Exodus 12:14–20
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
No, when God saves, He saves His people from something to something. He delivered Israel from the bondage of Egypt so that they might become a particular kind of people, a nation that worshiped Him in a particular way. We see this principle etched into the very fabric of the Exodus. The Passover was not a one-time event, a historical curiosity to be filed away. It was the foundational, defining act that was to shape the entire life of Israel. The salvation God accomplished in that bloody night in Egypt was to be the pattern for their calendar, their diet, their worship, and their community life. We live in a time when many Christians treat their salvation in a similar, detached way. They are grateful that Jesus saved them from Hell, but they see little connection between that salvation and how they order their homes, their time, or their churches.