Consecrated And Led - Exodus 13 Series

2026.03.08 Sermon Notes. CONSECRATED AND LED - Exodus 13

PART 1 - CONSECRATED AND LED

William Akehurst, HSWC

SCRIPTURES: Exodus 13:1-22, Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:15, John 1:14, John 14:16-18, John 14:6, John 8:12, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalms 23:1-3, Psalms 105:39, Lamentations 3:22-23, Hebrews 13:5, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 28:20

KEY WORDS: Sanctify, Firstborn, Redemption, Memorial, Unleavened, Substitution, Pillar, Guidance, Consecration

BIG IDEA

Redemption is not the end of GOD’s work - it is the beginning.

The GOD who redeems us by blood now claims us, consecrates us, and personally leads us.

INTRO

In Book of Exodus 12, Israel was saved by the blood. Judgment passed over them.

But redemption from Egypt is not complete until they are separated from Egypt.

Chapter 13 teaches us something vital:

GOD does not redeem people to leave them unchanged.

HE redeems them to claim them.

I. REDEEMED PEOPLE BELONG TO GOD (13:1-2)

Exodus 13:1-2 The Firstborn Consecrated

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”

“Consecrate (Sanctify) to Me all the firstborn…”

The word consecrate means:

To set apart. To declare holy. To designate ownership.

The firstborn represented:

• Strength

• Inheritance

• Future

• Identity

GOD says: The first belongs to Me.

Why?

Because the firstborn only lived because of the lamb.

CHRIST TYPOLOGY

The New Testament calls JESUS:

• The Firstborn among many brethren (Romans 8:29)

• The Firstborn of all creation (Colossians 1:15)

HE is the true Firstborn - and through HIM we are redeemed.

The firstborn in Exodus lived because of substitution.

A lamb died so they could live.

That pattern never changes.

II. REDEMPTION MUST BE REMEMBERED (13:3-10)

Exodus 13:3-10 The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex. 12:14-20)

3 And Moses said to the people: “Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out of this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4 On this day you are going out, in the month Abib. 5 And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And no leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you

“Remember this day…”

The Hebrew concept of remembrance is not casual memory. It is covenant recall.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread reinforced:

• Deliverance from bondage

• Separation from corruption (leaven)

Leaven represents sin’s permeating influence.

Seven days of unleavened bread taught:

• Salvation requires separation.

• Freedom requires purity.

• Deliverance requires ongoing remembrance.

GOD commanded parents to teach their children:

“When your son asks…”

POINT: Redemption must be passed down.

APPLICATION

A church that forgets its deliverance will drift back toward Egypt.

Salvation is not just an event - it must shape our identity.

III. REDEMPTION REQUIRES SUBSTITUTION (13:11-16)

Exodus 13:11-16 The Law of the Firstborn

11 “And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you, 12 that you shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the LORD’s. 13 But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 It shall be as a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

The unclean donkey had to be redeemed by a lamb - or its neck broken.