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Day By Day By Grace
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Bob Hoekstra
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November 4
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<h1>Moses Keeping the Passover, by Faith</h1>
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<div class="block"><i>By <b>faith</b> he <b>kept</b> the <b>Passover</b> and the <b>sprinkling</b> of <b>blood</b>, <b>lest</b> he who <b>destroyed</b> the <b>firstborn</b> should touch <b>them</b>.</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '28-28');">Hebrews 11:28</a>)</div>
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<p>When Moses boldly led Israel out of Egypt, his fearlessness was based upon his faith in the true and living God. <i>"By <b>faith</b> he <b>forsook Egypt</b>, <b>not fearing</b> the <b>wrath</b> of the <b>king</b>; for he <b>endured</b> as <b>seeing Him</b> who is <b>invisible</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '28-28');">Hebrews 11:28</a>). His confidence in the invisible Lord God had been confirmed by what he saw regarding the Lord's faithfulness when he <b>kept the Passover</b>, <b>by faith</b>.</p>
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<p>The crushing blow of God's judgment upon Egypt was the death of the firstborn in every household. <i>"The <b>LORD</b> struck <b>all</b> the <b>firstborn</b> in the land of Egypt…So Pharaoh rose in the night…Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, '<b>Go</b>, <b>serve</b> the <b>LORD</b> as you have said'"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Exd', 12, '29-31');">Exodus 12:29-31</a>). Israel was delivered from this judgment by trusting in the Lord's protection, which was provided through the shed blood of the Passover lamb. <i>"Now the LORD spoke to Moses…every man shall take for himself a <b>lamb</b>…a lamb for a household…Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall <b>kill</b> it at twilight. And they shall take some of the <b>blood</b> and put it on the two <b>doorposts</b> and on the <b>lintel</b> of the houses where they eat it…For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt…I am the LORD. Now the <b>blood</b> shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And <b>when</b> I <b>see</b> the <b>blood</b>, I <b>will pass over you</b>; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Exd', 12, '1-1');">Exodus 12:1</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Exd', 12, '3-3');">3</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Exd', 12, '6-7');">6-7</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Exd', 12, '12-13');">12-13</a>). Responding in faith, Moses and the Israelites were delivered. <i>"By <b>faith</b> he <b>kept</b> the <b>Passover</b> and the <b>sprinkling</b> of <b>blood</b>, <b>lest</b> he who <b>destroyed</b> the <b>firstborn</b> should touch <b>them</b>."</i></p>
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<p>We, too, are delivered from judgment by faith in the blood of the ultimate Passover Lamb. <i>"<b>Christ</b>, <b>our Passover</b>, was <b>sacrificed</b> for <b>us</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('1Cr', 5, '7-7');">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>). We who trust in the shed blood of Christ are forgiven, delivered from the eternal wages of sin by God's abounding grace. <i>"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace…For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Eph', 1, '7-7');">Ephesians 1:7</a> and <a onClick="return mV('Rom', 6, '23-23');">Romans 6:23</a>). This <b>eternal life</b> (of <b>endless duration</b> and <b>abundant dimensions</b>) is ours through the New Covenant of grace. <i>"This cup is the <b>new covenant</b> in <b>My blood</b>, which is <b>shed</b> for <b>you</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Luk', 22, '20-20');">Luke 22:20</a>).</p>
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<div class="dbdbg_prayer">Lord Jesus, my Passover Lamb, I thank You for Your shed blood that rescued me from the eternal judgment that I deserved. I praise You for the abundance of life that Your New Covenant of grace brings to me, by faith!</div>
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