Homilist Exodus 11:4-10 And Moses said, Thus said the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the middle of Egypt:… I. THE NATURE OF THE DIFFERENCE. 1. Not a difference of understanding. 2. Not a difference of physical development. 3. Not even a difference in moral nature. The Israelites were quite as prone to evil, lust, sin, idolatry, as the Egyptians. 4. The difference was that God chose Israel to be His people, He took them for His own, hedged them by special regulations, laws, discipline.So He has chosen the Church. II. THE REASONS FOR THE DIFFERENCE. 1. That God might have a faithful people even in this world of sin. 2. That Christ might not die in vain. 3. That God might fulfil His promise to the patriarchs. III. THE SIGN OF THE DIFFERENCE. Deliverance from the sin and bondage of the world. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:WEB: Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt, |
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