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So here’s how Elizabeth Browning’s Sonnet might be re-written by a faithful Israelite:

• I keep a vigil at night to honor you, Lord, and for the generations to come. (12:42)
• I consecrate every firstborn male to you. (13:2)
• I commemorate every Passover to recognize that you delivered me from slavery with a mighty hand. (13:3)
• I tell my children at Passover why we celebrate, so they understand that you brought me out of Egypt out of slavery. (13:8)
• I keep your ordinance of Passover at the appointed time every year. (13:10)
• I give over to you, Lord, the first offspring of every womb. (13:12)
• I redeem every firstborn of my sons for you, Lord. (13:13)

We don’t live in OT times, so how do we honor the Lord today? What or who is consecrated? How should we be commemorating God?

• Recognize that we commemorate, honor, consecrate, etc, through the lives we live for Him. Sheila Walsh in Honest to God said, “Our lives are one, long worship service to the Lord.”

Word Picture: Put offering plate on the floor and stand in it to symbolize “I give my life back to the Lord. The Lord redeemed me. He bought me at a great price. My life is not my own.”

Download Lesson: 7.27.14 Class Notes – Ex 12.37-51, 13