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Todd Nibert

The Passover

Luke 22:1
Todd Nibert September, 4 2016 Video & Audio
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I wish that I could speak upon the blood
of Christ as it ought to be spoken. And I'm already sure for failure,
aren't I? There's no way I can speak upon
this most glorious subject as it should be spoken of. Pray
for me. as I try to speak upon His blood, His blood. Now would you turn
with me for a moment to Romans chapter 3, verse 25. whom God hath set forth, Romans
3, 25, speaking of the Lord Jesus, whom God hath set forth, the
word is foreordained, this was God's purpose for him, to be
a propitiation. Now that's a big word. It's a
word we don't hear of a lot. It means that he made a way for
God to be appeased. That's what the word means. He
removed God's reason for anger. And now God is appeased. God foreordained him for this
purpose. He set him forth to be a propitiation. And look at this next phrase.
Through faith in His blood. Now, we don't find that statement
anywhere else in Scripture. Through faith in His blood. Now, in order to have faith in
His blood, you're first going to have to have faith in His
person. It's His person that makes the blood effectual. It's
some understanding of who He is. But you know, I like this
phrase, in His blood. And it's my desire and prayer
that by the end of this message, you and I will understand what
it means to have faith in His blood. Now, the blood of Christ
is a reference to His death. That's what the blood of Christ
has to do with, is death. Now this is the blood of the
one whom God appointed for this. He came here for this specific
purpose, to die. He's called the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world. And He came here for this purpose,
to shed His precious blood. And His blood was spotless blood. You see, if my blood was shed,
you know what kind of blood it would that was being shed? It
was sinful blood, or it is sinful blood. It's blood that couldn't
do you any good at all. What if I shed my blood for you?
Would it help you as far as before God? It wouldn't help you at
all, would it? Not my blood. But his blood was
different. Because his blood was spotless
blood. The lamb without blemish and
without spot. Now, because his blood was spotless
blood, his blood is, listen to this, saving blood. saving blood. If He shed His
blood for you, you must be saved. There isn't any gray area here. If He shed His blood for you,
you must be saved. Now somebody says why? Well I
can answer that question. Because His blood It's spotless
blood. It's perfect blood. It's blood
without blemish. It's blood without sin. It's
the blood of a perfect man. But more than that, this is the
blood. And I say this reverently. I
say this with fear and trembling. This was the blood of God. Acts
chapter 20 verse 28 says, Feed the church of God which he purchased
with his own blood. And that almost scares me to
say that. This is the blood of God. Does
God have blood? Is Jesus Christ God? Yes, He
is. Absolutely. Yes, his blood was human blood,
flowing through veins like mine and yours. And when he was slain,
it was human blood that was slain, but it was the blood of God. And that's why it has such saving
efficacy. It was the blood that was once
shed No need for repetition, because
whatever he intended to do by the shedding of his blood, he
most assuredly did. It's the blood once shed, and
it put away sin. It's blood that has been accepted
by God, and the resurrection is the proof of that. When God raised him from the
dead, God said, I accept what he has done. I am pleased with
what he has done. Only his blood saves, and his
blood saves alone. Now let me repeat that. And I want you to think about
that. This is the only way you'll be saved. It's the only way I'll
be saved. Only His blood saves. And His blood saves alone. No help. Now, what a blessing
to me and you if we weren't able to hear of the blood of Christ
tonight. I mean, even when I use those
words, it scares me. There isn't anything more powerful,
more glorious than the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, called
by Peter the precious blood of Christ. And nothing presents
his precious blood more clearly than the Passover. And how glorious
it is that our Lord was crucified during the Passover. He himself
was the Passover. He knew this. I don't suppose
anybody else really knew it. But he knew, this is me. And he said to his disciples,
with desire, and I desired to eat this Passover with you. Now turn with me to Exodus chapter
5, Exodus chapter 5. And afterward, Moses and Aaron
went in and told Pharaoh, this is the first time they told him
this, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, let my people go,
that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh
said, who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel
go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. He's going to find out in no
uncertain terms who the Lord is. Now after this, we read of
the ten plagues. And all these plagues represent
some aspect of the gospel. But the first plague, all the
waters turned to blood. Can you imagine if you went home
tonight and turned your spigot on to get a drink of water and
blood came out? You got into the shower and blood came out?
That's the way it was. There was nothing but blood.
But God hardened Pharaoh's heart so he would not let the people
go. And then there was the plague
of frogs. Can you imagine every square
inch of your floor in your home being covered with frogs getting
in bed with you? What a horrible thing that must
have been. And then there was the plague of lice. Your body
covered with lice, itching, miserable. And then he sent swarms of flies. I hate one fly. Can you imagine
swarms of flies covering your skin, covering your body while
you're trying to sleep in your bed under your covers? And then
he killed all the livestock of Egypt. Yet he kept Israel's alive. You could go and see the difference.
Pharaoh sent his servants to go look. And lo, in the land
of Goshen where Israel was, all the livestock was perfectly healthy.
And then he smoked them with a plague of boils, ulcers coming
up on your skin, covering you. And then he sent the hail, which
we're not talking about little pieces of hail, we're talking
about hail the size of grapefruit coming down and destroying the
land. Then he sent The plague of locusts. Anything that was left to eat
disappeared. They had nothing. And then he
sent that plague of darkness. Darkness that might be felt. Can you imagine what that must
have been? You couldn't see the hand in front of your face. The
land covered with darkness. And all these times, Pharaoh
would ask for forgiveness. He would even confess his sin.
Then God would harden his heart. so that he would not let the
people go. Somebody says, well, he hardened
his own heart. Yeah, I won't deny that, but the reason he
hardened his heart is because God hardened his heart. God was
in control. He said, regarding Pharaoh, even
for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I may show my power
in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the
earth. Pharaoh continues to harden his
heart, and there's one last blank. Turn with me to Exodus chapter
11. And the Lord said unto Moses,
Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterwards he'll let you go hence. When he shall let you go hence,
he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. He's going
to want you out. Speak now in the ears of the
people and let every man borrow of his neighbor and every woman
of her neighbor jewels of silver and jewels of gold. And the Lord
gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Can you
imagine that? Give me all your gold. Give me
all your money. Give me all your jewels. Here
it is. They just surrendered it all.
I'm sure that's never happened before. Moreover, verse 3, the man Moses
was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's
servants, in the sight of the people. And Moses said, thus
saith the Lord, about midnight will I go out into the midst
of Egypt, and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne,
even unto the firstborn of the maid servant that's behind the
mill. and all the firstborn of the beasts. And there shall be
a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there
was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against
any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue,
against man or beast, that you may know how that the Lord doth
put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. What was the difference between
the Egyptians and Israel? The answer is very simple. The
Lord. The Lord. He did something for
the Israelites that He didn't do for the Egyptians. He said, I want you to know how
that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. Now, this is what can well be
called discriminating grace. Now, hear the word, discriminating
grace. Now, discriminating is a word
that is not very popular, and I see why. I mean, discrimination
between men, between races, between classes is evil. That's all you
can call it. It's a bad thing. But beloved,
discrimination's not always bad. It's a good thing God discriminates
or me and you'd all be in hell. Thank God for discriminating
grace. He did something for Israel that
he didn't do for the Egyptians and he said not even a dog is
going to move its tongue against man or beast that you may know. How but the Lord doth put a difference
between the Egyptians and Israel. Now don't start thinking, well
God's not fair. Huh. Remember, fair is hell. You believe that? Fair is Hell. Don't sit in judgment on God
and say God's not fair. Oh, you better be thankful. He
has discriminating grace. There's hope for a sinner there.
He doesn't have to find a reason in you to save you. Isn't it
glorious? He doesn't have to find one reason in you. He does
it because He makes the difference. And He does it in a way that
glorifies Him. Verse 8. And all these thy servants
shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me,
saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee,
and after that I'll go out. And then he went out from Pharaoh
in a great anger. He'd had it with Pharaoh. And
the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that
my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. And Moses
and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children
of Israel go out of his land. The Lord hardened his heart again. You know, I don't know of anything
that scares me much more than the Lord hardening somebody's
heart. You know all he has to do with
me to harden my heart? Nothing. Nothing. Just leave me, just
leave you alone, and see how hard you'll become. Verse 1 of chapter 12, And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto
you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of
the year to you. Now, so significant is this event
that the calendar is changed. And this is when life begins. You and I don't have any spiritual
life until we have some understanding, some hard understanding, having
been taught by God of the Passover. That's when life begins. Not before then. Before I have
any understanding of what's taking place in this passage of Scripture,
I don't have any life. No spiritual life. Oh, I might
have physical life. I might even be a seminary graduate
and know the terms of all the religious language. But I don't
have life until I understand something about the Passover. The word Passover means And I got this out of the dictionary.
I didn't know what it meant. A predermission. You ever heard
of that? A predermission. All that word
means is an omission. It means exemption. Exemption. That's what the word
Passover means. That means God said, when I see
the blood, when I see the blood, when I see the blood over the
lintel of the doorpost, you're going to be exempt from
my judgment. I'll pass over you. Nothing will happen to you. You'll
be accepted. Where he didn't see the blood,
there was judgment. Look in verse 13 of chapter 12.
We'll get back there in a moment. But he says in verse 13, And
the blood shall be to you, for a token upon my house is where
you are. And when I see the blood, when
I see the blood, I will pass over you. And the plague shall
not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. Back to the first of chapter
12. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of
the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel,
saying, In the tenth day of this month They shall take to them
every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a
lamb for a house. Now let me, before we go on reading,
this lamb's nothing new. Nothing new. You'll remember
that right after the fall of our first parents in the Garden
of Eden, a lamb was slain. And you'll remember Abel. offering unto God that lamb.
And the scripture says God had respect to Abel and to his offering. But to Cain, he had no respect. I think of Abraham going up the
mountain with his son Isaac. And his son says, Father, here's
the wood. Here's the fire, but where's
the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham says, my son, God
will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. Now you can't
provide anything that God would accept. Somebody says, give Jesus
your heart. What would he want with it? What
would He want with your heart? God will provide for Himself
a Lamb. God will provide Himself as the
Lamb. This is the Lamb of God. You know, God told Abraham about
this. 400 years before it took place. You can read about it in Genesis
chapter 15. He said, I'm going to send you into a land. You're
all going to be evil and treated for 400 years. After that, I'll
bring you out. This is now happening, the exodus,
when God brings his people out through this lamb. Now let's
go on reading. Verse 4, If the household be
too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto
his house take it according to the number of the souls. Every
man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You
shall take it out from the sheep and from the goats. Now this
lamb was a perfect lamb, without spot, without blemish. And you know that this speaks
of the sinlessness of the Lord Jesus Christ. He did no sin. He knew no sin. And this is such a... Think of
how familiar you are with sin. He didn't understand it. He knew
no sin. He said, the prince of this world
has come and I found nothing in me, nothing he could grab
on to. How much could he find in you? He has a whole lot to work with,
doesn't he? But in the Lamb of God, he had nothing to work with. The Lord said, which of you can
convince me of sin? This is talking about the spotless,
perfect life of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now let me ask you a
question. If Christ came into this world and lived a perfect
life and never sinned, and then went to heaven, leaving you a
perfect example, what good would that do you? Wouldn't do you any good at all,
would it? It wouldn't do you any good at all if Christ just
came here and lived a perfect life and went back to heaven.
Let's go on reading. Verse 6, and you shall keep it,
this lamb that's without blemish. You shall keep it until the 14th
day of the same month. You're going to look it over
for 14 days to make sure it's a lamb without blemish. And the
whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening. And let me repeat, there is no
saving power in the life of Christ only. Oh, how we love his life. How
we love his righteousness. How we love his perfect obedience.
But there is no salvation in the life of Christ only. It was not his life that put
away sin, but his death. Now look in verse 7. The lamb was killed. Verse 7. And they shall take of the blood,
blood poured out of that lamb, and strike it on the two side
posts and on the upper door posts of the houses wherein they shall
eat it, the shed blood of the paschal lamb." Now, when you
ate this Passover dinner, you were in a house where the blood
was over the door. You couldn't eat the Passover.
unless you were first in a house with the blood over the door. You see, this represents God. And let me tell you something
about God, and I'm telling you the truth. God is so holy, and
I wish I could say that the way it ought to be said. God is so
holy that He will not let one sin go unpunished. If he would
let one sin go unpunished, he would lose his Godhead. He would lose his justice. He
would lose his holiness. He would lose his moral government. God must punish sin. the soul that sinneth shall surely
die, and Christ's blood was shed because the sins of God's elect
were made his sins, so that he was guilty of those sins. He did not say, Like when David
said, my sins, and it was Christ speaking in Psalm 40, my sins
have gone over my head as a heavy burden, they're too heavy for
me. He didn't say the sins of Paul that were imputed to me
as a heavy burden, they're too heavy to me. He said, my sins,
my sins. That's how truly he was made
sins. He was guilty and he died under
the wrath of God as guilty. That's why he was slain. Guilty, guilty, guilty. I think of all the uncleanness
and sinfulness and wickedness that's in my heart and in my
actions and in my thoughts all the time. That became his, so that he was
guilty. That's why he was killed. The
psalmist said, I've never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his
seed baking for bread. You see, when Christ was forsaken,
he wasn't righteous. And I don't even know how to
explain anything like that, other than it's what the Bible says.
He was made sin. My sin was lifted off of me and
it's not on me anymore. You see sin can't be two places
at once. My sin was lifted off of me and
placed upon Christ and it became his sin so that he became guilty
of it and he died under the wrath of God as the sin-bearing substitute
and the blood of that lamb was put over the door. And this is what is called substitution. Somebody says, substitution?
That word's not even in the Bible. It's not, but the doctrine sure
is. He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities.
Now, he was in the house with the blood over the door where
the Passover was eaten. Let's look at verse 7 again.
And they shall take it of the blood, and strike the two side
posts on the upper door of the post of the house, wherewith
they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh of that lamb they
killed, and that night roast with fire," signifying Christ
being roasted by the wrath of God, the fires of his eternal
judgment. And you would eat it with unleavened
bread. Now unleavened bread. What would happen if somebody
said bread laws, I'm sincere, it's okay. What would have happened?
They would have been killed. Unleavened bread, leaven, yeast,
the process of fermentation. We read in the scriptures a little
leaven. Leaven's the whole lump. Leaven represents works. You
put one work anywhere in salvation and you make the whole thing
of works. Leaven was forbidden. It was to be unleavened bread
only. The house was to be purged of
leaven. No works in this thing. There's
only one work. The work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
No leavened bread. With bitter herbs they shall
eat it, remembering the bitterness of bondage. You know, When you
believe on Christ and rest in Christ, you will also see the
bitterness of your own sin and the bitterness of trying to be
saved by your works. That's always right there. And
oh, that's when you appreciate grace. Verse 9, eat not of it
raw, It's to be roast with fire, signifying the wrath of God.
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, not boiled,
not watered down. Don't dare water down the atonement. Roast with fire his head, with
his legs, and with the pertinence thereof. Verse 10, And you shall
let nothing of it remain until the morning. How much of it will
you eat? All of it. All of it. How much of God's truth is to
be believed? All of it. What can you leave
out? He shall burn it with fire. Verse
11, And thus shall ye eat it, with your loins girded, your
shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you'll
eat it in haste, in a hurry. You know what that means here
to do right now, what I'm to do right now? Believe on Christ
right now. In haste. Don't wait. If you're
waiting on anything, that works somehow. You're waiting on something
you're going to do, or somehow you're going to get better, or
somehow you're going to understand more. And, oh, I'm waiting for
this to happen. That works. That's all it is. The time to believe on Christ
is right now. Everybody in here, don't you
dare wait. Eat it in haste. It's the Lord's
Passover. Verse 12, God says, for I will
pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt. Did you know that someone died
in their house? What about where the house was
passed over? Somebody died. The lamb died.
The lamb died. Now, if you didn't have a lamb,
the firstborn died, but someone died in every house. For I will
pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and
against all the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgment. I am
the Lord. Verse 13, and the blood shall
be to you for a token upon the houses where you are. Now a token
is a distinguishing mark. You want to know what a token
is? It's a distinguishing mark. What is the difference between
the saved and the lost? What is the token? What is the
distinguishing mark? The blood. The blood. The blood alone, and listen real
carefully, this is why universal redemption is such an intolerable
evil. And that's what I'm calling it.
That's what God calls it. An intolerable evil. Because
if I say that Jesus Christ died for all men, and yet some of
those men he died for wind up in hell anyway, I'm saying the
blood is not the difference. It's something else. Something
the sinner has done. Now, the blood is the only token. Now I want to ask a couple of
questions. Was there anybody in one of those
houses that had the blood, that's the token, that was put to death
anyway? Let's say somebody that very
day had committed awful and perverted and evil sins that very day. If they went into the house with
the blood over the door, were they safe? Absolutely. Absolutely. You see, the blood is the token. And God said, when I see the
blood, I will. Pass over you. Now what would
have happened if somebody would have put up something else? God
said you put the blood up over the door and on the side post.
And somebody said well I'm going to put up gold. That's valuable. Maybe I'm going to put up a list
of my good works. Maybe a copy of the law. What
if somebody said well I'm going to put up grape juice. I'm going
to put up something other than the blood. What would have taken
place? Wrath would have come down on
them to the uttermost, wouldn't it? But I'm sincere. No, you're not. Next time somebody
says, what about sincerity? Well, you're not sincere, so
let's just forget that in the first place. If you were sincere, you'd put
the blood down, and you wouldn't look anywhere else. Don't believe
that for a second. And I love this one condition.
God said, when I see the blood. Not when you see the blood. As a matter of fact, the people
in the house with the blood over the door, they were in the house,
they couldn't see it. God didn't say, when you see the blood.
He said, when I see the blood. You see, the blood was shed for
God. It wasn't shed for you. It was shed for God. For God
to do something for me or you, He first had to do something
for Himself. He had to satisfy His justice. He had to punish sin. The blood wasn't shed for you.
It was shed for God so He could do something for you. He said,
When I see the blood. Now here's another question. How satisfied is God with the
blood of His Son? I hope everybody in here will
think about that question and know how to answer it. How satisfied
is God with the blood of His Son? Well, the resurrection tells
us He is completely satisfied, infinitely satisfied. He could ask for no more, and He could accept no less. Now, have you and I ever learned
to appreciate God's estimate of the blood of His Son? How pleased is God with the blood
of His Son? We think things like this, well
I could have more peace if I believed more and I sinned less. I could have more peace. If I
had a deeper repentance, if I had a greater love to God, if I had
more depth of experience. God didn't say when I see your
faith. He didn't say when I see your striving against sin and
your self-denial. He didn't say when I see the
depth of your repentance. He didn't say, when I see your
love. What did He say? When I see the
blood, I will pass over you. There is nothing else He needed
to see. How satisfied is God with the
blood of His Son? His satisfaction is infinite. You believe that, don't you?
You believe that. God is completely satisfied. He's satisfied with the blood
of His Son. Now, let me ask you another question. If Christ shed His precious blood
for you, how satisfied is God with you? right now. However satisfied he is with
his son, that's how satisfied he is with you. Now beloved,
that's what's called the gospel. The gospel. He was manifested
to take away our sins and in him is no sin. Now, in closing, who could eat
the Passover? This is very important. Who could
eat the Passover? Look in verse 43 of chapter 12. And the Lord said unto Moses
and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall
no stranger eat thereof. Now, if you're a stranger, you're
not allowed to eat. Look down in verse 48. And when
a stranger shall serve John with thee, and will keep the Passover
to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. He gets to eat
the Passover. Now, interesting. The word stranger in verse 48
and the word stranger in verse 43 is a completely different
word in the Hebrew. In verse 43, the stranger comes
out of the same word root word of which it is said of Joseph,
he made himself strange to his brethren. And what does that
mean? He acted. He didn't want him
to know who he really was, so he made himself strange. He acted. He put something on. The New Testament word is a hypocrite. An actor. An actor. Now, when I talk about hypocrisy,
you know what comes to my mind? Every believer feels that way
about themselves. As soon as you say something bad about somebody
else, what happens? You hear a voice, you hypocrite. You're worse than they are. You see, if you've got a new
nature, you know what a hypocrite you are and a sinful person you
are. It's like somebody says, well,
I don't go to the church because there's so many hypocrites there.
Well, you ought to feel right at home. I mean, that's where
you belong, man. You'd fit in real well. But the
point is, are you a pretend sinner? Or
are you a real sinner before God? A pretend sinner, he has no right
to eat of the Passover. Only a real sinner. 44, but every man's servant that's
bought for money, when thou circumcise him, then shall he eat thereof.
Verse 45, a foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.
Now, what's a foreigner? A foreigner is a resident alien. What do you mean by that? Well,
he wanted to live in Israel to get the blessing, but he didn't
have any desire for the nature of an Israelite. He was interested
in heaven, but he wasn't interested in holiness. He wasn't interested
in being perfectly conformed to the image of his son. He's
a resident alien. And a hired servant shall not
eat thereof. Someone who works for a living.
Not to him that worketh is the reward, not reckoned of grace,
but of debt. That hired servant tries to earn
his salvation. Pay for it. He's not allowed
to eat. Verse 48, And when a stranger
sojourneth with thee, and will keep the Passover to the Lord,
let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and
keep it, and he shall be as one that is born in the land. For
no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. I have to have that
circumcised heart. That's new heart. That's what
circumcision represents. The new heart. Now, if I don't
have that, I don't have any business eating there. Well, who gets
to eat? Well, everyone, verse 44, but every man's servant that's
bought for money. When thou hast circumcised him,
then he shall eat thereof. Now, here's who gets to eat.
The person who's bought. the person who's been circumcised. That's the work of Christ for
you. That's the work of Christ in you. That's justification. That's regeneration. That's who
gets to eat. Someone whom God has saved. And then he says in verse 49,
one will also be to him that's home born and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among you. This did all the children of
Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. And it came to pass the selfsame
day that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt by their armies. Every Israelite was to eat the
Passover. Now we're getting ready to observe
the Lord's table. Who is to partake of the Lord's
table? Beloved, If you believe the gospel,
you better take the Lord's table. Somebody says, I don't think
I'm fit to take the Lord's table. Well, you're not fit to die either
then. Every believer, all who look to Christ only, His blood
only, they are commanded to eat the Lord's table. His broken
body is shed blood. When I was a young man, first
understanding the gospel, I trembled at the thought of taking the
Lord's table when I would read those scriptures about, you know,
if you eat unworthily, you're guilty of the body and blood
of the Lord. And I would actually not come to church if they were
taking the Lord's table because I thought, I don't want to put
myself in a position like that. You know, how foolish on my part. If you think that you're worthy
to eat the Lord's table, don't eat it. Don't eat it. Well, I look at my life, I think
I'm okay. I don't see any known sin in
my life and so on. I can eat the Lord. Better not.
Better not. You're doing damnation to yourself,
not discerning the Lord's body. But if you see the Passover, your only hope
is when God said, when I see the blood, I will pass over you. The Lord's table is for you.
Let's pass out the bread and wine.
Todd Nibert
About Todd Nibert
Todd Nibert is pastor of Todd's Road Grace Church in Lexington, Kentucky.

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