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 Well, good evening. It's really great to be here with you.

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 My name's Dave. I'm a student at Union School of Theology in Wales

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! And it's really good to be able to visit and open up God's Word together.

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 Let's pray before we do that.

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 Father God, it's an amazing thing, an awesome thing,

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 that you speak to us as we gather together as your people.

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 And we want to be those who tremble at your Word.

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 And so we pray that you would give us ears to hear,

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 give us soft hearts to listen and hear and understand

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 what you are saying to us this evening.

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 We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 New Year is a funny time, isn't it?

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 I think it provokes different reactions in different people.

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 For some of us, the fresh start of a new year makes us think,

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 right, I need to get my life together.

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 I need to be better this year.

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 And it's not just about joining the gym or getting fit.

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 If we're Christians, we want to glorify God more.

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 We want to serve Him more.

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 We want to love Him more.

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 To grow and to develop to maturity in Christ.

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 Maybe we've got New Year's resolutions and things like that.

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 But for some of us, the start of a year just makes us feel tired.

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 Here we go again.

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 You know, trying to summon enough energy to just keep going,

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 let alone making resolutions and making changes.

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 And after the year that we've had, I'm sure many of us are feeling a little bit like that.

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 Weary and flat, rather than raring to go.

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 But what is it that we need at the start of a new year?

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 What do we need as Christians?

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 Do we need a pep talk?

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 Someone to give us a motivational, rousing speech to rouse us to be better this year?

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 Well, God said that there's one thing that His people need every year.

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 He commanded them to do it without fail in the first month, every new year.

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 And you can summarize it in one word.

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 Remember.

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 Chapter 12, verse 14 says,

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 This day shall be for you a memorial day.

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 In other words, take a day to remember.

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 They were required every new year to remember one thing.

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 And it wasn't a to-do list.

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 It wasn't a list of resolutions and things to do to improve this upcoming year.

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 God wanted them to remember their redemption.

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 Chapter 13, verse 3 says,

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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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 He's saying,

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 Start the year looking back to that monumental event when God rescued you from slavery.

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 In fact, this was so important that God actually changed the calendar.

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 Did you see that in verse 2 of chapter 12?

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 This month shall be for you the beginning of months.

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

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 In other words, New Year for Israel used to be in September,

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 but God changed it to March,

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 because that's when he brought them out of Egypt.

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 You need to start your year remembering that event, God says.

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 Remember that I saved you.

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 So every year they did this special ritual of Passover

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 to reenact the redemption from Egypt.

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 And at the start of this year, 2022,

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 God's people need the same thing.

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 We need to remember our redemption.

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 Instead of looking forward to this new year,

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 we first need to look back.

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 Instead of what we're going to do for God,

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 we need to remember what he's done for us.

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 And this is so helpful.

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 It's so wise of God that he gives his people sacraments.

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 That he gave the Passover in the old administration.

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 And he gives the Lord's Supper in the new.

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 Because one of the things that he's doing is

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 he's calling us to remembrance.

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 To do this in remembrance of him.

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 And we need this.

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 Whether we tend to activism or cynicism.

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 Whether we think,

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 I'm going to go and do all these great things for God this year.

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 Or whether we're just thinking,

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 how am I going to keep going this year?

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 This reminds us that salvation is all of God.

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 We may be desperate weaklings,

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 but God is strong.

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 He has done it all.

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 And he will complete his redemptive work in us.

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 And that's what's going to keep us going

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 whatever we might face this year.

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 That's what we're thinking about this evening.

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 Remember your redemption.

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 But before we dive into exactly what Passover commemorates,

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 a quick refresher of where we are in Exodus.

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 If you know the plot of Exodus,

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 it's on the edge of your seat kind of stuff.

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 God's people are slaves in Egypt,

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 and they're having a really bad time.

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 They've gone through an attempted genocide

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 where Jewish babies were being thrown into the Nile.

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 They're ruthlessly worked.

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 They're beaten and treated like animals.

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 But God hears their cries.

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 He remembers his covenant with Abraham.

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 And so he sends Moses to bring his people out of Egypt.

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 But God knows that Pharaoh is a stubborn guy.

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 His heart is rock hard towards Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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 So God sends horrible plagues on Egypt.

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 Plague after plague,

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 but Pharaoh won't give in.

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 And now God says to Moses,

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 I'm going to send one final plague,

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 and this time Pharaoh will let you go.

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 This plague is the worst of them all,

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 the final judgment on Egypt, basically.

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 The plague of the firstborn.

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 And this is what we're going to see.

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 Here's the thing,

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 the first thing that Passover helps us to remember.

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 God's people are spared from God's strike.

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 That's the first point.

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 God's people are spared from God's strike.

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 Flick back a page to chapter 11 and verse 4.

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 So Moses said,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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

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 and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die.

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 From the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on the throne,

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

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 and all the firstborn of the cattle.

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

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 such as there has never been,

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 nor ever will be again.

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 This is a serious plague.

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 Every single firstborn son in the whole of Egypt is going to die.

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 They'll wake up the next morning,

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 and there'll be bodies of loved ones.

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 It's a scary, terrible thing.

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 But, verse 7,

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 Not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel,

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 either man or beast,

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 that you may know,

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 that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

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 So when Israel sees this plague unfold,

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 what is the thing that God wants them to learn?

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 Did you hear it?

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 Yahweh makes a distinction between his people and Egypt.

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 They'll be weeping all over Egypt,

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 but you, my people,

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 you will be safe.

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 This comes out really clearly in chapter 12, verse 27.

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 Moses says,

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 When you've done this strange Passover ritual on New Year's,

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 your kids are going to ask you,

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 What is this all about?

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 What does it mean?

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 And here's what you should tell them.

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 Verse 27,

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 That's the summary of what Passover means.

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 It says there,

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 Tell your kids God struck the Egyptians,

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 but spared us.

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 He made a distinction.

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 God's people were spared from his strike.

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 You know,

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 if you read on a bit further,

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 this distinction is the reason

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 why only God's people

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 were allowed to celebrate

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 and join in the Passover festival.

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 It says in verse 43,

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 No foreigner shall eat of it,

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 but, verse 47,

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 all the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

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 You see how clear the distinction is

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 that God makes between his people

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 and the other nations.

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 In fact,

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 the only way that strangers

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 could participate in the Passover

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 was to become one of God's covenant people.

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 Verse 48,

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 it says,

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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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 God makes a distinction

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 between his people

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 and the other nations,

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 between Egypt

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 and between his people.

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 Imagine being one of those Israelites

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 who'd been redeemed,

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 whose family had been spared

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 on that first Passover.

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 A few years later,

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 you're gathered around the table

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 celebrating this Passover meal

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 like you do every year.

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 And you can't help

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 looking at your older brother,

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 the firstborn son,

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 thinking,

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 the only reason that he's alive right now

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 is because God stayed his hand.

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 He spared us.

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 It was literally a destroying angel

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 slaughtering the firstborn sons

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 all over the country,

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 in the palace,

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 in the servants' quarters,

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 even in the fields.

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 Even the cows didn't escape.

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 But we escaped.

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 You remember the wailing in Egypt

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 when all the firstborn died.

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 And you remember the relief

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 when your family,

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 when your people were spared.

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 It could have been us.

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 It should have been us.

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 But God spared us.

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 So remembering God's redemption

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 involved remembering

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 that they were spared

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 from God's strike.

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 That's the first point.

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 But if God makes a distinction,

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 what is it?

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 What is it that marks God's people out?

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 What makes us any different

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 from the world?

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 What made Israel any different

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 from Egypt?

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 You might say that

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 Egypt were the oppressors

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 and Israel were the victims.

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 Or you might think

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 Israel were just better

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 than Egypt.

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 They followed God's commands

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 whereas Egypt were rebels.

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 But even if you don't know

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 the story of Israel

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 and how completely awful

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 they were most of the time,

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 this chapter really shows us

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 that it's got nothing

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 to do with that.

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 The only difference

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 was blood.

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 Israel was ransomed

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 by the blood.

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 That's our second point.

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 Ransomed

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 by blood.

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 What do you think

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 was at the center

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 of the Passover ritual?

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 There are lots of

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 little details involved

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 but the main thing

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 was slaughter.

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 A lamb was slaughtered

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 and its blood was painted

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 on your doorpost.

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 It's strange, isn't it?

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 It's unpleasant.

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 But if you're a Christian

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 this bloody ritual

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 strikes to the very core

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 of who we are

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 and where we come from.

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 Look down with me

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 to chapter 12 verse 3.

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 God said to Moses,

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 Tell all the congregation

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 of Israel

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 that on the tenth day

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 of this month

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 every man shall take a lamb

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 according to their

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 father's houses.

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 A lamb for a household.

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 Then verse 6,

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 You shall keep it

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 until the fourteenth day

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 of this month

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 when the whole assembly

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 of the congregation

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 of Israel

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 shall kill their lamb

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 at twilight.

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 Then they shall take

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 some of the blood

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 and put it on the two doorposts

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 and the lintel of the houses

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 in which they eat it.

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 What was the point of this?

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 Why did they need

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 their doorposts dripping

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 with blood?

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 This is a strange thing

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 to do, isn't it?

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 Can you imagine

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 doing this every new year?

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 Squirting a load

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 of sheep's blood

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 on your front door?

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 Why?

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 Well, verse 12

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 tells us the reason.

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 God says,

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 I will pass through

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 the land of Egypt

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 that night

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 and I will strike

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 all the firstborn

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 in the land of Egypt,

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 both man and beast,

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 and on all the gods

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 of Egypt

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 I will execute judgments.

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 I am the Lord.

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 The blood

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 shall be a sign for you

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 on the houses

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 where you are

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 and when I see the blood

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 I will pass over you.

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 and no plague

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 will before you

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 to destroy you

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 when I strike

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 the land of Egypt.

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 The only difference

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 between an Israelite

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 and an Egyptian

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 was the blood

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 on their doorposts.

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 The difference

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 between God

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 striking you

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 and God sparing you

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 is the blood.

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 It was the sign,

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 it was the thing

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 that marked you out

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 as one of God's people.

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 And this is so important,

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 it's repeated again.

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 Verse 23,

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 For the Lord

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 will pass through

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 to strike the Egyptians

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 and when he sees the blood

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 the Lord will pass over the door

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 and will not allow

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 the destroyer

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 to enter your houses

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 to strike you.

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 When the destroyer came,

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 was he looking for

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 how righteous

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 they'd been?

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 How well they were doing

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 spiritually?

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 No.

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 He was looking for one thing.

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 The blood.

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 Is the blood

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 on the doorpost?

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 It's all about the blood.

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 God's people were spared

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 because they were

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 under the blood

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 of the lamb.

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 Isn't that surprising?

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 The mark of God's people

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 is the blood

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 of a baby sheep.

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 What does it mean?

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 And it's all about

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 ransom.

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 What comes to mind

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 when you hear

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 the word ransom?

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 I tend to think of

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 a hostage situation.

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 A bit like in films,

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 somebody's being kidnapped

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 and the kidnapper

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 sets a ransom.

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 Pay me

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 a million pounds

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 and they'll live.

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 And so that person

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 is ransomed

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 with that price

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 of a million pounds.

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 And it's a similar

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 idea here

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 except this time

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 imagine the kidnapper

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 sets the ransom price

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 as a swap.

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 A life

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 for a life.

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 The hostage

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 will live

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 if you come

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 and die

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 in their place.

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 And that's the kind

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 of thing that's going

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 on here

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 with the lamb.

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 Israel has sinned

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 and rebelled

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 against God.

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 They deserve judgment

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 just like Egypt.

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 Someone has to die.

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 It's not that

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 God said

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 it's okay

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 I'll let you guys

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 off because

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 we've got history.

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 No, judgment

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 still fell.

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 It just fell

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 on someone else.

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 How many lambs

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 do you think

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 were slaughtered

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 on that day?

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 A lot.

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 A lot of blood

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 on a lot of doorposts

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 to ransom

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 sinful Israel.

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 They were ransomed

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 by the blood.

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 This is

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 at the center

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 of who we are

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 and of our story.

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 These ancient

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 historical events

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 this ancient ritual

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 is for us today.

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 It was never

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 intended to be

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 purely about rescue

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 from Egypt.

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 It was always

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 about the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 and his great

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 redemptive work

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 for his people.

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 Do you remember

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 what Jesus did

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 when he celebrated

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 the Passover

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 with his disciples?

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 They were doing

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 exactly what

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 Exodus 12

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 says to do.

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 Remembering the

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 redemption from Egypt

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 through this ritual.

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 And Jesus

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 breaks the unleavened

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 bread and he says

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 take this.

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 This is my body

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 which is given

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 for you.

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 Do this

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 in remembrance

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 of what?

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 Of me.

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 You see that

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 Jesus is

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 telling them

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 celebrate the Passover

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 not just in memory

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 of Egypt

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 but in memory

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 of me.

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 It's about me.

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 He takes the wine

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 and says

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 drink it all of you

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 for this is my blood

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 of the covenant

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 which is poured out

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 for many

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 for the forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 In other words

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 I am the lamb.

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 I am your Passover

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 lamb

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 whose blood

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 ransoms you

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 whose flesh

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 you eat

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 in remembrance

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 of me.

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 In a few hours

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 his blood

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 will be spilled

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 not on the doorpost

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 but on a wooden cross

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 the ransom price

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 for our freedom.

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 Did it ever

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.819
 impact you

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 how high

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 our ransom price

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.079
 was?

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 When we were

00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:10.680
 hostages

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.539
 to sin

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 and death

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 what was the ransom

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.519
 price

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.459
 over our heads?

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 What was the

00:17:16.459 --> 00:17:16.939
 father willing

00:17:16.939 --> 00:17:17.459
 to pay

00:17:17.459 --> 00:17:18.759
 for our redemption?

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 One Peter says

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 it wasn't

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:23.319
 perishable things

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 like silver

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 and gold

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 there would never

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 be enough gold

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 in all the universe

00:17:27.199 --> 00:17:28.679
 to pay our ransom.

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 No, we had to be

00:17:30.679 --> 00:17:31.019
 ransomed

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.799
 at the highest

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 cost imaginable

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 something of

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 infinite value

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 the precious

00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.799
 blood of Christ

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 like that of a lamb

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 without blemish

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 or spots.

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 he gave up

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 his own son

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 for us

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 his only son

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 God the father

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 gave his beloved

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 beautiful son

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 to be slaughtered

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 like an animal

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 for our ransom

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 it's actually

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 impossible isn't it

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 for us to

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 really take that in

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 but as the

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 Holy Spirit

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.479
 applies that

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 to our hearts

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 it changes everything

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 we've been

00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:06.139
 ransomed

00:18:06.139 --> 00:18:07.359
 by the precious

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.179
 blood of Christ

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 and that is

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.919
 an awesome

00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:11.000
 fact.

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 you know

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 one day

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 Christ will

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 come again

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 and God

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 has appointed

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 him to judge

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 the world

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 this time

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 it won't just

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 be Egypt

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 but everyone

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 multitudes

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 billions

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 of people

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 before the throne

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.059
 of judgment

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 how will he

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 know

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 who to spare?

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 Revelation

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 tells us

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.039
 that God

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 has a book

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:34.880
 of life

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 where the names

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 of all his

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 elect

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 all his chosen

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 people

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 are written

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 every single

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 one who's

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 been redeemed

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.360
 everyone

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:41.860
 who's been

00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.320
 ransomed

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 none of them

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 are missing

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 this one

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 is under

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 the blood

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 this one

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 and that one

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:50.820
 are under

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 the blood

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 we are spared

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 the strike of

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 God

00:18:55.040 --> 00:18:55.940
 because we're

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 ransomed

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 by the blood

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 we've seen

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.740
 that Passover

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.279
 calls us

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:02.819
 to remember

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.919
 our redemption

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 we've seen

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.019
 that's not a

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.079
 vague kind of

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 thing

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.819
 we're remembering

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 specifically

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.419
 that we're

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:09.980
 spared from

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.679
 God's strike

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.659
 his strike

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.079
 of judgment

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.619
 because we've

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.279
 been ransomed

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.419
 by Christ's

00:19:14.419 --> 00:19:14.699
 blood

00:19:14.699 --> 00:19:16.319
 so finally

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:16.740
 we're going to

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.459
 circle back

00:19:17.459 --> 00:19:17.939
 around to that

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.539
 main point

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.480
 of remembering

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.279
 our redemption

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.539
 what does that

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.339
 actually look like?

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.619
 how should we

00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.199
 apply this to

00:19:24.199 --> 00:19:24.639
 ourselves

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.859
 as God's

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.179
 people?

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 well for the

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 original readers

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 the main application

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 was pretty simple

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 keep the Passover

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 chapter 12

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 verse 14

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 says this day

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 shall be for you

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 a memorial day

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 and you shall

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 keep it

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 as a feast

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 to the Lord

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 throughout your

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 generations

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 as a statute

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 forever

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 you shall keep

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 it as a feast

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 or verse 17

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 you shall observe

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 this day

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 throughout your

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 generations

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 as a statute

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 forever

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 again verse 24

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 you shall observe

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 this rite

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 as a statute

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 for you

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 and for your

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 sons

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 forever

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 it was obvious

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 what Israel

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 was supposed

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 to do

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 keep it

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 observe it

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 do it

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 we're under

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 the same

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 covenant of

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 grace

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 but it's

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 administered

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 differently

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 isn't it?

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 we don't

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 celebrate the

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 Passover

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 in our

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 churches

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 we saw

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 earlier

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 that Jesus

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 transitioned

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 really naturally

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 from the

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 Passover

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 to the

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 Lord's

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 Supper

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 Passover

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 was always

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 about Christ

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 and now

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 in the

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 Lord's

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 Supper

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 we celebrate

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 him

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 as our

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 Passover

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 lamb

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 we participate

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 in his

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 body

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 and in his

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 blood

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 shed for us

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 so a very

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 simple application

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 is let's

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 continue

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 celebrating

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 the Lord's

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 Supper

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 together

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 as his

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 people

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 and we're

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 going to

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 do that

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 I believe

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 in a moment

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 I think

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 it's

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 particularly

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 helpful

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 at the

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 beginning

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 of the

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 year

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 to let

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 this

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 root

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 and ground

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 us

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 in grace

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 as we

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 share

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 in this

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 sign and

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 seal

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 of our

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 redemption

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 we remember

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 that we

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 are the

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 redeemed

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 people of

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 God

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 ransomed

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 by blood

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 so we

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 enjoy

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 we celebrate

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 the fact

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 that we've

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 done

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 absolutely

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 nothing

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 to earn

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 our

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 salvation

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 if nothing

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 else is

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 clear in

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 the Lord's

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 Supper

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 that is

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 we were

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 ransomed

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 by someone

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 else

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 we participate

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 in him

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 in his

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 body

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 and in

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 his

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 blood

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 it's a

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 bit like

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 that hostage

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 who's been

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 ransomed

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 he was

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 sitting there

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 tied to a

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 chair with a

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 blindfold on

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 in bondage

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 to his

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 kidnapper

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 but someone's

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 paid the

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 ransom price

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 for his

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 freedom

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 he walks

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 out the

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 door blinking

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 in the

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 sunlight

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 he's

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 free

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 but can

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 you imagine

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 if he goes

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 around

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 congratulating

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 himself

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 on his

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 daring

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 escape

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 boasting

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 about how

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 he managed

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 to survive

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 that would

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 be ridiculous

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 delusional

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 someone else

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 paid for

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 him to be

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 free

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 do you know

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 what's even

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 more ridiculous

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 if the

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 freed hostage

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 went around

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 moping

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 saying I

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 don't deserve

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 to be free

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 I'm too much

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 of a bad

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 person

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 it's my fault

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 I ended up

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 a hostage

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 in the first

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 place

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 I don't

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 deserve

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 to be free

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 and he

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 continues to

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 live as if

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 he was still

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 a captive

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 even though

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 the ransom

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 has been

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 paid

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 that would

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 be crazy

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 too

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 wouldn't it

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 we've been

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 ransomed

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 by God

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 and we did

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 nothing

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 to contribute

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 and God

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.120
 won't let us

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:33.040
 forget that

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 he commands

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 us in his

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.160
 grace to

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 remember

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.680
 our redemption

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 he's given

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.620
 us this

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 gracious

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 sacrament

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.380
 of the

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 Lord's

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:40.880
 supper

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.420
 saying do

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 this

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 continually

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.340
 remembrance

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.860
 of me

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 what a

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 gracious

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.880
 God

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:47.019
 you have

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 so let's

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.440
 start this

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.740
 year

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.640
 resting

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.779
 in his

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.180
 redemption

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.460
 enjoying

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.440
 our freedom

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.100
 celebrating

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.720
 his finished

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.100
 work

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.920
 on our

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.279
 behalf

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.600
 let's

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:58.980
 cheerfully

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.539
 press on

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.039
 in full

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 dependence

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.779
 on Christ

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.019
 our Passover

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.420
 land

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:05.140
 Amen