_Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn._ THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN TO THE LORD I. That the good are required to sanctify their firstborn unto the Lord. “All the firstborn”--that is to say, the most excellent of their possessions, the most valuable, and that which is viewed with the greatest... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remember this day._ A DAY TO BE REMEMBERED 1. God’s commands and His servants’ obedience are sweetly united together. 2. Deliverance of the Church from Egyptian bondage is justly chargeable on their memory. 3. Jehovah the Author of deliverance is to be minded with His work, and power of doing i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Keep this service._ THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD I. That the ordinances of the Lord must be observed in the times of prosperity (Exodus 13:5). II. That the ordinances of the Lord must be observed with true intelligence (Exodus 13:8). III. That the ordinances of the Lord must be observed with pare... [ Continue Reading ]
_Show thy son in that day._ LESSONS 1. The instruction of children is a duty upon parents. 2. God commands continuance of ordinances for instruction of posterity. 3. The reason of God’s ordinances must be understood by parents and children (Exodus 13:8). 4. Sacramental signs, and memorials of G... [ Continue Reading ]
_All the firstborn._ FIRSTBORN TO BE DEDICATED TO GOD 1. Jehovah is the beginning and end of His own ordinances. He sets them for Himself. 2. The Church must act these duties from God unto God Himself. 3. All that God requires must His people make to pass from them to Him. 4. Firstborn males of... [ Continue Reading ]
_When thy son asketh thee._ The Book of Exodus introduces that new epoch in the scriptural history of sacrifices when they began to be regulated by fixed laws, to be part of a national economy. I. The offering of the firstborn was the deification and consecration of the whole Jewish nation. The fi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Through the way of the wilderness._ THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS I. The way by which God often leads His people may be described as the “way of the wilderness.” There are several points of analogy or similarity between the journey of Israel from Egypt to Canaan, and the path of God’s people through t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Moses took the bones of Joseph._ AN INTERESTING INCIDENT IN ISRAEL’S DEPARTURE FROM EGYPT I. The discharge of a sacred trust (Genesis 50:24). Pay attention to the requests of the dead. II. THE fulfilment of an ancient prophecy (Genesis 1:25). God can kindle the fire of prophecy in the soul of a... [ Continue Reading ]
_By day in a pillar of a cloud._ THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN LIFE “The Lord went before them in a cloud.” So God ever goes before His people, and standing as we do now on the threshold of a new year, we may recall this truth to our great comfort. The future, unknown to us, is not unknown to Him; He h... [ Continue Reading ]