Good morning. I'm glad to be here. I'm glad
to be with God's people on this day. We can worship together. And our brother's right, we are
no strangers. I've been coming here for a long
time, off and on. It's, and I don't know if I ought
to say this, but it's one of my favorite places to preach.
You enable me to preach. It just seems like you just pull
it out. It's a privilege, but it's also
humbling to preach from this pulpit where I know that Paul
preaches a gospel to you so faithfully and so powerfully. You know,
I listen to Paul often. God has given you a pastor and
a preacher. And you're really blessed. You're
blessed of God. This morning, I want to make
much of the blood, the blood, the blood, the blood. Many this
morning will make much of the miracles. But the miracles of
Christ do not save us. It's the blood. It's the blood
that saves us. Many will hear this morning about
how God wants you to be happy, how God wants you to be wealthy,
how God wants you to be healthy, how God wants this, God wants
that. But here this morning, we are going to make much of
the blood. The blood, the blood, the blood. If you want to find
Christ, follow the blood trail. You've got to follow His blood
trail, and you'll find Him. And I realize this morning I
am preaching to a blood-bought people. I mean, you are purchased,
not with silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ.
I'm preaching to a blood-bought people. Purchased. You're not
your own. You're not your own. The Lord bought you. Listen to these scriptures. I
want to read them to you. I'm not going to turn to them
because it would take us too long. But here in Exodus, in
verse 13, and we're going to come back to this chapter 12
here. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses
where you are. When I see the blood, No mention
of works. No mention of works whatsoever.
When I see your repentance, repentance doesn't save. It's the result
of being saved. It's the blood that washes away
my sins. I find myself almost 50 years later, almost 50 years
since I've heard the gospel and believed. I find myself on a
regular basis saying, Father, forgive me. Let the blood of
Christ be propitiation for my sins. You know, God does not forgive
me just because I ask Him. He forgives me for Christ's sake.
I'm forgiven for Christ's sake because Christ shed His blood
for my sins. The reason I have an interest
in Jesus Christ at all is because He died for me. And God has given
me an interest. That's why I have an interest
in Christ. When I see the blood, I will
pass over you and the plague, the plague of death. You know
the Lord said, he that believes in me shall not die. The plague
of death won't touch you. You're going to fall asleep.
You who believe, you're going to fall asleep. and you can wake
up in His presence. That's what it's going to be
like. The plague which shall not be upon you to destroy you
when I smite the land of Egypt. Leviticus 17.11 For the life
of the flesh is in the blood and I have given it to you upon
the altar to make an atonement for your souls. God has given
us His blood His blood, the blood of God. I'll read that to you in a minute.
It's the blood of God that He has given that makes atonement
for our souls. I've given it to you upon the
altar to make an atonement for your souls for it is the blood
that makes atonement for the soul. It's the blood that makes
appeasement to God. It's the blood. Hebrews 9 22
and almost all things are by the law purged with blood and
without the shedding of blood there's no remission There's
no forgiveness of sins You can straighten up all you want to
You can straighten up as the old saying is straighten up and
fly right? which you can't do but I Still won't do it. It's the blood It's the blood And it's not just any blood And
it's not my blood. My blood is not going to do anything
for me. I can shed my blood. They can nail me to a cross and
shed my blood and it won't save anybody. It won't save me or
anybody else. But now listen. Peter says in 1 Peter 1-2, elect
according to the full knowledge of God the Father through sanctification
of the Spirit and obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
Christ. It's the sprinkling of His blood. But if we walk in the light as
He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood
of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. That's the efficacy
of His blood. It doesn't just cleanse me from
my sins up until I believe, and then I repent. No, it's the blood
from beginning to end that I have remission. Cleansing from all
all my sins the ones I don't even the sins of ignorance You
know there was an offering for the sins of ignorance We see
it far more than we know We can't even begin to count how often
we sin We sin enough in this service to send us to hell if
you understand who God is you understand that statement? Because
we can never understand sin until we understand and have some light
as to who God is. It's in His light that we see
light. It's seeing Him in His holiness and have some idea and
understanding of His holiness that we have some real understanding
of our sinfulness. You know what ungodly is? Christ
died for the ungodly. You know what ungodly is? Unlike
God. I am so unlike God that there
can be nothing else more unlike. God is holy, I'm sin. God is
light, I'm darkness. God is love, I'm hate. By nature,
isn't it? Aren't we? We sure are. Hebrews 12, 24, And to Jesus
a mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling
that speaks better things than that of Abel. You know, Abel's
blood cried for vengeance. You know what the blood of Christ
cries for? Forgiveness, pardon, mercy. Father, forgive them. They know not what they do. When
He cried that on the cross, I assure you, everyone He prayed that
for are forgiven. They were forgiven and still
are forgiven and still shall be forgiven because His blood
answers for their sins. The blood of Christ answers for
the sins of his people. Which are nothing but sinners.
Sinners. I have good news for sinners.
Christ died for sinners. He didn't die for anybody else.
He died for sinners. He died for the ungodly. Nobody
else. Listen to Acts 20, 28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves. This is Paul when he was leaving
Ephesus. He gives these orders to the
elders. Take heed therefore unto yourselves. and to all the flock
over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers. Now listen
to this statement. This is a powerful statement.
To feed the church of God, to feed the church of God which
he hath purchased with his own blood. Who purchased the church? God did with his own blood. That's why he became flesh. That's
why God became a man. That he might have the blood
to shed and purchase us with His own blood. It's the blood
of God. It's not just the blood of a man or a good man. It's
the blood of God. Jesus Christ is God. He's man completely. He's God completely, yet He's
one undivided person. He's the God-man. And 1 Peter
1, 18-19, For as much as you know, that you were not redeemed
with corruptible things as silver and gold. Isn't it something
they call, he calls that dollar bill in your pocket, corruptible
things. All that money that people go after is corruptible things.
You know, I can pull a dollar out of my pocket and look at
it sometimes and I think, what has this bought? What has this
dollar been used for? Maybe it was used for a hit.
Maybe it's used in a drug deal. Maybe it's used for prostitution.
And I'm going to use it to go down the store and buy some bread.
Corruptible things. Silver and gold from your vain
conversation received by the tradition of your fathers, but
with the precious blood of Christ. There's none like it. It's the
blood of God. None like it. As of a lamb without
blemish and without spot. And now let's go to Exodus 12. And the Lord spake to Moses and
Aaron. Now let me make this point before
I go into this. I don't want to forget this. Because this
really stood out to me. God said, I'm going to pass.
He's not going to send somebody. He's not going to send a representative.
God said, I'm doing this. I'm going to pass through the
land of Egypt. And I'm going to kill the firstborn. I mean
from the firstborn of Pharaoh, to the maid behind the mill,
behind the wheel, to the beast of the field. I'm going to kill
the firstborn. And this is when God institutes
the Passover. And God, now listen, here's the
point I want to make. I'm trying to think of the best
way to say this. God provided a substitute for Israel. He put that blood over the doorpost
and over the top of the door. Not on the floor to be walked
on, to be trampled on, but on the sides and over the top. But
when I read this this past week, it jumped out at me. The firstborn
in that house where the blood was, where it was supplied, was
just as guilty as the firstborn in Egypt. Just as guilty. That's why God provided a substitute. You see, where he left Egypt
alone and they met him in justice, in mercy he provided a lamb,
in mercy he provided a substitute for that firstborn, that it would
not die because it's just as guilty as the firstborn in Egypt. That's what the Jews didn't understand
when Christ came. Those Pharisees didn't understand.
They were just as guilty as the Gentiles. We be not sinners? Well, then Christ didn't die
for you. That's what they said to Him. We be not sinners? I am. I am. Lord, make me a sinner. Make
me to know and see and understand my sinfulness. God provided a
substitute for them. On one hand, it's wrath and justice. On the other hand, it's mercy
and grace. And you notice Israel didn't ask for that lamb? God
said, this is what I'm going to do. Salvation is what the
Lord does, not what you and I do. No, the Israelites, the elders
didn't get together and said, let's ask the Lord to provide
us a substitute. Let's ask Him to provide us a
lamb. They weren't even thinking about it. God said, this is what
I'm going to do. I'm going to provide you a land.
I'm going to provide a land for the firstborn and I'm not going to touch them.
I'm going to pass by. I'm going to pass over you. I'm going to
pass over you. So the Lord spake to Moses and
Aaron in the land of Egypt. He spoke to these leaders, the
prophet and the priest. And he says in verse 2, This
month shall be to you the beginning of months. I'm going to change
your calendar. You know what changed their calendar? You are going to go out from
now on. This is going to be your new
month, your new year. Isn't that the way to start a
new year? Your life is going to be different.
You're not going to be under the bondage of Egypt anymore.
You're going to be under the blood. even though that was typical
blood, and Israel is typical Israel. They were a type of the
church. There were some believers in there that made up the church,
but most of them didn't believe. There's always terrors among
the weak in God's church, always. But this month shall be unto
you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of
the year to you. It's a new life. A new life. You know, my life began when
God saved me. That's when my life began. I was born in 1955, in October
11th, 1955. But my life didn't begin until
about 23 years later. About 23 years later, I heard
the gospel in power. And God gave me faith. God granted
me repentance. And that's when my life began.
Experiencing real life. And he says here now, Speaking
to all the congregation of Israel, this is good news for God's Israel. Who's God's Israel? Everyone
who believes. Everyone who feasts and eats
the lamb. He that eats my flesh and drinks
my blood hath eternal life, the Lord said. This is for the whole
congregation of Israel. In the tenth day of this month,
and you notice how specific God is with timing. There's a time
and purpose for everything under heaven. Everything. And it was
time for God to give this type of His Lamb. And He gives specific
orders how it is to be done. How it is to be observed. Because
this represents His Lamb. God's Lamb. And you take it in
the tenth day of the month, and they shall take to them a Lamb. Every man a Lamb. 10th day of
the month, every man is going to take a lamb. Every head of
the house would take a lamb for that family. You know, God has
provided us one lamb. One lamb. We don't just take
every man a lamb. We have one lamb. It's the lamb
that God has provided. The Lord Jesus Christ, the whole
Church of God, the whole family of God, the whole Israel of God
has one lamb. One lamb. Now listen. Now you take it according
to their fathers. The father goes out there and
he'll take a lamb for his house. And if the household be too little
for the lamb. That could be so with a typical
lamb, couldn't it? Not so with God's lamb. God's
lamb's not too small. Christ is enough. Is Jesus Christ
enough? I tell you this, if he's enough
for God, he's sure enough for me. He's enough for God. Jesus Christ
is enough. In Him you are complete. In Him
dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. He's enough. He's not too little. And you
let it, if the household's too little for the land, tell him
to call his neighbor. You see, this is a family. This
is for the family. This is for the family. And you
tell him to call his neighbor and he'd come over to your house
and you count it according to the number of souls in the house.
There's no unnecessary slaying of lambs. They're not just going
to go out and kill a bunch of lambs. It was specific. A lamb for a house. And you're going to make your
account for the lamb. And there's not going to be any waste. There's
not going to be any waste. And here's the lamb. Here's the
lamb that you're going to get. Don't go out there and get the
sickest one or the oldest one. Don't go out there and do that.
God said your lamb is going to be without blemish. It's going
to be the best lamb in the flock. It's got to be the best lamb
in the flock. You know what we do by nature, don't you? We go
get the one that's about to die and offer it. God's got to have the best. It
has to be perfect to be accepted. God said that. It's got to be
perfect. It's got to be without blemish.
God demands perfection. He demands absolute perfection
and God will not accept anything short of perfection. Jesus Christ
is our perfection. The Lamb of God is our perfection.
He's our righteousness. It's not only got to be without
blemish, it has to be a male of the first year. Why a male?
By man, sin entered the world. Sin did not enter the world through
a woman. Sin didn't enter the world through Eve. It entered
by Adam. You see, it says Eve was deceived,
but not Adam. Adam knew exactly what he was
doing. He knew he was rebelling against
God. You know, Adam was what you would call a true genius. He knew what he was doing. He
knew he was rebelling. And sin entered by a man. And
by a man, satisfaction is going to be made. By a man, atonement
is going to be made to God's justice. And it can't be by me. It can't be by you because we're
too sinful. It's got to be by one with no
blemish. Christ knew no sin. He knew no sin. God provided
what He demanded. Aren't you glad of that? God
Almighty provided what He demanded, because what He demanded, you
and I could not come up with. That rich young widow said, All
these have I kept from my youth up. He didn't keep a one. And the Lord proved it to him
when He told him to go sell all he had. And give it to the poor. And
he couldn't do it. He went away sorrowful. Our Lord
exposed the covetousness of his heart. It's got to be without blemish.
It has to be a male. It has to be young, out of the
first year. Our Lord gave up his life in the full strength
of life. Thirty-three years of age. That's
young. Now that I'm sixty-eight, I can
look back. That's young. That's young. In the full strength
of life. In the full vigor of life, He
laid down His life. He didn't die of some disease,
defect, or aging. In the full vigor of life, He
gave up His life. You see, it's got to be without
blemish. It's got to be a male of the first year. And you've
got to take it out from the sheep and the goats. Christ was taken
from among His brethren. He was one of us. Our elder brother
was the lamb. Our elder brother is God's lamb.
Our elder brother is our lamb. He was taken from among us, bone
of our bone, flesh of our flesh. He became likened to his brethren.
And he was taken out from among us and crucified for us, sacrificed
for us. His blood was shed for us. We
have the blood of God. We have the blood of our elder
brother. The blood of our King? It's royal
blood. And you're going to keep it up
until the 14th day. You're going to take it on the
10th day, verse 6, and you're going to keep it up until the
14th day. Why? You're going to observe it. You're
going to observe it. You know, I've read where the
Jews would take and they would tie it to the bedpost for 14
days. I mean, for four days. On the
10th day to the 14th day, they'd tie it to their bedpost and look
and watch and observe that lamb and see for this purpose, for
this purpose, to see if there's any blemish in it because God's
not going to accept it. And they observed that lamb for
four days. Our Lord came into this world
as a babe, as a tender plant. He shall grow up before the Lord,
it says in Isaiah 53. He grew up before the Lord. He
grew up before men. He grew up before Satan. Pilate
said, I find no fault in Him. I have examined this man and
talked to him and I find no fault in this man. God said, this is
my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. You think, well, you
know, if anyone could have found fault in him, it would be God.
If it was, if it was just a brief thought of sin, he wouldn't be
worthy. God would have spotted that.
And he couldn't be a lamb. He couldn't be, he couldn't be
our Passover lamb. But our Lord was so perfect,
even down to not even a thought of sin. I can't even imagine
that. Satan tried him in the wilderness. Our Lord says, Satan has come
and found nothing in me. Nothing he could sink his teeth
into. He finds a lot in me. There's a lot in me and you. Satan could come. And it's so
easy. If God allowed him, he could
just like pick a card. He can get me. But not Christ. He couldn't find anything in
Him to get a hold of. He couldn't do it. This is how
perfect our land is. This is God's land. And now listen,
in that same month, the whole assembly of the congregation
of Israel is going to kill Him. It's for the whole Israel of
God. It's for the whole Israel of
God. Well, if I'd have been there, I wouldn't have killed Him. Well,
it's not for you. Because the whole church, he
says, is going to kill him. The whole congregation is going
to kill this lamb. And when our Lord came in the
flesh, who killed him? Who had him put to death? The
whole congregation of Israel. They said, crucify him, crucify
him. God purposed His death. Because
God purposed to save a people and make them just like His Son.
And He's going to do it through the blood of His Son. Through
the blood of His Son. Bought with the blood of Christ.
And then He says here in verse 7, And they shall take of the
blood, and they're going to strike it on the two side posts, on
the upper door posts, and the houses wherein they shall eat
it. Here's faith. Here's the act of faith. God
has provided the lamb, God has given the lamb, God has given
the instructions, the blood is to be shed, and God says, now,
now, isn't that enough? Isn't that enough? We killed
the lamb, isn't that enough? No, there's going to be faith
mixed with this. You see, they entered not into the promised
land because of what? They didn't believe. It was not
mixed with faith. God has ordained, God has purposed
that those whom He saved by the blood will believe in Christ
whose blood was shed. And you're going to feast on
Christ. There are some who believe that election in and of itself
is salvation. It's not. We were chosen to salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. Now you're going to take of the
blood And you're going to strike it on the two-side post and on
the upper door post. And this is an act of faith.
And let me ask you, how real is the blood of Christ to you?
How real is Jesus Christ to you? You know, some people say, when
the Lord was up on earth, He still is. And you? Christ in you? Is He not still
here? Is He not still up on this earth? Is he not omnipresent? Absolutely. Whither shall I flee from his
presence? Nowhere. You can't go anywhere from his presence.
You see, there's got to be faith. And faith is a gift of God. It's
the work of the operation of the Spirit. But I tell you this,
it's your faith. Faith's a gift of God. And God
gives you faith. He grants you faith. It's yours, isn't it?
If I give you a gift, is it yours? Yes, it's yours. But there's got to be the eating
of the lamb. Christ said, He that eats my
flesh and drinks my blood hath eternal life. If you don't do
it, you have no life in you. You don't have any life. They
shall eat the flesh in that night, that night, not at a more convenient
season. When was it? Felix said, I'll
call you at a more convenient season, Paul. Now is the accepted
time. Now is the day of salvation.
Who said you had tomorrow? This past Wednesday I did a funeral.
The Wednesday before that I did a funeral. Who said you had tomorrow? It's
always now. We live in the now. God's people
live in the now. Now is the accepted time. They shall eat And she'll eat the flesh, and
that night roast with fire." God specifically gives you instruction
on how this lamb is going to be roasted. It's going to be
killed, its blood is going to be shed, its blood is going to be put over the door,
and then the body of that lamb is going to be taken into that
house, and it's going to be feasted on that night. And here's how
you're going to prepare the lamb. You're going to roast it. Christ
crucified. We feast on a Christ who has
been crucified. Roasted in the fire of God's
wrath. He was truly under the wrath
of God on that cross. God turned the lights out for
three hours and for three hours God went at him. Satan and men had their turn
first. They whipped him to where his
vision was beyond recognition. His vision was so marred more
than any man, Isaiah 52. And then God went at him. God
took that sword of justice out of its sheath. And for three
hours, it was just him and the Lamb. And for three hours, God
went at him. I mean with vengeance. I mean
with absolute vengeance. God would have him and executed upon him what you and
I deserve. We couldn't even watch that.
He didn't even let us watch that. This is between God the Father
and God the Lamb. And this is the Lamb being sacrificed. This is the Lamb being poured
out. His soul was made an offering for sin. That's what's going
on. And you tell me that Jesus Christ
did that for everybody and there's some people in hell for whom
he died? I had a preacher tell me that
Christ died for Judas as well as Peter. You telling me he shed
the blood for Judas and Judas perished? That's impossible. That's impossible. That blood
was shed that justice be satisfied. And if justice is satisfied,
it can't condemn. That's double jeopardy. God would
be more of a crook than I am if he did that. But he didn't
do that. For three hours, justice was
taken out on him. And then God turned the light
back on. It's over. It's finished. It's finished. Christ cried out
on the cross, it's finished. Redemption price has been paid.
My people have been paid for. They're bought and paid. You
are bought and paid for. I can't even destroy that. If
I could, I would, but I can't do it. God made salvation so
secure in Christ that you and I can't even mess it up. We can't
mess it up. Oh, my soul. They're going to
eat it. They're going to eat it in the
house where the blood is. You know, if you don't eat it,
there's no salvation. Because God has made it that
way. He's made it that way. You know, I don't, I'm sure most
of y'all watched, I know you old ones have, the Ten Commandments. Remember that? Was it Joshua
and Miriam? I think her name was Miriam.
I think that Potiphar, whichever that governor was, he took her
to his house and Joshua slips up at nighttime and puts the
blood over the door, you know, and then leaves. That ain't going
to save anybody. That's not going to save anybody.
The blood was to be put on the door where the lamb was eaten.
It wasn't just going down the road, putting blood on the door,
blood on the door, blood on the door. It was put on the door
where the lamb was eaten, where he was feasted on. And they'll eat it that night.
And that same night, it's going to be roast with fire. It's got
to be unleavened bread. It's got to be sincerity. It's
got to be sincerity. Don't eat it raw. Don't eat it
raw, half-cooked. You know, when you go to a restaurant
and you order a steak, my grandson, good night, he orders it with
on the hoof. I mean, it's raw. I can't even
hardly look at it. He likes that. I want it rare.
I'm like, not me. I don't want it rare. You order
it this way, you order it that way. God said no. Christ is not
going to be how you and I order Him up. It's God's way. It's God's way. He's going to
be crucified. Now you're going to eat and continually eat a
crucified Christ or you're going to go to hell. You're going to
perish with the Egyptians. That's what He's saying. Don't
eat any of it raw. And don't you sodden it with
water. Don't you try to make it taste better. Don't try to
make the gospel taste better. Don't try to make the gospel
appeal to a bunch of rebels. Preach it as it is, the way God
gave it. Keep it like God gave it. And
don't you sodden it down. Don't you water it down. But
you roast it with fire. And listen, you roasted the whole
lamb with head, his legs, and his perches. It pertinences,
enters. You take the whole lamb and roast
it. You know, in other sacrifices,
they would sacrifice it and they'd cut the kidneys out, cut the
gall out. I mean, they'd do different. Not this one. Not this one. You don't even break a leg of
it. It's a whole Christ we eat. We receive Christ as He's revealed
in the Scriptures. We're not law. And you'll leave
nothing of it remain until the morning. and that which remains
of it until the morning. I'm sure the bones. You burn
it with fire. You're not going to make an idol
out of it. Don't take it with you. Don't take that lamb with
you. And think, say, this is the one that saved us that night.
Types don't save. Your fathers ate manna in the
wilderness and they're dead. It didn't save them. It's the
real that saves. It's Christ that saves. The types
don't save. If you miss Christ in the types,
you're in trouble. If you hang on to the types,
you're in trouble. He says, don't you, and don't you leave any
of it remain till the morning. Don't you waste it. Don't you
waste it. This is precious. This is the
precious lamb of God. And here's how you're going to
eat it, with your loins girded, sober minded, shoes on your feet,
ready to leave here. You're not, don't get comfortable
now. We spend a lifetime trying to get comfortable Oh, we like
to drive a comfortable car, we like to live in a comfortable
home, we like to wear comfortable clothes. And he said, don't you
get comfortable, you're not staying here. You put your shoes, don't
kick your feet, don't take your shoes off. That's how they used
to do it in, probably still do it over there. They'd come in,
they'd take their shoes off, and a servant would wash their
feet and they'd sit down. Or, yeah, that's the way they
sat down. Some of them would lay down and
eat. He said, don't you do this, you're not staying here. You're
pilgrims. This is a journey for us. Don't drive your tent pegs
too deep. That's what makes dying so hard.
The only thing that makes dying so hard is we drive them too
deep. We drive the tent pegs too deep. Your shoes on your feet, your
staff in your hand. That's right, the Word of God
in your hand and in your heart. You'd be ready to leave. And
you eat it in haste now. Eat it now, as I'm standing here
reading to you. Feast on Christ now. Because
it's the Lord's Passover. He ain't coming back. He's passing
over. You know, the Lord's only in
certain places for a little while. It may seem like a long while
to us, but to Him it's just a little while. It's a Passover. He's
passing over. And I'll pass through the land
of Egypt this night, and I'll smite the firstborn of the land
of Egypt, man and beast, against the gods, the princes of Egypt.
I'll execute judgment. I'm the Lord. And the blood shall
be for you a token. I'm going to wind this up. A
distinguishing mark. A distinguishing token. Upon
the houses where you are. It's a token. It's an evidence
of redemption. It's an evidence of judgment.
Judgment's already visited this house. Judgment's already been
here. Justice has already been executed
on this house, in the substitute, in the lamb. It's an evidence
of acceptance. You're not going to die. He said
the plague will not, it will not, it will not be upon you. It was upon that lamb. It is
not on you. And you're safe. It's an evidence
of being saved, because he said, I'll pass over you. If you are
under the blood of Jesus, God said, I'll pass over you. I'll
pass over you. And when I see the blood, when
I see the blood, I'll pass over you. That word also means leap
over you. I'll leap over you. The sword
of justice has already been here. It's not going to come again.
It's not coming again. And the plague shall not be upon
you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day
shall be unto you for memorial. That's what we're doing again
today, remembering the Lamb. We do this every time we preach,
remembering the Lamb. Remembering how God delivered
us from sin, Satan, the law, and soon to be this world. Soon to be. The plague will not be upon you. And in seven days, I'm going
to close with this, seven days shall you eat unleavened bread.
Even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses.
For whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day till
the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. You know
what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 5, 7 and 8. Purge out therefore
the old leaven that you may be a new lot as you 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 why he said you don't
eat leaven. You eat this with sincerity and truth. This is
serious business. This is God's Lamb. This is God's Lamb typified. Now look over in our closeness
here. In John chapter 1, the Gospel
of John chapter 1. In John chapter 1 verse 29, The
next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the
Lamb of God, capital L. which taketh away the sin of
the world." Gentiles as well as Jews. His blood, the blood
of this lamb is effectual, it's efficacious. It's for sinners. It's for us
who believe. Make much of the blood. Make
much of the blood. All of our messages should have
a blood trail to it. All right.