Our Passover

Text: Exodus 11 - 13

Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church)

Date Preached - (07/12/98)

Introduction:    Tell dramatized story of the first Passover in Egypt.

The Plagues were judgements against Egyptian gods.

I. The Passover Was To Become A Yearly Observance. Exodus 13

The 14th of Nisan (beginning of year)

Associated with it was the feast of unleavened bread.

(Nisan 15-21st)

To be perpetually observed year after year.

This is the practice throughout the Old Testament.

Jesus, Himself, kept the Passover.

(Mat 26:17 KJV)  Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

(Mat 26:18 KJV)  And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

(Mat 26:19 KJV)  And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

(Luke 22:15 KJV)  And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

It all pointed to something greater!

Not broken until NT  Hebrews? (ref) READ HEBREWS 8

Jesus was the Passover.

(1 Cor 5:7 KJV)  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Moses looked ahead by faith!!

(Heb 11:28 KJV)  Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Vs.6 - The whole congregation shall kill “IT” in the evening.

Now there were undoubtedly 1000’s of lambs slain, but they pointed to one LAMB who would be slain in the evening of human history.

CHRIST AS OUR PASSOVER

II. He Was Without Blemish

(Exodus 12:5 KJV)  Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

The Lamb was to be a male of one year old.

The Lamb was selected after 4 days of careful examination.

NT References (SINLESSNESS OF CHRIST)

(John 8:46 KJV)  Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

(2 Cor 5:21 KJV)  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

(Heb 4:15 KJV)  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

(1 Pet 1:18 KJV)  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

(1 Pet 1:19 KJV)  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

(1 Pet 1:20 KJV)  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

(1 Pet 1:21 KJV)  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

(1 Pet 1:22 KJV)  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

No bone in the animal’s body was to be broken.

(Num 9:12 KJV)  They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

Vs. 4 - Note the household could be too small for the Lamb, but the Lamb was never too small for the household.  This speaks of the sufficiency of Christ as our passover.

Vs. 5 - “Your Lamb” - personal application!!!!  (Only occurrence in Bible)

III. His Blood Was To Be Shed

(Exo 12:7 KJV)  And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

A. The Blood is a covering for sin

(Heb 9:22 KJV)  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

B. Flesh to be eaten w/ loins girded, shoes on and staff in hand.

There must be an understanding that this world is not the believers home.   Keep a loose grip on things of this world.

Be ready for God to move you - in service - take you home.

C. The flesh was sustenance for the journey.

“Christ Is all I Need”.

Phil 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

(Gal 2:20 KJV)  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

IV. His sacrifice was based upon judgement.

(Exo 12:12 KJV)  For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

A. Choose Passover or bear your own iniquity.

(Num 9:13 KJV)  But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

B. Jesus Took the Curse of our sin upon Him.

(Gal 3:13 KJV)  Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

C. He bore God’s wrath against sin.

(Eph 5:6 KJV)  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

(Rom 1:18 KJV)  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

(John 3:36 KJV)  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

V. His sacrifice was the basis for mercy.

(Exo 12:13 KJV)  And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

A. The Issue was not Jew vs. Egyptian

The issue was blood or no blood

B. The Blood is our covering.

(Rom 3:23 KJV)  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

(Rom 3:24 KJV)  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

(Rom 3:25 KJV)  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

(Rom 5:1 KJV)  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

C. We are clothed in Righteousness of the Lamb.

(Rev 7:9 KJV)  After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

(Rev 7:10 KJV)  And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

(Rev 7:11 KJV)  And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

(Rev 7:12 KJV)  Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

(Rev 7:13 KJV)  And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

(Rev 7:14 KJV)  And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

(Rev 7:15 KJV)  Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

(Rev 7:16 KJV)  They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

(Rev 7:17 KJV)  For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

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