the blood, the blood, it's all
about the blood. We have a bloody gospel, we have a bloody religion, the
true religion, there is a true religion, it's of God, it's of
grace, and it's a bloody one, it's a bloody one. We have a
bloody Savior, When John was taken to the third heaven, he
said, I saw a lamb as it had been slain, standing in the midst
of the throne. The Bible is a bloody book. You
can't read this book and not see the blood, the blood of Christ
flowing from Genesis to Revelation. It's read with the blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ. It's a bloody book. Because salvation
only comes through the blood of Jesus Christ. That's how it
comes. Through the blood. Saved by the blood, we sing,
of the crucified one. Saved by His blood. Without the
blood, the Scripture tells us there's no forgiveness of sins. Apart from the blood, there's
no hope for anyone apart from the blood. Apart from the blood,
there's no salvation. Listen to these scriptures. And
I'm just going, these are just a few. I mean, just a scratch
of the surface. In Exodus 12, 13, God said, when
I see the blood, when I see it, We don't always see it, do we?
Even us who believe, we don't always see it. But God always
sees it. It's always before Him. And you
know that the blood of Christ is always before God and it's
always fresh. It's always fresh. It's not just
something that happened 2,000 years ago. It's always fresh
before God. Christ the Lamb slain. Standing
there as a Lamb as though it hadn't been slain. Leviticus
17 11 for the life of the flesh is in the blood. Once a year
I have blood work done and they tell me a lot about my health
just by that blood work. I even had an ancestry thing
done here not too long ago. And it told me my ancestry back
to 1500 years. It reached back there. Of course,
it goes all the way back to Adam. I know that. There's so much said in the blood,
in the blood. And listen, for the life of the
flesh is in the blood, it is the blood that makes atonement
for the soul. That's why He says there in Leviticus
11, He said, I've given it to you upon the altar, and it's
the blood that makes atonement for the soul. Nothing else does.
Nothing else does. Repentance does not make atonement
for my soul. It does not make atonement for
my sins. I could weep and weep and weep
and ought to. over my sins, but it doesn't
make atonement for them. FAITH DOES NOT MAKE ATONEMENT
FOR THEM! There's only one thing throughout the Word of God that
says it makes atonement for my soul, and that's the BLOOD OF
JESUS CHRIST. It says in Hebrews 9, verse 22,
Without the shedding of blood there is no remission. Now it's
not just the shedding of blood, it's the shedding of HIS BLOOD!
You can shed my blood, and I can shed your blood. God can shed
all of our blood, and it's not going to do anything for us good. Listen here in 1 Peter 1, 2. He speaks of obedience and the
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. What did they do with
that blood? They sprinkled it up on the doorpost
and up over the door. The blood of Christ is sprinkled.
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON OUR HEARTS, BY FAITH WE LAY HOLD OF IT, IT'S
THE BLOOD, IT'S HIS BLOOD. It says in 1 John 1, verse 7,
THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON, HIS SON, CLEANSES US FROM
ALL SIN. IT CLEANSES US FROM ALL. NOTHING
ELSE CAN CLEANSE YOU FROM SIN. Nothing else. You can be baptized
a million times over and it won't wash away one sin. There's no
such thing as baptismal regeneration. It's not going to save you. Holy
Spirit regeneration But the water is not going to cleanse me. You
can baptize a sinner and he'll be just as dirty when he comes
up as when he went down. It's the blood that washes away
our sins. It's the blood of Jesus Christ,
God's Son, cleanses us from all sins. And it's His blood, listen,
it's His blood that speaks better things. It says over in Hebrews
12, Then that of Abel, the blood of sprinkling of the Lord Jesus
Christ, that speaks better things than that of Abel. Abel's blood
cried for vengeance. The Lord's blood intercedes for
mercy, mercy on those for whom it was shed. God's blood, the
blood of Christ is not wasted. It's not wasted. It accomplished
exactly what it was shed to do and shed to accomplish. You know,
the church in Acts 20, 28 is said to be redeemed, is said
to be repurchased with the blood of Christ, with the blood of
God. That's what it says. It says,
The church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood,
God purchased you who believe with His own blood. God did that.
That's why God became a man. that He might have blood to shed
and purchase us, redeem us. 1 Peter says, You've been redeemed
with the precious blood of Christ, not with silver and gold, but
with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot. Now in verse 1 and 2, the Lord
speaks of a new beginning. We've had nine plagues that God
brought on Egypt and each time he said to Pharaoh, let my people
go, and he wouldn't do it, but this time he's going to let them
go. God said to Moses in chapter 11, I've got one more plague
I'm going to bring and then after that he'll let you go. But this one plague that he's
going to bring on Egypt is plague of death. is also the one plague
that reached over into Goshen. Because death comes to us all.
All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. But God,
God provided a substitute for His people, for His elect there
in Israel and Egypt. God provided a Lamb. He provided
a substitute for them. And instead of the firstborn
dying in Israel, the Lamb died in their stead. That's substitution,
substitution. But notice here, God speaks of
a new beginning. He speaks to Moses and Aaron,
and He's going to declare to them that this is going to be
a new beginning, a new beginning. The Passover resets the calendar. It reset the Jewish calendar. It becomes the beginning of months.
It was called the month of Abib. That means spring. I thought,
how fitting, how fitting. Spring is what? The time of life
and everything is green and growing, everything is young. And he said,
this is the beginning of your new life right here. It begins with Christ, doesn't
it? Our life begins with Christ. When we are born of God, when
I was born of God, when you were born of God, that's when I began. That's my new life. That's a
new beginning. And just as Israel's calendar
changed with the blood of the Lamb, our true beginning is in
the blood of the Lamb, the Lamb of God. And then in verse 3 and
4, God's Lamb is for God's people. Now it's so glaringly obvious
that God did not give this land to the houses and the homes of
the firstborn of Egypt. He didn't do it. That's God's
will, that's God's purpose. And what God does is right, right?
What God does is right. I can't comprehend the THE MYSTERIOUS WORKINGS OF GOD.
HE SAID MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, MY THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER
THAN YOUR THOUGHTS. AS FAR AS HEAVEN IS ABOVE THE
EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS AND MY THOUGHTS ABOVE YOURS. I CAN'T
COMPREHEND THE WAYS AND PURPOSE OF GOD, BUT I KNOW THIS. HERE'S
WHAT I DO KNOW, AND I'M CONFIDENT OF THIS, THE JUDGE OF THE EARTH
WILL DO RIGHT. GOD WILL DO RIGHT. HE CAN DO NO WRONG. You can do no wrong. Now it says
here, look here in verse 3 and 4, Speak unto all the congregation
of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall
take to them every man a lamb. That is, every household, every
elder of the house, you know, the head of the house, is to
take a lamb according to the house of their fathers, a lamb
for a house. We have a lamb for a house. We
have a lamb for God s house, don t we? God provided a lamb
for His house. And you, the church, are the
house of God. And God provided the Lamb, the
Lord Jesus Christ. You know, in my readings, it
is said there was between two to five million people, Jews,
Israelites. How many lambs do you reckon
were slain that day? And we don't read of one house
of the Israelites being without the blood, being without the
Lamb. They believed what God said, and they did what God said. And all those lambs were slain,
but all those lambs represented one Lamb, God's Lamb, God's Lamb. But God provided a Lamb for His
house, the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the Lamb for the house.
And then in verse looking five and six here, we see the character
of this lamb. Well, let me read verse four
with it. And if the household be too small for the lamb, you
see the lamb is always sufficient for the house. Christ is sufficient. Christ is enough for God's house.
You know, God's going to save a multitude of sinners that no
man can number, but Christ is sufficient for all of us. He's
sufficient. But you know, in that time, that
the house had to be at least 10 people in the house. It was
10 to 20 people in the house. If there was less than 10, they
were to call their neighbor. But there was to always be at
least 10 to 20 people. And they would gather together,
and they would sacrifice this land here in this house. So if
a household's too small, the land's never too small. But the
household, he says here, if it's too small, let him and his neighbor
next to his house take it according to the number of souls. Every
man according to his eating shall make your account for the lamb.
Now he's going to give the CHARACTER of this lamb. You don't just
go out and get a lamb, because you know what human nature is?
Even among them, go out and get the weakest one. Go out and get
the one that's got a blemish, you know, go out and get that
one-eyed lamb, you know, or that lame, limping lamb, go get it,
and that's exactly what they'd do. But God, He says, you go
out and you get the best one. You go out and you get the one
that has ZERO BLEMISH in it, that can be, as far as can be
determined. Your lamb, let's see here, YOUR
LAMB SHALL BE WITHOUT BLEMISH! It's got to be without blemish.
Christ knew no sin. You know what the scripture says? Jesus Christ knew no sin. God's
Lamb is THE PERFECT HOLY LAMB. It's got to be a male. You know
why it has to be a male? By man sin entered the world.
That's why. And by man, satisfaction of God's
law got to be made. You see Adam was not, he says
Eve was deceived, Adam was not deceived, Adam knew exactly what
he was doing. He rebelled fully knowing exactly what he was doing
and sin came into this world not through a woman, not through
Eve, it came through Adam. And so it's got to be a male.
It's got to be the same nature that broke the law, it's got
to be the same one that keeps the law. It's got to be the same
one. And it's got to be from the flock.
Listen here. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of
the first year. It's got to be young. It can't
be old. Don't go out and get the oldest one. Don't go out
there and get the ones you've had for six, seven, eight years
and you keep that young one. No, you go get the youngest one.
Christ is the eternal Son of God, the eternal Son of God,
eternal youth. And you'll take it from the sheep
or from the goats. You go out there and you get
one from the flock. It's gotta be one like us. Christ
is, He became like unto His brethren. It behooved Him to be made like
unto His brethren. He was not ashamed to call us
brethren. It's gotta be from, it's gotta
be like one of us. And after examination, listen
here, you shall take it from the sheep and the goats and you
shall keep it up until the 14th day of the same month. You got
to observe it. You know, our Lord was on this earth for 33 years. He
was observed by God, by man, and by Satan. He said, Satan
has come and found nothing in me. There was no sin in Christ
that he could sink his teeth into and tempt him and draw him
away. He couldn't do it. Pilate said,
I find no fault in this man. I think he said it twice. I find
no fault in this man. And it's evident God found no
fault in him. And now if anyone could find
a fault, if anyone could see a blemish, it would be God. If there was if our Lord now
listen if our Lord had one Sinful thought God would have seen it
and it would have been it had been over with he couldn't be
our lamb He's got a blemish Couldn't do it. And the fact that God
accepted him And the evidence of that is this he raised him
from the dead Which says he he found no fault
in him So you got to keep it up till
the 14th day of the same month and the whole assembly of the
congregation of Israel shall kill it. It's for the whole assembly,
the whole church. When our Lord was crucified,
who was standing out there, that assembly that was standing out
there, who were they that was crying, crucifying, crucifying? It was the whole assembly of
Israel, it was God's Israel. THEY WERE CRYING, CRUCIFYING,
CRUCIFYING. THE WHOLE CONGREGATION. AND LISTEN,
IT SHALL KILL HIM, IT SHALL KILL HIM IN THE EVENING. I TELL YOU,
EVERY WORD HERE IS WEIGHTY. EVERY WORD IS WEIGHTY. IT SAYS
THAT THE LORD HATH, IN HEBREWS 1, THAT GOD HATH IN THESE LAST
DAYS SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON. Christ came in these last days
and purged us from our sins. In the evening of life He came. Four thousand years had already
gone by and you kill it in the evening. There's nothing here that's just That's not weighty, not a word. You know, there's no fillers
in God's Word. There's no fillers. Every word is powerful, powerful. And now listen, you take the
Lamb, the whole congregation is going to take the Lamb, the
whole congregation is going to kill the Lamb because this is
for the whole congregation of Israel. That's who it's for.
They're all going to be partakers of the death of the Lamb, just
as we are partakers of the death of Christ. and here listen now we got the
blood applied you can't just be bloodshed the blood has to
be applied it's got to be applied or it's no good it does us no
good if it's not applied it does us no good and they shall in
verse 7 and they shall take of the blood No, no, it's not wasted. It's not wasted. It's not poured
out on the ground. They've got to take of the blood
and they're going to strike it on the two side posts. Here's
an example also of faith. They're doing exactly what He
said. You know, I do believe that the
blood of Christ has put away my sins. I also believe that
the blood of Christ HATH PUT AWAY MY SINS. THEY'RE GONE. THAT'S THE SAME AS THEM STRIKING
IT ON THE TWO-SIDE POST AND ON THE UPPER DOOR POST OF THE HOUSES
WHEREIN THEY SHALL EAT IT. NOW YOU NOTICE THEY DIDN'T PUT
IT ON THE FLOOR, THE THRESHOLD. HIS BLOOD IS NOT TO BE TRAMPLED
ON. IT'S NOT TO BE TRAMPLED ON. IT'S ON THE TWO-SIDE POST AND
OVER THE DOOR, BUT NOT ON THE FLOOR. Where you're gonna walk
on it. It's not gonna be walked on not
gonna trample on the blood of the Son of God Not at all, but
it's got to be it's got to be be applied Here it look here
Wherein the blood is to be put on the doorpost of the house
wherein they shall eat it. It's not put on an empty house
That struck me this morning. It's not put on an empty house.
I WHERE THE BLOOD IS APPLIED, THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S SALVATION.
GOD'S CHILDREN ARE IN THAT HOUSE. THEY'RE IN THAT HOUSE. BUT NOT
ONLY IS THE BLOOD APPLIED, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT, THE LAMB'S GOT TO BE EATEN. See,
by faith we receive Christ this morning. By faith we believe
Him. By faith we see His blood. We see His blood as an atonement
for our sins. But this morning we also feed
on Christ. We also feed on Him. You know,
as many as received Him, that's what we're doing. When you feed
on Him, you receive Him. Just like, you know, after this
service, I'm gonna go home and I'm gonna receive some food,
but I'm not gonna just sit there and look at it. Not me. I'm gonna eat it. There's a receiving of Christ,
there's believing on Christ, and the evidence, you know, the
evidence of salvation for those whom God saved is faith. BUT
FAITH RECEIVES HIM, JUST LIKE A GLASS RECEIVES WATER, IT JUST
RECEIVES HIM. Let me see where I'm at here. Listen, FAITH IS REQUIRED. FAITH
IS NOT SALVATION, BUT NOBODY SAVED WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE, THAT'S
TRUE. BUT FAITH ITSELF IS NOT SALVATION. FAITH IS NOT THE CAUSE
OF MY SALVATION, GOD IS. God's the cause of my salvation.
Faith is the evidence of it. Repentance is the evidence of
salvation. They are not the cause. They're
not the cause. But it is required. He that believes
not shall be damned. You see, faith is not just in
the blood shed but in the lamb consumed. WE CONSUME THE LAMB! WE FEAST ON THE WHOLE CHRIST!
We'll see this here in a second. Let me get back here. Verse 8, AND THEY SHALL EAT THE
FLESH IN THAT NIGHT, ROAST WITH FIRE AND UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND
WITH BITTER HERBS THEY SHALL EAT IT. What's all that mean? What's the spiritual meaning
of this? We're here, listen, they shall eat the lamb, this
is personally. No one can eat him for me. You can't believe on God for
me. My faith won't save anybody else. This is an individual thing.
It wouldn't matter if I had the most godly mother, and I thank
God for my godly father and mother, It wouldn't matter if they were
the most godly people on earth, it wouldn't save me. I have to
believe, I have to eat the lamb, I have to consume Christ. It's
personal, it's very personal. And then listen, it's roast with
fire, that's Christ crucified. You know, this is so sad today,
so much of today's preaching, very little of the blood, makes
very little of the blood. And Christ crucified is Christ
the healer, Christ this, Christ that. It's Christ crucified that
saves. That's who saves, Christ crucified. He roasts with fire, the fire
of God's wrath. This one's not boiled, it's roasted
with fire. They built a fire, took that
lamb and put it over that fire and roasted it with fire. And
then unleavened bread, and you can see this over in 1 Corinthians
5, it has to do with sincerity and truth. We are feasting on
Christ this morning in this type right here given in Exodus 12. But we're doing so, IF we're
doing so, in SINCERITY and TRUTH, not hypocrisy, not pretension. It's SINCERITY and TRUTH. And
then we do so with BITTER HERBS. This is REPENTANCE. There is REPENTANCE. There is
a mourning over sin. My sins are bitter. Are your
sins bitter? My sins are bitter herbs. I taste
them daily. I taste them daily. They're bitter
herbs. Not one of them is good. Not
one. So they shall eat the flesh.
What was it Christ said? He that eateth my flesh and drinketh
my blood hath life. He that doesn't has not life.
Many of them left said, this is a hard saying, who can hear
it? You think we're a bunch of cannibals? He's talking spiritually
by faith. By faith that's what we're doing
this morning, aren't we? IF WE ARE TRULY FEASTING ON CHRIST,
WE ARE DOING SO BY FAITH, WE ARE EATING HIS FLESH AND DRINKING
HIS BLOOD. HIS FLESH, HIS BODY WAS BROKEN FOR US. THIS IS WHAT
WE TAKE TO THE LORD'S TABLE, THAT BROKEN BREAD, IT REPRESENTS
HIS BROKEN BODY. AND THE WINE REPRESENTS HIS BLOOD,
IT WAS SHED. HIS BLOOD WAS SHED. IT WASN'T SPILLED. IT WASN'T SPILLED. IT WAS SHED. They took that whip, that lash,
and they opened his back up and they just, he was mutilated. His visage, it says in Isaiah
52, his visage was marred more than any man. He was unrecognizable. When they got done with him,
he was unrecognizable. Can you imagine? I had, I thought
about Mary standing there looking at him and just unrecognizable. He was so beaten and so lacerated. That crown of thorns slammed
down on top of his head. And then the fire of God's wrath
roasted with fire. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden it all with water.
You don't mix it with anything, you don't eat it raw. You see,
it's Christ crucified, it says here, but roast with fire. And
listen here, It to be roast with fire, his
head with his legs, and with the pertinence thereof his innards. You don't gut the lamb. Not this one. You're not going
to gut the lamb and take all the inwards out and all that.
No, you're going to put that lamb, that whole lamb, because
you're going to have a whole Christ. It's either a whole Christ
or no Christ. Well, I know several, I know
many who would take this part of Christ and this part of Christ,
but they won't take the sovereign Christ. They won't take Him. No, it's
either the whole Christ or no Christ. And they were to roast
that lamb whole. Not cut it open and take parts
out they didn't know, it was whole. The whole lamb. And you shall let nothing of
it remain until the morning. right you're going to consume
this whole lamb we're not going to pick and choose and none of
it's going to remain till the morning down and that which remains
into the morning you know what you're going to do you're going
to burn it you're going to burn it up you know what they would have
done They would have made an idol out of the rest of it. They
would have took some bones. What they would have done, they
would have took some bones of that lamb that God gave them
as a type. They would have taken some bones
of the skeletons of those lambs and they would have put them
in a bag and they would have carried them all forever. And they would have worshipped
those bones. This is the lamb that delivered
us. No it isn't. The lamb that delivered us is
in heaven. Seated at God's right hand. These are just bones. And God said, just like the serpent
of brass, they carried that thing around for YEARS! YEARS! And finally they burnt, they
just crushed it up. It was worthless brass. It was
just a type, it was just a symbol for a period of time for us,
as an example to us of Christ and Him crucified. That's what it was for. And you shall leave nothing of
it remain till the morning, and that which remains of it until
the morning you shall burn with fire, and thus shall you eat
it. Here's how you eat the lamb. God left none of this to us,
did He? God left out no detail, no
detail whatsoever, even how we are to eat it. Thus here's how you to eat the
lamb, with your loins girded." With your loins girded. I thought
of that scripture that says, let your loins be girded about
with truth. Isn't that what it says? That's
what scripture says, your loins gird about with truth. And then listen, shoes on your
feet. Here's what, your shoes on your
feet. Don't get comfortable. Don't
get comfortable. You know, you kick your shoes
off in the evening, and this is evening time for them. You
kick your shoes off, you sit down, and you're going to have
yourself a good meal. No, he said, you keep your shoes
on. You're not staying here. And this is what he's telling
us. You're pilgrims. Is that it really ever set in
on us? We're just on a journey here. This is a short part of
our eternal life. You're just pilgrims. Keep your
shoes on. Don't get too comfortable. But I also thought of that scripture
that says you're to be feet shod with the preparation of the gospel. And then a staff in your hand.
the Word of God. The Word of God right here in
all time. We walk by the Word of God, by
the guidance of God's Spirit using the Word of God. He guides
us by God's Word. He doesn't just guide us by feelings. He guides us with the Word of
God. He uses the Word. Listen here, And thus shall you
eat it with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, you're
not staying, you're about ready to leave, and your staff in your
hand, word of God, and you eat it in haste, now! Oh, I don't
really want anything now. Vicki asked me the other day,
she said, you want something to eat? I said, not right now.
No, it's now. Who said you had tomorrow? There's thousands of people in
this country that won't have tomorrow. Now is the day of salvation. Now is the accepted time. Today
is the day of salvation. Eat it in haste. Why? It's the Lord's Passover. You
know what that's saying? He's passing over. He's going
by. HE'S LEAVING! HE'S COMING THROUGH! YOU KNOW THE LORD IS PASSING
THROUGH HERE RIGHT NOW! HE'S BEEN PASSING THROUGH HERE
FOR SEVERAL YEARS! BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S GONNA COME A TIME
WHEN HE'S GONNA PASS OVER! AND IT'S GONNA BE GONE! DON'T THINK YOU JUST HAVE THIS
FOREVER AND GENERATION TO GENERATION! YOU MIGHT NOT! I DO KNOW THIS! THE LORD IS PASSING BY! He's passing by. He said, For
I will pass through the land of Egypt this night. He's passing
through the land of North Carolina, Harnett County, this morning.
He is. He's passing by here this morning. And He says here, Now listen,
here's another reason to eat it in haste. His judgment's coming. Judgment's coming. I'll pass through the land of
Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt, both man and beast. Against all the gods of Egypt
I will execute judgment, I'm the LORD." Life and death is
of God, we don't just die. Life and death is of God. And
the blood, listen, the blood shall be to you for a token upon
the houses where you are. What is a token? Well, one of
the meanings is this, it's evidence or it's a sign. It's a sign. What's it an evidence or sign
of? First of all, redemption. It's redeemed by the blood of
the Lamb, how I love to proclaim it. It's evidence of belonging. You
are the Lord's. He said you bought with the price.
That blood says you're mine. That's what that blood says.
You're mine. I bought you. It's evidence of acceptance.
The Lamb died in your place. They didn't die of the odditude.
And many of them did. In the wilderness, many of them
died and ended up in the same hell Pharaoh's in. But not those
who believe. It's evidence of safety. The
blood marked the house and where that blood was, those in that
house were safe. The blood marks God's church and they're safe. And then it's
evidence of love. What's going to be judgment to
Egypt is love to Israel, God's Israel. When I see the blood, here's
the difference. Here's the difference between
life and death. Here's the difference between Israel and Egypt. Here's
the difference between salvation and wrath. When I see the blood,
I'll pass over you. When I see it. Christ's blood
was shed for me 2,000 years ago. It was in the covenant of grace
even before the world began. Christ is the Lamb slain, when?
From the foundation of the world. That's the reason I didn't die.
And believe me, many times when I was a teenager, I had plenty
of opportunities to die. I had plenty of opportunities
to die, but God didn't let me die. He kept me from dying. Because had I died, when I was
a young man, I'd have been in hell, but you know why I didn't? God said, when I see the blood,
I'll pass over you. Because I could have died. I know the times I could have
easily died, but He didn't let me. But when I see the blood,
what does God see when He sees the blood concerning those who
are under the blood? Justice satisfied. HE SEES THE LAW MAGNIFIED IN
HONOR, HE SEES THE PURCHASED PEOPLE. HE SAID, WHEN I SEE THE
BLOOD, WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD, I'LL PASS
OVER YOU, AND THE PLAGUE, THAT IS THE PLAGUE OF DEATH, WILL
NOT BE UPON YOU. CHRIST SAID, HE THAT BELIEVES
IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE. BELIEVEST THOU THIS? IT WILL NOT BE UPON
YOU TO DESTROY YOU. I'M GOING TO, THIS BODY IS GOING
TO DIE. I'M GOING TO BE LAID IN A GRAVE, BUT I'M NOT GOING
TO BE DESTROYED. DEATH IS NOT GOING TO DESTROY ANY OF GOD'S
CHILDREN. When I smite the land of Egypt and this day Here's
a memorial and a feast and I close He said this day is to be a memorial
and a feast You know over in 1st Corinthians chapter 5 verse
7 and 8 Paul speaks of Christ our Passover being sacrificed
for us And we keep it as a memorial when we take the Lord's table
don't we? This do in remembrance of me We do. That's the only two ordinances
the church has, baptism and taking the Lord's table. And we do it
in remembrance of Him, of Him dying for us. And then he says
here, listen, verse 14, 15, I quit. And this day shall be unto you
for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout
your generations. And they did this at the first
month, the first beginning of the year, the first month of
the year. Is there any better way to start a year than that
way than keeping a feast of the Passover to the Lord. You shall
keep it a feast by an ordinance forever seven days shall you
eat unleavened bread even the first day you shall put away
leaven out of your houses for whosoever eats leavened bread
from the first day until the seventh day that soul be cut
off that's serious business isn't it that's serious business Turn over to 1 Corinthians real
quick so you can understand this, Levin. 1 Corinthians 5. Look in verse 7, PURGE OUT THEREFORE
THE OLD LEAVEN, THAT YE MAY BE A NEW LUMP, AS YE ARE UNLEAVENED. FOR EVEN CHRIST OUR PASSOVER
SACRIFICED FOR US, THEREFORE LET US KEEP THE FEAST, NOT WITH
OLD LEAVEN, NEITHER WITH THE LEAVEN OF MALICE AND WICKEDNESS,
BUT WITH THE UNLEAVENED BREAD OF SINCERITY AND TRUTH. That's
what he's talking about. Here's the conclusion, without
the blood, No hope, no life, no forgiveness. But with the
blood we are redeemed, accepted, safe, and loved. It's the blood, the blood, the
blood. This is the very heart of the
gospel. Christ crucified, saved by the blood of the crucified
one. Make much of the blood. By God's
grace, we will hear until He comes. All right.