1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,080 On the way to the cross to later have a first Lord's Supper with 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,240 disciples on the Thursday Friday die for us on the cross and the 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,800 Sunday be raised from the dead victoriously. 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,200 Thank you for encouraging us to to read up maybe this week, 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,960 Matthew starting chapter 21 one chapter day. 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,960 And then if you have time in there, I want to suggest Isaiah 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,240 53. It's just 1212 verses. 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,720 I always like to read it during Holy Week just to get our, our 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,040 minds and our hearts right to what God wants to tell us this 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,680 week. So I want to ask you open your 11 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:44,600 Bibles in Exodus chapter 12 verses one through 30. 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,720 We're not going to read it all, but but go ahead, open your 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,520 Bibles. Exodus chapter 12 verses one 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,760 through 30. We're going to talk about how 15 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:57,600 blood saves, how blood saves. For some of us, those two words 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,920 together don't make any sense. Blood saves, right? 17 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,440 Because when we think about blood, especially when it's 18 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,120 coming out of someone, right, we think of someone that is hurt, 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,240 someone that is sick or maybe even dying. 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,240 But blood saves the average adult human body. 21 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,120 I don't know if you care about this fact or not. 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,320 I thought it was interesting. Average adult human body, we 23 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:28,000 have about 1.3 gallons of blood, which is about 8% of our total 24 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:30,880 body weight. Now you know, of course this 25 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,680 varies depending on the person's high weight and other factors, 26 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,960 which means I probably have like 10 gallons of blood in my body. 27 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:47,040 So, you know, if you lose up to 15% of your blood, you know it's 28 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,040 considered generally saved. Now if you lose over 40% of your 29 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,160 blood, then that's considered life threatening. 30 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,920 So show of hands, how many of you have donated blood before? 31 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,120 Good, good, good. I think if you can, you should 32 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:08,360 do it as often as as you can. I know that some faint just by 33 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,560 seeing blood or, or seeing needles. 34 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,800 There was this time, this time where we're at an event in 35 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,400 Abilene and it was time to wake up. 36 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,360 My alarm rang. We're in a hotel. 37 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:24,200 So I was trying to get out of the bed and I fell from the bed 38 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,480 and I hit my head on the night stand and I started bleeding 39 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,200 like crazy. So at the same time we had to 40 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,640 clear the room 'cause we were not coming back to the hotel. 41 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,840 And we ran to the emergency room and they're there. 42 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,600 They are, you know, trying to, yeah, about to stitch my head. 43 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,680 But before so they could do that, they had to kind of put 44 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,840 the anesthesia in right, big needle going in. 45 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:52,040 So I'm ready, they're closing my eyes, ready to take it. 46 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,800 All of a sudden I hear this commotion and it was that Maria 47 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,160 had fainted and they had to picture they had to thankfully 48 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,560 she didn't hit the floor right. But they they kind of picked her 49 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,600 up and took her out of the room and gave her first aid. 50 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,600 Every Am I thinking I'm the one with the head open bleeding? 51 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,560 Yeah. Anyways, I don't know if you 52 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,400 knew, but one pint of blood can save like 3 lives. 53 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,600 One pint of blood can save three people. 54 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,800 Now, donated blood has a short shelf life. 55 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,160 That means they can't keep it for too long. 56 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,760 And only about 8% or 3% of the people that are eligible to 57 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,320 donate do so annually. But I found this fact very 58 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,680 interesting. In the USA, there's a person 59 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,880 that needs blood every two seconds, every two seconds, and 60 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,480 that's from the Red Cross, right? 61 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,640 It's not some dude that don't know what they're saying. 62 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,840 Every two seconds. Now, not just any person can 63 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,120 donate blood, right? You must be at least 1617 years 64 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,440 years old. You had to weigh around 110 lbs. 65 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,480 You have to be in good health, right? 66 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,720 They just, they'll check your blood pressure, they'll check 67 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,200 your balls, your hemoglobin levels, your temperature. 68 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,360 Why? Because the idea is to make 69 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,560 someone better with your blood, right? 70 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,520 To heal them, to save them, not to make him feel even worse. 71 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,440 So today we want to talk. How about the blood of many 72 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,320 lambs? Save the first born of many 73 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,120 homes. But how? 74 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,720 So? How would the blood of 1 lamb, 75 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,480 Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has the power to save every 76 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,360 person in the whole world? Last few weeks we've been 77 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,280 studying the book of Exodus. 2 weeks ago Pastor Ricky talked 78 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,640 about the nine, the first nine plagues that the Egyptians had 79 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,560 to go through because they were refusing to let the Israelites, 80 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,440 the people of God, go free. Now came the time for that 10th 81 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:01,840 and final plague which was the death of every first born in 82 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:06,760 Egypt. Exodus Chapter 11 verse one says 83 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,640 now the Lord has said to Moses, I will bring one more plague on 84 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,680 Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that he will let you go 85 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,760 from here. So Pharaoh was warned one last 86 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,800 time to let the people go, and he still refused to do that. 87 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,680 So what was about to happen to his people was his fault. 88 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,720 He had many chances, but he still refused to submit to the 89 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,400 God of the Israelites, to the one true God. 90 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,400 And I don't really hope that that is not you this morning, 91 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,920 the God's not speaking to you over and over again and you 92 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,240 refuse to submit and surrender to him because the consequences 93 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,800 of doing that are pretty serious, not just for yourself, 94 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,560 but also those that are in your lives. 95 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:56,960 So let's go to Exodus chapter 12. 96 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,600 We're going to read verse one through 8. 97 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,200 Verses 11 through 13 says the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in 98 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,800 Egypt, this month is to be for you the first month, the first 99 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,840 month of your year. Tell the whole community of 100 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,600 Israel that on the 10th day of this month each man is to take a 101 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,000 lamb for his family, one for each household. 102 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,320 If any household is too small for a whole land, they must 103 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,680 share one with their nearest neighbor. 104 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,000 Having taken into account the number of people they are, you 105 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,800 are to choose. You are to determine the amount 106 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,840 of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 107 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,520 The animals you choose must be year old males without defect, 108 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,280 and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 109 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:45,080 Take care of them until the 14th day of the month, when all the 110 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,520 members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at 111 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,520 twilight. Then they are to take some of 112 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,160 the blood, put it on the sides, on tops of the door frames of 113 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,480 the houses where they eat the lamps. 114 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:02,040 That same night they are to eat meat roasted over fire, along 115 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,280 with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast. 116 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,960 And this is how you are to eat it, with your cloak tucked into 117 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,800 your belt, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your 118 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,880 hand. Eat in any in haste, or eat it 119 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,000 fast. It is the Lord's Passover. 120 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,040 On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down 121 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,960 every first born of both people and animals, and I will bring 122 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,480 judgment on all the gods of Egypt. 123 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,680 We've talked about that this month. 124 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:36,480 And he says I am the Lord. The blood will be assigned for 125 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:41,440 you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will 126 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,040 pass over you. No destructive plague will touch 127 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:50,120 you when I strike Egypt, but this is what is called Passover 128 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,360 when when God the the Angel of the Lord or the destroyer like 129 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,920 it says in verse 23, goes through right and passes over 130 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,480 the houses that were eating lambs that have placed blood on 131 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,640 their door frames. Now everything needed to be done 132 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,160 fast right? Because the idea is that they 133 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,520 had to be ready to leave Egypt and go to the prominced land as 134 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:18,800 soon as God told them to. So roasting meat over a fire was 135 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,280 the fastest, was the simplest way to cook, cook anything 136 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:27,720 bitter herbs or to reminded them of the the years of slavery in 137 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,720 Egypt and their suffering. And those were the easiest herbs 138 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,320 to find and to harvest. The bread made without yeast 139 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,280 could be rapidly mixed and heated so they could eat it out. 140 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,760 It was even interesting that they had to dress accordingly, 141 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,920 right? And they had to dress ready to 142 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,160 just leave. They used to where people used 143 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,520 to talk in, they had to talk in their clothes on their belts 144 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,040 when they travel. Normally they would take that at 145 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,280 home, off at home, but now they had to have it on right and keep 146 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,920 it on while they eat the Passover meal. 147 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,080 The Passover that trip was imminent, so no one carried 148 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,880 their staff at home. They used it for to protect 149 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,920 themselves, to hurt animals, but now they needed to have it with 150 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,960 them, be ready to move, be ready to leave home the entire meal. 151 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,080 It's manner imposter to eat it even how they were to eat. 152 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,880 It indicated that that there had to be a readiness, right? 153 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,240 It had to be ready to leave quickly. 154 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,800 It was a meal to eat fast, fast food, not a typical meal. 155 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,520 So the Israelites still needed their freedom. 156 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:43,080 So God provided the final way to secure their freedom. 157 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,360 But they needed to follow His instructions. 158 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,000 They needed to act in faith. They needed to be ready to leave 159 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,360 everything behind and move forward to the new land. 160 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,960 Now let's talk a little bit about the blind lamb and the 161 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,400 blood for Passover. The lamb had to be a year old 162 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,440 male, without blemish, without defect, had to be perfect. 163 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,360 And why was that important? Because the blood of that lamb 164 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,360 was going to be used to protect them from God's judgment and to 165 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,080 deliver them from evil. Does that remind you of 166 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,360 something right? I love Ephesians chapter one 167 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,120 verse 7. See Passover was a 168 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,240 foreshadowing. It was a a prophecy. 169 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,920 It was a picture of the eventual death of Jesus. 170 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:39,280 What else? The forgiveness of our sins with 171 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:44,200 him, Jesus, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. 172 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,160 I absolutely love the words of the John the Baptist when he 173 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:54,040 sees Jesus coming down to, for John to baptize him and John 174 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:59,680 says to the people, behold, that's the Lamb of God that 175 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:04,760 takes away the sin of the world. It was funny just that I was 176 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,920 reading a little bit more a couple of days ago. 177 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,160 Even a few verses later, he's walking around John and he sees 178 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,920 Jesus and he's they say again, he says, behold, that's the Lamb 179 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,160 of God. Those were powerful words, 180 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,680 especially for people that depended on human sacrifice to 181 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:29,160 have their sins forgiven. After Jesus death, animal 182 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,480 sacrifice was no longer needed, no longer needed. 183 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:38,000 Even today, according to Hebrews 922, the requirement for the 184 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,080 forgiveness of sins is the shedding of blood, right? 185 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,200 And that's what Jesus did for you and me in the cross. 186 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:50,280 He shed his blood for us once and for all. 187 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,080 So there's no more sacrifice needed. 188 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,840 All they needed to do was to repent of their sins, put their 189 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:02,240 faith only in Jesus. See, for they realized in Egypt, 190 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:08,280 sacrificing the lamb and putting the lamb's blood on their door 191 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,880 frame by itself wouldn't save them from death. 192 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:18,440 They still needed to believe. They still needed to trust. 193 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:24,880 They still needed to trust that that blood that was under door 194 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:29,640 frames will be enough, that there was no other way to be 195 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,360 saved. You know, the same is true 196 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,320 today. I love Acts 4/12. 197 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,400 He says that salvation is found in no one else. 198 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:44,000 In no one else, For there is no other name under heaven, given 199 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,960 to mankind, given to you and me, by which we must be saved. 200 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,720 Whose name? Who is it talking about? 201 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,240 Jesus. Jesus, the only one through whom 202 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,880 we can be saved, Him who was tempted in every way. 203 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,800 Just that we are, but the Bible says without sin. 204 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,240 Now God's perfect sacrifice shed his blood on the cross for you 205 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,720 and me, so that if I believe in him, if you believe in him with 206 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,720 all your heart, I may be forgiven and I can be cleansed 207 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,880 and born again. See that's the power of Jesus 208 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:24,280 sacrifice. That is the power of his blood. 209 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:31,080 Jesus blood saves first Peter chapter 1 verses 18 and 19. 210 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,440 For you know that it is not with perishable things such as silver 211 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,040 or gold, that you were redeemed from the empty way of life 212 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,320 handed down to you from your accept ancestors, but you were 213 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:49,040 redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without 214 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:53,560 blemish, a lamb lamb without defect. 215 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:57,360 Going back to Exodus 12, at the end of verse 12, God clearly 216 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:02,600 establishes I am the Lord again, right? 217 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,160 We've talked about that this week, God making it clear that 218 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,840 he is the Lord, that he is the one truth and living God. 219 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,800 It's, it is as if he was saying to his people, I'm showing you 220 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:19,160 whom you must pay sole attention to and who alone can save you 221 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,440 and grant you blessing. I'm making sure that you cannot 222 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,200 miss the fact that I alone am life and truth for you. 223 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,240 Pay attention to know the gods. I have powerfully demonstrated 224 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,560 to you that they don't exist. I've also demonstrated to you 225 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:41,360 what happens to people who think they do Trust me alone and you 226 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:45,720 will have made the choice from which everything else important 227 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,680 follows God clearly establishing who he is. 228 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,440 Then at the end of verse 13, he says, when I see blood, I just 229 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,560 love those words. When I see blood I will Passover 230 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,560 you. In other words, I will spare all 231 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,640 those who show that they have placed their faith in me. 232 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,440 What a promise, what an assurance. 233 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,000 But they had to believe it. Do you believe that today? 234 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,600 So you need to be ready to leave everything behind and follow 235 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,240 Jesus to the new life He has for you. 236 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,520 Verses 14 through 20, we're not going to read they, they're 237 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,600 describing the Feast of the Unleavened bread. 238 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,960 It was one of these festivals that the Jews has celebrated. 239 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,760 It's a seven day festival that starts right after Passover, 240 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:41,320 also commemorating the Israel, Israel's delivery and exit from 241 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,960 Egypt. Now let's read verses 21 and 242 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:50,280 through 23. Verses 29 to 30 and see what 243 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,160 happened. Then Moses summoned all the 244 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,840 Israel's of the elders of Israel, the leaders and said to 245 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,120 them, go at once and select the animals for your families and 246 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:06,040 slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop which was 247 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,760 a branch, a type of branch. Dip it into the blood in in the 248 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,920 basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of 249 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,200 the door frame. None of you shall go out of the 250 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,800 door of your house until morning. 251 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,200 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the 252 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,680 Egyptians, He will see blood on top and sides of the door frame 253 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:34,520 and will Passover that doorway. He will not permit the 254 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,400 destroyer, the Angel of the Lord, to enter your houses and 255 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,840 strike you down at midnight. The Lord struck down all the 256 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,000 first born in Egypt, from the first born of Pharaoh who sat on 257 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,400 the throne to the first born of the prisoner who was in the 258 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,480 dungeon, first born of all the livestock as well, symbolizing 259 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,880 that victory over the gods of Egypt. 260 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,600 Fire and all his officials and all the Egyptians got out during 261 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,840 the night and there was a loud wailing in Egypt. 262 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,599 Can you imagine that? For there was not a house or a 263 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:12,160 family without someone. That was that God's intention. 264 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,280 Now that tent plague was achieved only to the Lord, to 265 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:20,200 Yahweh as He went through Egypt, and death touched every home, 266 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:25,720 every family that had not put the blood of that perfect lamb 267 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,480 over their door frame. It's interesting that word 268 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:35,280 that's used there for wailing. It is the same word used in 269 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,800 chapter 3 of Exodus when it speaks about the outcry of the 270 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,960 Israelis to God. Now the Egyptians turn. 271 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,800 So right after Pharaoh lets the people go and after 430 years of 272 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,680 slavery, Can you imagine that 430 years of slavery they are 273 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:59,120 finally read the same as possible for you today? 274 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:04,000 I want to finish this morning by saying 3 basic things about the 275 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,960 blood of Jesus. Right. 276 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:10,880 So first of all, just like blood donation, the blood of Jesus was 277 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,920 given voluntarily. John's 10 verses 17 and 18. 278 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,680 This Jesus says the reason my Father loves me is that I lay 279 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,080 down my life only to take it up again. 280 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:27,600 No one takes it for me, Jesus says, but I lay it down on my 281 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,240 own accord. Jesus voluntarily lay down, gave 282 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:38,400 his life for you and for me in that cross, to give His life so 283 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,960 that you may have life. Will you give your life to Him 284 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,240 today? Life as you know it, your heart, 285 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,880 your soul, your spirit, Would you give that to Him today? 286 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:54,960 Secondly, the blood of Jesus is pure, has power to save, and 287 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,560 it's already been tested. Speaking about the victory that 288 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,920 Christians has have over Satan, John Rice in Revelation checked 289 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,680 by the what? By the blood of the Lamb and by 290 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:13,120 the power of their testimony. Because of my response to what 291 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:17,200 Jesus did, I have overcome evil. I have victory over evil. 292 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,640 You can't have victory over evil. 293 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,320 I am saved. You are saved now. 294 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,360 Safe from what? From an eternity separated from 295 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:31,080 God in hell. And believe me, hell is as real 296 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:35,880 as everything you can see and touch right here, right now. 297 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,840 It's not a fairy tale and you can prevent going there Today. 298 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,840 I was reading yesterday, I found this quote from Charles 299 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,600 Spurgeon, a famous old school preacher from England. 300 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,160 And he said this. He said a morality may keep you 301 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:57,120 out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus to keep you out 302 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:00,920 of hell. Morality, being a good person, 303 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:06,680 can keep you out of jail, but only the blood of Jesus, His 304 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:12,080 sacrifice for you, for me, believing it, accepting it can 305 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,520 keep you away from. Third, the blood of Jesus is 306 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,880 enough for everyone and for every sin. 307 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,880 It says the blood of Jesus. What? 308 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:29,800 His Son, Son of God, purifies us, cleanses us from all sin, 309 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:36,040 from all sin. It doesn't say some sin, right? 310 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,400 It doesn't say most sin. What does it say? 311 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,520 All sin? When God says all, he means all 312 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,320 sin. Yes, even that sin that you're 313 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,720 thinking of right now, that you're not sure that it can be 314 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,320 forgiven. Yes, that one too. 315 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,520 But just the fact alone that Jesus died on the cross doesn't 316 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:04,000 cleanse you, doesn't forgive you, doesn't purify you, doesn't 317 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,840 make you clean. You have to respond to Jesus. 318 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,760 The blood bank may have a limited supply of blood, but not 319 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,840 Jesus, His blood, his sacrifice. It's enough for every person and 320 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,480 every sin in the whole wide world. 321 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,640 I absolutely love what God says and I say I chapter one verse 322 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,680 18. I don't like an OG kind of you 323 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,880 know, let us settle the matter. Come here, let us settle the 324 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,400 matter. Let let me make this clear. 325 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,120 God says though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be 326 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:37,480 white as snow. Though they are red as Crimson, 327 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,880 they shall be like wool. So if you have a lot of sin, a 328 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,320 lot of darkness in your life, hey listen, you are in the right 329 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,080 place. You are here for a purpose. 330 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:55,680 Jesus can make your heart white as snow, clean, pure, and give 331 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,240 you a new life, at least on the inside. 332 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,400 Apostle Paul says in Second Corinthians, all things have 333 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:09,240 passed away. Behold, he says the new is here. 334 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:15,000 You can leave today here saying that I'm now in Christ. 335 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,200 All things passed away. Everything is made new. 336 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,800 It doesn't mean that he's going to wipe out your memory, right? 337 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:26,000 But any shame, any guilt that you feel in your heart can go 338 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,600 away. You can be made clean to that. 339 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,320 There's something called the doctrine of justification. 340 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,560 This could be a whole sermon in itself, or even more. 341 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,160 We're not going to go in detail, but it basically says that if I 342 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,920 put my faith in Jesus, I am declared righteous, right? 343 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:47,520 God covers my sin with the righteousness of Jesus, with 344 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,960 everything that Jesus is and everything that Jesus has done, 345 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:56,120 and then he sees me through Jesus as if I have never sinned. 346 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,560 I don't know about you, but I think that's pretty awesome that 347 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,000 if I've come to Jesus, I've repented on my sin and asked him 348 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,280 to clean me, to purify me. It's like Jesus stands in the 349 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:10,760 middle and when God looks at you, he sees Jesus and he sees 350 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,680 you as if you've never sinned. If you made that decision 351 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,240 already, that's already true. I will be true for the rest of 352 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,080 eternity for you. If not, make it happen today. 353 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:25,240 Again, when I think about justification, I think of these 354 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,920 words. When I see blood, I will 355 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,240 Passover you. No condemnation for you, because 356 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:38,320 God sees you through Jesus. Praise the Lord for that, right? 357 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:43,000 Hallelujah to the Lord for that. And then just as we wrap it up, 358 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,280 in celebration of what God did at the Passover, the people, 359 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,040 Jews, Israelites were to do the following, right? 360 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,360 Verses 24 through 27. So obey these instructions as a 361 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:58,000 lasting ordinance for you and your descendants when you enter 362 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,560 the land that the Lord will give you as a promise of serve this 363 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:06,200 Passover ceremony. And when your children ask you, 364 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,960 what does this ceremony mean to you, then you tell them it is 365 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:15,280 the Passover sacrifice to the Lord who passed over the houses 366 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:20,480 of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck 367 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,480 down the Egyptians. And he says that the people 368 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,160 heard that and they bought them, they worshiped God. 369 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,160 That's the commandment, right from God to, to the Israelites 370 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:36,120 to Jews, celebrate the Passover. Now the Last Supper of Jesus 371 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,280 with his disciples, right? That we cannot remember in a 372 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,200 special way. This week on, especially on 373 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:46,560 Thursday, was a celebration of the Passover, but it was also 374 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,880 the establishment of what we know as the Lord Supper. 375 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,000 Just celebrate the Passover remembrance of that night that 376 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,160 they were delivered from Egypt. And we, the disciples of Jesus 377 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,440 will celebrate the Lord's Supper as a remembrance celebration 378 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,760 what Christ did on the cross for you and for me. 379 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:12,640 So besides our words, besides our lies, there's no better way 380 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,480 to tell others, including our children, our family, the people 381 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,080 that we know, telling them what Jesus did for me, than by 382 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,280 celebrating the lost Supper that we're about to celebrate here in 383 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:27,120 a little bit. My dad was a pastor and when he 384 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:31,280 will lead people in the Lord's Supper, I would always look 385 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,880 forward. My highlight was when he quoted 386 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,800 the apostle Paul in First Corinthians. 387 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,720 Whenever the Lord said, for whenever you eat this bread and 388 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:45,000 you drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes, 389 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,160 because Jesus is coming again. What a great hope. 390 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,720 I don't know about you, but I cannot wait till that day. 391 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,960 Do you have that hope that you will live eternally with Jesus? 392 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,800 That when you die you'll be with him forever, Or that if he comes 393 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:06,400 while you're still alive, you're going to be with him, be here 394 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,880 there with him eternally? A while back, Consumer Reports, 395 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,240 some of you may know what this is, they published A booklet 396 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,280 that was titled How to Clean Practically Anything, right? 397 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,160 And I you can probably find that pretty handy. 398 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,760 The book offered advice and what which solvents, you know, work 399 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,600 best for removing all kinds of stains. 400 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,840 I'm going to have to look it up because every time I eat, I get 401 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,600 dirty, you know, and I'm sure the guys have noticed that in 402 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,280 Bible study. I know my family notices all the 403 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,920 time that the time I knew that Crystal had fully, fully come 404 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,080 into our family. One time I got dirty. 405 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,000 And then when I raised my eyes, she was looking at me. 406 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,280 It's like she was waiting, you know, I know he's going to get 407 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,080 there. Let me see how long it takes you 408 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,840 to get there. But when you don't find that 409 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,880 book, however, is how to deal with the worst stain of all, 410 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,880 right, which is the stains in your life that are caused by 411 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:11,880 sin. Those are deep, ugly marks that 412 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,920 you may have in your life. The tears cannot wash those 413 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,640 away. Determination cannot erase them. 414 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,680 Sometimes we can, you know, convince ourselves that as life 415 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:28,720 goes on and time passes by, our sins would simply fade away and 416 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:34,280 just go away like nothing. Yet those things, somehow they 417 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,360 see back into our lives. But just as everything requires 418 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,880 the right solvent, everything requires the only effective 419 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,640 remedy, which is the blood of Jesus image tried to scrub 420 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,480 things out of our lives with good work, good works with 421 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,400 willpower and time. None of those can remove the 422 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,240 guilt and the same that sin leaves behind. 423 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,000 Only Jesus can wash us clean. So when we feel kind of way down 424 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,640 by past mistakes or struggles that don't seem to go away, 425 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,600 bring your stains to Jesus. Bring your stains to Jesus 426 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:15,120 because I we read His blood can cleanse you from all sin. 427 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:20,440 Confess your sin to Him, repent of it, ask for His forgiveness 428 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,480 and believe me, He will forgive you. 429 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:29,560 For John, He is just to forgive us of all sin and to cleanse us 430 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,320 from all kinds of unrighteousness. 431 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,440 I was thinking this week about this. 432 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,520 O Him some of you may and know it. 433 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,920 It's hard for me not to think about some of these hymns and 434 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,320 you know when I preach, but it was one of them. 435 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,800 I encourage you to look for it. I'll Google it sometime. 436 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,760 I can wash away my sin. For the chorus says, what can 437 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:58,000 wash away my sin? Only blood of Jesus. 438 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:07,160 What can make me whole again? Only for the blood of Jesus, Oh 439 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:15,440 precious is the floor that makes me why that's no oh what a 440 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:22,080 fount. I know only I'm going to ask the 441 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,160 team to come up. We're going to open time for 442 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,440 prayer If there's you need to pray with one of us there any 443 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:34,000 you've never asked Jesus forgive the sins of your life and of 444 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,240 your heart. This would be a good time to do 445 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,520 it. Of course, you can do it on your 446 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:45,160 own, but we'll we'll love to talk to you, pray with you and 447 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,240 if you have already, you know, come to know Jesus. 448 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,400 But there's stuff in your life that you haven't confessed that 449 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,360 you haven't dealt with with God and Jesus. 450 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:59,560 There's no better time to do that that now because we can 451 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,080 only be washed. We can only be clean through his 452 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,320 blood, through his sacrifice, and I believe in it. 453 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:08,280 Let's break.