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THOUGHT FOR TODAY-
Righteousness—"Lamb" Above "Me"
The Chinese character for "righteousness" is most interesting. It is composed of two separate characters—one standing for a lamb, the other for me.
And when "lamb" is placed directly above "me," a new character—"righteousness"—is formed.
EXODUS 11—12
Life. “One more plague!” The words sounded ominous, and they were, for the last plague was death to the firstborn. When you trust in the Lord, it means the difference between light and darkness (10:21-23) and life and death. God made this difference (11:7), and His people must maintain it (Rom. 12:1—2).
Lamb. Observe the sequence: “a lamb” (12:3), “the lamb”
(12:4), “your lamb” (12:5). The Passover lamb is a picture of
Jesus Christ who died for the sins of the world (John 1:29;
1 Cor. 5:6-7). Do you call Him “a Savior,” “the Savior,” or “my
Savior” (Luke 1:47)?
Jesus is the perfect Lamb (1 Pet. 1:18—19) who had to die to save us. We are saved not by admiring His example or by studying His teaching, but by applying His blood to our own hearts by faith. The lamb saved the Jews and it also sustained them for their journey. You “feed” on Jesus Christ when you meditate on His Word and make its truths a part of your inner person.
Leaven. Yeast is a picture of sin: it begins small but spreads quickly; it puffs up; and it works secretly. When you are saved by the blood of Christ, you want to have a life that is pure and free from known sin. The Jews were not saved by getting rid of the leaven; they got rid of the leaven because God had saved them (2 Cor. 7:1; 2 Tim. 2:19). Note how Paul applied these truths in 1 Corinthians 5.
With the Word - Warren W. Wiersbe
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Nashville
“Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc.”
Exodus 11:1-10
Now the Lord had said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. [2] Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold." [3] (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh's officials and by the people.)
[4] So Moses said, "This is what the Lord says: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. [5] Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. [6] There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt--worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. [7] But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any man or animal.' Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. [8] All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you!' After that I will leave." Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
[9] The Lord had said to Moses, "Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you--so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt." [10] Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country