Exodus ch11 vs1 – 5, ch12 vs1 – 13.
The backdrop to this message is the children of Israel being in captivity to Pharaoh in Egypt . Their
lives were hard, being used as slave labour without mercy.
Moses was instructed to go to Pharaoh and tell him that the
Lord God said to let His people go and leave the land of Egypt
Pharaoh stubbornly refused, resulting in the Lord sending
nine successive plagues upon the land
of Egypt
The tenth and final plague involved “the Passover” – which
was a representation of the coming death of God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
In due course, Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death when he laid
down His life on The Cross, is the means – and only means – whereby we can be
forgiven and saved from the penalty of all our sins.
The Lord Jesus Christ, by giving His sinless body and
shedding His blood, took away our due judgement with Holy God. Through personal
faith and sincere repentance, anyone can ask Him into their life as Lord and
Saviour and be saved.
The lamb that each household needed to kill had to have various
specifications including –
a) without
blemish – a type of our Lord Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God, who was ever
sinless, pure and holy.
b) a
male in it’s prime – just as our Lord Jesus Christ willingly died in His prime
of life.
Jesus Christ’s whole life was
completely without sin.
“I find no fault in this man”. – Pontius Pilate, Luke’s Gospel ch23 vs4.
“… I have betrayed innocent
blood…” – Judas Iscariot, Matthew’s Gospel ch27 vs4.
Only the perfect sacrifice is
acceptable to God as payment for our sins. His Son is perfect!
Ch12 vs2 tells us that this was to be a new beginning…
Dear reader, do you want a new beginning and a new life?
We read that Pharaoh constantly hardened his heart against
God – how is your own heart towards God?
Don’t keep delaying making your peace with God through His
Son’s atoning work at Calvary – one day it
will suddenly be too late with no further opportunity to be saved from an eternal
Hell, or to be made fit to enter into an eternal Heaven.
“…behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day
of salvation”
- 2nd Corinthians ch6 vs2.
“”Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him
while he is near”.
- Isaiah ch55 vs6.
Sin is everywhere – each and every one of us has inherited a
sinful nature through Adam, the first man who disobeyed God.Sin entered in, followed by death.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. –
Romans ch3 vs23.
The new beginning was (ch12 vs3) “unto all the congregation”, and the
good news of the Gospel is also to everyone… this full and free Salvation
through Jesus Christ is available to YOU this night! God loves YOU just as much
as He does anyone else in this whole wide world!
All the Old Testament scriptures point to the coming Lord Jesus Christ as the Redeemer.
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake". - 1st Peter ch1 vs18 - 20.
Many people still admire The Lord Jesus Christ’s teaching,
morals or life, but this is not enough! Friend, can you truly say tonight he is
“MY Saviour”?
In the Passover, the blood had to be applied around the door
for the home to be protected… we must also apply the blood that Jesus Christ
gave on The Cross for us –by faith, then this cleanses us from all our sins.
“…Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his
own blood, And has made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen”.
– The Revelation ch1 vs5 – 6.
How does one become a Christian?... by realising your
own sins, being genuinely sorry for them, and in faith accepting Jesus Christ
is God’s Son, asking Him into your heart and life as Lord and Saviour.
Friend, you can never save yourself from the penalty of your
sins, only by entering into a personal relationship with this lovely Man, Jesus
Christ.
No – one is then promised an easy life – you will still have
trials and temptations!
The children of Israel fed on the lamb, and we too
must feed on The Lamb of God, by reading His Word and speaking with Him through
prayer each day.
Vs8 – the Passover lamb was to be roasted with fire… The
Lord Jesus Christ felt the full fire of God’s wrath on Calvarys Cross for our
sake. He suffered intensely from cruel, wicked men and Holy God. This is how
much Jesus Christ loves us and values us, that He willingly suffered so much on
account of our sins.
Vs12-13 – the applied blood provided the only safe refuge
from the judgement of God that night…just as all those who have put their faith
and trust in Jesus Christ are covered by His own shed blood.
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world”
-
John’s Gospel ch1 vs29.
God’s justice is satisfied, paid by the blood of His Son.
“…Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us”. – 1st
Corinthians ch5 vs7.
One coming day, The Lord Jesus Christ is returning to take
all His saved people home to be in Heaven with Him. If you are not saved, you
will be left behind to face an awful scene in this world. Please grasp this offer of forgiveness while
it is still the day of grace.
Ch12 vs4 speaks of “the lamb”, vs5 speaks of “Your lamb”… can you
say Jesus Christ is YOUR Lamb of God tonight, dear friend?
Please offer to Him a simple prayer of repentance in faith,
and be saved for eternity!
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