Good morning, everyone.
We're going to be reading from chapter 12 to start,
and then we'll jump to later in 12, and then a bit in 14.
So from the start of chapter 12, 1 to 14.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
This month shall be for you the beginning of months.
It shall be the first month of the year for you.
Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month,
every man shall take a lamb according to their father's houses,
a lamb for a household.
And if the household is too small for a lamb,
then he and his nearest neighbour shall take according to the number of persons,
according to what each can eat, you shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male, a year old.
You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,
and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month,
when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.
Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on two doorposts
and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire.
With unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.
And you shall let none of it remain until the morning.
Anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.
In this manner you shall eat it, with your belt fastened,
your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand.
And you shall eat it in haste.
It is the Lord's Passover.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night,
and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast.
And on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments.
I am the Lord.
The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are.
And when I see the blood I will pass over you,
and no plague will before you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
This day shall be for you a memorial day,
and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations.
As a statute forever you shall keep it as a feast.
Then we'll jump to chapter 12, verses 29 to 32.
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne,
to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon,
and all the firstborn of the livestock.
And Pharaoh rose up in the night,
and he and all his servants and all the Egyptians.
And there was a great cry in Egypt,
for there was not a house where someone was not dead.
Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said,
Up, go out from among my people,
both you and the people of Israel,
and go, serve the Lord as you have said.
Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said,
and be gone, and bless me also.
Then we'll flick forward to chapter 14, verse 9.
We'll read through to 15, verse 3.
So from chapter 14, verse 9.
The Egyptians pursued them,
all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army,
and overtook them and camped at the sea,
by Pai-ha-hiroth in front of Baal-Zephon.
When Pharaoh drew near,
the people of Israel lifted up their eyes,
and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them,
and they feared greatly.
And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
They said to Moses,
Is it because there are no graves in Egypt
that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?
What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt?
Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians,
for it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians
than to die in the wilderness.
And Moses said to the people,
Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord,
which he will work for you today.
For the Egyptians whom you see today,
you shall never see again.
And the Lord will fight for you,
and you have only to be silent.
The Lord said to Moses,
Why do you cry out to me?
Tell the people of Israel to go forward.
Lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it,
that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.
And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
so that they shall go in after them,
and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts,
his chariots and all his horsemen.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh,
his chariots and his horsemen.
Then the angel of the Lord,
who was going before the host of Israel,
moved and went behind them.
And the pillar of cloud moved before them
and stood behind them,
coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel.
And there was the cloud and the darkness,
and it lit up the night without one coming near,
the other all night.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord drove the sea back
by a strong east wind all night
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea
on dry ground,
the waters being a wall to them on their right
and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued and went in after them
into the midst of the sea,
all Pharaoh's horses,
his chariots and his horsemen.
And in the morning watch,
the Lord in the pillar of the fire and of cloud
looked down on the Egyptian forces
and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
clogging their chariot wheels
so that they drove heavily.
And the Egyptians said,
let us flee from before Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.
Then the Lord said to Moses,
stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the water may come back upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots and upon their horsemen.
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its normal course
when the morning appeared.
And as the Egyptians fled into it,
the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
The waters returned and covered the chariots
and the horsemen and all the host of Pharaoh
that had followed him into the sea.
Not one of them remained.
But the people of Israel walked on dry ground
through the sea,
the waters being a wall to them on their left,
and on their,
to the,
being a wall to them on their right hand
and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
from the hand of the Egyptians.
Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord,
saying,
I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.
This is my God,
and I will praise him.
My Father's God,
and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a man of war.
The Lord is his name.
Well, my name's David.
If you're visiting this morning,
a warm welcome to you.
Will you pray with me as we come to God's word?
Let's pray.
Our Father,
I pray for an outpouring of your spirit this morning
through your word,
through me as I speak,
and through all of us as we listen to your voice
and your word.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Amen.
Well, Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones,
he was once a medical doctor,
then he's a well-known pastor.
You might have heard of him in London
around the World War times.
He's famous for preaching through Romans,
a whole sermon on a single verse sometimes.
We're trying to do the opposite this morning.
We're trying to preach the whole Bible in one sermon.
But he used to ask his people a diagnostic question
in private conversations.
Are you a Christian?
Are you saved?
I was expecting a more profound kind of question than that.
I imagine you might have been as well.
How would you answer that question?
Some, he said, would reply,
of course I am.
Of course I am.
A bit offended that he would even have to ask.
And then they'd go on to say,
I used to belong to this church,
and now I'm belonging to this church.
I was baptised on this day.
Others would reply with less assurance
and go, I'm trying.
I'm trying to be.
He used it as a bit of a diagnostic question of,
does this person,
they might have been in church their entire lives,
does this person understand
what makes a person a Christian or not?
If you could travel back in time
and meet an Israelite family
after the Passover,
after the Red Sea,
they're part of this huge caravan of people
following a pillar of cloud.
If you could just stop one of the family
and just ask them,
are you saved?
Are you one of God's people?
What do you think they might say?
The Exodus lays down the biblical paradigm,
the blueprint for us to understand salvation.
And my prayer this morning is that each one of us
will more deeply understand the greater Exodus
that Jesus Christ achieved
and be able to answer that simple
but all-important question.
Well, we evangelicals,
we can often talk about being a Christian
as a relationship with God.
We can talk about conversion,
some kind of experience,
some conversion.
Sometimes we can use the term
decision
to follow Jesus.
The scripture has a word
that we dare not lose.
You lose a word
and you lose the idea
that the word pictures.
Redemption.
Now, redeem,
I don't know,
in our day and age,
like we've got a gift voucher
for a restaurant
that's shut down now,
50 bucks,
we can't redeem it anymore.
That's a bit annoying.
So, something to do with payment.
I think of Steve Smith,
the cricketer,
when he got caught
in the ball tampering scandal,
he was banned
from international cricket
and then when he could
finally return
and he hits
a century for Australia
and the commentators
are talking about
that's his redemption.
He redeems himself.
He restores his reputation.
So, it's something to do
with payment.
It's even,
we can understand
it's about acceptance,
our reputation as well.
But, biblically,
it's not something
you can do.
Ancient times,
redemption
is the costly payment
to purchase back
a slave
or a prisoner of war.
We have the Passover
at Egypt
to help us picture
what our spiritual
redemption
is.
the Lord is coming
to redeem
his firstborn.
All the people
of Israel
are called
his firstborn,
the whole community.
And a price
will be paid
to restore
his people
to their rightful owner.
Freedom.
The Israelites
were powerless
to free themselves
from serving Pharaoh.
Spiritually,
the Bible teaches us,
on our own,
we are powerless.
Powerless
to free ourselves
from serving
the power of sin.
Well,
last week,
we saw the nine
supernatural plagues.
They were through
Moses and his staff.
This tenth plague,
not through Moses.
Redemption
is all Yahweh's doing.
Yahweh himself
comes to Egypt
as judge
and there is
a hefty price.
The death
of the firstborn
in every family.
Now,
we're a bit
individualistic,
aren't we?
Ancient cultures,
your identity,
in some cultures
today still,
your identity
is in family.
That's who you are.
You are blessed
together
or you're cursed
together.
Your identity
is in the family.
your hopes
are in the family.
The firstborn
represents
the family.
This is a judgment
on all.
This is a horrible night,
is it not?
I'll just think
of my family.
My dad
would be dead,
my eldest brother
Steve
and my son
Sam.
Now,
multiply that
by the families
in this room.
Multiply that
by the nation.
There was not
a house
without someone
dead.
It's
sickening,
isn't it?
Yahweh's
divine patience
with Pharaoh
comes to an end.
Pharaoh
won't even
fear this
final warning.
I think
what we're
meant to see
here
is that
this night
in Egypt
is this
localised
temporary
judgement day.
We don't
like it.
I don't
like it.
Why don't
we like it?
Even for
stubborn Pharaoh
we don't
like it.
Why
don't we
like it?
It's
brutal.
It's
bloody.
Like,
the cries
must have
been awful.
In
1961,
Adolf
Eichmann,
who was
a
first
lieutenant
German
Nazi
SS
officer,
he was
the colonel
and he
was the
master
behind the
death
camps,
the Jewish
genocide.
He was
put on
trial and
a man
named
Yuhil
Denor,
he was a
death
camp
survivor,
he was
brought in
to testify
against
Eichmann.
But when he
walked in,
he saw
Eichmann
and he
collapsed.
He was
sobbing
and he
fainted.
Now,
22 years
later,
Yuhil
Denor is
interviewed on
60 Minutes
and the
interviewer
shows the
clip of him
falling apart
and asks,
what was going
through your
mind?
Was it
hatred,
just
overwhelmed
with hatred?
Were you
overwhelmed
with fear?
Were you
overwhelmed
with fear?
Denor said,
I came
in and I
looked at
Eichmann and
I realised
this is not
a demon.
This is
someone just
like me.
And if
he's capable
of doing
this,
so am I.
And he
said,
Eichmann
is in
all of
us.
This is a
death camp
survivor
saying,
Eichmann
is in
all of
us.
He fell
apart
because he
was looking
at himself.
Can I
suggest the
revulsion we
feel towards
this day
of judgment?
I think
we're facing
ourselves.
We don't
like seeing
the consequences
of what we
deserve.
Maybe you
find that a
bit too
extreme,
that we
would all
deserve
this.
But even
if we
just take
our own
standards
of right
and wrong,
we don't
even live
up to our
own
standards,
do we?
A British
atheist who
became a
believer,
Francis
Buffett,
he said
it like
this,
if you
actually
reflect on
yourself
honestly,
you discover
yourself as
a being
who acts
against
yourself as
often as
you act
for
yourself,
who is
resistant to
your own
best intentions,
who whatever
the line is
that your
society and
you yourself
draw between
the good and
the bad,
are some
of the time
just voting
haplessly on
both sides
of it.
We can't
even live up
to our own
standards,
let alone
God's.
Yeah.
Am I
understanding?
You want to be a
better person?
Is that?
Yes.
So do I.
So do I,
Matt.
Yep.
Absolutely.
Right,
right.
Well,
can I
encourage you?
Let's keep
looking at what
God does
because I
think,
I keep
slipping too
and I
think we've
got God
on our
side.
So,
thanks Matt.
Well,
the Israelite
families,
on their
own,
they're not
safe that
night.
When the
Lord comes
in judgment,
Pharaoh's not
actually their
greatest problem
anymore.
The Lord's
presence as
the judge of
all the
earth is
their greatest
problem.
We're told
that if
anyone left
that Israelite
shelter,
the destroyer,
would treat
them on
equal terms
as the
Egyptians.
In every
house,
someone is
dead,
the Egyptian
firstborn or
the lamb.
God says,
chapter 12,
verse 13,
when I see
the blood,
when I see
the blood,
I will pass
over you.
God knew
his people.
He had
protected them
from the
previous
plagues.
He could
have said,
when I see
you,
I'll pass
over you.
No,
when I see
the blood,
I will
pass over
you.
God
entered
Egypt in
wrath,
but he
passed over
in peace.
The blood
seems to
satisfy the
judgment of
God.
the lamb
is a
substitute
for the
firstborn.
It had
to be
spotless,
without
blemish,
precious,
only a
year old,
carefully
chosen to
meet the
needs of
the people.
The lamb
is the
price to
redeem the
whole community
of God's
people.
Now,
in the
previous
plagues,
like I've
already said,
God just
protected
them.
They didn't
need to
do
anything.
But this
time,
he requires
his people
to obey
in faith,
sacrifice
the lamb,
paint it
over their
house,
and stay
in the
house.
I think
he's
requiring
his people
to publicly
declare they
are coming
under the
shelter of
the blood
of the
lamb.
John the
Baptist saw
Jesus and
says,
behold,
the lamb
of God
who takes
away the
sin of
the
world.
Let's
return to
that original
question.
Are you a
Christian?
Are you
saved?
Please don't
say, of
course I
am.
Look at
what I've
done.
Look at
this or
that.
Look at
this church
I've been
to.
Look at
this
baptism.
Don't
say, I'm
trying to
be, have
you come
under the
shelter of
the blood
of the
lamb?
That's a
Christian.
An
Israelite
father might
be trembling
that night,
but how on
earth could a
lamb's blood
possibly keep
my Samuel
safe?
He might
be trembling.
That's not the
decisive factor.
Acting in
faith, being
under the
blood of
the lamb,
that's the
decisive factor.
It doesn't
matter about
your confidence.
If you look
to the cross
of Jesus
Christ, your
only hope is
in him in
the coming
judgment.
The Lord
says, I see
his blood, I
have passed
over you.
I will pass
over you.
And we
can feast.
We can
feast in
safety,
dressed
ready,
knowing his
promise.
I see
his blood,
I've
passed
over you.
Well,
when Israel
are finally
free in
the wilderness,
they're led
by the glory
of the Lord
in the
pillar of
the cloud
by day
and pillar
of fire
by night.
Pharaoh
changes his
mind,
seems as
he always
does,
and he
comes after
them,
600 chariots.
They are
the most
technical
weapon of
war.
600 chariots.
He's put
them under
a death
sentence.
Serve me
or die.
And they
feared
greatly.
What can
they do?
They're
trapped
between the
sea and
the army
and Moses
tells them,
the Lord
will fight
for you.
You have
only to be
silent.
The Lord
will fight
for you.
And then
we see
Yahweh in
the pillar of
the cloud
coming between
his people
and the army
all night
long.
He drives
the sea
back.
They walk
through on
dry ground
and some
of them
might be
going,
I knew
the Lord
would do
it.
Others
might have
been walking
through going,
looking at
those walls
of water,
I'm going
to die,
I'm going
to die,
I'm going
to die.
Their
confidence
doesn't make
the difference
again.
it's the
Lord
fighting
for them
that makes
the difference.
Pharaoh
comes in
after them
and their
wheels are
getting clogged
and they
realise the
Lord is
fighting for
them,
but it's
too late.
The waters
come crashing
down and
Pharaoh and
all his
army wash
up on the
seashore.
Not one
of them
survives.
And the
Israelites are
looking at the
dead bodies
and they see
a decisive
victory.
Their
enemies are
gone.
No more
threat.
Not one.
It is
finished.
Today I
don't think
we're looking
at dead
bodies.
We're
looking at
a living
body who
walked out
of the
tomb three
days later
and we
know our
enemies are
gone.
look at
his living
body.
All our
enemies are
gone.
Jesus says
in John 5
after saying
that the
father has
entrusted
all judgment
to the
son,
he says
in John 5,
truly,
truly I
say to you,
whoever hears
my word and
believes him
who sent
me has
eternal
life.
He does
not come
under judgment
but has
passed from
death to
life.
It's
done.
The sin
that speaks
to us,
serve me.
That's our
old master.
We owe
nothing to
that master
anymore.
We were
bought at a
price.
We're
not
that demand
has no
rights over
us.
Satan and
his accusations
are empty.
They're empty
words.
He is
utterly
defeated.
There's a
hymn that
says,
well may
the accuser
roar of
sins that
I have
done.
I know
them all
and
thousands
more.
Jehovah
knoweth
none.
None.
It's
done.
Those
accusations,
it's,
he's
defeated.
Death.
Where is
your sting?
Where is
your victory?
Thanks be to
God.
Through
Jesus
Christ.
He gives
us the
victory.
When we
look at
his alive
body,
all our
enemies are
decisively
destroyed.
Redemption,
victory,
it's all of
the Lord.
You did
nothing.
You can
do nothing
to add
to that.
The
Lord
fights for
you.
Every
other
religion,
you get
converted,
you better
use the
resources of
religion to
get better
and hopefully
you'll make
it.
Or if
you're not
religious,
you better
use the
resources at
your disposal,
just try and
win people's
reputation,
try and
bless yourself
as much as
you can.
The Christian
faith,
oh,
we can
relax.
It's all
the Lord's
doing.
It's totally
free and
it's done.
It's already
done.
It's a
decisive victory.
So travel
back in
time.
You ask
that
Israelite
family,
are you
saved?
They would
not answer,
of course
I am.
How dare you
ask that?
I'm a
descendant of
Abraham.
I'm the
tribe of
Benjamin.
They wouldn't
say, oh,
I'm trying to
be, I'm
really trying.
I think
they would
say something
like, I was
powerless.
powerless to
free myself
from a
tyrannical
master.
I was
under the
sentence of
death.
And Yahweh
came in
judgment.
I deserved
what the
Egyptians got,
but he gave
me shelter
under the
blood of
the lamb.
I saw
Yahweh's
decisive
victory.
All my
enemies are
gone.
Yes, I'm
saved.
I did
nothing.
It's
finished.
I'm
free to
serve my
creator, my
redeemer.
I'm in the
wilderness.
It may not
look like
abundant life,
but he is
present and
he's guiding
me to the
promised land
to make sure
I'm going to
make it.
That's the
kind of words
of a
Christian.
Are you
saved?
Are you a
Christian?
Have you
come under
the blood of
the lamb?
trusting his
promise.
I see my
firstborn son's
blood.
I will
pass over
you.
I have
passed over
you.
See his
alive body
and know
that your
enemies are
gone.
Well,
if it's
done,
maybe I
should just
sit down.
What do
you do?
What does a
saved person
do?
It's
done.
I think we
see three
things in
this passage of
what a saved
person does.
They stand
firm,
they remember,
and they
rejoice.
aren't you
a bit
amazed at
the
Israelites
before the
Red Sea?
How forgetful
they are?
Like,
you've just
seen the
ten plagues.
Why are you
so afraid?
They're just
irrational.
They're looking
at the present
going,
is it just
because there's
no space
for our dead
bodies in
Egypt?
Do you want
to kill us
out here?
They think
of their
past.
We were
fine as
slaves.
It is,
what are
they talking
about?
Fear is
so irrational
but I do
that all the
time.
Fears plague
me constantly.
Fear not.
Stand firm.
Just be
silent.
Stand firm.
Most of the
Christian life
is talking
to your
fears,
just talking
to your
feelings,
just preaching
to yourself
the victory
of the
cross.
I just
want to
read a few
New Testament
passages.
When facing
temptation,
we're told
to put on
the armour
of God.
Remember
our salvation.
Take up
the whole
armour of
God that
you may be
able to
withstand
in the
evil day
and having
done all
to stand
firm.
Remember
your
salvation
facing
temptation.
When your
mortality
looms
large and
this idea
of the
resurrection
hope just
feels like
wishful
thinking.
1 Corinthians
15,
thanks be
to God
who gives
us the
victory
through our
Lord Jesus
Christ.
My beloved
brothers,
be steadfast,
immovable,
just stand
firm.
When
disunity
in the
church
discourages
Philippians
1.27,
only let
your manner
of life
be worthy
of the
gospel of
Christ,
standing
firm in
one spirit
with one
mind,
striving
side by
side for
the faith
of the
gospel.
when the
world and
what they
live for
is so
attractive,
we're meant
to remember
that our
citizenship is
in heaven,
glory is
coming.
Yes,
you don't
belong here,
but Philippians
4.1,
therefore my
brothers and
sisters whom
I love and
long for,
my joy and
crown,
stand firm.
Most of the
Christian life is
just stand
firm.
That's what a
saved person
does.
look to
the victory
of the
cross.
In our
lounge room,
we've got a
printed canvas
of our
wedding photo,
of a wedding
photo,
and I've got
the vows
printed on
it.
On our
anniversary,
whatever that
word was,
on our
anniversary,
we watched
the montage
of our
wedding day
that Pete
McMurray put
together.
On my
hand,
I have
this ring.
Why?
Why all
these things?
Am I
trying to get
married repeatedly?
leave?
Is my
ring some
mystical
superpower?
Like,
like,
Captain
Planet?
Sorry,
that's totally
distracting.
It's not to
get married
over and
again.
It's not
some mystical
power.
It's not
trying to
boast.
you know
why we
do all
these things.
It's to
remember.
It's to
remember those
life-changing
promises.
That
decisive day
that changed
who we are.
Now,
way more
decisive is
our salvation,
our redemption.
But just
because we are
saved doesn't
mean we
automatically
think that
way.
We are
forgetful.
we need
to remember.
If you
notice in
the Bible
reading,
the Lord
gives so
many
reminders.
The calendar
changes.
This is the
new beginning
of your
life.
It's the
new beginning
of every
year and
you start
it with
the feast
of Passover.
Yes,
they sacrifice
the lamb
again.
Yes,
they eat
the bitter
herbs
and the
unleavened
bread.
Yes,
they get
dressed again
but only
once,
only once
did that
actually
redeem them.
Every other
time from
then on
it was to
remember.
That's the
word used
in the
passage,
remember.
We didn't
read chapter
13 but
all the
firstborn of
their animals
they had to
redeem.
The firstborn of
their children
they had to
redeem.
Their
everyday
livelihood
it was just
everywhere
in their
family.
as a
corporate
people
the
feast
it's
just
we
need
to
remember
saved
people
are to
remember
that they
were in
slavery
but the
Lord
redeemed
them with
a mighty
hand
who we
belong
to now.
That's
why we
the Lord's
supper
might
it feels
ordinary
sometimes
let's
be honest
it feels
ordinary
but
let's
not
despise
that
we
need
that
at
the
Passover
meal
the
father
presiding
would
say
this
is
the
bread
of
our
affliction
then a
man
came
along
and
said
this
bread
is
my
body
do
this
in
remembrance
of
me
we
need
it
we
need
to
get
together
Hebrews
10
we
need
to
gather
there's
I've
noticed
I'm
not
sure
people
don't
come
to
church
every
week
I
don't
I
don't
want to
make a
rule
about
this
but
we
need
to
get
together
to
remember
who
we
are
that
we
are
the
redeemed
whose
we
are
what
life
is
about
to
save
people
we
stand
firm
and
we
remember
we
help
each
other
remember
and
finally
we
rejoice
singing
is a
bit
weird
as
well
some
people
love
singing
it's
a bit
weird
when we
have the
songs
we're
not
just
stretching
our
legs
in
between
the
important
parts
in
the
service
the
tuning
of our
vocal
chords
might
need
redeeming
when
Jesus
comes
back
but
singing
is
just
so
appropriate
if
salvation
is
done
it
involves
our
whole
body
our
mind
our
emotion
our
affections
it
just
captures
us
in a
way
that
other
things
can't
it
involves
the
whole
community
we're
singing
with
one
voice
it
expresses
who
we
are
it
expresses
worship
it
it's
just
what
you
do
you
can't
add
to
your
salvation
we
just
see
in
chapter
15
that
all
the
men
all
the
women
are
just
caught
up
in
the
excitement
of
being
saved
it's
what
saved
people
do
a
musical
friend
once
told me
he had
to
adjust
his
playlist
of
Christian
songs
he was
listening
to
because
it
is
appropriate
to
have
songs
that
express
my
commitment
to
God
and
my
feelings
are
important
but
the
emphasis
must
be
on
the
Lord
and
what
he
has
done
he
found
it
not
good
for
his
soul
because
it
put
the
focus
back
on
him
in
the
song
in
chapter
15
all
the
focus
is
on
the
Lord
and
what
he
has
done
now
praising
God
it's
not
because
God
is
a
words
of
affirmation
love
language
God
who
just
needs
his
love
tank
topped
up
he
doesn't
need
it
C.S.
Lewis
talks
about
we
all
praise
what
we
love
and
when
we
praise
we
complete
our
joy
praise
completes
our
joy
this
song
the
big
downside
of
the
last
sections
we're
covering
is
we
don't
go
into
the
detail
the
second
person
singular
you
is
repeated
16
times
you
Lord
you
Lord
you
Lord
you
Lord
you
Lord
salvation
is all
the
Lord
he
kept
his
promises
covenant
promises
and
that
fills
them
with
confidence
they
will
make
it
to
the
promised
land
he'll
keep
his
promises
to
the
end
to be
at
home
with
God
are
you
saved
are
you
redeemed
we
might
slip
but
we
are
covered
by the
blood
of the
lamb
the
victory
is
won
all
our
enemies
are
gone
and
so
together
as
his
treasured
blood
bought
possession
what do
we do
we just
stand
firm
we remember
and we
rejoice
we sing
the
Lord is
my strength
and my
song
he has
become
my salvation
this is
my God
and I
will praise
him
sing to
the
Lord
for he
has
triumphed
gloriously
will you pray
with me
let's pray
father
help us
to
preach
the
victory
of the
blood
of the
lamb
to
ourselves
and to
one
another
and help
us to
be a
people
that
stand
firm
and
that
your
salvation
defines
us
and we
remember
that
and make
us a
people
full
of
praise
in
Jesus
name
Amen