DAILY READINGS: Exodus 20:18-26; Psalms 60-61; Acts 11:1-18
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the fi rst year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: Exodus 12:5
Without exception, God demanded that the sacrifi ces of the Old Testament be “without blemish”. These sacrifi ces spoke of Christ at Calvary, and even in type, God would not allow any shadow to fall upon the impeccable character of His Son. Paul, the man of intellect, tells us, “He knew no sin” (2 Cor. 5:21); Peter, the man of action, tells us, “He did no sin” (1 Pet. 2:22); and John, the man of aff ection, who lay upon the Saviour’s bosom, tells us “In Him was no sin” (1 Jn. 3:5). We glory in the holy character of the Lord Jesus, apart from which He could never have been our sacrifi ce. —W. H. Burnett
But spotless, innocent and pure, the great Redeemer stood,
No stain of sin did e’er defile, the holy Lamb of God. —Isaac Watts