1 00:00:01,180 --> 00:00:04,060 Good morning. 2 00:00:04,060 --> 00:00:08,018 It is a real delight and a privilege 3 00:00:08,018 --> 00:00:11,683 to be here once again. 4 00:00:11,683 --> 00:00:15,343 This conference is such a blessing to me 5 00:00:15,343 --> 00:00:18,882 with the messages so far, 6 00:00:18,882 --> 00:00:22,784 with Mack and Jesse and Ryan, of course, 7 00:00:22,784 --> 00:00:25,857 it's just so practical, so helpful. 8 00:00:25,857 --> 00:00:27,365 The Lord always meets us 9 00:00:27,365 --> 00:00:34,050 with just what we need to hear. 10 00:00:34,050 --> 00:00:35,796 If you'll open your Bibles with me 11 00:00:35,796 --> 00:00:40,993 to the book of Exodus 12. 12 00:00:40,993 --> 00:00:44,512 And we're going to look at the Passover, 13 00:00:44,512 --> 00:00:50,348 and the significance of this for you on Judgment Day. 14 00:00:50,348 --> 00:00:59,543 So let's all stand as we read God's Word. 15 00:00:59,543 --> 00:01:06,186 Exodus 12 from verse 1: 16 00:01:06,186 --> 00:01:08,951 "The Lord said to Moses and Aaron 17 00:01:08,951 --> 00:01:10,673 in the land of Egypt, 18 00:01:10,673 --> 00:01:13,033 'This month shall be for you 19 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:15,361 the beginning of months. 20 00:01:15,361 --> 00:01:19,763 It shall be the first month of the year for you. 21 00:01:19,763 --> 00:01:21,957 Tell all the congregation of Israel 22 00:01:21,957 --> 00:01:24,997 that on the 10th day of this month, 23 00:01:24,997 --> 00:01:27,348 every man shall take a lamb 24 00:01:27,348 --> 00:01:29,490 according to their father's houses, 25 00:01:29,490 --> 00:01:32,157 a lamb for a household. 26 00:01:32,157 --> 00:01:34,568 And if the household is too small for a lamb, 27 00:01:34,568 --> 00:01:37,249 then he and his nearest neighbor 28 00:01:37,249 --> 00:01:40,273 shall take according to the number of persons, 29 00:01:40,273 --> 00:01:43,161 according to what each can eat, 30 00:01:43,161 --> 00:01:46,290 you shall make your count for the lamb. 31 00:01:46,290 --> 00:01:48,540 Your lamb shall be without blemish, 32 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:50,470 a male a year old. 33 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:54,273 You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 34 00:01:54,273 --> 00:01:59,236 And you shall keep it until the 14th day of this month 35 00:01:59,236 --> 00:02:02,848 when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel 36 00:02:02,848 --> 00:02:05,968 shall kill their lambs at twilight. 37 00:02:05,968 --> 00:02:08,845 Then, they shall take some of the blood 38 00:02:08,845 --> 00:02:10,807 and put it on the doorposts, 39 00:02:10,807 --> 00:02:12,724 and on the lintel of the houses 40 00:02:12,724 --> 00:02:14,992 in which they eat it. 41 00:02:14,992 --> 00:02:18,462 They shall eat the flesh that night 42 00:02:18,462 --> 00:02:21,546 roasted on the fire with unleavened bread 43 00:02:21,546 --> 00:02:24,780 and bitter herbs, they shall eat it. 44 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:28,465 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, 45 00:02:28,465 --> 00:02:33,409 but roasted its head with its legs and its inner parts. 46 00:02:33,409 --> 00:02:36,493 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning. 47 00:02:36,493 --> 00:02:39,326 Anything that remains until the morning, 48 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,963 you shall burn. 49 00:02:40,963 --> 00:02:43,189 In this manner, you shall eat it: 50 00:02:43,189 --> 00:02:44,706 with your belt fastened, 51 00:02:44,706 --> 00:02:46,340 your sandals on your feet, 52 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:48,208 and your staff in your hand. 53 00:02:48,208 --> 00:02:50,832 And you shall eat it in haste. 54 00:02:50,832 --> 00:02:53,088 It is the Lord's Passover. 55 00:02:53,088 --> 00:02:56,294 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, 56 00:02:56,294 --> 00:03:01,015 and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, 57 00:03:01,015 --> 00:03:02,960 both man and beast, 58 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,516 and on all the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgment. 59 00:03:07,516 --> 00:03:10,232 I am the Lord. 60 00:03:10,232 --> 00:03:12,452 The blood shall be a sign for you 61 00:03:12,452 --> 00:03:14,488 on the houses where you are. 62 00:03:14,488 --> 00:03:16,271 And when I see the blood, 63 00:03:16,271 --> 00:03:18,145 I will pass over you, 64 00:03:18,145 --> 00:03:21,455 and no plague will befall you to destroy you 65 00:03:21,455 --> 00:03:24,679 when I strike the land of Egypt. 66 00:03:24,679 --> 00:03:27,679 This day shall be for you a memorial day 67 00:03:27,679 --> 00:03:30,741 and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord 68 00:03:30,741 --> 00:03:32,687 throughout your generations 69 00:03:32,687 --> 00:03:34,516 as a statute forever. 70 00:03:34,516 --> 00:03:37,039 You shall keep it as a feast.'" 71 00:03:37,039 --> 00:03:43,653 Let's pray. 72 00:03:43,653 --> 00:03:46,233 Our Father, 73 00:03:46,233 --> 00:03:48,512 as we look now at this instruction 74 00:03:48,512 --> 00:03:50,324 that these are to build their lives, 75 00:03:50,324 --> 00:03:54,143 their calendar around this event, 76 00:03:54,143 --> 00:03:58,351 we pray, Lord, 77 00:03:58,351 --> 00:04:01,730 that You would help us to build our lives 78 00:04:01,730 --> 00:04:04,008 around what this points to. 79 00:04:04,008 --> 00:04:07,398 Show us wondrous things from Your law now, 80 00:04:07,398 --> 00:04:09,301 that we may live for Your glory. 81 00:04:09,301 --> 00:04:12,345 And we ask, Lord, 82 00:04:12,345 --> 00:04:14,411 that You would show Yourself to people 83 00:04:14,411 --> 00:04:19,671 through this Word as the Passover for them. 84 00:04:19,671 --> 00:04:21,987 In Jesus' name, Amen. 85 00:04:21,987 --> 00:04:26,171 You may be seated. 86 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:38,622 So the people of Israel in our text here... 87 00:04:38,622 --> 00:04:41,449 they are living at this point as slaves 88 00:04:41,449 --> 00:04:45,862 in misery and bondage in the land of Egypt. 89 00:04:45,862 --> 00:04:48,201 And after they cried out to the Lord 90 00:04:48,201 --> 00:04:50,847 to save them from this, 91 00:04:50,847 --> 00:04:53,161 God answers their prayer 92 00:04:53,161 --> 00:04:56,621 by sending Moses and Aaron 93 00:04:56,621 --> 00:05:00,290 in to Pharaoh, who was, of course, the king of Egypt, 94 00:05:00,290 --> 00:05:02,541 with God's demand to Pharaoh: 95 00:05:02,541 --> 00:05:04,614 "Let My people go, 96 00:05:04,614 --> 00:05:09,490 in order that they may serve Me." 97 00:05:09,490 --> 00:05:14,388 A point worth noting here, brethren, 98 00:05:14,388 --> 00:05:18,064 is that God was already raising up Moses 99 00:05:18,064 --> 00:05:21,032 to answer this prayer of deliverance 100 00:05:21,032 --> 00:05:24,477 long before they even cried out. 101 00:05:24,477 --> 00:05:26,970 You see, long before these people 102 00:05:26,970 --> 00:05:29,876 even cried out to the Lord for help, 103 00:05:29,876 --> 00:05:32,662 God had already seen their affliction. 104 00:05:32,662 --> 00:05:36,965 He was already raising up Moses 105 00:05:36,965 --> 00:05:38,913 and preparing him for this task 106 00:05:38,913 --> 00:05:41,505 years before they even got to the stage 107 00:05:41,505 --> 00:05:44,560 of crying to God for help. 108 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,875 You see, what this tells us 109 00:05:46,875 --> 00:05:48,850 is that when we pray 110 00:05:48,850 --> 00:05:51,160 and when we ask God for help, 111 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:52,830 it's not as if at that moment, 112 00:05:52,830 --> 00:05:55,963 God is suddenly made aware of our problem. 113 00:05:55,963 --> 00:05:57,770 And then He starts to move 114 00:05:57,770 --> 00:06:00,689 in order to answer our prayer. 115 00:06:00,689 --> 00:06:02,728 But rather, God has already seen 116 00:06:02,728 --> 00:06:04,640 what you're going through. 117 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,835 He's already seen your need, 118 00:06:06,835 --> 00:06:08,681 and He has been preparing the answer 119 00:06:08,681 --> 00:06:13,476 to your prayer long before you even ask Him. 120 00:06:13,476 --> 00:06:15,243 But secondly here, 121 00:06:15,243 --> 00:06:16,999 in those words, 122 00:06:16,999 --> 00:06:19,318 "Let My people go in order that 123 00:06:19,318 --> 00:06:22,792 they may serve Me," 124 00:06:22,792 --> 00:06:29,742 which is a repeated phrase you see in this account, 125 00:06:29,742 --> 00:06:32,135 God delivering the Israelites 126 00:06:32,135 --> 00:06:34,381 from the slavery and bondage in Egypt - 127 00:06:34,381 --> 00:06:37,329 that's a picture of salvation - 128 00:06:37,329 --> 00:06:39,414 When God delivers us from the slavery 129 00:06:39,414 --> 00:06:43,565 and bondage and the misery of our sin. 130 00:06:43,565 --> 00:06:45,278 And the point I want to make here 131 00:06:45,278 --> 00:06:47,288 is when God says, 132 00:06:47,288 --> 00:06:49,605 "Let My people go in order that 133 00:06:49,605 --> 00:06:53,281 they may serve Me," 134 00:06:53,281 --> 00:06:55,431 you see, in their case, 135 00:06:55,431 --> 00:06:57,362 freedom from Pharaoh, 136 00:06:57,362 --> 00:06:59,281 freedom from the slavery and bondage 137 00:06:59,281 --> 00:07:01,253 they were under in Egypt, 138 00:07:01,253 --> 00:07:03,689 didn't mean they were free then 139 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:08,168 to go and live as they like apart from the Lord. 140 00:07:08,168 --> 00:07:11,281 But, as the Lord demanded to Pharaoh 141 00:07:11,281 --> 00:07:13,105 through Moses and Aaron here, 142 00:07:13,105 --> 00:07:19,266 "Let My people go that they may serve Me." 143 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:20,969 You see, in the same way, 144 00:07:20,969 --> 00:07:23,390 when God frees someone from the slavery 145 00:07:23,390 --> 00:07:26,355 and bondage of sin at salvation, 146 00:07:26,355 --> 00:07:28,852 that does not mean the person 147 00:07:28,852 --> 00:07:31,038 is free to go on in sin 148 00:07:31,038 --> 00:07:33,601 and be lord of their own life. 149 00:07:33,601 --> 00:07:36,154 Otherwise, that's not freedom from sin, is it? 150 00:07:36,154 --> 00:07:38,461 That would just be like these Jews here 151 00:07:38,461 --> 00:07:40,293 saying they are free while they are 152 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:44,211 still in the chains in Egypt. 153 00:07:44,211 --> 00:07:46,183 But you see, we are freed 154 00:07:46,183 --> 00:07:49,531 from the penalty and slavery and misery 155 00:07:49,531 --> 00:07:53,242 of sin in order that we may serve the Lord. 156 00:07:53,242 --> 00:07:55,403 Them being in slavery was stopping them 157 00:07:55,403 --> 00:07:56,825 from serving the Lord. 158 00:07:56,825 --> 00:07:58,668 So the Lord frees us, 159 00:07:58,668 --> 00:08:01,668 that we may be His people. 160 00:08:01,668 --> 00:08:05,505 You see, if Jesus is your Lord, 161 00:08:05,505 --> 00:08:06,867 you serve Him. 162 00:08:06,867 --> 00:08:08,279 You do what He says. 163 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:09,741 You follow Him. 164 00:08:09,741 --> 00:08:13,534 For someone to say, "No, Lord," 165 00:08:13,534 --> 00:08:16,160 is, of course, an oxymoron. 166 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,864 Oxymoron - you're familiar with that word? 167 00:08:18,864 --> 00:08:21,671 It means two words that don't go together; 168 00:08:21,671 --> 00:08:24,122 two words that contradict. 169 00:08:24,122 --> 00:08:28,621 Like hot snow or heavenly devil. 170 00:08:28,621 --> 00:08:36,153 Or rap music. 171 00:08:36,153 --> 00:08:41,514 Or another one is iced tea. 172 00:08:41,514 --> 00:08:44,205 If you'd have thrown that stuff in the sea, 173 00:08:44,205 --> 00:08:52,351 the English would be celebrated. 174 00:08:52,351 --> 00:08:53,842 But you see, 175 00:08:53,842 --> 00:08:56,620 when God frees us 176 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:58,884 from the bondage and slavery of our sin, 177 00:08:58,884 --> 00:09:02,953 it's in order that we may serve Him. 178 00:09:02,953 --> 00:09:06,016 But at first, when Moses went in to Pharaoh 179 00:09:06,016 --> 00:09:08,232 demanding, "Let My people go," 180 00:09:08,232 --> 00:09:10,893 Pharaoh's initial response 181 00:09:10,893 --> 00:09:14,410 was not only to stubbornly refuse to let them go, 182 00:09:14,410 --> 00:09:18,621 but to greatly increase the misery and bondage 183 00:09:18,621 --> 00:09:21,062 these Israelites were under. 184 00:09:21,062 --> 00:09:24,718 And so God then sends 10 plagues upon the land of Egypt 185 00:09:24,718 --> 00:09:27,345 inflicting judgment upon them. 186 00:09:27,345 --> 00:09:29,605 They are escalating with each one. 187 00:09:29,605 --> 00:09:31,852 They get more and more severe, 188 00:09:31,852 --> 00:09:34,702 as Pharaoh continues to dig his heels in 189 00:09:34,702 --> 00:09:37,085 and stubbornly refuses to let 190 00:09:37,085 --> 00:09:39,058 the Israelites go. 191 00:09:39,058 --> 00:09:42,750 And so this is where we pick up in Exodus 12:1 192 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:45,922 in which the Lord is about to send 193 00:09:45,922 --> 00:09:48,956 the 10th plague now upon Egypt. 194 00:09:48,956 --> 00:09:51,388 If you look with me there, it says, 195 00:09:51,388 --> 00:09:53,931 "The Lord said to Moses and Aaron 196 00:09:53,931 --> 00:09:55,915 in the land of Egypt, 197 00:09:55,915 --> 00:09:58,971 'This month shall be for you 198 00:09:58,971 --> 00:10:01,112 the beginning of months.'" 199 00:10:01,112 --> 00:10:04,407 It's going to be the start of the year for you, that is. 200 00:10:04,407 --> 00:10:06,359 On your calendar. 201 00:10:06,359 --> 00:10:10,282 "It shall be the first month of the year for you." 202 00:10:10,282 --> 00:10:14,888 You see, the big thing that all these events 203 00:10:14,888 --> 00:10:17,466 in the book of Exodus 204 00:10:17,466 --> 00:10:20,149 have been building up to so far 205 00:10:20,149 --> 00:10:23,579 is now about to happen. 206 00:10:23,579 --> 00:10:27,335 This month, which falls around March or April, 207 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:29,733 this time of year in our calendar today, 208 00:10:29,733 --> 00:10:32,360 was to be the beginning of the year 209 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,987 on the Jewish calendar. 210 00:10:34,987 --> 00:10:38,843 So then, what are we meant to learn from this? 211 00:10:38,843 --> 00:10:42,745 What is the principal we can take from this 212 00:10:42,745 --> 00:10:45,236 and apply to our lives? 213 00:10:45,236 --> 00:10:47,753 Well, in order to answer that, 214 00:10:47,753 --> 00:10:49,792 we must first ask, 215 00:10:49,792 --> 00:10:53,014 what did this mean for these Jews here? 216 00:10:53,014 --> 00:10:56,531 Well, simply this, 217 00:10:56,531 --> 00:11:00,256 what God is about to do now in the Passover 218 00:11:00,256 --> 00:11:04,449 and then delivering the Israelites through the Red Sea. 219 00:11:04,449 --> 00:11:06,849 What God is about to do now for these people 220 00:11:06,849 --> 00:11:10,744 is so significant that they are told here 221 00:11:10,744 --> 00:11:16,256 to build their calendar around it. 222 00:11:16,256 --> 00:11:19,672 So is that the application for us? 223 00:11:19,672 --> 00:11:23,225 Are we today meant to do the same as these Jews here 224 00:11:23,225 --> 00:11:26,181 and make this the start of the year for us? 225 00:11:26,181 --> 00:11:28,361 And build our calendar around the Passover 226 00:11:28,361 --> 00:11:31,081 and the escape from Egypt? 227 00:11:31,081 --> 00:11:34,561 Is that how we are meant to apply this? 228 00:11:34,561 --> 00:11:37,325 Well, the answer is, not literally. 229 00:11:37,325 --> 00:11:41,999 The answer is yes, but not literally. 230 00:11:41,999 --> 00:11:46,195 You see, it is what these events point to... 231 00:11:46,195 --> 00:11:49,386 it is what the Passover points to 232 00:11:49,386 --> 00:11:53,255 that we are to build, not merely our calendar around, 233 00:11:53,255 --> 00:11:57,002 but rather every day of our lives around. 234 00:11:57,002 --> 00:11:58,343 That's the idea. 235 00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:01,417 You see, the event that the Passover 236 00:12:01,417 --> 00:12:04,169 and God delivering these people points to - 237 00:12:04,169 --> 00:12:07,910 it is so significant that we are to build 238 00:12:07,910 --> 00:12:12,655 our whole lives around it. 239 00:12:12,655 --> 00:12:17,728 What does it point to? 240 00:12:17,728 --> 00:12:19,483 What does the Passover point to 241 00:12:19,483 --> 00:12:22,711 in God's judgement passing over them, of course, 242 00:12:22,711 --> 00:12:25,797 is the redemption in Christ Jesus. 243 00:12:25,797 --> 00:12:27,116 As the Apostle Paul said, 244 00:12:27,116 --> 00:12:29,020 "Christ, our Passover." 245 00:12:29,020 --> 00:12:32,092 Jesus Christ is our Passover. 246 00:12:32,092 --> 00:12:34,005 And as John the Baptist declared, 247 00:12:34,005 --> 00:12:36,391 "Behold! The Lamb of God, 248 00:12:36,391 --> 00:12:38,283 who takes away the sin of the world." 249 00:12:38,283 --> 00:12:43,563 Behold, Jesus Christ is the true Passover Lamb of God. 250 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,682 He takes away our sin. 251 00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:48,142 You see, we are called to build our lives 252 00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:50,998 around the true Passover. 253 00:12:50,998 --> 00:12:54,999 Now, of course, today the calendar we use 254 00:12:54,999 --> 00:13:02,332 is based upon the first coming of Jesus Christ. 255 00:13:02,332 --> 00:13:07,257 We have the time period B.C.: "Before Christ." 256 00:13:07,257 --> 00:13:10,078 And then the time period from when He was born 257 00:13:10,078 --> 00:13:11,640 into the world: A.D. 258 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,548 from the Latin, "Year of our Lord." 259 00:13:14,548 --> 00:13:18,752 But whether someone has a calendar like this or not, 260 00:13:18,752 --> 00:13:21,688 the whole of history revolves around 261 00:13:21,688 --> 00:13:23,810 the coming of this Savior 262 00:13:23,810 --> 00:13:26,771 and what He would do for us. 263 00:13:26,771 --> 00:13:28,808 You see, what this event of the Passover 264 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:30,537 and the escape from Egypt points to 265 00:13:30,537 --> 00:13:37,329 is the most significant event in history. 266 00:13:37,329 --> 00:13:40,818 Notice a similar thing in verse 14, 267 00:13:40,818 --> 00:13:43,694 when it says, "This day (the day of the Passover) 268 00:13:43,694 --> 00:13:47,272 shall be a memorial day and you shall keep it 269 00:13:47,272 --> 00:13:48,917 as a feast to the Lord 270 00:13:48,917 --> 00:13:50,520 throughout your generations 271 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,319 as a statute forever. 272 00:13:52,319 --> 00:13:55,787 You shall keep it as a feast." 273 00:13:55,787 --> 00:13:58,412 Now, we'll consider the instruction given 274 00:13:58,412 --> 00:14:01,777 for the feast and how they are meant to reenact it in a moment, 275 00:14:01,777 --> 00:14:03,968 but the point I want to make here 276 00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:06,865 is that these Jews, notice, they're told to keep the feast 277 00:14:06,865 --> 00:14:09,714 of the Passover and reenact it 278 00:14:09,714 --> 00:14:12,934 year upon year on this day. 279 00:14:12,934 --> 00:14:16,734 They're told to do it through all the generations. 280 00:14:16,734 --> 00:14:18,185 And it even says there 281 00:14:18,185 --> 00:14:21,901 this will be a statute forever. 282 00:14:21,901 --> 00:14:25,581 It will be an everlasting ordinance. 283 00:14:25,581 --> 00:14:32,403 So, how are we meant to apply this one? 284 00:14:32,403 --> 00:14:36,400 Does this mean that we as Christians 285 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,196 are meant to celebrate the Passover? 286 00:14:39,196 --> 00:14:42,029 And since this is an everlasting ordinance - 287 00:14:42,029 --> 00:14:44,346 it's something forever - 288 00:14:44,346 --> 00:14:46,864 does this mean that there will be people 289 00:14:46,864 --> 00:14:48,482 who will still keep this feast 290 00:14:48,482 --> 00:14:57,727 and reenact it in everlasting life? 291 00:14:57,727 --> 00:15:00,729 Dispensationalists might say yes. 292 00:15:00,729 --> 00:15:02,682 I've heard them say that. 293 00:15:02,682 --> 00:15:04,597 So I say, does that mean then, 294 00:15:04,597 --> 00:15:07,194 they'll be slaughtering the lambs 295 00:15:07,194 --> 00:15:08,275 in eternal life? 296 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:10,191 Which they don't believe, so they say 297 00:15:10,191 --> 00:15:15,013 well, we're having a vegetarian Passover. 298 00:15:15,013 --> 00:15:17,293 You see, once again, the answer is: 299 00:15:17,293 --> 00:15:20,222 not literally. 300 00:15:20,222 --> 00:15:21,914 Because once again, you see, 301 00:15:21,914 --> 00:15:24,513 it is what this feast points to 302 00:15:24,513 --> 00:15:28,217 that is the everlasting part about it. 303 00:15:28,217 --> 00:15:30,522 It's the redemption that is in Christ Jesus 304 00:15:30,522 --> 00:15:32,705 that will be the everlasting ordinance 305 00:15:32,705 --> 00:15:35,913 that Jesus Christ is our Passover. 306 00:15:35,913 --> 00:15:39,444 You see, not even these Jews here 307 00:15:39,444 --> 00:15:41,784 are called to keep this Passover today 308 00:15:41,784 --> 00:15:44,584 in our day in a literal sense. 309 00:15:44,584 --> 00:15:46,928 Because once the true Passover came - 310 00:15:46,928 --> 00:15:48,513 Jesus Christ - there's no need 311 00:15:48,513 --> 00:15:50,318 for the shadow anymore. 312 00:15:50,318 --> 00:15:54,596 As Galatians 3:22, 25 and Hebrews 13 313 00:15:54,596 --> 00:15:58,090 makes abundantly clear, 314 00:15:58,090 --> 00:16:00,409 that these things in the literal sense 315 00:16:00,409 --> 00:16:02,454 were only meant to be kept 316 00:16:02,454 --> 00:16:04,038 until the first coming of Jesus 317 00:16:04,038 --> 00:16:07,865 and His redemption that it points to. 318 00:16:07,865 --> 00:16:11,118 You know, to use an illustration, 319 00:16:11,118 --> 00:16:14,409 before a movie comes out, 320 00:16:14,409 --> 00:16:18,154 they show you a trailer, a preview, don't they? 321 00:16:18,154 --> 00:16:21,487 And people get all excited about the trailer. 322 00:16:21,487 --> 00:16:23,789 Thinking what's the movie going to be like? 323 00:16:23,789 --> 00:16:25,316 Well, once the movie comes out 324 00:16:25,316 --> 00:16:27,792 and you've watched the movie, 325 00:16:27,792 --> 00:16:30,322 you no longer have need of the trailer, do you? 326 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:31,524 The preview. 327 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:35,039 You don't all sit down as a family 328 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:36,625 and say let's get the popcorn out 329 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:41,543 and watch the movie preview; the trailer. 330 00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:45,995 Because it's only a preview of what is coming. 331 00:16:45,995 --> 00:16:49,110 You see, this reenacting of the Passover 332 00:16:49,110 --> 00:16:51,535 was a preview of what Christ would do 333 00:16:51,535 --> 00:16:54,486 when He came. 334 00:16:54,486 --> 00:16:56,535 The last Passover in a literal sense 335 00:16:56,535 --> 00:16:57,966 with any significance, 336 00:16:57,966 --> 00:17:00,236 was, of course, the one that Jesus ate 337 00:17:00,236 --> 00:17:02,731 right before He went to the cross, 338 00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:04,413 where He showed Himself to be 339 00:17:04,413 --> 00:17:07,071 the true Passover Lamb. 340 00:17:07,071 --> 00:17:11,702 You see, it is Christ being our Passover 341 00:17:11,702 --> 00:17:14,137 that we are to build our lives, 342 00:17:14,137 --> 00:17:16,951 our calendar around here. 343 00:17:16,951 --> 00:17:20,687 And for us, it's not just a once a year thing. 344 00:17:20,687 --> 00:17:23,198 But we are to do all we do 345 00:17:23,198 --> 00:17:24,759 for the glory of God. 346 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:26,071 That's what it means here. 347 00:17:26,071 --> 00:17:27,576 That's the lesson from building 348 00:17:27,576 --> 00:17:29,513 your calendar around this. 349 00:17:29,513 --> 00:17:31,454 We're to do all we do for His glory 350 00:17:31,454 --> 00:17:33,700 knowing we've been redeemed. 351 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:37,172 That God's judgment has passed over us, 352 00:17:37,172 --> 00:17:39,960 so do works out of gratitude. 353 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,359 And just as verse 6 says here, 354 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,430 we read the whole congregation 355 00:17:45,430 --> 00:17:46,860 of the children of Israel 356 00:17:46,860 --> 00:17:50,313 coming together to keep this feast. 357 00:17:50,313 --> 00:17:52,505 In the New Covenant, 358 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:54,581 we set aside the Lord's Day, don't we, 359 00:17:54,581 --> 00:17:57,261 to meet and assemble. 360 00:17:57,261 --> 00:18:00,118 Because that's the day Jesus rose from the dead 361 00:18:00,118 --> 00:18:05,762 showing us our sins have all been paid for. 362 00:18:05,762 --> 00:18:07,967 Let's look though at how they keep 363 00:18:07,967 --> 00:18:12,624 this Passover feast and what it means to us. 364 00:18:12,624 --> 00:18:14,787 In verses 4 to 6, 365 00:18:14,787 --> 00:18:18,134 they're told to take a lamb 366 00:18:18,134 --> 00:18:20,513 that must be without blemish. 367 00:18:20,513 --> 00:18:24,975 That is, without any flaws or spoils in it. 368 00:18:24,975 --> 00:18:27,186 So why is this? 369 00:18:27,186 --> 00:18:30,942 Why must this lamb we are about to sacrifice, 370 00:18:30,942 --> 00:18:35,530 why must it be without any flaw or blemish? 371 00:18:35,530 --> 00:18:38,549 Well, again, it's what it points to. 372 00:18:38,549 --> 00:18:39,699 This is to teach us that 373 00:18:39,699 --> 00:18:40,921 the true Passover Lamb, 374 00:18:40,921 --> 00:18:42,921 the one who would die for our sins, 375 00:18:42,921 --> 00:18:44,922 God's promised Savior Jesus Christ 376 00:18:44,922 --> 00:18:46,808 must be innocent. 377 00:18:46,808 --> 00:18:51,198 He must be without any flaw or blemish. 378 00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:54,618 Because we have all sinned against God. 379 00:18:54,618 --> 00:19:04,885 And so there is a penalty on Judgment Day to pay. 380 00:19:04,885 --> 00:19:09,013 And so, in order to save us, 381 00:19:09,013 --> 00:19:11,066 God promised to send a Savior 382 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:14,565 who would pay the penalty. 383 00:19:14,565 --> 00:19:17,776 He promised to send the Passover Lamb, 384 00:19:17,776 --> 00:19:21,136 who must be without flaw. 385 00:19:21,136 --> 00:19:25,493 You see, someone who had sinned 386 00:19:25,493 --> 00:19:27,385 could not pay our penalty, 387 00:19:27,385 --> 00:19:28,832 because they would have to pay 388 00:19:28,832 --> 00:19:30,381 for their own penalty. 389 00:19:30,381 --> 00:19:32,550 You know, you have all this nonsense 390 00:19:32,550 --> 00:19:34,431 going on in the Catholic church 391 00:19:34,431 --> 00:19:37,049 with people praying to saints 392 00:19:37,049 --> 00:19:41,973 to try and borrow from their merit. 393 00:19:41,973 --> 00:19:43,882 You see, the idea behind all that 394 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:48,659 is that after all the good those people did, 395 00:19:48,659 --> 00:19:51,788 after paying for their own salvation 396 00:19:51,788 --> 00:19:52,991 with their own merits, 397 00:19:52,991 --> 00:19:54,318 with all the good they did, 398 00:19:54,318 --> 00:19:57,484 they had enough merit left over. 399 00:19:57,484 --> 00:20:00,217 And so they can share it with others 400 00:20:00,217 --> 00:20:01,887 to pay off their sins. 401 00:20:01,887 --> 00:20:03,305 If you'll pray to them, 402 00:20:03,305 --> 00:20:04,776 and of course, give a donation 403 00:20:04,776 --> 00:20:11,101 to the Catholic church. 404 00:20:11,101 --> 00:20:14,267 But the Bible is clear, 405 00:20:14,267 --> 00:20:16,500 no one has any merit 406 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:21,296 to pay for their own sin. 407 00:20:21,296 --> 00:20:24,730 Not them. Not anyone. 408 00:20:24,730 --> 00:20:25,755 All are guilty. 409 00:20:25,755 --> 00:20:28,359 All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 410 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:29,625 There is none righteous. 411 00:20:29,625 --> 00:20:32,258 Not even one. 412 00:20:32,258 --> 00:20:34,764 It's either Jesus Christ pays it all, 413 00:20:34,764 --> 00:20:36,589 or you pay for it all. 414 00:20:36,589 --> 00:20:38,360 There's no middle ground there. 415 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:42,552 There's no 99% Jesus and 1% you. 416 00:20:42,552 --> 00:20:46,716 It must be all Him or all you. 417 00:20:46,716 --> 00:20:51,429 You know, I was in Krakow in Poland recently 418 00:20:51,429 --> 00:20:55,238 and we just planted a church there, 419 00:20:55,238 --> 00:20:58,138 so please keep that work in prayer, 420 00:20:58,138 --> 00:21:00,265 I ask you... 421 00:21:00,265 --> 00:21:03,268 but in Poland, they took me on a tour 422 00:21:03,268 --> 00:21:07,773 of a cathedral - the big cathedral there. 423 00:21:07,773 --> 00:21:11,262 And it was a museum of idolatry. 424 00:21:11,262 --> 00:21:14,909 You go around and there is one shrine after another 425 00:21:14,909 --> 00:21:17,063 where you pray to all these saints. 426 00:21:17,063 --> 00:21:19,023 And you know, they've got artifacts in, 427 00:21:19,023 --> 00:21:21,425 like a bit of Jesus' cross and things like that, 428 00:21:21,425 --> 00:21:22,961 so they say. 429 00:21:22,961 --> 00:21:25,019 And the idea is that you pray to it 430 00:21:25,019 --> 00:21:26,706 and you get time off purgatory 431 00:21:26,706 --> 00:21:28,850 and things like that. 432 00:21:28,850 --> 00:21:30,849 Well, when you get to the end of it, 433 00:21:30,849 --> 00:21:32,738 as you walk around the room, 434 00:21:32,738 --> 00:21:33,753 they were telling me, 435 00:21:33,753 --> 00:21:36,858 Pope John Paul II who is from that city, 436 00:21:36,858 --> 00:21:40,015 he is bigger than Mary now there. 437 00:21:40,015 --> 00:21:41,854 And so they had this - it looked like 438 00:21:41,854 --> 00:21:46,794 the Ark of the Covenant elevated 439 00:21:46,794 --> 00:21:51,970 with some of Pope John Paul II's artifacts in. 440 00:21:51,970 --> 00:21:55,306 And if you pray to it and give a donation, 441 00:21:55,306 --> 00:21:57,015 he was telling me, I think it was, 442 00:21:57,015 --> 00:22:01,527 you get completely absolved from purgatory. 443 00:22:01,527 --> 00:22:05,399 Brethren, I can't remember the exact things in there, 444 00:22:05,399 --> 00:22:07,367 but it was something as ridiculous as 445 00:22:07,367 --> 00:22:13,502 Pope John Paul II's slippers. 446 00:22:13,502 --> 00:22:16,180 It's just ridiculous isn't it? 447 00:22:16,180 --> 00:22:18,230 You couldn't make it up 448 00:22:18,230 --> 00:22:24,728 how some people try and get forgiven. 449 00:22:24,728 --> 00:22:27,027 There's no other man than Christ 450 00:22:27,027 --> 00:22:31,090 who has any merit to pay for our sins. 451 00:22:31,090 --> 00:22:32,497 You see, in verse 6 here, 452 00:22:32,497 --> 00:22:35,942 we are told this spotless lamb 453 00:22:35,942 --> 00:22:38,230 was to be killed. 454 00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:40,968 Teaching us that in order to be forgiven, 455 00:22:40,968 --> 00:22:43,577 in order for God's judgment to pass over us, 456 00:22:43,577 --> 00:22:47,194 the price must be paid. 457 00:22:47,194 --> 00:22:50,757 Since we could not pay for it ourselves. 458 00:22:50,757 --> 00:22:53,200 Since we are not without blemish. 459 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,090 Only Christ could and would pay for it. 460 00:22:56,090 --> 00:22:58,630 And then in verse 7 461 00:22:58,630 --> 00:23:01,457 they are told to paint some of this blood 462 00:23:01,457 --> 00:23:02,447 of the Lamb 463 00:23:02,447 --> 00:23:04,796 upon the lintels and the doorposts 464 00:23:04,796 --> 00:23:10,678 of the house. 465 00:23:10,678 --> 00:23:17,866 What does this teach us? 466 00:23:17,866 --> 00:23:19,386 What does this teach us here 467 00:23:19,386 --> 00:23:23,358 in that they not only needed 468 00:23:23,358 --> 00:23:26,148 to have this spotless lamb 469 00:23:26,148 --> 00:23:29,788 sacrificed for them, 470 00:23:29,788 --> 00:23:33,260 but they had to apply the blood. 471 00:23:33,260 --> 00:23:35,570 They had to apply it to the lintel 472 00:23:35,570 --> 00:23:42,308 and to the doorposts of the house. 473 00:23:42,308 --> 00:23:43,852 You see, what this teaches us 474 00:23:43,852 --> 00:23:45,743 is that it's no use just knowing 475 00:23:45,743 --> 00:23:48,106 about Christ's death. 476 00:23:48,106 --> 00:23:49,935 It's no use just someone knowing 477 00:23:49,935 --> 00:23:52,850 all the details about this Passover, 478 00:23:52,850 --> 00:23:58,042 even much more intricate than what I'm giving now. 479 00:23:58,042 --> 00:24:02,747 It's no use someone knowing about the details 480 00:24:02,747 --> 00:24:04,994 of the Passover and how it points to 481 00:24:04,994 --> 00:24:07,222 the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 482 00:24:07,222 --> 00:24:08,552 That's all no good, 483 00:24:08,552 --> 00:24:12,965 if you don't apply it for yourself. 484 00:24:12,965 --> 00:24:15,095 To yourself. 485 00:24:15,095 --> 00:24:17,901 You see, just as they applied the blood, 486 00:24:17,901 --> 00:24:22,090 you too must apply this to yourself. 487 00:24:22,090 --> 00:24:24,808 You see, what you must see 488 00:24:24,808 --> 00:24:27,708 is the true Passover Jesus Christ 489 00:24:27,708 --> 00:24:29,673 and what He did as something 490 00:24:29,673 --> 00:24:33,064 that applies to your life. 491 00:24:33,064 --> 00:24:34,756 You are to apply it by faith, 492 00:24:34,756 --> 00:24:36,350 by trusting, by believing, 493 00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:42,099 that this applies to me. 494 00:24:42,099 --> 00:24:43,498 This applies to me 495 00:24:43,498 --> 00:24:45,200 that when Jesus Christ, 496 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,888 God's Passover Lamb died upon that cross, 497 00:24:47,888 --> 00:24:50,457 He was dying to pay the penalty in full 498 00:24:50,457 --> 00:24:52,992 for my sins. 499 00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:55,566 And so, now on Judgment Day, 500 00:24:55,566 --> 00:24:58,198 because God sees not my merits, 501 00:24:58,198 --> 00:25:00,786 but because God sees the blood of Christ 502 00:25:00,786 --> 00:25:02,718 shed for my sins, 503 00:25:02,718 --> 00:25:07,908 He will pass over giving me the wrath I deserve 504 00:25:07,908 --> 00:25:11,817 because Christ has paid the penalty. 505 00:25:11,817 --> 00:25:14,853 You see, it's no good just knowing about all this, 506 00:25:14,853 --> 00:25:17,938 if you don't think it applies to you. 507 00:25:17,938 --> 00:25:20,157 It's no good just knowing this, 508 00:25:20,157 --> 00:25:23,997 if you only think it applies to other people. 509 00:25:23,997 --> 00:25:26,459 What good is that to you? 510 00:25:26,459 --> 00:25:28,907 No, just as these people, they had to apply 511 00:25:28,907 --> 00:25:32,318 the blood to the lintel and the doorposts of the house, 512 00:25:32,318 --> 00:25:34,289 and so when the death plague 513 00:25:34,289 --> 00:25:36,591 swept through Egypt that night, 514 00:25:36,591 --> 00:25:37,859 when God saw the blood, 515 00:25:37,859 --> 00:25:40,522 He passed over, 516 00:25:40,522 --> 00:25:43,076 and His judgment did not fall upon them. 517 00:25:43,076 --> 00:25:48,398 You too must apply Christ's shedding of His blood for you. 518 00:25:48,398 --> 00:25:50,734 Apply it by faith. 519 00:25:50,734 --> 00:25:54,096 Realize that this applies to you. 520 00:25:54,096 --> 00:25:57,598 That God's judgment will pass over you, 521 00:25:57,598 --> 00:26:04,553 because Christ has shed His blood for you. 522 00:26:04,553 --> 00:26:07,810 And then in verses 8-9, 523 00:26:07,810 --> 00:26:12,853 they are told to roast this Passover lamb and eat it. 524 00:26:12,853 --> 00:26:15,826 Literally, barbecue it. 525 00:26:15,826 --> 00:26:19,988 Roast it on hot coals. 526 00:26:19,988 --> 00:26:21,618 You know, it always seems to me 527 00:26:21,618 --> 00:26:25,441 that our Lord liked a good barbecue. 528 00:26:25,441 --> 00:26:27,922 One of the first things we see Him doing 529 00:26:27,922 --> 00:26:31,143 after His resurrection is barbecuing fish 530 00:26:31,143 --> 00:26:33,593 on a beach. 531 00:26:33,593 --> 00:26:35,632 You know, when I think of a barbecue, 532 00:26:35,632 --> 00:26:37,277 I think of joy. 533 00:26:37,277 --> 00:26:39,333 Especially one there on a beach. 534 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:40,861 Isn't it interesting, you know, 535 00:26:40,861 --> 00:26:43,042 our Lord - He did His first miracle 536 00:26:43,042 --> 00:26:45,220 at the celebration of a wedding. 537 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:46,999 A celebration of great joy, 538 00:26:46,999 --> 00:26:49,632 and one of His first resurrection appearances 539 00:26:49,632 --> 00:26:53,089 was to have a barbecue on a beach. 540 00:26:53,089 --> 00:26:54,677 And yet there are some who think 541 00:26:54,677 --> 00:26:56,129 that being a Christian means 542 00:26:56,129 --> 00:26:58,226 you are to be miserable. 543 00:26:58,226 --> 00:27:01,806 As if that is being more holy 544 00:27:01,806 --> 00:27:07,343 or more spiritual. 545 00:27:07,343 --> 00:27:09,262 No, the sin of not being a Christian 546 00:27:09,262 --> 00:27:12,202 is where the miserableness is. 547 00:27:12,202 --> 00:27:13,998 As Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said, 548 00:27:13,998 --> 00:27:16,346 you can't believe this Gospel - 549 00:27:16,346 --> 00:27:18,224 that you were deserving of hell, 550 00:27:18,224 --> 00:27:21,936 and yet Christ has forgiven you of every sin 551 00:27:21,936 --> 00:27:24,886 and He has given you everlasting life. 552 00:27:24,886 --> 00:27:26,984 You can't believe that and be miserable. 553 00:27:26,984 --> 00:27:29,609 It's a contradiction. 554 00:27:29,609 --> 00:27:32,275 You see, when a Christian falls into being miserable, 555 00:27:32,275 --> 00:27:34,277 they've either forgotten this, 556 00:27:34,277 --> 00:27:38,830 or they never knew it in the first place. 557 00:27:38,830 --> 00:27:42,528 And of course, the Israelites were later instructed here 558 00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:46,191 to burn with fire the barbecue, 559 00:27:46,191 --> 00:27:52,105 the flesh of the sacrifice, 560 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:55,320 the later sacrifices, that is, beyond this. 561 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,362 And it speaks, doesn't it, Scripture 562 00:27:57,362 --> 00:28:02,182 of the sacrifices being a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 563 00:28:02,182 --> 00:28:05,904 You know, just like when you smell a good barbecue, 564 00:28:05,904 --> 00:28:07,886 it's a pleasing aroma. 565 00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:10,718 You know, back in Manchester, in our church, 566 00:28:10,718 --> 00:28:13,427 we sometimes in the summer time, 567 00:28:13,427 --> 00:28:18,381 which is about three days in Manchester every year, 568 00:28:18,381 --> 00:28:19,962 but we sometimes have a barbecue 569 00:28:19,962 --> 00:28:23,623 for our church fellowship meal time. 570 00:28:23,623 --> 00:28:26,186 Some have come to our meetings, 571 00:28:26,186 --> 00:28:28,515 the first time they've come to our church 572 00:28:28,515 --> 00:28:30,601 is, you know, we're having this barbecue 573 00:28:30,601 --> 00:28:32,390 just outside the church, 574 00:28:32,390 --> 00:28:34,990 and they just happen to be walking past 575 00:28:34,990 --> 00:28:37,419 and it smelled so good, they've come in 576 00:28:37,419 --> 00:28:40,810 and later got converted. 577 00:28:40,810 --> 00:28:43,706 But speaking of a pleasing aroma though, 578 00:28:43,706 --> 00:28:46,720 the Bible often speaks of our works. 579 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,224 The things the Christian does 580 00:28:48,224 --> 00:28:51,124 is a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 581 00:28:51,124 --> 00:28:57,814 But you see, only when it's not done 582 00:28:57,814 --> 00:29:01,002 in trying to earn salvation. 583 00:29:01,002 --> 00:29:03,020 You see, when people do good works 584 00:29:03,020 --> 00:29:04,825 in an attempt to earn forgiveness, 585 00:29:04,825 --> 00:29:06,823 that's not a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 586 00:29:06,823 --> 00:29:10,046 That's a stench. 587 00:29:10,046 --> 00:29:14,759 And keeping this Passover today 588 00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:16,310 in the New Covenant, 589 00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:24,172 we take the Lord's Supper together, don't we? 590 00:29:24,172 --> 00:29:25,738 That's the way we do it 591 00:29:25,738 --> 00:29:26,873 as a memorial, 592 00:29:26,873 --> 00:29:30,995 remembering that Christ is our Passover there. 593 00:29:30,995 --> 00:29:34,755 Remembering as we take the bread and the wine together 594 00:29:34,755 --> 00:29:37,191 that God's judgment will pass over us 595 00:29:37,191 --> 00:29:41,642 because He's seen the blood Christ shed for our sins 596 00:29:41,642 --> 00:29:45,761 at the last Passover. 597 00:29:45,761 --> 00:29:47,540 When Jesus Christ said, 598 00:29:47,540 --> 00:29:50,730 "Do this in remembrance of Me." 599 00:29:50,730 --> 00:29:54,154 And so, think about this every week, 600 00:29:54,154 --> 00:29:56,170 when you take the bread and the wine, 601 00:29:56,170 --> 00:29:58,270 the bread symbolizing the body of Christ 602 00:29:58,270 --> 00:29:59,422 broken for you; 603 00:29:59,422 --> 00:30:01,627 the wine symbolizing His blood 604 00:30:01,627 --> 00:30:03,744 shed for you. 605 00:30:03,744 --> 00:30:06,211 We are reminded there 606 00:30:06,211 --> 00:30:09,608 that when Jesus judges us on Judgment Day, 607 00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:11,908 He's seen the blood that was shed for us, 608 00:30:11,908 --> 00:30:15,059 and so His judgment will pass over us. 609 00:30:15,059 --> 00:30:17,914 No wrath will fall upon us. 610 00:30:17,914 --> 00:30:21,067 That's the reminder there at the Lord's Supper. 611 00:30:21,067 --> 00:30:22,935 As Lloyd-Jones said, 612 00:30:22,935 --> 00:30:27,224 when you take the Lord's Supper as a church 613 00:30:27,224 --> 00:30:30,358 unless you realize that you've been completely forgiven 614 00:30:30,358 --> 00:30:32,114 because of what Christ has done - 615 00:30:32,114 --> 00:30:33,327 unless you realize that, 616 00:30:33,327 --> 00:30:35,332 then you've not taken it. 617 00:30:35,332 --> 00:30:39,733 You've just had a snack. 618 00:30:39,733 --> 00:30:42,042 Because the reminder is there, 619 00:30:42,042 --> 00:30:44,453 that Christ is our Passover. 620 00:30:44,453 --> 00:30:47,530 That because of the shedding of His blood, 621 00:30:47,530 --> 00:30:50,123 because of His body being broken on our behalf 622 00:30:50,123 --> 00:30:52,142 upon the cross, 623 00:30:52,142 --> 00:30:55,526 there's nothing left for us to pay on Judgment Day. 624 00:30:55,526 --> 00:30:57,906 That's what the word redemption means. 625 00:30:57,906 --> 00:31:00,433 If someone has been redeemed, 626 00:31:00,433 --> 00:31:02,381 then the price has been paid in full. 627 00:31:02,381 --> 00:31:05,319 There's nothing left to pay. 628 00:31:05,319 --> 00:31:07,845 And notice in verse 10, 629 00:31:07,845 --> 00:31:11,697 after the Passover was roasted, 630 00:31:11,697 --> 00:31:15,405 they were to eat it there and then, 631 00:31:15,405 --> 00:31:18,139 and none was to be left until the morning. 632 00:31:18,139 --> 00:31:19,633 Anything they didn't eat, 633 00:31:19,633 --> 00:31:23,103 they were to burn with fire. 634 00:31:23,103 --> 00:31:25,390 Now this may have been to prevent 635 00:31:25,390 --> 00:31:27,167 people from keeping leftovers, 636 00:31:27,167 --> 00:31:29,981 and being superstitious about it. 637 00:31:29,981 --> 00:31:31,461 People have done that kind of thing 638 00:31:31,461 --> 00:31:33,103 down through the ages. 639 00:31:33,103 --> 00:31:34,866 Made relics of things. 640 00:31:34,866 --> 00:31:40,999 But the lesson here, 641 00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,832 and I think it's a good one, 642 00:31:43,832 --> 00:31:47,205 is that when we take the Lord's Supper 643 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:50,124 and remember Christ is our Passover, 644 00:31:50,124 --> 00:31:51,410 make sure it's not done 645 00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:53,873 out of superstition or ritual. 646 00:31:53,873 --> 00:31:55,790 You know, there are people who do this. 647 00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:58,189 They actually take it thinking they 648 00:31:58,189 --> 00:32:01,554 are being forgiven for taking it. 649 00:32:01,554 --> 00:32:03,287 Or they think that because there's 650 00:32:03,287 --> 00:32:08,664 some miraculous thing in the substance of the bread and wine. 651 00:32:08,664 --> 00:32:10,712 Well, if you take it that way, 652 00:32:10,712 --> 00:32:13,174 it's of no eternal value to you. 653 00:32:13,174 --> 00:32:16,476 You're just having a snack. 654 00:32:16,476 --> 00:32:18,379 You see, it must be taken as a reminder 655 00:32:18,379 --> 00:32:19,973 of what the Lord has done. 656 00:32:19,973 --> 00:32:21,558 That you are completely forgiven 657 00:32:21,558 --> 00:32:25,727 because Christ has paid for your sins. 658 00:32:25,727 --> 00:32:29,554 And also in verse 11, 659 00:32:29,554 --> 00:32:30,803 and this is important, 660 00:32:30,803 --> 00:32:32,426 "And thus you shall eat it 661 00:32:32,426 --> 00:32:34,651 with a belt on your waist, 662 00:32:34,651 --> 00:32:36,215 your sandals on your feet, 663 00:32:36,215 --> 00:32:37,808 and your staff in your hand, 664 00:32:37,808 --> 00:32:39,925 you shall eat it in haste. 665 00:32:39,925 --> 00:32:44,498 It is the Lord's Passover." 666 00:32:44,498 --> 00:32:47,821 The idea here by eating the Passover in haste 667 00:32:47,821 --> 00:32:49,466 with the sandals on your feet, 668 00:32:49,466 --> 00:32:50,658 your loins girded up, 669 00:32:50,658 --> 00:32:53,786 your staff ready in your hand... 670 00:32:53,786 --> 00:32:56,504 the idea here is that they were to eat 671 00:32:56,504 --> 00:32:59,923 this Passover ready to depart from Egypt. 672 00:32:59,923 --> 00:33:03,473 Fast. 673 00:33:03,473 --> 00:33:05,615 You see, just as these were to eat 674 00:33:05,615 --> 00:33:07,953 this Passover ready to make a quick getaway 675 00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:10,030 from Egypt, 676 00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:12,683 you and I are to live with a mindset. 677 00:33:12,683 --> 00:33:17,031 Ready to depart from this world and be with Christ. 678 00:33:17,031 --> 00:33:20,133 Again, it's like when we take the Lord's Supper, 679 00:33:20,133 --> 00:33:21,815 we're reminded there, aren't we, 680 00:33:21,815 --> 00:33:24,826 that He is coming again. 681 00:33:24,826 --> 00:33:29,376 You see, we are to live ready to depart. 682 00:33:29,376 --> 00:33:30,952 We are to remind ourselves that 683 00:33:30,952 --> 00:33:34,015 because Christ is our Passover, 684 00:33:34,015 --> 00:33:36,913 we are ready to be with Him, 685 00:33:36,913 --> 00:33:40,545 one day soon will be with Him. 686 00:33:40,545 --> 00:33:43,431 And then, they were given instruction 687 00:33:43,431 --> 00:33:46,320 in verses 18-20 about clearing out the leaven, 688 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:47,593 the yeast. 689 00:33:47,593 --> 00:33:50,492 Those who did not do this were cut off 690 00:33:50,492 --> 00:33:51,563 from Israel. 691 00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:53,193 When we get to the New Testament, 692 00:33:53,193 --> 00:33:56,340 we find this cutting off applies to church discipline 693 00:33:56,340 --> 00:33:59,521 and clearing out the leaven of sin. 694 00:33:59,521 --> 00:34:01,919 You see something else we're told to do 695 00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:04,070 at the Lord's Supper is examine ourselves. 696 00:34:04,070 --> 00:34:07,803 Make sure we're not holding on to any known sin. 697 00:34:07,803 --> 00:34:09,952 But notice verse 12. 698 00:34:09,952 --> 00:34:13,442 "For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, 699 00:34:13,442 --> 00:34:16,846 and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, 700 00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:18,348 both man and beast, 701 00:34:18,348 --> 00:34:21,841 and against all the gods of Egypt, 702 00:34:21,841 --> 00:34:23,444 I will execute judgment. 703 00:34:23,444 --> 00:34:28,781 I am the Lord." 704 00:34:28,781 --> 00:34:34,004 And so, what we're being taught here is that, 705 00:34:34,004 --> 00:34:36,352 notice in verse 12, 706 00:34:36,352 --> 00:34:42,467 God promises a judgment and a deliverance. 707 00:34:42,467 --> 00:34:44,030 He's going to execute judgment 708 00:34:44,030 --> 00:34:45,886 on those in Egypt. 709 00:34:45,886 --> 00:34:47,836 But on those covered by the Passover, 710 00:34:47,836 --> 00:34:49,247 He will pass over. 711 00:34:49,247 --> 00:34:51,912 There's a judgment and there's a deliverance. 712 00:34:51,912 --> 00:34:54,017 You see in building our calendar, our lives 713 00:34:54,017 --> 00:34:57,353 around this event, 714 00:34:57,353 --> 00:34:59,717 we are to build our lives 715 00:34:59,717 --> 00:35:02,772 preparing for the coming judgment of the Lord 716 00:35:02,772 --> 00:35:04,604 and a deliverance. 717 00:35:04,604 --> 00:35:08,053 This is how all the people in this world we meet 718 00:35:08,053 --> 00:35:11,342 around us - they're either facing the Lord 719 00:35:11,342 --> 00:35:14,612 in judgment or in deliverance. 720 00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:17,760 All those not covered by the Passover Lamb 721 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,576 will face the wrath of God. 722 00:35:20,576 --> 00:35:23,426 But on all those who do apply the blood, 723 00:35:23,426 --> 00:35:26,484 God will pass over. 724 00:35:26,484 --> 00:35:30,006 You see, this distinction will be is how it is 725 00:35:30,006 --> 00:35:31,559 at the final judgment. 726 00:35:31,559 --> 00:35:36,032 No harm will come to God's people there. 727 00:35:36,032 --> 00:35:37,387 No harm will come to those 728 00:35:37,387 --> 00:35:41,614 who have applied the blood of God's Passover - 729 00:35:41,614 --> 00:35:44,219 Jesus Christ. 730 00:35:44,219 --> 00:35:49,639 But, the other side of the coin is 731 00:35:49,639 --> 00:35:52,492 for all those who refuse this salvation, 732 00:35:52,492 --> 00:35:54,586 for all those who still insist 733 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:58,235 on proudly trying to save themselves, 734 00:35:58,235 --> 00:36:00,945 or those who are indifferent to it, 735 00:36:00,945 --> 00:36:03,710 none of those people will escape. 736 00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:05,829 That's the other guarantee. 737 00:36:05,829 --> 00:36:12,858 And when it says back in 12:12 738 00:36:12,858 --> 00:36:15,016 that God will execute judgment 739 00:36:15,016 --> 00:36:17,808 upon the gods of Egypt. 740 00:36:17,808 --> 00:36:21,322 That is the false deities that they worshiped there. 741 00:36:21,322 --> 00:36:23,475 You see, what this is teaching 742 00:36:23,475 --> 00:36:25,764 is that all the false gods, 743 00:36:25,764 --> 00:36:27,140 all the false religion, 744 00:36:27,140 --> 00:36:28,891 that the Egyptians were trusting in, 745 00:36:28,891 --> 00:36:31,340 cannot save them. 746 00:36:31,340 --> 00:36:32,299 Think about this, 747 00:36:32,299 --> 00:36:35,124 those Egyptians, when this death plague came, 748 00:36:35,124 --> 00:36:36,759 they were no doubt crying out 749 00:36:36,759 --> 00:36:40,583 to all the false gods. 750 00:36:40,583 --> 00:36:42,974 But the Lord is showing them here 751 00:36:42,974 --> 00:36:45,265 that He is the Lord. 752 00:36:45,265 --> 00:36:47,361 Those false gods, false religions 753 00:36:47,361 --> 00:36:49,714 that people cry out to, 754 00:36:49,714 --> 00:36:51,199 false ways of salvation 755 00:36:51,199 --> 00:36:54,568 cannot deliver you. 756 00:36:54,568 --> 00:36:58,796 Only this Passover Lamb Jesus Christ can. 757 00:36:58,796 --> 00:37:01,320 Notice verse 13. 758 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,383 "Now the blood shall be a sign for you 759 00:37:04,383 --> 00:37:06,559 on the houses where you are, 760 00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:08,412 and when I see the blood, 761 00:37:08,412 --> 00:37:10,407 I will pass over, 762 00:37:10,407 --> 00:37:13,056 and the plague shall not be on you 763 00:37:13,056 --> 00:37:19,112 to destroy you when I strike the land." 764 00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:21,826 You see, this blood is to be a sign. 765 00:37:21,826 --> 00:37:25,816 I keep repeating myself, 766 00:37:25,816 --> 00:37:27,928 but as Lloyd-Jones said, 767 00:37:27,928 --> 00:37:32,242 that's the art of good preaching: repetition. 768 00:37:32,242 --> 00:37:37,813 But this blood shall be a sign, 769 00:37:37,813 --> 00:37:40,702 that when the judgment of God comes, 770 00:37:40,702 --> 00:37:43,942 His judgment's going to pass over. 771 00:37:43,942 --> 00:37:45,818 It will not fall upon anyone 772 00:37:45,818 --> 00:37:48,064 who believes this good news of Jesus Christ 773 00:37:48,064 --> 00:37:50,190 as your Passover. 774 00:37:50,190 --> 00:37:52,506 You know, it's just like we get 775 00:37:52,506 --> 00:37:55,496 that promise of the rainbow, don't we? 776 00:37:55,496 --> 00:37:56,816 Back in Genesis, 777 00:37:56,816 --> 00:38:00,460 after God poured out His judgment with the flood there, 778 00:38:00,460 --> 00:38:03,148 and He preserved Noah and his family. 779 00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:06,654 God gave the rainbow as a covenant promise. 780 00:38:06,654 --> 00:38:09,096 That's why in Revelation, 781 00:38:09,096 --> 00:38:12,408 there is a rainbow surrounding the throne of God there. 782 00:38:12,408 --> 00:38:13,744 Giving us the promise 783 00:38:13,744 --> 00:38:17,939 that God is no longer, and will never be, 784 00:38:17,939 --> 00:38:19,594 angry with the believer. 785 00:38:19,594 --> 00:38:21,042 Those trusting in Christ. 786 00:38:21,042 --> 00:38:24,048 When you see a rainbow in the sky, 787 00:38:24,048 --> 00:38:27,683 it's a reminder that God will never be angry with you. 788 00:38:27,683 --> 00:38:30,399 That He remembers your sins no more. 789 00:38:30,399 --> 00:38:32,231 Because Christ has dealt with them. 790 00:38:32,231 --> 00:38:34,717 But you see, it's the same with the blood here. 791 00:38:34,717 --> 00:38:38,505 You know, if you so much as cut your finger, 792 00:38:38,505 --> 00:38:40,283 that should be a reminder to you 793 00:38:40,283 --> 00:38:42,423 that God has completely forgiven you 794 00:38:42,423 --> 00:38:46,135 because of what Jesus Christ has done. 795 00:38:46,135 --> 00:38:47,985 If you see the blood on a steak 796 00:38:47,985 --> 00:38:51,212 or in the symbol of the red wine, 797 00:38:51,212 --> 00:38:55,002 remember Christ as your Passover. 798 00:38:55,002 --> 00:38:59,236 And you're forgiven because of what He's done. 799 00:38:59,236 --> 00:39:04,788 So in closing, let me ask you this. 800 00:39:04,788 --> 00:39:08,661 Is Christ your Passover? 801 00:39:08,661 --> 00:39:11,376 Or are you still trusting in false religion 802 00:39:11,376 --> 00:39:14,120 like these Egyptians here? 803 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:15,985 Notice that there's nothing deserving 804 00:39:15,985 --> 00:39:20,347 about these Israelites that earns them this. 805 00:39:20,347 --> 00:39:22,306 There is no merit in them 806 00:39:22,306 --> 00:39:26,029 that makes God choose them. 807 00:39:26,029 --> 00:39:28,401 But it's the shedding of Christ's blood - 808 00:39:28,401 --> 00:39:32,507 that's the only merit you must apply. 809 00:39:32,507 --> 00:39:37,225 Is Christ your Passover? 810 00:39:37,225 --> 00:39:39,207 Or have you just heard about these things 811 00:39:39,207 --> 00:39:47,296 but not yet applied it to you personally? 812 00:39:47,296 --> 00:39:49,320 You see, just as these were called, 813 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,583 commanded even, 814 00:39:50,583 --> 00:39:51,982 to apply the blood - 815 00:39:51,982 --> 00:39:54,682 you are also invited, commanded, 816 00:39:54,682 --> 00:39:58,481 to apply what Christ has done for you to yourself. 817 00:39:58,481 --> 00:40:03,587 You are invited to see that this applies to me. 818 00:40:03,587 --> 00:40:05,764 You are invited to apply this to yourself 819 00:40:05,764 --> 00:40:07,949 this day even. 820 00:40:07,949 --> 00:40:09,140 Notice there, 821 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:12,918 "When I see the blood, I will pass over." 822 00:40:12,918 --> 00:40:15,167 Just think about that. 823 00:40:15,167 --> 00:40:17,747 "When I see the blood, I will pass over." 824 00:40:17,747 --> 00:40:18,945 On Judgment Day, 825 00:40:18,945 --> 00:40:21,608 who is the one who judges us? 826 00:40:21,608 --> 00:40:23,220 Jesus. 827 00:40:23,220 --> 00:40:25,421 He says when I see the blood 828 00:40:25,421 --> 00:40:29,027 of His suffering, I will pass over you. 829 00:40:29,027 --> 00:40:30,852 Well, if He's the one who judges us, 830 00:40:30,852 --> 00:40:32,848 and He's the one who shed His blood, 831 00:40:32,848 --> 00:40:38,297 He's not going to miss that, is He. 832 00:40:38,297 --> 00:40:46,613 He's going to see His own suffering there. 833 00:40:46,613 --> 00:40:51,458 "When I see the blood..." 834 00:40:51,458 --> 00:40:53,722 ... that Jesus has paid my debt. 835 00:40:53,722 --> 00:40:56,190 "When I see the blood, I will pass over you 836 00:40:56,190 --> 00:40:57,427 in judgment." 837 00:40:57,427 --> 00:40:59,636 You're invited to believe this for yourself. 838 00:40:59,636 --> 00:41:01,280 Believe it. 839 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,376 And say this is for me. 840 00:41:03,376 --> 00:41:05,707 You're invited to believe that when Christ 841 00:41:05,707 --> 00:41:07,112 sees His own sacrifice, 842 00:41:07,112 --> 00:41:09,652 He will pass over your sins. 843 00:41:09,652 --> 00:41:11,360 He will see the travail of His soul 844 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:15,051 and be satisfied. 845 00:41:15,051 --> 00:41:19,081 In verse 32, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron 846 00:41:19,081 --> 00:41:22,351 and told them to go. 847 00:41:22,351 --> 00:41:24,823 The people, the Egyptians, and Pharaoh 848 00:41:24,823 --> 00:41:29,317 are now urging the Israelites - just go. 849 00:41:29,317 --> 00:41:33,361 You see, just as it was only the Passover 850 00:41:33,361 --> 00:41:35,598 that set these people free; 851 00:41:35,598 --> 00:41:39,081 the other miracles didn't quite do it. 852 00:41:39,081 --> 00:41:42,743 Only Christ can make you free on Judgment Day. 853 00:41:42,743 --> 00:41:46,375 If you'll make Him your Passover. 854 00:41:46,375 --> 00:41:49,674 And just as they left in haste here, 855 00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:50,910 they left fast. 856 00:41:50,910 --> 00:41:52,677 You are called to believe on Christ 857 00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:56,467 as your Passover at once. 858 00:41:56,467 --> 00:41:59,715 Just as these Israelites were not to delay. 859 00:41:59,715 --> 00:42:02,810 You are not to delay believing upon Christ 860 00:42:02,810 --> 00:42:04,080 as your Passover, 861 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,078 and apply it to yourself. 862 00:42:07,078 --> 00:42:09,484 If you're troubled about your soul, 863 00:42:09,484 --> 00:42:11,509 if you're concerned about your soul, 864 00:42:11,509 --> 00:42:13,788 I'd be glad to talk to you. 865 00:42:13,788 --> 00:42:16,087 But since I'm only going to tell you 866 00:42:16,087 --> 00:42:19,773 the exact same things I've been repeating here, 867 00:42:19,773 --> 00:42:21,762 why don't you just cut out the middle man 868 00:42:21,762 --> 00:42:26,234 and go straight to the Lord and trust in Him? 869 00:42:26,234 --> 00:42:28,790 See Christ as your Passover. 870 00:42:28,790 --> 00:42:34,434 Make haste and apply this to your own life. 871 00:42:34,434 --> 00:42:37,588 Believe that the Son of God's blood 872 00:42:37,588 --> 00:42:38,643 was shed for you. 873 00:42:38,643 --> 00:42:40,637 And so God's judgment will pass over you 874 00:42:40,637 --> 00:42:42,431 because of this. 875 00:42:42,431 --> 00:42:45,181 Don't put it off any longer. 876 00:42:45,181 --> 00:42:48,286 Don't try to use, "let's talk about this some more," 877 00:42:48,286 --> 00:42:51,271 as an excuse to put off what you've already heard 878 00:42:51,271 --> 00:42:54,531 and should be doing now. 879 00:42:54,531 --> 00:42:56,673 Don't try to use tomorrow as an excuse 880 00:42:56,673 --> 00:43:00,765 to put off what you should be doing today. 881 00:43:00,765 --> 00:43:07,482 Don't try and use, "I might do it later," 882 00:43:07,482 --> 00:43:09,553 as an excuse in order to delay 883 00:43:09,553 --> 00:43:18,379 what you should be doing right now this moment. 884 00:43:18,379 --> 00:43:21,836 Look at one last verse, verse 40, 885 00:43:21,836 --> 00:43:24,013 The sojourn of the children of Israel 886 00:43:24,013 --> 00:43:27,929 who lived in Egypt was 430 years 887 00:43:27,929 --> 00:43:30,991 they were there. 888 00:43:30,991 --> 00:43:32,913 They were in slavery and bondage 889 00:43:32,913 --> 00:43:36,523 for a long time, weren't they? 890 00:43:36,523 --> 00:43:39,068 This night they were free. 891 00:43:39,068 --> 00:43:40,810 You see, it doesn't matter how long 892 00:43:40,810 --> 00:43:43,349 you've been bound in sin. 893 00:43:43,349 --> 00:43:45,549 These Israelites were in slavery and bondage 894 00:43:45,549 --> 00:43:47,923 for the best part of 430 years, 895 00:43:47,923 --> 00:43:49,883 but on the night of this Passover, 896 00:43:49,883 --> 00:43:53,428 they were made free. 897 00:43:53,428 --> 00:43:55,737 You see, it doesn't matter how long 898 00:43:55,737 --> 00:43:58,955 you've been in bondage and misery, 899 00:43:58,955 --> 00:44:00,364 you too can be free, 900 00:44:00,364 --> 00:44:02,138 right now, this moment, this day 901 00:44:02,138 --> 00:44:05,187 by applying this blood. 902 00:44:05,187 --> 00:44:08,943 By realizing that Christ's blood was shed for you. 903 00:44:08,943 --> 00:44:12,218 That this applies for you. 904 00:44:12,218 --> 00:44:17,133 That you can be forgiven because Christ is your Passover. 905 00:44:17,133 --> 00:44:21,580 You know, there's many, many young people here. 906 00:44:21,580 --> 00:44:24,866 There's no age limit on this. 907 00:44:24,866 --> 00:44:26,993 You know we have four year old's even, 908 00:44:26,993 --> 00:44:31,719 five year old's, six year old's, seven, eight... 909 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,080 You don't have to wait any longer. 910 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:38,226 If you see others in your family 911 00:44:38,226 --> 00:44:42,296 and you too want to be saved... 912 00:44:42,296 --> 00:44:45,603 How many times have you heard this good news? 913 00:44:45,603 --> 00:44:47,524 But you need to apply it. 914 00:44:47,524 --> 00:44:49,023 And you can apply it right now. 915 00:44:49,023 --> 00:44:51,732 Believe Christ is your Passover. 916 00:44:51,732 --> 00:44:54,536 That's what you're called to do. 917 00:44:54,536 --> 00:44:58,639 To delay is sin. 918 00:44:58,639 --> 00:45:09,805 So let's pray. 919 00:45:09,805 --> 00:45:15,534 Our Father, 920 00:45:15,534 --> 00:45:21,154 Lord, just as you speak through donkeys, 921 00:45:21,154 --> 00:45:23,884 I pray, Lord, that You would use this word, 922 00:45:23,884 --> 00:45:25,193 because the seed is good, 923 00:45:25,193 --> 00:45:26,224 the message is good, 924 00:45:26,224 --> 00:45:30,724 simple though it is, 925 00:45:30,724 --> 00:45:34,785 the great news of what you've done, 926 00:45:34,785 --> 00:45:36,098 that anyone in here, 927 00:45:36,098 --> 00:45:38,391 anyone who hears this message 928 00:45:38,391 --> 00:45:41,585 can be forgiven right now 929 00:45:41,585 --> 00:45:44,464 by seeing that Jesus Christ is their Passover, 930 00:45:44,464 --> 00:45:47,074 that on Judgment Day, 931 00:45:47,074 --> 00:45:48,992 God's judgment will pass over them, 932 00:45:48,992 --> 00:45:53,218 not because of anything they've done, 933 00:45:53,218 --> 00:45:56,375 but because Jesus Christ has shed His blood 934 00:45:56,375 --> 00:45:59,677 for them. 935 00:45:59,677 --> 00:46:06,512 I pray You would help apply it by faith. 936 00:46:06,512 --> 00:46:07,759 And for all of us here, 937 00:46:07,759 --> 00:46:09,596 we pray, Lord, that we build our lives 938 00:46:09,596 --> 00:46:13,721 around this event every day. 939 00:46:13,721 --> 00:46:18,389 That Jesus Christ would be at the center. 940 00:46:18,389 --> 00:46:21,558 In Jesus' name, Amen.