
IN God's dealings with His people He purposed to reveal Himself to Egypt: so  that when He led forth Israel's hosts, in redemption power, from the  brick-fields of slavery on to resurrection ground, there might be afforded such  a display of His love, and pity, and power, as the world had never before  witnessed. Egypt and all surrounding nations should know the character of God in  the Exodus, as the Lover and Redeemer of His own.
So with the Church. -  The Apostle tells us that redeemed men are to be the subjects of angelic  contemplation and wonder. In the Church, principalities and powers shall discern  the manifold wisdom and grace of God. When God has brought all the ransomed  hosts up from the Egyptian bondage of the world to stand in the radiance of the  eternal morning, then the universe shall ring with the ascription, "Great and  marvellous are Thy works. Righteous and true are Thy ways."
So with each  individual believer. - Each one of us has been formed for Jesus Himself, that we  might show forth His praise. In growing purity and sweetness, in our deliverance  from the clinging corruptions of the world and flesh, in our patience under  tribulation, our submission and steadfast hope, in our willingness to sacrifice  ourselves for others, let us be revelations of what Christ is, and of what He  can make sinful men become.
Believers are the world's Bibles, by studying  which men may come to know the Lord Himself. Let us see to it that we be clear  in type, unmistakable in our testimony, pleasant to behold, thoughtful and  helpful toward all, commending the blessed Bridegroom whom the world sees not.