God is not using

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 means anymore.

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 God is coming Himself

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 to execute

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 this judgment.

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 And friends,

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:36.800
 we need to sit

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 and to see

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 how horrific it was.

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 The narrator

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 tells us this.

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 And a cry arose

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 in Egypt

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 so great

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 that it has never

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 been heard before

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 or since.

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 I wonder how many

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 of you all

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 are firstborn children,

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 firstborn males.

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 I wonder how many

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 of you have

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 firstborn males

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 in your family.

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 Stop and think.

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 how terrible

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.180
 would it be

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 in one night

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 for death

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 to come

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 that fully.

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 Friends,

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 if we don't

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 understand the horror

00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:27.500
 of it,

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 we won't understand

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 the greatness

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 of the deliverance.

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 That's why we're

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 spending all this time

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 thinking about this

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 incredibly

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 uncomfortable subject.

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 we recognize

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 the effect

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 that it had

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 on Pharaoh

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 and on the people

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 of Egypt.

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 Finally,

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 Pharaoh,

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 who had wavered

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 and hardened

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 his heart

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 and then

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 who had professed

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 maybe he'd let them

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 go and then

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 changed his mind,

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 he finally did not

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 change his mind

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 and his heart,

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 though hardened,

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 was now broken

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 by the death

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 of his son.

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 And he said,

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 go,

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 serve your God.

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 And the people

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 saw that,

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.559
 the Egyptian people

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 saw that the presence

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 of the Hebrews

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 and the God

00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:17.559
 of the Hebrews

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 in their midst

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 was such a dangerous

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 thing

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 that they said,

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 go,

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 lest we all die.

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 Friends,

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 it's hard to imagine

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 how to combine

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 the destructive

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 power of a hurricane,

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 the sudden fear

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 of a terrorist attack,

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:42.720
 and the overwhelming

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 threat of a nuclear war.

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 But if you can wrap

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.000
 all of those

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 into one event,

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:52.579
 maybe you will begin

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 to see how terrible

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 this judgment

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:56.039
 was on Egypt.

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:59.119
 God had warned them.

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 God had said

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 it was going to come.

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.840
 He prepared them

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 for it.

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 But when it came,

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.539
 it was just as terrible,

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.240
 probably more terrible

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.220
 than they imagined.

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 And of course,

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:16.080
 we're sitting there,

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 you're sitting here

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.039
 this morning,

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:20.060
 and we struggle

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.480
 with this,

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.900
 don't we?

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.180
 How can God

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.799
 do this?

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 Is God fair?

00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.440
 Is God right

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.660
 to do this?

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 We recoil against it.

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.680
 Is the God

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.160
 of the Bible

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:32.240
 not a God of mercy

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.740
 and a God of love?

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.940
 Why would God

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.600
 do this?

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:41.759
 Friends,

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.259
 there's a

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:44.380
 long,

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.300
 long answer

00:20:45.300 --> 00:20:46.000
 to that question

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.040
 that I can't fully

00:20:47.040 --> 00:20:47.759
 give you

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.400
 this morning.

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.960
 There are many

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.980
 aspects to it,

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.880
 but I'm going to

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:53.279
 take one tack

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.180
 at it this morning

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.100
 that I hope

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.779
 will be helpful

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.420
 for you.

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.420
 As I was reading,

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.619
 one commentator,

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:02.119
 a woman wrote

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.980
 a great study

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.440
 on the book

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:03.899
 of Exodus,

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.859
 said this,

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.539
 if you want

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.980
 a God

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.460
 who would never

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.200
 hurt a fly,

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.259
 that will have

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.899
 to be a God

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.700
 you manufacture

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.319
 in your own

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.920
 imagination.

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.480
 That is not

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.920
 the God

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.539
 of the Bible.

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.359
 Nor will

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:19.539
 He allow you,

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:21.059
 nor will it

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.519
 allow you

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.339
 to define Him

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.839
 on your

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.899
 preferred terms.

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.160
 The God

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.700
 of the Bible

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.060
 is,

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.620
 in fact,

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.300
 dangerous.

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.480
 He's not

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.220
 capricious

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.720
 or impulsive

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:32.060
 about expressing

00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.759
 His anger.

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.920
 In fact,

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.519
 it is obvious

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.300
 from this story

00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:36.040
 that He is,

00:21:36.280 --> 00:21:36.500
 in fact,

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.640
 slow to anger.

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.140
 But there is

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.940
 always an end

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.040
 to God's patience.

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.960
 We can be sure

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.140
 that His patience

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:45.340
 with those

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.860
 who continue

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.740
 to reject Him

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.800
 will come to an end,

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.860
 just as His patience

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.660
 with Pharaoh

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:51.660
 came to an end.

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:55.500
 We may want

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:57.019
 God to be kind

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.519
 and to let

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.620
 everyone get a pass,

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:01.180
 but what she is

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.700
 saying is,

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.400
 that is not

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.759
 the God

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.279
 of the Bible.

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.840
 Why is this?

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.560
 Why do we

00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.519
 understand this?

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.519
 Well,

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.380
 here's what I want

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.279
 to propose to you

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.880
 as your thought

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.620
 for this morning.

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.720
 The terrifying

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.019
 nature of this

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.640
 judgment

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:16.580
 reflects the

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.840
 terrifying nature

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:19.320
 of rebellion

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:20.620
 against God.

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:20.679
 God.

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.979
 Remember,

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.500
 Pharaoh arrogantly

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.519
 set himself up

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:26.859
 and said,

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.459
 I,

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.899
 have you ever seen

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:30.199
 the Steven Spielberg

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:30.859
 Prince of Egypt

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.539
 animated version?

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:33.039
 I am the morning

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.979
 and the evening.

00:22:34.239 --> 00:22:35.079
 I am the sun

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.519
 and the moon.

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:35.899
 He,

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:38.079
 I rule the world.

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.519
 I am God

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.079
 to you.

00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:41.259
 And if I declare it,

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.139
 so it is.

00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:43.139
 I have the power

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:44.399
 to define reality.

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:48.259
 Pharaoh set himself

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:50.419
 up against God

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.360
 like this.

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.820
 And in fact,

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.480
 what the Bible

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.039
 says

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.480
 is that

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.720
 we are not

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.960
 so different,

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.680
 are we?

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.860
 If you want

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.400
 to read

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.620
 the full argument

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:06.100
 in Romans 1-3,

00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:07.240
 I recommend it

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.580
 to you.

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.460
 The Apostle Paul

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.000
 gives you a lot

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.240
 to think about there.

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.240
 God is not

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.400
 but what he says

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.019
 fundamentally

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.859
 is that we are

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.500
 all born

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.579
 with an intuitive

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.299
 sense

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:19.039
 of the divine,

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.720
 that there is

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.599
 something greater

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:22.000
 than us in the world.

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.200
 And in fact,

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.039
 that God has made

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.099
 himself known

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.900
 and yet,

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.640
 to the degree

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.660
 that we know him,

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:30.359
 we have rejected him

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:32.180
 and instead

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.819
 worshipped

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:34.980
 something else.

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.680
 Worshipped ourselves,

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.900
 worshipped the creation

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:40.120
 rather than the creator,

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.940
 as he says

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.800
 in Romans 1,

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.220
 we have set up

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.140
 something else

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.300
 in God's place,

00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:47.460
 just like Pharaoh

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.759
 set himself up

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.860
 in God's place.

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.360
 And we need

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.900
 to recognize

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.640
 that this is

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.360
 a great

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:56.900
 offense

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.820
 against the creator

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.299
 God.

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.659
 It is like

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.659
 a petulant

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.919
 17-year-old

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.480
 looking at

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.379
 a Supreme Court

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.919
 justice

00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:06.559
 and saying,

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.379
 you aren't

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.399
 the boss over me.

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.619
 You can't tell me

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.619
 what's right and wrong.

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.579
 The offense

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.879
 against the office

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.980
 and against the role

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.779
 of a Supreme Court

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.419
 justice

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:23.700
 is unimaginable.

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.139
 And yet,

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.960
 this is greater

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.879
 than that.

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:31.000
 And the Bible

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.799
 says that that is

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.759
 true for all of us.

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.839
 We have this

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:35.539
 God aspiration

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.439
 in our hearts.

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.119
 We long

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.960
 to be our own

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.500
 gods.

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.079
 And this rebellion

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.000
 and this rejection

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.639
 of God

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:45.000
 is what fundamentally

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.980
 the Bible calls

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.379
 sin.

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.659
 Sin isn't doing

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.579
 something wrong.

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.259
 I mean,

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.700
 it is,

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.399
 but it's much

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.059
 greater than that.

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.419
 Sin isn't merely

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.500
 doing something wrong.

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.579
 It's not simply

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:56.399
 antisocial behavior

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:58.120
 or destructive

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.820
 tendencies,

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.780
 but sin

00:25:00.780 --> 00:25:01.840
 is this fundamental

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:03.600
 rejection of God

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.960
 saying to God,

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:05.180
 God,

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.040
 I don't want you

00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:06.780
 to be God

00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:07.360
 in my life.

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.480
 I want to be

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.960
 the God in my life.

00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:10.700
 Is this not,

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.180
 in fact,

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.980
 what Adam and Eve

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.240
 said in the Garden

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.660
 of Eden

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:15.240
 when they rejected

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.080
 God and said,

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.460
 no,

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.880
 I would like to be

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:19.040
 God myself

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:20.240
 rather than

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.060
 submitting to

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:22.339
 and receiving

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.240
 from a good

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.700
 God.

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.119
 The Bible says

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.619
 that we all

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.039
 have this

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.039
 spiritual infection,

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:32.339
 this heart

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.919
 bent

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:34.679
 away from

00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.139
 God.

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.099
 And so we're

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.019
 like the Egyptians.

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.440
 We make our

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.119
 own idols.

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.079
 We don't

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.339
 worship snakes

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.099
 and frogs

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.019
 and gnats,

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.419
 do we?

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.440
 But we worship

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.200
 other things.

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.019
 Our needs

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.100
 become the driving

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.840
 force in our

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.240
 marriages.

00:25:56.060 --> 00:25:57.140
 Our independence

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.360
 shapes our

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.000
 relationships

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.560
 and our

00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.080
 friendships.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.860
 Our lust

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.840
 controls our

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:04.019
 bodily appetites.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.779
 Our reason

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.600
 becomes the

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.560
 final arbiter

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:08.100
 of what is

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:09.120
 right and wrong.

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.900
 Our self-righteousness

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:13.460
 becomes

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:15.220
 the bulwark

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.860
 by which we

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.920
 protect ourselves

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.620
 from admitting

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.039
 that we're

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.480
 wrong

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.940
 or that we

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.380
 failed

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.840
 or that we

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.340
 are weak.

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.300
 Our

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:26.380
 self-sufficiency

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:29.000
 allows us

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.680
 to reject

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.279
 our need

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.039
 for others.

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.920
 And our

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.500
 desire for

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.300
 control,

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.100
 control over

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.779
 all of our

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.240
 lives,

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.279
 is the very

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.940
 spirit that

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.680
 looks at God

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.240
 and says,

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.580
 God,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:43.300
 why can you

00:26:43.300 --> 00:26:43.940
 do this?

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:45.799
 this is wrong.

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:50.200
 We put God

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:52.039
 as the object

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.559
 of our

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:52.980
 judgment

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:55.380
 as we try

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:56.019
 to replace

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.100
 him in our

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.759
 own hearts

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.640
 and lives.

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.940
 And friends,

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.740
 if we believe

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.279
 the Bible,

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.039
 we know that

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.519
 this is a

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.180
 terrible thing.

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.460
 And if we

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.559
 believe that

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:10.400
 God is the

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.440
 expression of

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.180
 all that is

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.759
 good and right

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.259
 and lovely

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.819
 in the world

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.140
 and our

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.900
 rejection of

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.400
 that is to

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.099
 move away

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.640
 from it

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.779
 and that a

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.480
 good God

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.440
 must judge

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.160
 evil for

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.839
 otherwise,

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.440
 evil will

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.119
 triumph in

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.640
 this world

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.140
 and in our

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.859
 own lives.

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.240
 We are

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.720
 faced with

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.259
 the reality

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.759
 that it is

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.359
 a fearful

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.119
 thing to

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.599
 fall into

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.200
 the hands

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.200
 of the

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.859
 living God.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.220
 As we

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.700
 read the

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.779
 story of

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.180
 the tenth

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.759
 plague and

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.200
 the judgment

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.619
 on the

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.200
 firstborn

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.680
 and the

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.200
 terrifying

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.039
 nature of

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.220
 it,

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.559
 we ought

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.960
 to be

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.580
 terrified

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:48.319
 that God's

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.960
 judgment is

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.400
 worse than

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.140
 we imagined

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.920
 on sin

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:53.620
 and that

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.559
 we ourselves

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.460
 deserve it.

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.500
 But friends,

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.400
 this is not

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.759
 the end of

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.360
 the passage.

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.640
 And isn't

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.080
 that good

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.460
 news?

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.900
 This is not

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.480
 the end of

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.140
 the story.

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.019
 And this

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.559
 is in fact

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.240
 is not the

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.859
 pinnacle for

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.579
 what we

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.339
 see here

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.039
 is that

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.599
 the judgment

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.299
 is a part

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.000
 of God's

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.480
 delivering

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.960
 act.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.000
 But it is

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.440
 not the

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.799
 final.

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.259
 God has

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.259
 intervened and

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.900
 in this

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.779
 judgment he

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.740
 has provided,

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.799
 he has given

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.599
 a gracious

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.079
 provision to

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.880
 his people

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:29.980
 so that they

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.480
 might be

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.019
 delivered,

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.039
 not only from

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.740
 slavery to

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.000
 Egypt,

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.859
 but from the

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.559
 very judgment

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.539
 that he is

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.160
 raining down

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.839
 upon them.

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.819
 And this

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.220
 is what I

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.099
 want to spend

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.599
 the rest of

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.959
 our time

00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.519
 thinking about

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.159
 this morning.

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.839
 How is God

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.519
 delivering his

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.779
 people?

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.240
 Well, he's

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.679
 breaking Egypt's

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:50.919
 God-exalted,

00:28:51.459 --> 00:28:52.779
 self-exalting

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.419
 power.

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.240
 But he is

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.779
 then now

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:58.220
 providing for

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.240
 his people so

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.799
 that they might

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.299
 be covered.

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.379
 Let's look

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.779
 again.

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.139
 The fundamental

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.199
 thing that God

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:05.459
 provides is the

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.399
 blood of a

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.699
 lamb.

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:08.359
 which seems so

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.199
 small and yet

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:10.159
 is so sweet

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.059
 and so precious.

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.319
 Let's look at it

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.980
 for a little bit

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.459
 together.

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.480
 Look with me at

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.959
 the beginning of

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.699
 chapter 12.

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.439
 We'll see some

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:16.959
 of the things

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.819
 about the nature

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.819
 of this lamb

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.699
 that is provided.

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.240
 Right?

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.859
 This lamb must

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.740
 be a perfect

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.619
 lamb without

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.259
 blemish,

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.399
 without flaw,

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.819
 because he must

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.639
 reflect the

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:33.199
 perfection that

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:34.659
 God himself is

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.240
 and that he

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.519
 demands from us.

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:38.839
 this lamb

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.579
 that is,

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.299
 that is,

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.440
 that the people

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.180
 are called to

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.619
 gather,

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.420
 right,

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.099
 is a lamb

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:48.019
 that is dedicated

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:49.139
 for this one

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.740
 purpose.

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.139
 You might wonder,

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.960
 why did he talk

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.660
 about the not

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.859
 boiling and not,

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.839
 like, and then the

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.900
 burning up and all

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.539
 that, like, what is

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.220
 all that about?

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.279
 It's because,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.460
 it's because God

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.400
 wants this lamb

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.519
 to have one

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:06.019
 single purpose.

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.100
 The single purpose

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:09.820
 is to die so that

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.660
 the blood may go

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.800
 on the doorframe

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:14.040
 and so that the

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:15.120
 people may feast

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.720
 on it.

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:19.100
 It has a single

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.720
 purpose.

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.620
 It is also,

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.400
 this lamb is

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.900
 sufficient.

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.280
 Did you notice the

00:30:24.280 --> 00:30:25.080
 little piece about,

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.900
 like, oh, and if

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.820
 your household is too

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:28.000
 small to have a lamb

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.800
 all by yourself,

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.500
 you go get your

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.100
 neighbors and you

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.660
 bring them in,

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.259
 and you think,

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.900
 what in the world

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.759
 is all that about?

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:34.640
 It's because this

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.360
 lamb was meant to

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:36.380
 be eaten fully and

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.900
 so this lamb was

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.700
 meant to be sufficient

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.720
 for the gathering

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.440
 of the people.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.400
 And so if your

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.100
 household was too

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:45.279
 small, you'd bind

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.220
 together with your

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.920
 neighbors so that

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.860
 the meal would be,

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:49.180
 so the lamb would

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.920
 be the right,

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.519
 the proper,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.420
 the sufficient

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:54.180
 offering for the

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.860
 number of people

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.580
 who were there.

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.240
 This lamb, of

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.279
 course, is a

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.779
 substitute.

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.139
 For the very

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.899
 nature of this

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.759
 judgment is that

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.039
 death would come

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.279
 to every household.

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.420
 And recognize,

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.200
 friends, this is

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.440
 exactly what happens.

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.619
 There is no

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.680
 household to which

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.579
 death does not

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.000
 come.

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:15.079
 It is either the

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.680
 death of the

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.480
 firstborn, of the

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.759
 families that reject

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.680
 God and His

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:21.519
 instruction, or it

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.339
 is the death of

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:25.440
 the lamb, those who

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.460
 receive God's

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.019
 instruction.

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.139
 salvation.

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:33.839
 This lamb is a

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.980
 substitute for the

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:37.019
 firstborn, and it is

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.799
 a sacrifice.

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:40.519
 The lamb is killed, and

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.779
 before it's cooked, the

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.559
 blood is taken, and it's

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.019
 painted on the doorposts

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:49.119
 to say, here we have

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:50.180
 obeyed the Lord.

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.180
 Here we have submitted to

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.960
 His instruction.

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:56.220
 Here we have done what

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.720
 God has asked us to so

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.380
 that death might come to

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:01.100
 this house in this way,

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:03.279
 rather than in the way

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.500
 that it will come in

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.900
 judgment.

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:13.440
 Friends, not only the

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.059
 provision of the lamb, the

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.980
 nature of the lamb, a

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:18.500
 beautiful thing, but it is

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:21.259
 also a call for all to

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.400
 turn to God and trust

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.680
 Him.

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.460
 Think about the

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.900
 Egyptians.

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.839
 They've watched over the

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:28.000
 last, we don't even know

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.900
 how long, a couple of

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.900
 weeks, a couple of months,

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:32.740
 just the destruction of the

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:35.460
 society in Egypt, the ways

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.579
 that these plagues have

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:40.319
 systematically unraveled the

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.980
 beauty and the glory of

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.759
 this place.

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:47.720
 And now God is saying, do

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:50.299
 this, and it will finally

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.779
 happen.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.339
 They've longed for the

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:56.120
 deliverance, but maybe,

00:32:56.620 --> 00:33:00.140
 like some of us, they were

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.680
 skeptical.

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.079
 Really, God?

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.000
 Are you really going to do

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.559
 it this time?

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.960
 Do I really have to obey

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.680
 you this time?

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.680
 Are you really going to do

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:08.839
 it?

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.759
 They've waited a long time

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.319
 for it.

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:15.799
 But the call to act, to do

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:17.319
 this exactly the way God

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.799
 did it.

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:23.619
 Not only kill the lamb, put

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.740
 the blood on the doorpost,

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:26.139
 but also pack your bags.

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.460
 Pack your bags, because when

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.759
 this comes, you have to be

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.559
 ready to go.

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:34.700
 Have you ever thought for a

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.419
 moment, if your house

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.299
 started to burn down, what

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.379
 would you go and grab and

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.639
 take?

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:41.940
 God is saying, pack those

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.380
 things.

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.100
 Have your go bag ready, because

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:46.280
 when it comes, it's going to

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:46.900
 come quickly.

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.920
 Do you believe this?

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:51.500
 If you do, prepare for it and

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.000
 be ready.

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:55.380
 And friends, just as the

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.800
 judgment that would fall on

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:58.480
 every household without the

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.640
 blood on the doorframe would

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.160
 come to the Egyptians and the

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:05.759
 Israelites, I want you to see

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:07.920
 that so too the provision is

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:10.820
 offered to the Israelites and

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.440
 the Egyptians.

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:13.760
 It is true that God says, I

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:15.139
 will make a distinction between

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.239
 the Egyptians and the

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:17.719
 Israelites, between the people

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.460
 who stand up against me and

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:22.019
 those who submit to me.

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:26.760
 But God always invites those

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:30.739
 outside of national Israel to

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:32.159
 submit and to believe and to

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.539
 come.

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.800
 And so you saw at the very end

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.280
 in verse 38 of chapter 12, it

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.980
 wasn't just Israelites who

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.700
 were saved.

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:41.720
 That's what that phrase, a

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:43.600
 mixed multitude, means.

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:49.120
 That there were Egyptians who

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:51.720
 believed and Egyptians who were

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.200
 saved.

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:55.960
 And God's saving work is not

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.460
 ethnic.

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:59.039
 It's not national.

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:01.320
 It's universal.

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:03.360
 And it has been always.

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:05.180
 And it always will be.

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:10.019
 And the call to faith is no

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.240
 respecter of persons.

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:14.260
 Just as the judgment of God

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.039
 falls on everyone from the

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:17.760
 throne room to the prison cell,

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:20.420
 so the delivering act of God,

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:23.039
 the delivering offer of God,

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.940
 the delivering call of God,

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.000
 comes to all.

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:34.679
 And friends, the most beautiful

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.519
 thing about it,

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:40.000
 the response to the people who

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.539
 listen to God and obey, to

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:43.980
 those who take hold of the lamb

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:47.139
 and do what God has said with it,

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:50.320
 those who sit under the covering

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:52.340
 of the blood of the lamb,

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:54.820
 God passes over.

00:35:56.100 --> 00:35:57.300
 This is why it's called

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.820
 Passover.

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.300
 If you haven't ever put that

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:01.039
 together, now is the time to do

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.160
 it.

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:04.100
 He passed over the households

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:06.740
 that had blood because they had

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:09.300
 obeyed God and were covered by the

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.100
 blood of a lamb.

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:15.000
 Verse 23, the Lord will pass through

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.300
 to strike the Egyptians.

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:18.019
 And when he sees the blood on the

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.760
 lintel and on the two doorposts,

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:22.260
 the Lord will pass over the door

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:24.880
 and will not allow the destroyer

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.180
 to enter your houses

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:29.740
 or strike you.

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:33.800
 Friends, can you imagine what it

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.820
 would be like that night?

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:38.320
 At midnight, in the dark,

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:42.680
 waiting, wondering.

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:45.340
 You've done what God has asked you

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.620
 to.

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.100
 There's blood on the door.

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:50.099
 You're trying to fall asleep,

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:51.440
 but it's uncomfortable because

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.659
 you have your belt on and your

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.380
 sandals on.

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.980
 And you're using your bag as your

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.279
 pillow.

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:04.019
 And then a loud cry rises up

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.980
 throughout the nation,

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.920
 wailing,

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:08.819
 weeping,

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.480
 mourning,

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:12.179
 but for you,

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.699
 joy.

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:16.839
 There is no death in this household

00:37:16.839 --> 00:37:18.500
 for the death has already happened

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.619
 because of the blood of the lamb.

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.639
 God has spared us

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:25.619
 and God has freed us

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.179
 and God has delivered us.

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.980
 God has set us free

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:31.199
 to go and serve him.

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:34.699
 And not only has God set us free

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.639
 to go and serve him,

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:37.919
 but he's provided everything we need.

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:40.439
 We don't have to fight Pharaoh

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:42.059
 to leave because he's telling us,

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.599
 get out.

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.619
 We don't have to fight our neighbors

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:46.139
 because they've given us

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:47.220
 stuff

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:49.480
 that we didn't have as slaves

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.900
 so that we could go

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.960
 and worship him.

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.480
 They've given us

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.720
 golden jewelry

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:57.519
 that in Exodus 35

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.619
 will be offered

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.559
 to the Lord

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:01.119
 for the adorning

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.099
 of the tabernacle

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:03.119
 and for his worship.

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:08.460
 God has set us free

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.500
 and this is the beginning

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:11.539
 of the rest of our lives.

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:13.279
 And we start a new year

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:14.359
 and a new day

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:15.299
 and a new calendar

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:17.059
 at this time

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:20.099
 because God has done

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:23.019
 the most amazing thing

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:24.679
 in delivering his people.

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:30.419
 God did not simply

00:38:30.419 --> 00:38:32.859
 judge,

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:34.359
 but he provided

00:38:34.359 --> 00:38:35.659
 graciously

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:38.039
 a deliverance

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.639
 from that terrible judgment

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:42.219
 to save a people

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.099
 for himself.

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.539
 Well, friends,

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:48.419
 we're not Egyptians

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:49.339
 or Israelites.

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.419
 We don't,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.759
 we're not living

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:53.139
 4,000 years ago.

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.699
 We're living today.

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:57.119
 How are we to respond?

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.139
 Well,

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:02.739
 we're to respond

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:04.759
 knowing that the same God

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:05.440
 who did that

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.819
 for his people in Egypt

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:08.299
 has done that

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:09.119
 for his people

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.859
 throughout the world.

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:13.239
 God did not simply

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:14.699
 judge the world

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.579
 in its sin,

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.319
 but in fact,

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:19.940
 God sent his very own son,

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:22.559
 his firstborn son,

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.659
 to be the Lamb

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.940
 of God.

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:30.500
 By his blood shed,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:32.400
 we are covered

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:34.179
 and rescued

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:35.699
 and delivered

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.859
 and redeemed

00:39:36.859 --> 00:39:38.779
 to be his people.

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.460
 Friends,

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.400
 consider with me

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.299
 for just a minute

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:43.099
 this Jesus.

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:45.079
 Jesus who was

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.319
 a greater Lamb,

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.379
 the one who

00:39:47.379 --> 00:39:48.139
 John the Baptist

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:49.359
 called the Lamb of God

00:39:49.359 --> 00:39:50.460
 who comes to take away

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.679
 the sins of the people

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:53.039
 of the world.

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.259
 Jesus,

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.899
 who is perfect

00:39:57.899 --> 00:39:58.960
 in his sinlessness

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:02.399
 like the Lamb.

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.919
 Jesus,

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:05.480
 who is dedicated

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.759
 to one purpose,

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:09.879
 to glorify God

00:40:09.879 --> 00:40:10.659
 by coming

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:12.940
 to be the ransom

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.759
 for many,

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:15.699
 not by exalting himself,

00:40:15.919 --> 00:40:17.719
 but by laying himself down

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:19.059
 as a sacrifice

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:20.659
 that he might be

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.299
 poured out

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:23.739
 to save sinners.

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.380
 Jesus,

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.239
 who took on

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.279
 human flesh

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.880
 and blood

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:29.159
 so that he might

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:30.880
 be a perfect identifier

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.679
 with us.

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.719
 The Lamb

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:35.059
 was never quite sufficient

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.179
 and as you look

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.699
 through the book

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.360
 of Leviticus

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.360
 and then as you read

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.219
 the book of Hebrews,

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.860
 you know

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:41.460
 all of this was saying

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.559
 this isn't enough,

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:44.179
 this isn't the final act

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.279
 of God's deliverance,

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.440
 but this is pointing

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.599
 to an even greater

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.360
 deliverance

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:50.159
 because Jesus

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:51.200
 in his incarnation

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:52.360
 identifies with us

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.800
 fully

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.200
 so that he can be

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:55.260
 the perfect one

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:57.099
 to die in our place.

00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:00.500
 He who is our substitute,

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:03.679
 who hung on the cross

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:05.860
 bearing the terrifying

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.579
 judgment

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:10.599
 against the firstborn,

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:13.059
 the terrifying judgment

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:14.039
 against us

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.579
 in our sin.

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.599
 He bore

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.739
 the full wrath

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.099
 of it.

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.559
 He endured

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:23.320
 the beating.

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.420
 He endured

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:25.320
 the scorn.

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.000
 He endured

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:27.139
 the shame.

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.259
 He endured

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:29.500
 God's anger

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.380
 against sin.

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.279
 He endured

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:32.539
 being forsaken

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.759
 by his Father.

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.259
 He endured

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:36.500
 death itself

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:39.460
 for us.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:42.880
 the author

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.480
 of life

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.380
 put to death

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:47.119
 for us.

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.240
 But friends,

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:50.740
 this Jesus

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.579
 is not only

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.280
 the perfect

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:53.619
 Lamb of God

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.300
 who takes away

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:55.159
 the sin of the world,

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.099
 but he is also

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:57.500
 the firstborn

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.440
 Son of God,

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:01.400
 firstborn

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.059
 from before

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.880
 the foundations

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.619
 of the earth,

00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:04.220
 but also

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:05.119
 the firstborn

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.980
 from the dead.

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.500
 for this Jesus

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.400
 did not stay

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.219
 in the grave.

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:10.679
 This Jesus

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.440
 did not,

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.599
 having submitted

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.539
 to all of that

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.019
 judgment,

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:16.579
 did not then

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.539
 leave,

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.820
 but instead

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:20.360
 showing his

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:20.980
 perfection

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.639
 and showing

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.639
 his sinless

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:23.860
 power over

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.659
 sin and death,

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.780
 he rose from

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.139
 the dead

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:27.480
 to be the firstborn

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:29.199
 among many

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.960
 sisters and

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.340
 brothers.

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.519
 others.

00:42:33.600 --> 00:42:34.519
 This Jesus

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.440
 is alive

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.160
 today that

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:36.660
 he might be

00:42:36.660 --> 00:42:37.380
 the firstborn

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.019
 of a whole

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:39.380
 people who

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.160
 by faith

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.960
 in him,

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.980
 by trusting

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:44.140
 in his blood

00:42:44.140 --> 00:42:44.680
 shed

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:45.840
 on our

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.400
 behalf,

00:42:47.740 --> 00:42:48.660
 this Jesus

00:42:48.660 --> 00:42:50.420
 now is

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:51.140
 making for

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:51.680
 God a

00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:53.019
 people from

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.840
 every tribe

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.300
 and tongue

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:54.880
 and nation

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:56.500
 that we

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.180
 might worship

00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.640
 him,

00:42:58.100 --> 00:42:58.720
 that we

00:42:58.720 --> 00:42:59.480
 might leave

00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:00.019
 the land

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.659
 of slavery

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:01.920
 to sin,

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.519
 that we

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.500
 might forsake

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.260
 the idols

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:05.280
 and the worship

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.820
 of other

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.380
 gods,

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.139
 that we

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:08.639
 might abandon

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:10.099
 our self-exalting

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:11.559
 nature and

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.420
 live instead

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.079
 for him.

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:17.320
 This is the

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.219
 great salvation

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:18.860
 that God has

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.659
 worked for us.

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.619
 He calls you

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.179
 to respond

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:22.780
 this morning.

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:23.880
 Will you

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.760
 believe in this?

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.380
 Will you

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.059
 believe that

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.719
 this Jesus

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.840
 is enough

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.460
 for you?

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.360
 Will you

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.019
 entrust

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:31.039
 yourself

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.900
 to him

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:33.880
 as God's

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.320
 provision

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:34.920
 for the

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.320
 forgiveness

00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:35.920
 of your

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.440
 sins,

00:43:36.640 --> 00:43:37.519
 for the

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:37.940
 breaking

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.360
 of your

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.059
 idolatrous

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.519
 heart,

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.780
 for the

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.640
 new life

00:43:41.640 --> 00:43:42.559
 that he

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:43.320
 now offers

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:43.920
 you in

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.480
 Christ?

00:43:45.620 --> 00:43:46.180
 Friends,

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.539
 will you

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:47.120
 paint the

00:43:47.120 --> 00:43:47.760
 doorposts

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.140
 of your

00:43:48.140 --> 00:43:48.620
 life

00:43:48.620 --> 00:43:49.820
 with the

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.200
 blood of

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:50.500
 Jesus?

00:43:52.120 --> 00:43:52.599
 Will you

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:52.920
 put on

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.579
 your sandals

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.059
 and tighten

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.700
 your belts

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:56.980
 and set

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.579
 your sights

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.219
 not on

00:43:58.219 --> 00:43:58.639
 the things

00:43:58.639 --> 00:43:59.059
 of this

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.439
 earth,

00:43:59.939 --> 00:44:00.939
 but on

00:44:00.939 --> 00:44:01.399
 the kingdom

00:44:01.399 --> 00:44:01.839
 that is

00:44:01.839 --> 00:44:02.339
 to come

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:03.039
 with God

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:04.699
 when he

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:05.119
 comes in

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:05.599
 his glory

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:05.960
 and his

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.460
 righteousness?

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:08.379
 Will you

00:44:08.379 --> 00:44:08.839
 live your

00:44:08.839 --> 00:44:09.559
 life now

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.279
 worshipping

00:44:10.279 --> 00:44:10.719
 him,

00:44:11.839 --> 00:44:12.279
 worshipping

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:13.199
 this God

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:14.879
 who is not

00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:15.339
 only a

00:44:15.339 --> 00:44:16.159
 terrifying God

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:16.500
 who will

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.239
 judge sin,

00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:18.979
 but a

00:44:18.979 --> 00:44:19.599
 loving God

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.039
 who has

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.019
 borne that

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.539
 terrifying

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.419
 judgment for

00:44:22.419 --> 00:44:22.799
 you,

00:44:23.399 --> 00:44:24.839
 that you

00:44:24.839 --> 00:44:25.259
 might be

00:44:25.259 --> 00:44:25.859
 his people?

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.219
 Friends,

00:44:28.359 --> 00:44:28.879
 this is the

00:44:28.879 --> 00:44:29.319
 good news

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.619
 of the

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:29.959
 gospel.

00:44:30.459 --> 00:44:31.079
 This is

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.439
 what we're

00:44:31.439 --> 00:44:31.679
 going to

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:32.059
 celebrate

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.519
 for the

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.079
 next two

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.539
 weeks as

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:33.939
 we come

00:44:33.939 --> 00:44:34.459
 into the

00:44:34.459 --> 00:44:35.219
 Easter season

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:36.799
 and Palm

00:44:36.799 --> 00:44:37.399
 Sunday and

00:44:37.399 --> 00:44:37.819
 Easter,

00:44:38.439 --> 00:44:39.019
 Good Friday

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.479
 and Easter,

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:39.839
 we're going

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:41.259
 to remember

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:42.239
 these events

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:43.459
 more fully.

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.679
 God calls

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.179
 you today.

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.579
 Will you

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.099
 believe?

00:44:47.839 --> 00:44:48.219
 And will

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:48.379
 you

00:44:48.379 --> 00:44:48.679
 worship?

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.259
 Let's

00:44:49.259 --> 00:44:49.500
 pray.

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.099
 Lord,

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:01.519
 we have

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:02.079
 touched on

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.979
 mighty and

00:45:02.979 --> 00:45:03.699
 weighty things

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:04.359
 this morning.

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:07.959
 And Lord,

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.279
 we are

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:09.299
 humbled before

00:45:09.299 --> 00:45:11.239
 your righteous

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:12.059
 wrath against

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:12.439
 sin.

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.019
 We are,

00:45:14.879 --> 00:45:15.779
 we tremble,

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:16.179
 Lord.

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.839
 before your

00:45:17.839 --> 00:45:18.739
 judgment seat.

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.500
 Lord,

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.259
 if we stood

00:45:21.259 --> 00:45:22.059
 in our own,

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:24.539
 on our own

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:25.219
 before you,

00:45:25.439 --> 00:45:26.459
 what a fearsome

00:45:26.459 --> 00:45:27.119
 place it would

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.419
 be.

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.639
 But God,

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:29.979
 you have

00:45:29.979 --> 00:45:30.799
 provided for

00:45:30.799 --> 00:45:33.000
 us one who

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.839
 would intercede,

00:45:34.419 --> 00:45:35.279
 a lamb whose

00:45:35.279 --> 00:45:36.359
 blood was shed

00:45:36.359 --> 00:45:37.339
 for us so that

00:45:37.339 --> 00:45:39.099
 we might stand

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:40.599
 before you,

00:45:41.419 --> 00:45:41.859
 forgiven,

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:42.659
 accepted,

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:44.119
 called to be

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:45.420
 yours because

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:46.099
 we're covered

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:47.639
 by Jesus.

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:49.859
 Lord,

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:50.500
 I pray this

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:52.059
 morning for

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:52.980
 those here who

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:55.159
 might be

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:56.460
 exploring Christianity

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:57.299
 and wondering,

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.500
 what kind of God

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:59.500
 are you and

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:00.299
 what does it look

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:01.239
 like for you to

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:02.639
 be a God who

00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:03.619
 saves people from

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:04.199
 their sin?

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:05.339
 Lord,

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:06.119
 I pray that they

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:06.900
 might know,

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.199
 Lord,

00:46:08.259 --> 00:46:09.440
 the glorious

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:10.400
 provision that you

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:11.019
 have made in

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.320
 Jesus,

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:13.000
 that they would

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:13.940
 come to faith

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.840
 in you.

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:16.679
 I pray for

00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:17.579
 those here this

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:19.480
 morning who

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:21.019
 have known of

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:21.960
 Jesus' death on

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.559
 the cross for

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:23.239
 their sins.

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.280
 Lord,

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:25.039
 I pray that it

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:25.820
 might be precious

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.619
 and sweet.

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:27.800
 And Lord,

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.559
 that it might not

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:30.239
 be simply a

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:31.860
 peripheral part of

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:32.900
 our lives,

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:34.019
 but that it might

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:34.699
 be central,

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:36.579
 central in our

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:36.900
 heart,

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.340
 central in our

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:38.639
 worship,

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:40.079
 central in our

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:40.920
 everyday lives.

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:43.219
 Lord,

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:44.059
 that we would

00:46:44.059 --> 00:46:45.659
 believe and

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:46.679
 trust and

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:47.719
 worship as you

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:48.320
 have called us

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:48.539
 to.

00:46:49.300 --> 00:46:50.139
 We pray these

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:50.860
 things in Jesus'

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.280
 name.

00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:52.400
 Amen.