When I See the Blood

Q: What does the Bible say about the Passover?

The Bible describes the Passover as a significant event where God passed over the Israelites' homes during the final plague in Egypt, sparing them from death when they followed His command to mark their doors with the blood of a lamb. The Passover, as described in Exodus 12, is an event that commemorates God's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Each household was to take a lamb, specifically selected for its purity, and sacrifice it, using its blood to mark the doorposts of their homes. When the Lord passed through Egypt to execute judgment on the firstborn of each household, He spared the homes marked by the lamb's blood. This event symbolizes God's mercy and deliverance, underscoring the truth that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22). Moreover, the Passover is viewed as a type that foreshadows Christ as our ultimate Passover Lamb, whose sacrifice delivers believers from spiritual death and condemnation, highlighting its lasting significance in Christian theology.

Q: How do we know Christ is our Passover Lamb?

Christ is identified as our Passover Lamb because He was sinless, sacrificed for our sins, and His blood protects us from judgment. In the New Testament, Christ is explicitly referred to as our Passover Lamb in 1 Corinthians 5:7, which states that 'Christ, our Passover, is sacrificed for us.' This connection to the Passover is reinforced by the nature of His sacrifice; like the Passover lamb, He was without blemish or sin (1 Peter 1:19). Jesus' death on the cross fulfilled the symbolism of the Passover, where the blood of the lamb spared the Israelites from God's judgment in Egypt. By believing in Him and His redemptive work, believers find protection and salvation from death; thus, His role as the Lamb of God was essential for the atonement of sin, as indicated in Revelation 5:9, which celebrates His sacrificial death that redeems us to God by His blood.

Q: Why is the blood of Christ important for salvation?

The blood of Christ is essential for salvation because it signifies atonement, cleansing from sin, and reconciliation with God. The blood of Christ plays a pivotal role in the doctrine of salvation, serving as the means by which atonement for sin is made. Hebrews 9:22 emphasizes that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. Christ's blood is described as precious and efficacious, capable of cleansing us from all sin (1 John 1:7). It is His sacrificial death, marked by the shedding of blood, that satisfies God's justice while offering mercy to sinners. In Romans 5:9, Paul explains that we are justified by His blood, indicating that through it we are made right with God. Therefore, the blood of Christ is not merely a symbolic element; it is the foundation of our faith, providing assurance that we are reconciled to God and secure in our salvation.

Q: How does faith relate to the blood of Christ and salvation?

Faith is the means by which we accept the benefits of Christ's blood for our salvation, acknowledging it as the sole source of our redemption. Faith is crucial in the context of salvation and the application of Christ's blood. While the blood of Christ is sufficient for atonement, it must be applied to the believer's life through faith. This is illustrated in the Passover narrative: the Israelites had to actively mark their doorposts with the lamb's blood as an act of faith. Similarly, today, faith involves acknowledging our need for salvation and trusting in Christ's finished work. Ephesians 2:8-9 affirms that we are saved by grace through faith, not of ourselves; it is the gift of God. When we place our faith in Christ, we receive the assurance of our redemption through His blood, and as Romans 10:9 states, if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead, we will be saved.

All right, let's open our Bibles
now to Exodus chapter 11. I'm going to try to look at both
of these chapters a little while tonight. Exodus 11. 400 years, 400 years, the nation Israel had been in bondage in
Egypt. They went down into Egypt when
Joseph was second to Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Seventy of them. Jacob and his sons and wives
and children. Seventy Israelites went to Egypt. And a Pharaoh arose who didn't
know Joseph and put Israel in great slavery and bondage, and
they remained there for 400 years. And the Lord determined to deliver
his people. He raised up Moses and sent him
back to Egypt. But Pharaoh would not allow them
to leave. And so the Lord brought plague
after plague, I think there were nine of them in all, upon Egypt. And each time Pharaoh would consider
allowing them to leave under certain conditions. But God would not accept his
conditions if they were to leave totally free. Not a, as Father
A.D. Mews said, not a hoof or a hair
left behind. And so in Exodus 11, verse 1,
the Lord said to Moses, Exodus 11, verse 1, Yet when I bring
one plague mower upon Pharaoh, one mower upon Egypt, and afterwards
he will let you go hence. He'll let you go. When he shall
let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. So verse 2 and 3, he tells the
people to get ready to leave. to borrow some things from their
Egyptian neighbors and to outfit themselves for the journey, and
they would be leaving, certainly leaving Egypt. Verse 2, he says,
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. The Lord gave the people favor. Isn't that an interesting statement? He turned the hearts of the people
of Egypt toward the Israelites. See, the scripture says even
the heart of the king is in the hands of the Lord. He turneth
it whithersoever he will. These folks believe they make
decisions based upon their own will, and they do to an extent,
but it's based on his will. He doeth according to his will
in the armies of heaven and among all the inhabitants of this earth,
and none can stay his hand or say unto him, What doest thou?
Moreover, the man Moses, was very great in the land of Egypt.
He grew up there. He spent his first 40 years in
Egypt, son of Pharaoh's daughter. He was educated in Egypt. He
was a powerful, powerful force in Egypt until he killed that
Egyptian and had to leave. He spent 40 years out there in
the wilderness. But God prepared him in Egypt
and God prepared him in the wilderness to deliver his people. He was
great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants,
and in the sight of the people. Now, here's the play, verse 4. And Moses said, Thus saith the
Lord about midnight, Will I go out into the midst of Egypt?
Now, that does away with the death angel, doesn't it? These
folks talk about a death angel, you know, with a big, long sigh,
goes around. God said, I'll go. The Lord killeth,
and the Lord maketh alive, the Lord woundeth, and the Lord healeth.
I, the Lord, do all these things. I will go out in the midst of
Egypt, and all the firstborn." Now I want you to look at that
word, the firstborn. This is an incredible loss. This
is an indescribable loss, the firstborn. And listen to how
it reads, and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, every family. every family shall die. Now watch this, from the firstborn
of Pharaoh that sits upon the throne, even to the firstborn
of the maidservant behind the mill, just from the top to the
most insignificant, the firstborn in every family will die, even
the beast of the field. All the firstborn. Now, this
is a sweeping judgment. One old writer made this application
an indescribable, incredible loss from the throne to the maidservants
to the beast for three reasons besides being a child, besides
being a loved one. But here's the three big reasons.
The firstborn is the heir, the heir of the family. There are
some countries even now, Ireland was one for many years where
families were not allowed to divide these little farms up
and give an acre to the daughter and an acre to the son, an acre
to someone else, had to remain intact. And everything went to
the firstborn. And he could do with it what
he will, but it went to the firstborn. He's there. Secondly, the firstborn
is the leader of the family, just like in Egypt, I mean in
Israel. The firstborn is the leader.
The firstborn carries on the glory and tradition of the family. It's carried on by the firstborn.
And then thirdly, the firstborn is the support of the old parents. It follows his lot to care for
mom and dad and to care for the old servants that were devoted
to mom and dad and to the family. And when you take the firstborn
out of the home, kill the firstborn of every single home in Egypt. You destroy the order and rule
of every family. You destroy the future leadership
of every family. You destroy the peace and tranquility
of every family. I know sometimes we read that
I'll destroy the firstborn and we just read over it as being
another plague. This is not just another plague.
This is a horrible, horrible, horrible judgment. As he said,
indescribable, indescribable. And look at verse 6, and it tells
you what God says about it. And there shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none ever like
it in any country. nor shall be like it any more."
There's never been one like this, and there never will be another
one, that's what he said. Watch verse 7. But against any
of the children of Israel, not even a dog will move his tongue. When all the judgment and wrath
of God is falling upon the whole nation, Not even a dog will take
up an argument against one of the Israelites. Not even a dog.
No wrath from heaven, no wrath from earth, not even any wrath
from the animals. Not a one. There's no judgment
to them who are in Christ Jesus. Who can lay anything to the charge
of God's elect? That you may know how the Lord
doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. The
firstborn of Egypt, dead. The firstborn of Israel, alive. And that word firstborn applies
to Christ, our firstborn, in so many ways. Our firstborn lives. Oh, he died under the judgment
of God for our sins, but he ever lives, ever lives. And because
he lives, we live. And because our firstborn lives,
the order and rule of God's family is certain. Untouched, unshaken,
unmoved, he lives. Our firstborn lives. Our family
is secure in its order and rule. Secondly, our future is certain
because he reigns. All things, he's the heir of
all things. And we're joint heirs with him, but it's in his name.
He's there in all things. And I was in him. And the peace
and tranquility and the care for the old and the young and
the servants is all in good hands in our great provider. Let me
just read you a few verses having to do with the firstborn, our
firstborn. Them he did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren. Colossians 1.15, in whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sin,
who is the image of God, the firstborn of every creature. Colossians 1.18, and he is the
head of the church. the firstborn from the dead,
that in all things he might have preeminence. Hebrews 12, 23. And we are come to the general
assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written
in heaven. Well, who is this firstborn?
Well, I want you to turn to Hebrews chapter 1, and let's read about
the firstborn here, who he is. Hebrews chapter He's our firstborn. He's God's only begotten Son. In Hebrews 1, verse 1, God, who
at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in times past unto
the fathers of the prophets, hath in these days spoken unto
us by his Son, the firstborn, whom he hath appointed heir of
all things, by whom he made the worlds. who being the brightness
of his glory, and the exact image of his person, and upholdeth
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty
on high, being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by
inheritance a more excellent name than they." All right, go
back to Exodus. 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 will go out.' And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
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 Abram 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 the land. And now, chapter 12. Here comes
the great and last plague. And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Abram in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto
you the beginning of months. This is April. This is the first
month in the Jewish calendar, April. It shall be the first
month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the children
of the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of April,
this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according
to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house. Now, this
is the Passover lamb. That's what it's called, Passover
lamb. And this Passover lamb is a most special, special type
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the most special. It is so special,
the Passover lamb, that we're about to read here about the
lamb. It's so special and so vivid,
a type of our Lord and our salvation in him and our deliverance from
the bondage of sin through him. It's such a vivid and special
type of the coming Lamb of God, our Messiah, that God Almighty
ordained that this sacrifice, this Passover sacrifice, just
like He ordained it here, be repeated every year, decades
after decades, century after century, even almost two millenniums. that this sacrifice was to be
repeated every year by Israel unto Christ our Lord, died on
the cross as our Passover lamb. Now look at Exodus 12, skip over
to verse 24. And it shall be, ye shall observe
this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever,
forever, this Passover sacrifice. every year. And it shall come
to pass when you be come to the land which the Lord will give
you according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. And it shall come to pass when
your children say to you, What mean ye by this service? That
you say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, who passed
over the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians,
and delivered our houses, and the people bowed their head and
worshiped. If you'll turn to Luke 22, this
was the Passover feast that the Lord Jesus Christ was observing
on that night before he died on the cross. He was born a Jew,
he was circumcised at eight days of age and named Jesus as the
angel signified. He went to the, his mother took
him to the temple to do the special ordinance that was supposed to
be done for a son. When he was twelve years old,
took him back, he went to the synagogue every Sabbath, kept
the Sabbath, went to the synagogue, and now he's observing, as he
did every single year, the Passover feast. And here in Luke 22, verse
11, our Lord says to his disciples, now you shall say to the good
men of the house, the master saith unto thee, where is the
guest chamber where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples,
where I shall eat the Passover. You see, Christ made of a woman,
made under the law, to obey the law, to keep the law, to observe
the law in every jot and tittle for us. Where shall I eat the Passover
with my disciples? And he'll show you a large upper
room furnished, there you make ready.' And they went and found,
as he had said unto them, and they made ready the Passover,
the unleavened bread and the lamb. And when the hour was come,
he sat down the twelve apostles with him, and he said unto them
with desire, I have desired to eat this Passover with you before
I suffer it. But I say unto you, I will not
any more eat thereof. Never again, this is the last
Passover to be observed by any true believer, by any true child
of God, by any true elect of God. This is the last Passover.
Because Christ, our Passover the next day, was sacrificed
for us. The Lamb of God was sacrificed. The Lamb of God gave His life,
shed His blood, was roasted with fire. And we eat His flesh and
drink His blood and we have life in Him. And that's what he said, I won't
eat it anymore to be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. Now, he
institutes an ordinance for us. At this last Passover, our Lord
took the cup of wine and gave thanks. And he said, now take
this and divide it among yourselves. But I say unto you, I'll not
drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God shall
come. And he took the brain. And he broke it and gave it to
them, saying, Now this is my body. The Jews slew the lamb,
we'll go to it in just a minute, and roasted it with fire and
ate the body of the lamb. And our Lord gave them the bread. He said, I'm your Passover. And
as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you show
my death till I come. What were the Jews showing in
the Passover? They were showing God's mercy to them under the
judgment. on Egypt, passing over them,
delivering them, showing mercy to them, making a difference
between them and Egyptians. And he took the bread, gave thanks,
and said, This is my body, which is given for you, this do in
remembrance of me. This do, not something else,
this do. And likewise he took the cup,
saying, Now this cup is a new covenant, a new testament in
my blood, which is shed for you. As often as you eat this bread,
drink this cup, you show the Lord's death until he comes.
Now, let's look at the Lamb in Exodus 12 and see how it's a
beautiful, beautiful picture of our Lord. Verse 3 says, "...Speak
to the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this
month I will take to them every man a lamb, according to the
house of their fathers, a lamb for a house." Take a lamb. This
is the most prominent. powerful picture of Christ, the
Lamb. This is the Lamb typified here,
typified. Slaying of the Lamb, there's
blood on the door, and roasting the Lamb. When Abraham and Isaac
were walking up the mountain, Abraham prophesied of the Lamb.
He said, Lord will provide himself a Lamb. And when Isaiah wrote
Isaiah 53, he personified, he said the Lamb will be a man.
He'll be born, grow up, There's a tender plant, a root out of
a dry ground. He'd be wounded by transgressions and led as
a lamb to the slaughter. And then on the cross, in John
1.29, John the Baptist identified the lamb. He said, Jesus of Nazareth,
behold the Lamb of God. There he is. And then the lamb
was crucified. In Revelation 5, John said, I
saw in the midst of the throne a lamb as it had been slain. in the midst of the throne, the
throne of God. The Lamb glorified. How do you
know he'd been slain? The nail prints. There's a man
on the throne. The nail prints. Having seven
horns, omnipotent. Seven eyes, omniscient. Seven
spirits, omnipresent. So this is Christ here. Now watch how he describes it.
Take a lamb for a house. Exodus 12 verse 4, the household
be too little for the lamb, man, his wife, and one child or two
children, let him and his neighbor next to him take it according
to the number of the souls. You see, everyone must eat the
lamb. Everyone must eat the body of
the lamb. Everyone. And every house got
that blood on the door. Now how many Israelites were
there? Some people say a million. Some say two million. We've got
to have a lot of lambs. Every house has got to have a
lamb, and if there's one lamb won't do for the nation of Israel. They didn't take one nice old
lamb, they had hundreds of lambs. Because there were hundreds of
homes, and every person has to eat. Every person. And you can't
have any left over. None lacking, none left. We have one lamb. He's sufficient
for all of us. A number which no man could number.
Ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands and thousands the
elder said I saw in his presence. A multitude which no man could
number. One lamb. One lamb. One sacrifice. Now look at verse
five. And your lamb shall be without
blemish. No marks, no disease. Our lamb, no sin. The Lord Jesus
Christ was tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin. A
male has to be a son. By man, sin came. By man, life came. By man, death
came. By man, resurrection. It has
to be a man. It has to be a male. Of the first
year in the prime of life, it can't be an old man. It can't
be a dying man. without spot, without sin, a
male of the first year, taken among the sheep or from the goats.
But watch verse 6, but take your lamb, this Passover lamb, and
put it up. This is the tenth day. Now you
take that lamb on the tenth day and put it by itself in a pen
for four days. Why? To prove it. To make sure it has no spot,
make sure it has no disease, make sure you watch that lamb,
test that lamb, keep it put up. Our Lord Jesus Christ became
a man. See, your lamb to be accepted
has got to be perfect. And so must the Son of God. Our
Lord Jesus Christ was perfect. A male in full health, our Lord
was tested for 33 and a half years. met Satan and an awesome,
awesome display of satanic power on that Mount of Temptation.
And our Lord defeated him. He said on one occasion, he said,
Satan has come and found nothing in me, nothing to agree with
him. Drove him away. He was tried
by men, tried by his own disciples. They kept You know, Peter said,
Lord, don't go to Jerusalem now, they'll kill you up there. He
said, get behind me, Satan. You savors not the things of
God. You're a fence to me. Ever trial,
in all parts as we are. Our Lord was tried and tested,
yet without sin. Keep it up to the 14th day of
the same month, and you kill it. Kill it in the evening, the
lamb must die. kill it in the evening. The whole
congregation of Israel killed their lambs, the lambs designated
for each house. Kill it. And my friends, without
the death of the lamb, there's no salvation. Without the shedding
of blood, there's no remission. Our Lord had a miraculous birth,
born of a virgin, God in human flesh. But that won't save your
soul. The miracle birth won't save
you. You can keep pictures of the Madonna and the child and
worship the nativity scenes and all these things and perish because
the virgin birth does not save. Now he's got to be born that
way to die, but that won't save. That's the end of the line, there's
no salvation. It's not his sinless life that
saves us. Oh, he perfected a perfect righteousness, perfect life.
He loved God with all his heart, mind, soul, and strength, his
neighbor as himself. All the law comprehended in two
things. Perfect love. Perfect obedience.
But that won't save me. Not without the cross. No, sir. No, sir. It wasn't his love.
He loved. Greater love hath no man than
this. Lay down his life. But his love, his compassion, won't put away sin, not even
his power. He can create worlds, but he
can't create a kingdom of righteousness. That's right. It's the blood
that makes atonement for the soul. It's the blood. That's right. The Lamb got to
die, got to die. Let me show you a few scriptures.
The one I read a while ago, 1 Peter chapter 1. You are so familiar
with it? You know! For as much as you
know, verse 18, you are not redeemed with corruptible things as silver
and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. You are redeemed
with the precious blood of Christ. The blood of Christ cleanseth
us from all sin. Precious blood of Christ. 1 Peter
3.18, look at this, for Christ, 1 Peter 3.18, also has once suffered
for sin, the just for the unjust. He suffered for sin, he died
under the weight and load of sin that he might bring us to
God. He can't bring us to God any other way. Being put to death
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Revelation 5, if
you will, Revelation 5, verse 9. Here's the song of heaven,
Revelation 5, 9. And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art worthy to take the book, to open the seals thereof, because
thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, not by your birth,
not by your love, not by your power, not by your sinless life,
but by your blood. I know all those others are absolutely
essential. He can't be our Savior unless
he's virgin born. He can't give us a perfect righteousness
unless he obeys the law. He can't satisfy God's holiness
unless he is holy in love, but he's got to die. The blood. Thou hast redeemed us to God
by thy blood out of every kindred, tongue, nation, people, and you've
made us kings and priests unto our God. by your blood. That's right. All right, back
in Exodus 12, now, got to kill, the lamb's got to die, shed his
blood. Verse 7, and they shall take
the blood, now this is vital here, and strike it on the two
side posts, on the upper post of the houses where they're in,
they shall eat it. You've got to put the blood on
the door. That's what he says, you've got
to put the blood on the door. You kill the lamb, take its blood,
put it on the door. The blood was to be applied by
faith. This is faith. This is an act
of faith. There's no salvation apart from believing God. There's no salvation apart from
receiving Christ by faith, myself. Moses didn't put the blood on
the door. That daddy put the blood on the door. Exactly for
his house. His daddy's right here. He put
that blood on the door. Himself. And if he didn't, his
boy would have been dead. That's exactly right. The blood's
got to be applied. God didn't put the blood on the
door. An angel didn't put the blood
on the door. You do it. You do it by faith
to get to God. Face the gift of God, but faith
has got to be expressed. It's got to be enacted, enacted. Without faith it's impossible
to please God. He that cometh to God must believe
that he is, must. The blood on the door denoted
a confession. That man took that lamb, put
it up, that's faith. On the 14th day he slew it, that's
faith. He roasted it with fire, that's
faith, he believed God. He gave it to his family to eat
and went out there and put that blood on the door, publicly,
put that blood on the door. Went in the house and sat down,
believing God, that's faith. Without faith, faith believes
God, faith believes his words. Faith believes God, faith receives
his promises. Faith believes God, faith receives
Christ. Faith believes God, and faith
confesses Christ publicly. He's my Lord and my God. My hope
is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame. I wholly lean on Jesus'
name. Faith receives Christ as our
sin offering, our high priest, our redeemer, and faith goes
in the house. shuts the door and trusts the
Lord. That's right. And it says here
in verse 8, I shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire,
that shows how Christ died under the wrath of God. Eat it with
unleavened bread, no hypocrisy, no evil. Eat it with bitter herbs,
sorrowful sin. Eat not of it raw, Christ has
got to die. Don't mix it with anything. Don't
mix it with your works and your deeds and your goodness and your
church membership and your tithes. Eat it not sodden with water.
Don't mix any gravy with it. Doesn't need any help. Just Christ
is all. Christ is sufficient. Christ
is enough. His head with his legs with his
pertinence. Eat it all. Let nothing remain
to the morning. You can't have Christ as your
priest unless he's your king. You can't have him as your king
unless he's your prophet. You can't have him as your savior
if he's not your lord, prophet, priest, and king, all of him.
Christ was received in his entirety, in his office, in his person,
in his work, all of it, not part of it, all of it. And you shall eat of it with
your loins girded, pack your bags, and get ready to leave.
They were done with Egypt. When we receive Christ, we're
done with the world. Our bags are packed. We're going
home. We're leaving this place. That's
right. Eat it with your shoes on your
feet and your staff in your hand and eat it in haste. It's the
Lord's Passover. Now watch this. The Lord says, I will, four times,
I will. I will. I will be merciful to
whom I will be merciful, I will be gracious to whom I will be
gracious, and I will. This is the will of the universe. It's God's will. He says in verse
12, I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and I will
smite all the firstborn of the land of Egypt, both man and beast,
against all the princes and kings and important folks in Egypt.
I'll execute judgment. I am the Lord. And the blood
will be to you for a token. That's what this blood was, this
token blood. It wasn't Christ's blood, it
was an animal blood. It was a token blood. This is not his blood
here. This is a token. The bread is
not his body. He's not in that body. We don't
bless this and make Christ come down here and enter this. We
send to heaven to bring Christ down, or to bring Christ up.
Christ already died and ascended to glory. But this is a token. We take the Lord's table out
like they did the Passover. That didn't save them. This doesn't
save you. This is not a sacrament. Don't
ever call it that. It's not a sacrament. This is
an ordinance. This is something you do in remembrance.
That's right. This is a token upon the houses
where you are. And when I see the blood, I will,
I will pass over you. You can be sure of it. You can
be certain of it. You can rest in it, you can trust
in it, you can believe it. I will pass over you." And then
Paul gave this ordinance to the church over here in 1 Corinthians.
He said, I received of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 11, I received
this ordinance of the Lord. It's like Moses received the
Passover of the Lord. In 1 Corinthians 11, verse 23,
I received of the Lord that which I delivered unto you, that the
Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
and when he had given thanks, he broke it. He said, You take
and eat. This is my body, which is broken
for you. I do this in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he
took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant
in my blood. This duty, as often as you drink
it, in remembrance of me, for as often as you eat this bread
and drink this cup, you show the Lord's death until he comes. Whosoever shall eat this bread
and drink this cup unworthily, in an unworthy manner, not discerning
the Lord's body and blood, not trusting him, not believing him,
don't do that, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the
Lord. But let a man examine himself, nobody else but himself. What
are you looking for? Faith. That's what you're looking
for. You're not looking for perfection.
You're not looking for sinlessness. You're not looking for worthiness.
You're not looking for merit. What are you examining yourself
for? Faith. Do I believe? I do. I know you
do. I believe. The Lord helped my
unbelief, but I believe Christ. He's my only hope. I've got no
other hope. Let a man examine himself and not eat. No, it doesn't. It says let him examine himself
and let him eat. And drink this cup. Eat this
bread and drink this cup.

When I See the Blood

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What does the Bible say about the Passover?

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How does faith relate to the blood of Christ and salvation?

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