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 I apologize for my voice sounding like this.

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 My kids were wrestling with some kind of cold this week,

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 and I thought I was doing really well, fighting it off.

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 And we've gotten the kids tested.

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 I got a negative PCR test on Friday and a negative rapid test this morning.

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 But obviously it doesn't sound good.

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 I sound pretty pitiable, but trust me, it's not as bad as it sounds.

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 And it's kind of when I was getting trained to be a pastor,

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 what they teach you primarily is unless you're dying,

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 you're supposed to show up on Sunday morning and preach.

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 And because someone has to preach, that's, I think, changed a little bit with COVID.

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 People were being a little more careful.

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 So I hope you guys understand.

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 And I'll keep my mask on when I'm not preaching.

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 Please turn with me to Exodus 12, 29 to 13, 16.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Lord, we are your servants.

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 And your servants, as servants, we are here listening to your word.

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 Lord, we want you to govern us by your word.

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 Teach us by your word.

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 Draw us near to yourself.

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 Make us more like your son through your word.

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 Impress upon us deeply this morning, Lord,

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 the privilege and joy of being a people who have been set free

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 from the bondage to sin and death.

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 Renew our joy of salvation this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Exodus 12, 29.

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 I'll go to 13, 16.

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 At midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn in 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 the firstborn of the livestock.

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 And Pharaoh rose up in the night,

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 he and all 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, go up 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, as you have said,

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 and be gone and bless me also.

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 The Egyptians were urging 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 netting bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.

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 The people of Israel had also done 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 Rameses to Sukkoth,

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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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 and very much livestock, both flocks and herds.

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 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt,

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 for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait,

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 nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

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

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 At the end of 430 years, on that very day,

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 all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

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 It was a night of watching by the Lord to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

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 So this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord

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 by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.

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 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

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 This is the statute of the Passover.

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 No foreigner shall eat of it,

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 but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

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 No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it.

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 It shall be eaten in one house.

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 You shall not take any of the flesh outside the house,

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 and you shall not break any of its bones.

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 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

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 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover of the Lord,

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 let all his males be circumcised.

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 Then he may come near and keep it.

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 He shall be as a native of the land,

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 but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

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 There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.

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 All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

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 And on that very day, the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 Consecrate to me all the firstborn.

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 Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel,

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 both of man and of beast, is mine.

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 Then Moses said to the people,

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 Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery.

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 For by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place.

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 No leavened bread shall be eaten.

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 Today in the month of Abib you are going out.

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 And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites,

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 which he soared to your fathers to give you,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey,

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 you shall keep this service in this month.

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 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread,

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 and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.

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 Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

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 No leavened bread shall be seen with you,

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 and no leavened shall be seen with you in all your territory.

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 You shall tell your son on that day,

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 It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.

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 And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand,

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 and as a memorial between your eyes,

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 that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth.

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 For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.

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 You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

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 When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites,

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 as he swore to you and your fathers,

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 and shall give it to you,

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 you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb.

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 All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord's.

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 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb,

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 or if you will not redeem it, you shall break its neck.

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 Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

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 And when it's time to come, your son asks you,

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 what does this mean?

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 You shall say to him,

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 by a strong hand,

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 the Lord brought us out of Egypt from the house of slavery.

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 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go,

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 the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

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 both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals.

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 Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first opened the womb,

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 but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

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 It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontless between your eyes,

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 for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 We are finally at the long-anticipated moment

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 where the actual exodus of the Israelites from Egypt happens.

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 And I've titled my sermon,

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 Out of the House of Slavery,

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 which is the phrase used here in Exodus 13, 14.

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 And it's often repeated throughout the Old Testament

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 to refer to Israel's slavery in Egypt.

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 Although we didn't intentionally plan it this way,

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 this passage is particularly fitting for today

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 for two different reasons.

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 First, today is the third Sunday in June,

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 which means it's Father's Day.

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 And we're going to see in our passage,

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 God, the Father's zeal to redeem his son,

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 the nation of Israel, from slavery.

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 And then secondly, today is,

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 as Matt mentioned earlier, also Juneteenth.

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 Even though the Emancipation Proclamation

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 declared all slaves free in 1863,

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 it could not be enforced in the southern states

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 because they were actively warring

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 against North or in the Civil War.

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 And so because of that,

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 until June 19, 1865,

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 two years after the Emancipation Proclamation,

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 that the news didn't reach the African Americans

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 in Galveston, Texas,

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 that slavery had been abolished

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 and that they were in fact free.

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 And so when they were finally notified on Juneteenth,

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 the freed slaves immediately started celebrating

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 with prayer and worship, song and dance.

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 And since then, it has been celebrated

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 by African Americans throughout the country.

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 It became a state holiday in Texas in 1980

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 and a federal holiday in 2021, last year.

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 I think most of you guys probably didn't celebrate it

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 because it was passed the week before.

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 You don't have to be a political liberal

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 to celebrate this.

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 The end of racist, kidnap-sourced, chattel slavery

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 where black people suffered involuntary,

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 permanent, and absolute subjugation

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 is something that every Christian

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 can celebrate regardless of his or her

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 political persuasion.

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 If Juneteenth is Black Independence Day,

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 then Passover is Jewish Independence Day.

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 It's also the day many years later

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 that Jesus died on the cross

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 to free us from our slavery to sin and death.

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 This passage teaches us that God gave his son

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 to ransom his people from slavery and death

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 so that they might serve him.

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 And we're gonna first see the redemption

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 of God's firstborn son, which is Israel in this case,

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 and the redemption of Israel's firstborn sons

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 after that in chapter 13.

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 So in Exodus 4, 22 to 23, the Lord declared to Pharaoh,

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 Israel is my firstborn son.

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 And I told you, let my son go so he may worship me.

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 But you refuse to let him go,

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 so I will kill your firstborn son.

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 This is what God had threatened to Pharaoh at that time.

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 And now God makes good on that threat.

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 It says in verses 29 to 30 of chapter 11,

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 chapter 12, sorry.

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 At midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn

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 in 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 the firstborn of the livestock.

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 And Pharaoh rose up in the night.

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 He had all 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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 So this is a divine retribution.

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 Thanks, I don't think it's gonna help,

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 but I'll try it.

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 I tried so hard this morning to get rid of it.

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 And thank you, yeah.

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 Because Pharaoh and the Egyptians struck Israel,

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 God's firstborn son,

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 God is now striking down the firstborn sons

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 in the land of Egypt.

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 Formerly in Exodus 3,

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 Pharaoh so opposed,

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 or so oppressed the Israelites,

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 that it said that their cry went up to God.

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 And now another cry goes up to the heavens,

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 but it's not the cry of the Israelites.

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 It's a great cry of the Egyptians.

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 And the final strike of the Lord is so severe

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 that it says in verses 31 to 32,

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 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night

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 and said,

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 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 as you have said,

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 and be gone and bless me also.

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 So finally, Pharaoh is giving up.

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 He had recently told Moses,

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 if you remember from a few weeks ago in chapter 10,

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 Get out of my sight.

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 Make sure you do not appear before me again.

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 The day you see my face, you will die.

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 That's what Pharaoh had said to Moses.

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 But he's having to eat his words again.

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 And he summons Moses himself.

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 And the situation is so urgent,

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 Pharaoh can't even wait till sunrise.

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 In the middle of the night, he summons Moses.

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 And earlier, if you remember,

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 in Exodus 5.18,

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 when the Israelites were complaining to the Egyptians

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 for being beaten,

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 for not meeting the quota of brick

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 that they were required by Pharaoh to produce,

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 they complained to him saying,

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 Well, your Egyptians are not giving us a straw

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 that we need for the brick.

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 So it's their fault.

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 Why are you beating us for it?

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 And this is how Pharaoh responded to them.

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 You are idle.

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 You are idle.

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 That is why you say,

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 Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

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 Go now and work.

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 The word work is the same Hebrew word

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 that's translated in this passage as serve.

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 So then there's a contrast here

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 in verse 31 of our passage

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 where Pharaoh, who once said to the Israelites,

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 Go and serve me,

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 now says, Go serve the Lord.

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 Previously, Pharaoh kept seeking concessions from God.

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 He initially said that he would not let any of them go.

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 And then he would say,

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 Yes, I'll let the adults go, but not the children.

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 And then he said,

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 Fine, I'll let the children go too,

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 but not the animals.

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 But now he says,

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 Go serve the Lord as you have said.

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 Take your flocks and your herds as you have said

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 and be gone.

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 And bless me also.

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 So he now has no qualifications,

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 has no seeking, no concessions,

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 and totally surrendering and saying,

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 You may go as you wish.

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 And Hebrews 7, 7 tells us

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 that it's the lesser who is blessed by the greater.

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 So Pharaoh, by asking Moses to bless him,

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 is acknowledging his state of humiliation,

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 that he's not this son of Ra,

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 the so-called divine king of Egypt,

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 but that he's been exposed

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 and now he's pitiably seeking a blessing

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 from the Lord who is the true king of the universe.

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 So the rest of the Egyptians

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 share Pharaoh's sense of urgency.

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 He says in verse 33,

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 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,

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 We shall all be dead.

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 The word urgent is a translation of the Hebrew word

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 that's elsewhere translated as strengthen,

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 strengthen or harden.

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 Previously, Pharaoh hardened his heart,

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 strengthened his resolve not to let Israel go,

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 but now the Egyptians are strong in their resolve

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 and urgency to let Israel leave as soon as possible.

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 In fact, they're in such a hurry

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 that Israelites don't even have time

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 to wait for their bread to rise,

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 to incorporate leaven into their bread.

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 And how did this radical change come about?

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 It tells us in chapter 13, verse 14,

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 By a strong hand,

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 the Lord brought us out of Egypt

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 from the house of slavery.

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 You hear the same word again, strong.

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 The strong hand of the Lord

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 has broken the strong will of Pharaoh

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 and has made the Egyptians strongly urge

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 the Israelites to leave Egypt.

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 God's brought about a great reversal.

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 And the Israelites don't leave empty-handed.

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 And this is shocking.

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 As the Lord had instructed them,

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 they asked the Egyptians as they're leaving

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 for their silver and gold jewelry

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 and for clothing.

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 And to their astonishment,

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 they say yes.

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 They say take it.

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 Go leave with it.

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 And why would they do that?

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 It says in verse 36,

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 Because the Lord had given the people

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 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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 This passage intentionally uses language

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 that evokes warfare.

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 The Israelites, it says,

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 plundered the Egyptians.

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 Verse 37 says,

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 The people of Israel journeyed

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 from Remses to Sukkoth,

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 about 600,000 men on foot.

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 That expression, on foot,

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 is typically used in military contexts

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 to describe the infantry.

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 Furthermore, it says in verse 41

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 that all the hosts of the Lord

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 went out from the land of Egypt.

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 The word hosts refers to military divisions

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 or armies.

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 So Lord of hosts means

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 that God is the Lord of the armies.

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 So in this passage,

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 there are armies, foot soldiers,

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 and plundering of war.

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 But incredibly,

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 the Israelites never give battle

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 to the Egyptians.

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 Not even once.

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 There's never a clashing

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 of swords, shields, or chariots.

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 Even in the plundering,

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 there is no violent force.

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 The Israelites simply ask the Egyptians

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 and they give them their jewelry

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 and clothing.

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 Why?

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 Because the Lord is fighting

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 their battles for them.

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 This point is highlighted

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 in the phrasing of verses 29 and 36.

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 Usually in Hebrew sentence structure,

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 the subject comes after the verb.

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 But in verses 29 and 36,

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 the subject of the sentence,

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 which is the Lord, Yehovah,

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 is fronted.

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 It comes before the verb

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 for emphasis.

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 So why were the Egyptians

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 so urgent in sending

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 the Israelites out of Egypt?

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 Not because Israel's army

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 struck them down in battle,

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 but because the Lord

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 struck down all the firstborn

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 in the land of Egypt.

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 Why did the Egyptians

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 give the Israelites

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 their own silver and gold jewelry

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 and clothing?

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 Why were they able

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 to plunder the Egyptians?

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 Not because of their superior force,

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 but because the Lord

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 had given the people favor

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 in the sight of the Egyptians.

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 Again, again,

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 Lord, the Lord.

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 It's the Lord who fights

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 Israel's battles

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 on their behalf.

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 He is their champion.

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 That's why verse 42 says,

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 it was a night of watching

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 by the Lord

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 to bring them out

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 of the land of Egypt.

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 So this same night

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 is a night of watching

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 kept to the Lord

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 by all the people of Israel

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 throughout their generations.

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 It's a wonderful image.

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 Can you imagine God

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 up all night

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 like a century

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 to watch over

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 and guard his people?

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 That's what he did

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 on the night of the Passover.

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 And so to commemorate that,

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 they have a night of watching

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 to celebrate the Passover

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 for generation after generation

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 because it's the Lord

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 who fought on their behalf.

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 This truth

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 that the Lord fights

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 for his people

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 applies to us

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 as Christians as well.

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 Hebrews 2, 14 to 15

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 teaches us that Christ

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 by his death

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 destroyed the one

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 who has the power of death.

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 That is the devil.

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 And delivered all those

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 who through fear of death

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 were subject to lifelong slavery.

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 We did not break

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 the power of the devil

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 but Christ did.

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 Christ bound the strong man

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 and he plundered his house

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 taking for himself

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 those who were enslaved

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 by the enemy.

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 As Yahweh rescued Israel

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 and brought them out

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 of their house of slavery

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 in Egypt

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 to serve the living God,

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 so Yahweh has rescued us

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 from the dominion of darkness

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 and brought us

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 into the kingdom

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 of his son

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 whom he loves.

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 Let me ask you,

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 which of you,

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 which of us

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 has the power

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 to stand up

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 to the devil

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 apart from God?

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 Which of us

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 has a righteousness

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 that can withstand

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 the vicious

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 and ceaseless

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 accusations of Satan?

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 when he points out

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 all our sins,

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 our guilt,

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 and demands

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 our condemnation

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 and damnation,

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 can any of us

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 protest

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 that he is wrong?

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 No, we can't.

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 But Christ

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.640
 is our champion.

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 We cannot destroy

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.740
 the devil,

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 but Christ has.

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 Christ,

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 by dying on the cross

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 for our trespasses

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 and rising from the dead,

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 canceled the record

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 of debt

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 that stood against us

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 with its legal demands

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 and he nailed them

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 to the cross,

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 thereby disarming

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 the rulers

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 and authorities

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 and putting them

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 to open shame.

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 He's talking about

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 evil spiritual authorities.

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 And he triumphed

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 over them.

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 When Satan

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 points to our sin

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 and says,

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 guilty as charged,

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 it's Jesus

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 who points to the cross

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 and says,

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 paid in full.

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 When Satan

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 tries to claim us

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 as his own,

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 when he tries

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 to be our slave master,

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 pointing to our debt

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 of sin,

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 Jesus,

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 our champion,

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 claims us

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 as his own,

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 saying,

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 mine.

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 Purchased

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 with the blood,

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 the son of God.

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 The Lord

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 fights for us.

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 If you belong

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 to the Lord,

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 then you are free.

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 We're no longer

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:56.180
 slaves of Pharaoh.

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 We're slaves

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 of the Lord.

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 But how do we know

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.660
 that we belong

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.140
 to the Lord?

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 For the Israelites,

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 the sign of their

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.480
 covenant relationship

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.100
 with God

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.940
 was circumcision.

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 that's why

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.759
 verses 43 to 51

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 excludes foreigners

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 from partaking

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 in the Passover meal.

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 The foreigner

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 is like a,

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 I guess,

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 an immigrant

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 or traveler

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 just passing through,

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 a visitor

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 in the country,

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 a person who doesn't

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 belong to God's people.

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 That's why they can't

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.640
 eat the Passover,

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.920
 which commemorates

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.620
 God's deliverance

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 of his people.

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 However,

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.039
 the stranger

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 mentioned in

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.779
 verses 48 to 49

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 refers to someone

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.299
 who has a more

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.559
 extended sojourn

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.819
 in the land of Israel.

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 We might call them

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.680
 in the U.S.

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.599
 resident aliens

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 or green card holders.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.980
 Such a person,

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.960
 that kind of stranger,

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.440
 he says,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.279
 may partake

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 in the Lord's supper

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 provided that they

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.559
 first convert

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.160
 to the worship

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.740
 of the Lord

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 and acknowledge

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.559
 their covenant loyalty

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.140
 to him

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 by getting circumcised.

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 So already here

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.980
 in the book of Exodus,

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 we see that God's plan

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.440
 ultimately isn't

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:03.000
 only to save

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.039
 ethnic Israel,

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.980
 but his plan

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.720
 is to save

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.620
 all nations.

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.960
 And it says

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.900
 in verse 38,

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.500
 a mixed multitude

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 also went up

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.039
 with them.

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 The mass exodus

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 from Egypt

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 included not only

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.360
 ethnic Jews,

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 but also others.

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:21.099
 It was a mixed multitude.

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:23.039
 And even the strangers

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.759
 among them

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:25.240
 may join themselves

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.000
 to God's people

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.240
 by getting circumcised

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.559
 and eat the Passover.

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.920
 The reason why

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.960
 God takes circumcision

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.740
 so seriously

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.700
 is that it is

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.259
 the sign of the covenant

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.620
 that God made

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.200
 with Abraham,

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.940
 the agreement,

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:39.019
 the binding agreement

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.620
 that he's made

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.240
 with Abraham,

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.339
 Israel's forefather.

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.620
 In Genesis 17,

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.700
 he made that the sign

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.380
 between him

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.019
 and the Israelites.

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.299
 And he said,

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.240
 any circumcised male

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.279
 who is not circumcised

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.779
 in the flesh

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.380
 of his foreskin

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.319
 shall be cut off

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.240
 from his people.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.299
 He has broken

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.980
 my covenant.

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.759
 Circumcision was a sign

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.680
 that God had ordained

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.579
 to mark Israel

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.099
 as his chosen people,

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.579
 his special possession.

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.500
 In a limited sense,

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.259
 it's similar to how

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.779
 a logo

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:10.180
 or a brand

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.899
 functions

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.980
 in distinguishing

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.019
 or setting apart

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.480
 a product

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.099
 from others.

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.839
 Can you imagine

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.299
 a Nike product

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.980
 that doesn't have

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.819
 the iconic

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.759
 swoosh logo

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.799
 emblazoned on it?

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.659
 The logo,

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.399
 it's the logo

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.879
 that makes it special.

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.440
 It's the logo

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.559
 that sets it apart

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:29.539
 from other generic sneakers

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.639
 in the market.

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.299
 It's the logo

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.339
 that makes it cost

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.539
 twice as much

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.720
 as the other shoes.

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.720
 Similarly,

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.460
 God's people

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.279
 are set apart

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.359
 by the sign

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.079
 of circumcision.

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:42.940
 Circumcision

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.879
 is a particularly

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.879
 appropriate sign

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.639
 of covenant

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:47.379
 because it represents

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.379
 Israel's identity

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.759
 as God's son,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.460
 God's heir.

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:53.480
 And also because

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.480
 it represents well

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.659
 the curse of the covenant

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.779
 that those who break

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.240
 the covenant

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.899
 shall be caught off

00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.559
 from his people.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.460
 I think the pun

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.180
 is intentional.

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.539
 God takes the sign

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.159
 of the covenant

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:06.059
 so seriously

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.859
 that he almost

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.700
 killed Moses

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.759
 when Moses

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:10.359
 approached Egypt

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.339
 without circumcising

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.379
 one of his own sons

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.659
 in Exodus 15.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.519
 Because if Moses

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.039
 is to lead

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.879
 the nation of Israel

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.859
 in keeping their covenant

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.879
 relationship with God,

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.440
 he must set an example

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.680
 in keeping it himself.

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.639
 And today,

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.059
 because Jesus came

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.599
 and established

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.319
 a new covenant

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.359
 for the people of God,

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.500
 we also have

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.419
 a new sign

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:30.139
 of the covenant.

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.859
 It says in Colossians

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.019
 2, 11 to 13,

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:35.039
 in him also

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.500
 you were circumcised

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:38.019
 with the circumcision

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.639
 made without hands

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:41.119
 by putting off

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.299
 the body of the flesh

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.680
 by the circumcision

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.399
 of Christ,

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.980
 having been buried

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.619
 with him

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:48.119
 in baptism,

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.059
 in which you also,

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.759
 you were also

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.519
 raised with him

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.319
 through faith

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.179
 in the powerful

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:54.200
 working of God

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.819
 who raised him

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.480
 from the dead.

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.720
 And you,

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.639
 who were dead

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.559
 in your trespasses

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.799
 and the uncircumcision

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.559
 of your flesh,

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.139
 God made alive

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.960
 together with him

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.839
 having forgiven us

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.960
 all our trespasses.

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.539
 So then,

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.379
 baptism,

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:10.200
 which is an outward

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.899
 profession

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:12.339
 of an inward faith,

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:14.079
 has now superseded

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.799
 circumcision

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.759
 as a new sign

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.819
 of our covenant

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.879
 relationship with God.

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:20.060
 the sign of the old covenant

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:21.140
 was circumcision

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.900
 made in the flesh

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.700
 by hands,

00:26:23.280 --> 00:26:24.500
 but the sign

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.220
 of the new covenant

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.060
 is baptism,

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.920
 which is the circumcision

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.480
 of Christ

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:30.160
 made without hands,

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.320
 a spiritual circumcision,

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:35.020
 being forgiven

00:26:35.020 --> 00:26:36.020
 of the trespasses

00:26:36.020 --> 00:26:36.700
 of the flesh

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.320
 and being made alive

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:39.280
 together with Christ.

00:26:40.260 --> 00:26:41.980
 Just as it's only those

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.060
 who are circumcised

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.700
 who could partake

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.320
 in the Passover,

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.940
 it's only those

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.100
 who have been born again

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.660
 through faith

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.500
 in Jesus Christ

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.019
 and who's made

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.900
 a public profession

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.480
 of faith

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.420
 by getting baptized

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.980
 that can now take

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.500
 on the sign

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.000
 of the covenant

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.460
 as belonging

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.320
 to God's people

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:56.200
 and partake

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.920
 in the Lord's Supper.

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.500
 So have you taken

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.620
 a stand for Christ?

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.960
 Have you taken

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.660
 on the sign

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.279
 of the covenant

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.160
 by putting your faith

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.600
 in Jesus

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.500
 and getting baptized?

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.400
 Baptism is a line

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.160
 in the sand.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.940
 It's a flag

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.960
 planted on the ground

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.519
 saying,

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.819
 I have renounced

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.819
 all other lords

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.840
 to serve the Lord

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.539
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.480
 I renounce the world

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.240
 to the flesh

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.920
 and the devil

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.100
 and pledge allegiance

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.660
 to Jesus.

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.640
 I'm taking on the name

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.500
 of the Father, Son,

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.259
 and the Holy Spirit

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.640
 declaring to the world

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.860
 that I belong to him.

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.980
 You don't need

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.259
 to remain a stranger

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.480
 and a foreigner

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.579
 among the people of God.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.579
 You too can believe

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.299
 in Jesus

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.299
 and get baptized

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.019
 in his name

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.019
 and partake

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.140
 in the family supper.

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:45.140
 that's because

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.860
 of the redemption

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:47.140
 of God's firstborn son.

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.140
 Having seen

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.160
 God's redemption

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.660
 of his firstborn son,

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.960
 I'm sorry for,

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.680
 I'm finding that

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.280
 it's very hard

00:27:57.280 --> 00:27:58.600
 to emphasize anything

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.280
 when my voice

00:27:59.280 --> 00:27:59.880
 is like this

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.000
 so everything

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.000
 sounds the same.

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:05.740
 You guys are being

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.420
 very patient.

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.359
 We now see

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.299
 Israel's redemption

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:11.539
 of the firstborn sons,

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.599
 of their own sons

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.440
 in chapter 13.

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.359
 The Lord says to Moses

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.119
 in verse 2,

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.200
 consecrate to me

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.279
 all the firstborn.

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:21.079
 Whatever is the first

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.960
 to open the womb

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.220
 among the people of Israel,

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.359
 both of man

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.160
 and of beast,

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.900
 is mine.

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:28.920
 This consecration

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.980
 of every firstborn male

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.720
 is mentioned

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.700
 many times

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.720
 throughout the Old Testament

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:35.980
 and it's directly linked

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.780
 to how the Lord

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:38.240
 delivered Israel's

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.980
 firstborn males

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.700
 from the death

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.840
 of the firstborn

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:42.220
 during Passover.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.840
 In verses 12 to 15

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.980
 of chapter 13,

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.220
 Moses explains

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.860
 the significance

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.820
 of the redemption

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.660
 of the firstborn.

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.100
 He says,

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.160
 you shall set apart

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.740
 to the Lord

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.700
 all that first

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.500
 opens the womb,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.859
 all the firstborn

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.579
 of your animals

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.160
 that are males

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:58.200
 shall be the Lord's.

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.259
 Every firstborn

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.859
 of a donkey

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.680
 you shall redeem

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.359
 with a lamb

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.500
 or if you will not

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.019
 redeem it

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.700
 you shall break

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.180
 its neck.

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.539
 Every firstborn

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.200
 of man among

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.740
 your sons

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.539
 you shall redeem

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.740
 and when in time

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.240
 to come

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.220
 your son asks you

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.480
 what does this mean?

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:13.240
 You shall say to him

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.720
 by a strong hand

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.579
 the Lord brought us

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.240
 out of Egypt

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.940
 from the house

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.519
 of slavery.

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.700
 For when Pharaoh

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.559
 stubbornly refused

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.319
 to let us go

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.359
 the Lord killed

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.200
 all the firstborn

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.099
 in the land of Egypt

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.259
 both the firstborn

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.660
 of man

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.640
 and the firstborn

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.180
 of animals.

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:28.180
 Therefore I sacrifice

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.960
 to the Lord

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.920
 all the males

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.779
 that first opened

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.160
 the womb

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.500
 but all the firstborn

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.420
 of my sons

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.460
 I redeem.

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.140
 Similar to the way

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.240
 that you know

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:40.019
 if someone were

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.559
 to rescue you

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.980
 from deadly peril

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:44.920
 you might say

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.720
 to the rescuer

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.519
 I owe you my life

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.379
 because the Lord

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.359
 has passed over

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.259
 the firstborn

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.700
 males of Israel

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:54.000
 they literally

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.799
 owe him

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.960
 their lives.

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.319
 They belong to him

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.559
 in a special way.

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.580
 We as Christians

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.759
 also are God's

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.880
 consecrated people.

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:05.120
 God's only begotten son

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.000
 Jesus Christ

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.319
 says in John 17

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.720
 19

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.819
 that he

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.400
 consecrated himself

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.039
 that we also

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.660
 may be

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:14.039
 sanctified

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.039
 or it's the same word

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.980
 consecrated

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.420
 in truth.

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.400
 Jesus is evoking

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.000
 the idea

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.980
 of the consecration

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.759
 of the firstborn.

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.680
 Jesus was consecrated

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.400
 set apart

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.099
 for God's special purposes

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.779
 to die for our sins

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.539
 and rise again

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.160
 to save us

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.059
 from sin and death

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.120
 and we

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:32.160
 as those people

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.720
 who have been

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.180
 united to Jesus Christ

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.920
 through faith

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:36.460
 are also therefore

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.920
 consecrated to God.

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.079
 That's the purpose

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.019
 for which

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.680
 God

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.900
 gave his son

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.980
 to consecrate

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.720
 us to himself.

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.900
 When the people

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.539
 of this world

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.720
 look at your life

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.500
 would they say

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.339
 that your life

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:54.039
 is in a real way

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.940
 set apart

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.539
 from theirs?

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.299
 We no longer

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.440
 follow the pattern

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.000
 of this world

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.700
 the course

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.480
 of this world.

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.680
 We're no longer

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.680
 to serve the evil

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.500
 ruler Satan.

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.920
 We're no longer

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.940
 to indulge

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.119
 the desires

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.299
 of our sinful flesh.

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.759
 Why?

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.859
 Because we are

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:14.339
 a consecrated people

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.839
 set apart

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.480
 for God

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.180
 special

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.200
 for God

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:20.339
 because we have

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.140
 been redeemed

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.039
 from our slavery

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.960
 to sin

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.220
 and we've been

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.980
 redeemed to serve

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.700
 the living God.

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.620
 Ask yourselves

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.539
 in what area

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.680
 of your life

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.960
 is the Holy Spirit

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.620
 convicting you

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.140
 this morning

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.539
 to be set apart

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.960
 for him?

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.839
 This passage

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.700
 repeatedly states

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.299
 the fact that

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.200
 Israel went

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.380
 out of Egypt

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.640
 on this

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.779
 very day.

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.220
 He says

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.059
 in 1241

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.559
 on that very day

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.799
 all the hosts

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.179
 of the Lord

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.940
 went out

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.639
 from the land

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.099
 of Egypt.

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.379
 1251

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:51.759
 says

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.000
 on that very day

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.940
 the Lord

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.619
 brought the people

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.079
 of Israel

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.359
 out of the land

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.839
 of Egypt.

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.599
 13 3 to 4

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:58.859
 says

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.319
 remember

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.220
 this day

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.119
 in which you

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.799
 came out

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.720
 from Egypt

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.039
 out of the house

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.579
 of slavery.

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.720
 Today

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.799
 in the month

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.240
 of Habib

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.220
 you are going

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.159
 out.

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.579
 Again and again

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.119
 today

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.940
 this day

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.319
 you're going

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.759
 out

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.059
 you've been

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.720
 brought out

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.640
 you went

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.240
 out.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.359
 This is similar

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.920
 to how Jesus

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.599
 says in Luke

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.440
 19 9

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.579
 in Zacchaeus'

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.119
 house

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.119
 today

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.220
 salvation

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.299
 has come

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.960
 to this

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.599
 house.

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.799
 Luke

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.339
 especially

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.039
 emphasizes

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.759
 that theme

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.920
 he uses

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.279
 the word

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.660
 today

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.259
 repeatedly

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.059
 to teach

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.480
 us

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.339
 that the

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.720
 window

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.519
 of opportunity

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.779
 the hour

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.460
 of salvation

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.859
 is not

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.379
 tomorrow

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.560
 but it's

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:42.020
 today

00:32:42.020 --> 00:32:43.260
 now

00:32:43.260 --> 00:32:45.140
 this

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.460
 very

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.000
 moment

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.800
 if you

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.220
 have not

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.640
 put your

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.220
 trust in

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.540
 Jesus

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:50.760
 today

00:32:50.760 --> 00:32:51.360
 is the

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.680
 day of

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.160
 salvation

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.220
 you can

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.640
 give your

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.040
 life to

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:54.180
 him

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.580
 today

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:56.980
 today

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.500
 is an

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.960
 opportunity

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.420
 to submit

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.920
 your life

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.420
 to Christ

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.760
 and be

00:32:59.760 --> 00:32:59.960
 free

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.440
 from your

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.800
 slavery

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.340
 to sin

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:03.600
 don't say

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.280
 I'll consider

00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:04.720
 Jesus

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.020
 following him

00:33:06.020 --> 00:33:06.760
 one day

00:33:06.760 --> 00:33:07.180
 but not

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.580
 today

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.760
 or I'll

00:33:08.760 --> 00:33:09.160
 think about

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.680
 that stuff

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.980
 when I'm

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.620
 less busy

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.560
 or I'll

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.039
 follow after

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.440
 Jesus

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.920
 after I've

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.240
 had some

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.700
 time to

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.120
 myself

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.560
 to enjoy

00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:14.920
 the things

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.340
 I want

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.700
 to do

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:17.240
 you may

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.960
 not have

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.700
 a tomorrow

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:22.519
 why would

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.980
 you linger

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.680
 one day

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.320
 longer in

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.799
 your slavery

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.279
 to sin

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.779
 and death

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.539
 when Christ

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.480
 offers us

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.980
 freedom

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.160
 and life

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.840
 forevermore

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:31.820
 and if you

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.360
 have already

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.000
 entrusted your

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.360
 life to

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.660
 Jesus

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.120
 then you

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.660
 should remember

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.039
 that you

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.500
 have already

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.100
 come out

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.720
 of Egypt

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.700
 out of the

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.100
 house of

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.460
 slavery

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.720
 you're not

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.360
 a slave

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.019
 to sin

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.840
 anymore

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:44.039
 you have

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.920
 been indwelled

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.460
 by the

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.940
 spirit of

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.279
 God

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.100
 and the

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.700
 spirit of

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.019
 God

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.640
 will not

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.360
 be bound

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:54.279
 he says

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.720
 in 2nd

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.059
 Corinthians

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.840
 317

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.360
 where the

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.900
 spirit of

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.319
 the Lord

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.860
 is

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:59.100
 there is

00:33:59.100 --> 00:34:00.140
 freedom

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:02.759
 Paul

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.160
 exhorts

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.500
 as in

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.220
 Romans 6

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.819
 18 to

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.120
 19

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.779
 having been

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.380
 set free

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.039
 from sin

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.680
 you become

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.519
 slaves

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.039
 of

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:10.159
 righteousness

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.639
 just as

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.000
 you once

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.380
 presented

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.980
 your members

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.539
 as slaves

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.239
 to impurity

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.699
 and to

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.219
 lawlessness

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:16.019
 leading to

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.800
 more lawlessness

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.960
 so now present

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.039
 your members

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.579
 as slaves

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.279
 to righteousness

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:22.779
 are you going

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.500
 back to your

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.420
 old chains

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.279
 like they still

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.900
 have power

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.500
 over you

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:28.779
 have you

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.199
 forgotten

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.800
 that you are

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.300
 no longer

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.800
 slaves

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:32.659
 we are now

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.480
 dead to sin

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.360
 but alive

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.900
 to God

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.659
 in Christ

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.039
 Jesus

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.359
 we need

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:37.799
 to ever

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.519
 be reminded

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.179
 of the

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.599
 redemption

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.059
 that we

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.440
 have in

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.679
 Jesus

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.159
 Christ

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:42.339
 the word

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.719
 redeem

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.480
 is a

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.059
 key word

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.539
 in this

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.019
 passage

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.319
 and is

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.579
 repeated

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.359
 four times

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.719
 in verses

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.259
 11 to

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.639
 15

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:49.199
 we encountered

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.639
 the same

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.339
 word earlier

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:50.759
 in Exodus

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.199
 6

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.759
 6

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.559
 but that

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.859
 was a

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.179
 different

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.480
 Hebrew

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.920
 word

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.940
 there

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.339
 the word

00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:55.819
 redeem

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.339
 referred

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.219
 primarily

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.000
 to the

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.460
 role of

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.619
 the

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.139
 kinsman

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.599
 redeemer

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.440
 the

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.920
 family

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.460
 protector

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:03.259
 the nearest

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.779
 relative

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.219
 who is

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.779
 responsible

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.940
 for defending

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.440
 the rights

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.740
 of his

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.140
 extended

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:07.580
 family

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:08.040
 members

00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:08.980
 so for

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.300
 example

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.660
 when

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.080
 a

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.380
 relative

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.780
 became

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.220
 poor

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.580
 and was

00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:11.860
 forced

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.280
 to sell

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.500
 his

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.920
 ancestral

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.380
 land

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.600
 or to

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:14.800
 sell

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.060
 himself

00:35:15.060 --> 00:35:15.420
 as a

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.740
 slave

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.019
 it was

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.160
 the

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.700
 responsibility

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.100
 of the

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.480
 kinsman

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.920
 redeemer

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.780
 to go

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.300
 and repay

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.840
 the debt

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.760
 and redeem

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.400
 the property

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.960
 and redeem

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.280
 his

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.680
 relative

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:24.160
 but the

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.360
 word

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.780
 redeem

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.580
 used here

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:26.100
 in our

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:26.519
 text

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.400
 has a

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.800
 slightly

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.380
 different

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.920
 nuance

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.840
 it's

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.140
 used

00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:30.480
 most

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.960
 frequently

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.540
 to refer

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:31.960
 to

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.580
 rescue

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.180
 from

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:34.000
 death

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.539
 or from

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.840
 some

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.179
 kind

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.320
 of

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.639
 deadly

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.159
 threat

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.300
 in

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.619
 Exodus

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.079
 21

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.420
 30

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.860
 the same

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.159
 word

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.539
 is used

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.960
 to refer

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.340
 to the

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.760
 ransom

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.340
 price

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.639
 of a

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.219
 person's

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.780
 life

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:46.460
 so here

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.300
 it's referring

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.239
 directly to

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.079
 how God

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.079
 ransomed

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.539
 Israel

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.679
 from death

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.239
 on the

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.619
 night of

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.199
 the Passover

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:55.039
 it is the

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.559
 price

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.179
 the literal

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.760
 price

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.099
 of their

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.539
 life

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:59.019
 and because

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.519
 the Lord

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.199
 has paid

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.860
 the ransom

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.480
 for the

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.039
 firstborn of

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.380
 Israel

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.480
 their lives

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.940
 belong

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.500
 to him

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:06.739
 this is why

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.320
 all the

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.039
 firstborn males

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.480
 have to be

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.179
 sacrificed

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:11.059
 the ceremonially

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.800
 clean animals

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.420
 like cow

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.019
 sheep

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.759
 and goats

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.659
 they have to

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.400
 be sacrificed

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.699
 to the

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:15.920
 Lord

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:17.619
 as

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.980
 Numbers

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.259
 18

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.619
 17

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.119
 says

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.759
 however

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.820
 ceremonially

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.440
 unclean

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.940
 animals

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:23.219
 could not

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.820
 be sacrificed

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.300
 to God

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.699
 so they

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:24.960
 had to

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.279
 be either

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.699
 killed

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.380
 or

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.000
 redeemed

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.159
 that's why

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.880
 verse 13

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.460
 says that

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.219
 every firstborn

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.839
 of a donkey

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.879
 you shall

00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.359
 redeem

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.079
 with a lamb

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.959
 or if you

00:36:33.959 --> 00:36:34.299
 will not

00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:34.839
 redeem it

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:35.159
 you shall

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.480
 break

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.000
 its neck

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.119
 a donkey

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.559
 was a

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.000
 ceremonially

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.599
 unclean

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.919
 animal

00:36:38.919 --> 00:36:39.399
 according to

00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:39.799
 Leviticus

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.599
 11 26

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.239
 because it

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.699
 parts the

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.000
 hoof

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.759
 but it

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:43.119
 does not

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.399
 chew

00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:43.879
 the cud

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:45.619
 so the

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.159
 firstborn

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.759
 male donkey

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.359
 could have

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:47.939
 to be killed

00:36:47.939 --> 00:36:48.339
 and not

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:48.799
 offered as

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.500
 a sacrifice

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.579
 likewise

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.239
 since the

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.000
 Lord explicitly

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.739
 forbids

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.759
 child sacrifice

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.759
 in Leviticus

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.859
 20 and

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.319
 many other

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:56.919
 places in

00:36:56.919 --> 00:36:57.219
 scripture

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.539
 that firstborn

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.339
 male children

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.019
 obviously could

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.420
 not be

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.980
 sacrificed

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.700
 or killed

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.539
 so God

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.140
 commands them

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:03.519
 to be

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.140
 redeemed

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:05.360
 he says

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.160
 in verse 13

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:07.420
 every firstborn

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.920
 of man

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.620
 among your

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:09.100
 sons

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:10.100
 you shall

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:10.740
 redeem

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:13.240
 the ransom

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:14.180
 is the price

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:14.640
 you pay

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:15.360
 for the life

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.079
 of someone

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.500
 else

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.940
 and God's

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.460
 ransoming

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.120
 of Israel

00:37:19.120 --> 00:37:19.780
 on Passover

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.120
 night

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:20.720
 ultimately

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.780
 points to

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.660
 the ransom

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.340
 that God

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.920
 pays

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.660
 with his

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:25.300
 son's

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.660
 life

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.100
 Jesus

00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:26.620
 Christ

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.960
 the Passover

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.400
 lamb

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.720
 remember

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.200
 what Jesus

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.619
 says of

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.940
 himself

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.380
 in Matthew

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.740
 20

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.300
 28

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.139
 the son

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.599
 of man

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.240
 came not

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.599
 to be

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.960
 served

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.480
 but to

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.860
 serve

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.820
 and to

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.180
 give

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:38.220
 his life

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.880
 as a

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.280
 ransom

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.440
 for many

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:42.300
 first

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.599
 Timothy

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.880
 2

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.240
 5

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.619
 to 6

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.800
 says

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.180
 for there

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.680
 is one

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.119
 God

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.800
 and there

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.260
 is one

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.800
 mediator

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.139
 between

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.500
 God

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.019
 and man

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.860
 the man

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.240
 Christ

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.599
 Jesus

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.360
 who gave

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.119
 himself

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:52.200
 as a

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:52.599
 ransom

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.740
 for all

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:56.159
 we all

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.819
 as sinners

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.500
 had the

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.859
 sentence

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.619
 of death

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:00.139
 just imagine

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.659
 for a moment

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.279
 having that

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:02.099
 sentence of

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.439
 death

00:38:02.439 --> 00:38:03.159
 pronounced

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.959
 over you

00:38:03.959 --> 00:38:04.559
 and you

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.199
 have no

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.719
 means

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.939
 to pay

00:38:06.939 --> 00:38:07.459
 the ransom

00:38:07.459 --> 00:38:10.599
 but God

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.859
 sent his

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.439
 only son

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:12.719
 Jesus

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.279
 Christ

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:14.199
 as a

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.519
 ransom

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.099
 price

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.219
 to save

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.579
 us

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.319
 to give

00:38:17.319 --> 00:38:17.779
 us eternal

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.259
 life

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:19.119
 and freedom

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.419
 in the

00:38:19.419 --> 00:38:19.719
 spirit

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:21.399
 that's why

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:21.759
 the Bible

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.399
 says over

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:22.679
 and over

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.079
 again

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.899
 that we

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.599
 were bought

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.219
 with a

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.759
 price

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:27.739
 that's why

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.259
 we belong

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.859
 to God

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.559
 that's why

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.059
 we belong

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.339
 to his

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:30.579
 kingdom

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:33.619
 I don't

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.859
 know if

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.339
 you're aware

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:35.799
 but there

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.099
 are still

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.819
 people being

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.559
 sold as

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.980
 slaves

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:40.000
 today

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:42.359
 according

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:42.719
 to

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:44.219
 2021

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.980
 federal

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.440
 human

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.980
 trafficking

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.500
 report

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.500
 released

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.980
 three days

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.299
 ago

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.299
 there were

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.460
 449

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.179
 human

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.659
 trafficking

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.159
 victims

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.960
 last year

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.079
 right here

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.299
 in the

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:54.519
 United

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.000
 States

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.539
 and that's

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.159
 only counting

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.460
 those

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.059
 who are

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.440
 caught

00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.619
 can you

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.000
 imagine

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.819
 how much

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.199
 worse

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.599
 it must

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.940
 be

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.460
 in more

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.159
 impoverished

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.859
 countries

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.359
 where the

00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:05.699
 rule of

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.019
 law

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.420
 is not

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.960
 as strong

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:09.519
 64%

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.539
 were victims

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.079
 of sex

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.579
 trafficking

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:13.699
 36%

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.239
 were victims

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:14.739
 of forced

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.099
 labor

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:17.719
 over half

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.059
 of the

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.239
 new

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.639
 victims

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.179
 identified

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.440
 in

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.019
 2021

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.500
 were

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.219
 minors

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.480
 over

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.980
 half

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.219
 most

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.619
 of whom

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.079
 were used

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.619
 as sex

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.019
 slaves

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.519
 since

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.759
 they're

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.380
 no good

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.239
 for forced

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.619
 labor

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:31.739
 93%

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.339
 of the

00:39:32.339 --> 00:39:32.519
 new

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.940
 victims

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.420
 of forced

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.719
 labor

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.000
 were

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.500
 foreign

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.319
 nationals

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:37.420
 how's

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.519
 that

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.659
 any

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:37.960
 different

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.299
 from

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:38.960
 slavery

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.299
 of the

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.579
 past

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.000
 ages

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.839
 meaning

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.139
 they're

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.639
 recruited

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.099
 from

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.500
 foreign

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.059
 countries

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.539
 with a

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:45.119
 fraudulent

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.859
 job offer

00:39:45.859 --> 00:39:46.699
 or a

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:46.960
 false

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.400
 promise

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.699
 of a

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:47.960
 visa

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.880
 and then

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.059
 they're

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.559
 transported

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.859
 to the

00:39:49.859 --> 00:39:50.199
 U.S.

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.579
 where they're

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.920
 forced

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.319
 into a

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:51.579
 job

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:51.859
 that they

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:51.980
 didn't

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.539
 sign up

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.819
 for

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.859
 and held

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.319
 bonded

00:39:54.319 --> 00:39:54.599
 with

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.219
 violence

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:56.739
 intimidation

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.259
 and

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.839
 manipulation

00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:00.460
 just two

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.019
 months ago

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:02.039
 a 15

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.519
 year old

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.820
 Texas

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.300
 girl was

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.860
 trafficked

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.539
 at a

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.860
 Dallas

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.440
 Mavericks

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.960
 basketball

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.320
 game

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.180
 and then

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.539
 repeatedly

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.019
 sexually

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.480
 assaulted

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.180
 before she

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.700
 was rescued

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.120
 by law

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.519
 enforcement

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:13.240
 these are

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.880
 hundreds of

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.320
 cases

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:16.720
 but there

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.059
 are

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:18.260
 millions

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:21.059
 billions

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:22.059
 of

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.680
 spiritual

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.559
 slaves

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:26.100
 all

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:26.460
 throughout

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.120
 the world

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:33.440
 and they

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.079
 are serving

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.619
 their cruel

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.159
 master

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.799
 Satan

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.299
 and

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:37.400
 they're

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.779
 believing

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.539
 his lie

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.059
 that there

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.400
 can be

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.839
 no other

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.339
 life for

00:40:40.339 --> 00:40:40.579
 them

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:42.319
 that this

00:40:42.319 --> 00:40:42.679
 is all

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.299
 the happiness

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:43.759
 that they

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.299
 will know

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:45.659
 that they

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:46.099
 will never

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.759
 know the

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.420
 joy of

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.920
 salvation

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.900
 that they

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.420
 will never

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.039
 know the

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.480
 love of

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.099
 God the

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.539
 father

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:53.859
 that he

00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:54.380
 will never

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.880
 come

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.900
 for them

00:40:55.900 --> 00:41:00.599
 but we

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.139
 know better

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.720
 than that

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:04.000
 we know

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.539
 the great

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.380
 emancipator

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.500
 our savior

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.380
 Jesus Christ

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.579
 who gave

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:09.139
 his life

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.740
 to redeem

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.300
 his people

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:11.119
 from slavery

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.680
 to sin

00:41:11.680 --> 00:41:13.240
 he is our

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.680
 champion

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:15.300
 he is our

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.780
 advocate

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.860
 and he has

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.579
 the authority

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.840
 and power

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.680
 to break

00:41:19.680 --> 00:41:20.720
 every chain

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.360
 of the enemy

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:25.579
 so remember

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.120
 that we are

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:26.840
 his servants

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:29.360
 we are the

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:30.240
 freedom riders

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:33.140
 his messengers

00:41:33.140 --> 00:41:33.880
 heralding

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:35.120
 the good news

00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:35.780
 of freedom

00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:37.079
 and salvation

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.860
 to the end

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.440
 of the earth

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:41.160
 let's pray

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:41.620
 together

00:41:41.620 --> 00:41:47.660
 father we

00:41:47.660 --> 00:41:48.400
 lament the

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.860
 fact that

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.320
 there are so

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:49.980
 many lost

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.519
 people in

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.980
 this world

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:53.059
 and most

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.300
 of them

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:53.699
 don't even

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.059
 know that

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.320
 they are

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.719
 lost

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:59.360
 most of

00:41:59.360 --> 00:41:59.800
 them don't

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.240
 even know

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.599
 that what

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.900
 they have

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.440
 been reduced

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.179
 to is in

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.980
 fact slavery

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:06.719
 because they

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.219
 have known

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:08.079
 nothing else

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:12.380
 because they

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.119
 haven't tasted

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:14.440
 and seen

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:14.900
 that the

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.480
 Lord is

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.920
 good

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:18.820
 but Lord

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.340
 we have

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.820
 tasted

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.960
 and seen

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.500
 that you

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.200
 are good

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:24.160
 and we

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.620
 want to

00:42:24.620 --> 00:42:25.140
 take that

00:42:25.140 --> 00:42:25.620
 good news

00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:26.039
 of Jesus

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.460
 Christ

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.760
 to the

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.000
 end of

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.440
 the earth

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:31.820
 help us

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.740
 ever to

00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.200
 remember

00:42:33.200 --> 00:42:33.880
 to be

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.620
 mindful of

00:42:34.620 --> 00:42:35.120
 the redemption

00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:35.800
 we have

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.260
 in Jesus

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:38.140
 and help

00:42:38.140 --> 00:42:38.740
 us to

00:42:38.740 --> 00:42:39.320
 boldly

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:40.500
 and unashamedly

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:42.100
 declare that

00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:42.640
 good news

00:42:42.640 --> 00:42:43.800
 to our

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.240
 neighbors

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:45.840
 our friends

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.760
 and our

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.059
 family

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.559
 members

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:55.480
 in Jesus

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.900
 name we

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.140
 pray

00:42:56.140 --> 00:42:57.140
 amen