Let's take our Bibles once again.
Turn with me to the book of Exodus. Exodus chapter 12. Exodus chapter
12. I'm going to be looking at the
first 13 verses of Exodus 12 in just a
moment to bring us up to this passage of Scripture. Hold your place right there.
Turn to Genesis 15 for a second. Just hold your finger in Exodus
12. Turn to Genesis 15. The Lord had revealed to Abraham
that the people of the Lord, Israel, the seed of Abraham,
the natural seed of Abraham, a picture of the spiritual seed
of Abraham, was going to be in bondage in Egypt. The Lord told
him this before it ever happened. He said, you're going to be in
bondage for 400 years. In Genesis 15 verse 13-14, He
said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger
in a land that's not theirs, shall serve them, they shall
afflict them 400 years, and also that nation whom they shall serve
Well, I judge, and afterwards shall they come out with great
substance." Now, he told him. This is what's going to happen.
Israel is going to be in bondage for 400 years. And I'm going
to bring them out. And I'm going to judge the nation
that had them in bondage. And God put them there. God put
them in Egypt, used Egypt, to be the means of chastening His
people, and then brought His people out and judged the ones
that had made them servants. Who is a God like unto Thee?
Who is a God like unto Thee? Just hold your place there for
a second still in Exodus, but look in Exodus 12. In verse 40
and 41, this is what happened. Now the sojourning of the children
of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was 430 years. Those 30 years that were
theirs, the account I read said that it took into account the
time before when the Lord had talked to Abraham. It wasn't
a conflict in the Scriptures. They were there 400 years, but
it was 430 years after the Lord had spoken to him. It came to
pass at the end of the 430 years, even the selfsame day, it came
to pass that all the host of the Lord went out from the land
of Egypt. Now the time has come. You're
going to actually be from the time you go in until you come
out. 400 years you're going to be there. And the Lord raised up a man. He told Abraham that. And then
the Lord raised up a man named Moses. And he met Moses one day
on the backside of a desert. The Lord spoke to him out of
a burning bush. The bush was on fire wasn't consumed. There's a picture of the Messiah,
a bramble bush, just a humble bush that burned. Two natures. And God spoke to
him. My sheep hear my voice. And he
spoke to Moses and raised up this man Moses and he said, I
want you You go to Egypt and you tell Pharaoh to let my people
go that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And
in Exodus 5, 2, Pharaoh responds and says, who is the Lord that
I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord,
neither will I let Israel go. Oh, what arrogance. is the natural man. I don't know
who God is and I'm not going to let him go. I'll tell you
that right now. So the Lord in judgment sent nine plagues upon
Egypt up to this point. He sent ten. We're going to look
at that tenth one in a minute. And nine times Pharaoh resisted
God and God's messenger. And each time he arrogantly defied
The very one who held him in his hand, he was Pharaoh, he
was nothing but a maggot, thought he was somebody, like all men
by nature, just grasshoppers, that's all they are, just a grasshopper. And the Lord told Moses, In Exodus
11, verse 1, he told Moses this. Nine times he sent plagues. You know the plagues, the blood,
the water was turned to blood, and the lice, and the frogs,
and the hail, and the darkness. He told Moses in Exodus 11, verse
1, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt,
and afterwards he will let you go hence. Afterwards he will
not let you go. No, afterwards. He will let you
go. Hence, when He shall let you
go, He shall surely thrust you out. Hence, all together. So the Lord told Moses what was
going to come to pass. And in Exodus 11, verses 4-8,
Moses was to go to Pharaoh and he was to tell Pharaoh this. Let's read Exodus 11. We're coming
up to chapter 12 in just a second. Exodus 11, verses 4-8. Now Moses
is speaking to Pharaoh and he says to Pharaoh, now just imagine,
he's in Pharaoh's court, he's in the palace. And he comes up
to Pharaoh and Moses said, thus saith the Lord, about midnight
will I go out into the midst of Egypt and all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt shall die. from the firstborn of Pharaoh
that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the
maidservant that is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of
beasts. And there shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it,
nor shall it be like it any more. But against any of the children
of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast,
that you may know how the Lord doth put a difference between
the Egyptians and Israel." And he's still talking. He's still
talking to Pharaoh. Now just imagine. I want you
to listen to this last verse here, verse 8. We'll look at
9 and 10 in a second, buddy. Look at verse 8. And here's what
he's saying. Here's Pharaoh. He's standing
before Pharaoh. And here's all the servants around. He's standing
around inside there. And all these thy servants, Pharaoh,
shall come down to me and bow down themselves unto me, saying,
Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee. And after that
will I go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
But he told him, he said, Now listen, let me tell you what's
going to happen. He said, God's going to come through here. And
God's going to kill every firstborn. Every firstborn in Egypt. starting
in your house, right on down to the beast. But against Israel,
not a dog is going to bark, not going to move his tongue against
man or beast that you might know that God puts a difference between
Egypt and Israel. And all your servants standing
right here, protected, you know, your yes-men, He said, I'm going
to tell you what they're going to do. They're going to bow down
and they're going to be glad for us to leave. They'll be glad, believe me.
I can just imagine that Pharaoh thought to himself, now I've
seen nine of these plagues, you call them, which nothing's happened,
we're still here. You know, 2 Peter 3, let me read
this to you, 2 Peter 3 verses 3-7, knowing this first, that there
shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lust
and saying, where is the promise of his coming? After the fathers
fell asleep, or no, for since the fathers fell asleep, all
things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the
heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water
and in the water, whereby the world that then was being overflowed
with water perished, but the heavens and the earth which are
now by the same word are kept in store, reserved under fire
against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." God's going to send one more
plague and he's going to kill all the firstborn and your servants
are going to thrust us out. And Moses having done exactly
what the Lord instructed him to do, is now told by the Lord
what is going to be Pharaoh's answer when you tell him that.
Verse 9, Exodus 11, the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall
not hearken unto you. And here's the reason. I'm going
to leave him to himself for this purpose. that my wonders may
be multiplied in the land of Egypt." God Almighty, according to His
good purpose and will, may just leave anyone alone to
magnify His judgment and justice, and He's right in doing so. If God leaves a man to himself,
that man will do exactly what he wants to do. He will arrogantly
think, it's not going to come to me. It's not going to happen
to me. God have mercy on us. And that wicked king did just
exactly what he did because he was a rebel against God. And
this is what the Scripture says in verse 10, Moses and Aaron
did all those wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened
Pharaoh's heart that he would not let the children of Israel
go out of his land. Oh, if the Lord does not show
mercy. Let me tell you something. We
are in the hands of a sovereign God. If Almighty God has given you
a heart this morning to cry out for mercy, you will. You will. And if you sit there and you
have no heart whatsoever, let me tell you what's happening. He is leaving you to yourself
and I don't know. Peradventure, He may. He may
show mercy. I don't know. But let me tell
you something. Don't sit there and think, I'm
in control of this, because you're not, and I'm not either. I'm
telling you who we're dealing with here. We're dealing with
God. I'm not talking about this little
fickle nobody that men are standing in pulpits and telling people,
you know, the Lord wants to do this. I'm telling you the truth.
That little nobody that they're talking about, he's nobody. But God Almighty does as He will
in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth.
If God shows mercy and compassion, I'll tell you what will happen. You'll fall on your face and
in your heart for sure. And you'll realize He hath mercy
on whom He'll have mercy and whom He will. He leaves alone. We're brought up to that point.
God has told Pharaoh, this is what's going to happen. He told
Moses, Pharaoh, this is what's going to happen. God has put
a difference between Israel and Egypt. God's put a difference
between them. And Almighty God is going to provide for Israel. Now this actually took place. What we're about to read, what
we just read, actually took place. It was real. This is a historical
event. There really was a man named
Moses and there really was a Pharaoh. And Moses really stood before
Pharaoh and he really talked to him and told him just exactly
what he said right here. But that historical event was a picture
for us to behold what God Almighty has been saying from the beginning. I'm going to have mercy on whom
I'll have mercy. And I'll have compassion on whom
I'll have compassion. So then it is not of Him that
willeth. It's not of Him that runneth.
But it's of God that shows mercy. Now how is Almighty God going
to reveal? The difference between Israel
and Egypt. What is the Lord going to do?
I'm going to tell you something. Israel was just as wicked as
Egypt. No difference. They were all
cut out of the same lump. Same lump. Alright, verse 1. Exodus, verse 1 to 4. I'm going
to read all 4. And the Lord spake, verse 12,
chapter 12. Exodus 12, 1 to 4. And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, shall be unto you the
beginning of the months, and it shall be the first month of
the year to you. Speak ye unto the congregation of Israel, saying,
In the tenth day of this month ye shall take to them every man
a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for
a house. And if the household be too little
for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house. Take it according to the number
of the souls. Every man, according to his eating, shall make your
count for the lamb." Now, here's what God told them, this is what
you're going to do. What He instructed them to do, in reality, they
were actually going to take a lamb. This is a picture of what only
God Almighty could do for His people in the putting away of
their guilt. and the salvation of His elect.
They were to take a lamb. There must be a sacrifice. There was going to have to be
a lamb. The Lord was going to show mercy
and He's going to show what He demands, that He might justly
show mercy. Here He reveals that we're guilty. We're guilty. This is the reason
for the Lamb. We must have a Lamb. Listen,
all have sinned. All have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. But for God Almighty to show
mercy to Israel, He didn't say anything to Egypt. I'm going
to come through and I'm going to kill the firstborn. Starting
in Pharaoh all the way down to the beast. I'm going to show
mercy on you." But not at the expense of his justice. Israel needed a lamb. And here's a picture, here's
a type. You take a lamb. Every man, take a lamb. If his
household is too small, neighbors, you take a lamb. It'll be for
them, but you take a lamb. Brethren, We must have a lamb. We must have a sacrifice. Genesis
22, 7. You know this. I'm going to read
it. It's so good. Isaac spake unto Abraham. His father said,
My father. He said unto him, Here am I, my son. He said, Behold
the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt
offering? Abraham said, My son, God will
provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. So they went up, both
of them, together. God is just. He's a just God. And there must either be the
death of the firstborn under God's judgment, or if God Almighty
has chosen to show mercy, there's going to have to be a Lamb. There's
going to have to be a Lamb. God Almighty is going to demand
a sacrifice for sin. where sin is found. And Israel
was guilty. They're guilty. We try to paint this picture
of Israel being that they weren't really guilty. They were just
as rotten as Egypt. And where sin is found, God's
wrath is too. But it couldn't be just any lamb.
Couldn't be just any lamb. Look at verse 5, Exodus 12, 5.
Your lamb shall be without blemish. A male of the first year. Don't
you go out there and get an old, wore out, sickly lamb. You get a lamb without blemish. I want the best. I want the best. I want the young, the best. Male of the first year. You shall
take it out from the sheep or from the goats. This Lamb, and
here again, here's the picture, here's the type, the Lamb of
God. What does God have to say about
Him? 1 Peter. 1 Corinthians 18 and 19, for
as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible
things as silver and gold from your vain, empty conversation
received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious
blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish, without spot. The Lord Jesus Christ was without
sin, made flesh, just like this. Here's the amazing thing, I've
said this before, and I'll make this statement, but this is a
whole lot deeper than I can perceive. You know that He's the Lamb slain
from before the foundation of the world, before there was ever,
and He was not made flesh until time. In time, in the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,
And the Word was made flesh. But here is the reality. Before
He was actually made flesh, He was. He was. Now, there's always been a surety.
There's always been a great high priest. There's always been a
mediator. God doesn't change. God doesn't
change. But we were made in His image.
Made in His image. I've tried to read some of the
accounts of, you know, men say, well, what that mean? Let me
tell you something. I've said before, there's times
that let's just take God's Word as God's Word and don't try to
tone it down or muddy it or something like that. I cannot tell you
the depth of what I just said. But I'm going to tell you something.
We didn't start this and then He became made in our image.
We were made in His image. He was made flesh. He was manifested, yet without
sin. And all of the characteristics
All of the manifestations of having sin, aging and hurting
and hunger and dying. Dying. He possessed. Yet without sin. For as much as you know that
you were not redeemed with corruptible things, but with the precious
blood of Christ as a Lamb without blemish, without spot. Peter,
Peter gave witness that he was perfect, holy. And the Spirit
of God moved numerous times on different ones to give account
of that. Listen to what Pilate said. This is what Pilate said about
him. I find no fault in him. The centurion soldier at the
cross, Luke 23, 47, certainly this was a righteous man. How
did he know that? I wonder, but how did he know
that? The Spirit of God told him, you say that. The Lord Jesus
said of Himself, John 8, 46, which of you convinces me of
sin? The Father is baptism. This is my beloved Son in whom
I am well pleased. On the Mount of Transfiguration,
this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. You hear Him.
There must be a Lamb. There must be a lamb, and that
lamb must be pure. Thirdly, the lamb must suffer
as the offering for sin, back in Exodus 12, verse 6. And you
shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the
whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening. This lamb, was going to die. He was going to suffer as the
type of our Lord. 1 Peter 3.18, For Christ also hath
once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened
by the Spirit. That lamb was going to lay down
his life. Oh, I know at the hands of those
that killed him, but he was a picture, a type of the Lord Jesus Christ
who said of himself, I lay down my life for the sheep. I want you to hold your place there
in Exodus 12. Turn to Leviticus 16. Leviticus 16. This was the account
of the Day of Atonement. Leviticus 16 verse 20. I'm not,
for the sake of time, you can read the whole 16th chapter of
Leviticus, but I'm going to just read this right here. There's
going to be two goats. And it says Leviticus 16, 20
to 22. And when he hath made an end
of reconciling the holy place and the tabernacle of the congregation,
the altar, he shall bring the live goat. And Aaron shall lay
both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess
over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, all their
transgressions and all their sins, putting them upon the head
of the goat. And he shall send him away by
the hand of a fit man into the wilderness. And the goat shall
bear upon him all the iniquities into a land not inhabited, and
he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. When Almighty God revealed in
2 Corinthians 5.21, for he hath made him sin, for us, who knew no sin, that
we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." Whenever the Lord was made sin,
He bore in His own body The iniquity, the guilt, He was
made what we are. We speak of, and rightly so,
talk about the Lord being our substitute. You know, I looked
up that word substitute is actually not in the Scriptures, but let
me tell you what it actually means. If you put in substitute,
here's what's going to come up. A different one. A change. Something miraculous happened. When the Lord was made sin, we
in Him died, suffered in Him. God Almighty, whenever God told
Noah, get in the ark, Get in the ark and God shut the door. Where did the rain fall? What did the rain hit? What did
the judgment of God fall upon? The ark. Where was Noah and his
wife and his kids and their wives? In the ark. They were in the
ark. Let me tell you, this is what
the world is saying. The world is saying that somehow, you know,
the Lord just went and He just died. Somebody was going to have
to die. I mean, okay, man has sinned and somebody's going to
have to die. Death is going to have to occur. I mean, because
there's sin in the world, death is going to have to occur. Why not be a dog? Why not be... No? It's going to be a Lamb,
He's going to be pure, and He's going to bear the guilt. When
the Lord Jesus Christ was made sin, you listen, He was made
what we are. What we are. We are sinners, you know why?
Because we are sin. This is what we are. We're sin. And this goat, this lamb, was
to be taken. He was going to be a lamb. He
was going to have to be a pure lamb. And you take him and you
kill him. This is the reason that the Lord
Jesus Christ died. He was made sin. He was made sin. I cannot set forth the glorious
truth that when he bore the guilt as the true substitute, not somebody
that's just trying to just die for everybody and you accept
it. That's not a substitute. A substitute, according to these
Scriptures, is one that has borne what his people are and they
in him. This is how he was made sin. They were there. They were there. Paul said, I was crucified with
Him. I was crucified with Him. I was
there. He said, I wasn't even born yet.
No. You weren't born yet when God
chose you either. You weren't born yet when Christ
saved you and then in time called you. I'm going to tell you something. Salvation is of the Lord. And
God's people, that Lamb right there, And you know, all these
different things that's happening. There's one sacrifice. By one
sacrifice. He was a burnt offering. That's
the satisfaction of God. There was a trespass offering.
There was a sin offering. All these different offerings
were shown, but there's only one sacrifice. A sin offering
was for what we are. Trespass offering was for what
we do. He was made sin. Had to be a
lamb, had to be pure, and had to suffer. Had to suffer, had
to be a scapegoat. And on the Day of Atonement,
Aaron put his hands on top of that scapegoat. Here's what was
happening. Same picture of the same lamb,
the Lamb of God. One of them was going to die.
One of them was going to be sacrificed, and that blood was taken into
the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement. One of those goats
had to die. That blood was taken in. There's
his sacrifice. But the other one was a scapegoat
and he put all those sins, he confessed all their transgressions,
all their iniquities, and he was taken out into the wilderness
of the fit man. He let him go. And you know when
the Lord says, I will remember their sins no more. A God who
cannot forget anything says, I'm not going to remember them,
and I'm going to tell you something that you're not going to understand
it either. And that day when those books
were opened, Marvin David Steinecker, There's no record. There's no
record. The reason that God Almighty
remembers our sins no more is they're not there. They're not
there. They're not there. You say, but
I see in me there dwells no good thing. I know. And He has borne the guilt of
them and carried them far away, cast them into the depths of
the sea behind His back. They're not there. There is now no condemnation
to them which be in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh
but after the Spirit. There's a new man, and that new
man sinneth not. And that old man, that old wretched
man, Christ has put away that guilt and cast those sins as
far as the east is from the west. You take that lamb and you kill
it. But, without the application
of that blood, there's no passing over. He died, he died, shed
his blood. That lamb got to die. Well, the scripture says in verse
7 of Exodus 12, they shall take of the blood and strike it on
the two side post on the upper door post of the house wherein
they shall eat it. God's people to have his blood
personally applied For our justification, God Almighty has got to do something
for me. I can't do this. I cannot do
this. His blood is going to have to
be applied to me. Now let me ask you something.
Where's man's fickle will? I can't even get... I get a cuticle.
One day I got a cuticle and I pull that thing off and that hurt.
And now it's bleeding. That hurts. I can't even stop
that from bleeding. And I'm going to heal my soul?
I'm going to satisfy God? I have to have His blood applied
to me. I have to have that blood applied
to me. 1 Peter 1, 1 and 2. 1 Peter 1,
1 and 2. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ
to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ's grace unto you,
and peace be multiplied." Hebrews 10 verse 21-22. Hebrews 10 verse
21-22. 22. And having a high priest over
the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water, the blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ. Let me ask you something. How
am I going to be able to apply His blood to me? I can't. He must do it. Oh, back in Exodus
they were to take that blood and they would apply it, take
that hyssop, put it on the side post, top, put it on there. But not only was that blood to
be applied to the door, they were going to have to eat it.
Look at verses 8 to 10 in Exodus 12, and I'll hurry, I'm almost
done. and they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with
fire and unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. They shall
eat it." They were going to take that lamb, and you're going to
have to roast him with fire. Picture of the judgment of God
Almighty. God Almighty is just, and when
He was made sin, here's what happened. God Almighty spewed
out wrath. where sin was found, the law
demanded justice. He demanded justice. No plea
bargain in here. Somebody come in, they're caught,
and here's what you did. This is what you did. What does
the law say? The law says death. Well, I'll tell you what we're
going to do. We're going to work this thing out. No plea bargain in here. He was
made sin. And here we are, all of His people,
all of His elect, in the divine, glorious Lamb, the Substitute,
who is bearing the guilt of His people with Him. They're with
Him. They're with Him. With His body.
With His body. We're with Him. That blood is applied to the
doorpost and they said, you're going to eat it too. Here's how it's going to be eaten.
You take that flesh and the night you roast it with fire and unleavened
bread, there's no sin in Him. There's no sin in Him. You eat
it with unleavened bread. Leavened is a picture of sin,
you know that. And with bitter herbs, you're
going to be reminded of what you are. You eat it with bitter
herbs while you eat that with unleavened bread. You eat not
of it raw nor sodden at all with water. Don't you water this down.
Don't you try to water this down. You roast it with fire. Don't
soak it in water. You roast it with fire. His head,
his legs, with the pertinence, with all that is within. Everything. Don't you take anything
away from this lamb. Don't you gut him. Don't you
take anything out. You roast that lamb. Roast it
with fire. And by faith, They were to eat. Believe in
what God said. Believe in what God said. This
is the way you're going to eat Him. And by faith, this is what
we do. John 6. John 6, verse 51 to 56.
John 6. Verse 51 to 56, I'm the living
bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread,
he shall live forever. And the bread that I will give
is my flesh, which I'll give for the life of the world. What? All the world? No. The world
of His people, Jews and Gentiles, out of every nation, kindred,
tribe, and tongue. We know that. The Scripture sets
forth that He was the embodiment, the fullness of the Godhead bodily. What part are you going to take
away from Him? Moses said, don't you take anything. You roast
it and you eat it. They ate all of it. The head,
the legs, the pertinence thereof, the inward parts, all of Christ. And the Scripture says concerning
the way they were eat it also, They were to eat it ready, ready
to leave. They're leaving the next morning.
This is where you're going to leave. And you guys just realize
that when you eat this, this is not going to be something
you're going to take lightly. Here's how they were to eat it.
Verse 11, Thus shall ye eat it, Exodus 12 by 11, with your loins
girded, Your shoes on your feet, your staff in your hand. You
shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover. Here's how we eat by faith today. With our loins girt about with
truth. The breastplate of righteousness. Shoes shod with the preparation
of the gospel. Helmet of salvation. We eat right
now by faith. Lord, You're the Lamb. Lord,
you died. Lord, you were made sin. Lord,
you put away my guilt. And this is how we eat. We're
just sojourners. We're pilgrims. We're just traveling
through. They were going to Canaan. That's
where they're going. It took them 40 years to get
there. I'll tell you where God's people
are going. They're going to be with Him. Father, I will that
those that thou hast given me be with me where I am. And then
the Lord said, alright, this is how you're going to do it.
I'm going to make a difference between you and Egypt. Egypt, I'm going
to judge. I'm going to kill it. I'm going
to kill the firstborn. You take a lamb. You take a lamb. And you take that lamb, and you
make sure it's a pure lamb, without blemish. And you kill it. And
you take the blood, and you put it on the door post, on the top.
You eat that lamb. You roast it with fire. And you
eat all of it. Don't you take anything out of
it. And you get your traveling shoes on. You get your clothes
on. You get your stuff ready. There's
not going to be any preparation in the morning. You'll be ready
to go in the morning. He said concerning that night,
in closing, Exodus 12, verse 12 and 13, For I will pass through
the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt. both man and beast, against all
the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgment. I am the Lord, and
the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where
you are. And when I see the blood, I will
pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you when I smite the land of Egypt." The only difference between me
and those left to themselves is that you've chosen to apply
the blood to me. You chose to put away my guilt
in your Lamb. Lord, I have nothing wherein
to boast save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Lord, have mercy
on me for Christ's sake.