Remember This Day (Ex. 12:29-13:16)

[Sung Psalm: 136]

We saw last time how the death of the firstborn fell upon every house in Egypt – every house where the blood of the lamb did not mark the door posts of the house. We saw last time that God is no respecter of persons: if an Egyptian marked his door with blood, then God would pass over that house; if an Israelite did not mark his door with blood, then God would strike down his firstborn.

If you believe God, then you will do what God says! (I’m not saying that you will be perfect – but the way that you demonstrate your faith is in your deeds!) Failure to keep the Passover is to say, in effect, I want my firstborn to die!

And that is why Pharaoh’s last words to Moses are so anguished – because the Pharaoh that has cursed the Seed of Abraham for so long now realizes that his only hope is in in the blessing of the Seed of Abraham...