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 I was just going to go over to Mark chapter 14, Mark chapter 14 this morning as we continue on through the book of Mark here,

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 as we see that reality of who Jesus is.

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 And the Gospels reveal to us all those things about Jesus, who he is,

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 and more importantly, or just as importantly, what he has done for us.

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 You know, it's important to realize what Jesus has done,

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 and as Mark continues to record these days in this last week of Jesus' life,

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 we find here that it's now come to Wednesday morning as Jesus and his disciples once again begin to head towards Jerusalem.

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 And we know that it was the day of preparation for the Passover meal,

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 and the disciples began to wonder where they were going to celebrate it.

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 You know, it was one of those things, it was not if, it was the when.

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 They understood that Jesus was going to celebrate the Passover because it was his custom.

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 It's just what he did, and as we understand, as we've seen him walk through this last week,

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 we've come to this day that's very critical because we see that transition

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 between what we talked about last week with Judas and the chief priests and the scribes doing the plot to kill Jesus,

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 and how all that went together, the different motivations that people have in that,

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 and even how we have to watch our motivations about things.

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 And then we're going to see here today,

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 Jesus, as he begins talking about here the last Passover,

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 Passover is what we're going to kind of call it,

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 because this is the last one that he celebrates before he goes to the cross.

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 And there's some important things that happen at this event.

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 But we need to understand the things surrounding it and the things going on with it,

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 because we know that from last week had been just the right time for everything to come together

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 and to understand how this was happening there.

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 And we know that Judas was looking for that convenient time to turn Jesus over to the scribes and the chief priests.

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 That convenient time.

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 And all this was working and doing and coming together,

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 and now we find it was the day of preparation to celebrate such a key event in Jewish history,

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 because oftentimes we just talk about the Passover.

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 But, you know, when we look and understand,

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 we're going to talk this morning a little bit,

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 because the Passover was a key memorial in Jewish history.

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 It was key to everything that they did.

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 It happened at the beginning of the year.

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 It was the religious festival that kicked off everything of their calendar.

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 It was the one that focused upon what God had done for them as they came out of Egypt.

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 Because remember, it was instituted the night that the Israelites left out of Egypt

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 after they had had the death angel pass over them because of the blood of the Lamb.

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 And we'll talk more about that as we get into the message here this morning.

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 But we find here that as Jesus is doing this,

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 let's pick up in our account here on chapter 14.

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 If you found chapter 14 in your Bible, let's stand together

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 in honor of reading of the Word of God here this morning.

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 And we'll pick up in verse 12 here this morning.

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 And it says,

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 And he said,

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 And he senteth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them,

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 Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water.

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 Follow him.

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 And wheresoever he shall go in, you shall say to the good men of the house,

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 The master saith, Where is the guest chamber where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples?

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 And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared.

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 There make ready for us.

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 And his disciples went forth and came into the city,

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 and found as he had said unto them, and they made ready the Passover.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we come before you this morning.

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 Lord, we're thankful for your Word.

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 Lord, we're thankful for even the picture that we see here within the Passover,

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 the picture of your redemption for us.

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 Lord, help us to see and to understand,

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 and to grab a hold of and to make personal the reality of what it declares to us.

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 And Lord, as we pray you just have your hand upon each heart, each life here today.

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 Lord, just help us to focus upon your Word and what you would have for us

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 as we prepare for the message here today.

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 Lord, and we just give you all the praise in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 May be seated.

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 Amen.

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 You know, we see here that the time of this happening was the 14th day of the month.

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 And we know that because it was the day that the Passover was to be killed.

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 We know from a Jewish history that the calendar was laid out.

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 It was Wednesday that this was taking place in that the 14th day of the month.

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 And when they were ready to kill the Passover,

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 Passover, and they were going to kill the Passover lamb to make ready for the meal

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 that was a part of the celebration.

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 You know, and this was the main feast of the religious year for the children of Israel.

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 Because we see here, as we begin here, it says the first day of unleavened bread

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 when they killed the Passover.

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 Now, we see here, and we talked about this last week,

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 the Feast of Unleavened Bread was a time here.

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 It's talking about here this period of time from the time that they chose the lamb,

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 how they observed the lamb, how the lamb was slain,

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 and then the feast that followed the seven days afterwards

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 where they would not eat of any leavened bread.

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 All this was the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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 When they talk about that, each one of those is a separate thing,

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 but they talk about it because it all happens in sequence.

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 It all happened in a flow and set and calendared out every year.

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 These things took place,

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 and we see these things coming together with the Passover being prepared,

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 but we see the focus of the Passover because notice here

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 that the lamb was the important part where they killed the Passover.

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 The Passover, what they killed was a lamb,

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 and we're going to look at what those things were here in just a little bit,

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 but the Passover lamb was slain.

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 It was a meal, and that required preparation.

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 And we see here that just as the meal, that preparation was required,

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 so the disciples said,

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 Hey, Jesus, we know you haven't said anything about where we're going to eat the meal this year

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 because the way this is asked, it's like it was an expectation.

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 In other words, they said, you know, before we knew what was going on,

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 this year we don't seem to know.

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 You know, but we know that you got this in store,

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 and so the disciples come and ask,

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 and we know from Luke 22,

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 it tells us specifically that it was Peter and John

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 that were the specific ones heading this up,

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 and they were the ones that inquired about the need for the meal,

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 and they knew it was the day that the Passover lamb was to be killed

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 because it commemorated something very important,

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 because it commemorated the night that God,

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 the death angel of judgment in Egypt,

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 passed over all those that had blood applied upon their doorposts.

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 You know, we understand that that was the tenth plague there in Egypt,

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 and we find that Exodus 12 tells us about that preparation

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 of what the disciples and Jesus were considering and looking at there.

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 And so I encourage you to go over to Exodus chapter 12 here this morning for a moment,

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 because if we're going to talk about the feast of the Passover,

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 one thing we need to understand, what are we talking about?

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 You know, it gets talked about a lot.

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 You know, you hear the term Passover,

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 but what does it mean?

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 What was involved in it?

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 Because it's important to see the picture of what's taking place here,

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 to know what was in it.

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 And it's important to see how it applies,

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 and the picture that we see here applies for us even today.

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 Because here in Exodus 12,

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 it declares for them all the requirements for the preparation.

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 It talks about the preparation.

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 It talks about the participants.

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 It talks about the process.

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 The preparation of the meal and the purpose of the meal.

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 And we see here it was the beginning of another feast that lasted seven days,

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 the feast of unleavened bread,

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 where leaven would be removed from the household during the duration of the feast.

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 Now we understand as we look at leaven in the Old Testament,

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 and even in the New,

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 you'll find it equates to sin.

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 It's a picture of how it impacts the whole of the person.

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 You know, when we understand that sin doesn't just impact one part,

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 it impacts all.

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 Just like leaven or yeast,

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 when you put yeast in a loaf of bread,

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 there's none of it exempt.

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 It affects all of it.

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 It's that picture that we see here.

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 But the regulations here for the Passover are found here in Exodus 12.

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 Let's just take a glimpse at what's going on here,

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 because as we look here in verse 3 of chapter 12,

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 it says,

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 And then in verse 5 we find,

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 And so we see here that the first thing they had to do was choose a lamb.

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 You know, they had to choose a lamb,

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 and then they had to prepare the lamb by watching and observing

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 to make sure it was without blemish.

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 You know, they had to make sure it met the requirements.

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 You know, to know that everything was in order.

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 And then on the 14th day they would kill it in the evening.

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 And they would do so, we see here in verse 7,

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 back in Exodus it says,

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 And so we see here they would take some of that blood

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 when they were preparing the lamb,

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 and they would take,

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 and the Bible says that they would dip it in hyssop,

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 and they would put it on the doorposts,

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 and put it over,

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 and they had that blood on the outside of the doorpost.

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 And we're going to see that picture,

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 and what that did for them here in just a moment.

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 But we find here that then they're supposed to take the lamb

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 and roast it with fire.

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 Verse 8 tells us here of that.

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 Look here in verse 8,

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 it says,

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 And they shall eat the flesh in that night,

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 roast with fire,

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 and unleavened bread,

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 and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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 You know,

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 and so we see here there's some things that they have.

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 They roast with fire,

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 and they serve it with unleavened bread,

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 and the bitter herb.

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 Now,

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 the bitter herb,

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 how many like horseradish?

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 That's the bitter herb,

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 you know.

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 It does have a different twang to it than most,

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 you know.

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 People like hot things,

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 but horseradish has a distinct taste.

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 And it's a bitter root.

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 But we're going to see here,

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 that also represents the bitterness that they had

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 as they were captive there in Israel.

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 Or in Egypt,

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 and as Israel was preparing to come out.

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 And we see here that there was a way

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 they were supposed to eat it.

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 Watch this,

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 because this is unique,

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 because here's the evening meal.

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 Most of the time you think about the evening meal,

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 it's like you kind of are winding down,

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 you're kind of settling in,

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 but it tells them that they're supposed to eat it.

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 Look here in verse 11,

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 how they're supposed to eat.

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 They're supposed to eat it prepared.

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 It says,

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 And thus shall you eat it with your loins girded,

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 your shoes on your feet,

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 and your staff in your hand,

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 and you shall eat it in haste.

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 You know?

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 So in other words,

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 you're not going to get in trouble for eating fast.

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 You know?

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 Yeah.

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 Ever growing up,

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 have kids come to the table

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 and they're like scarfing it down

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 and mom's going,

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 slow down!

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 You know,

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 it was the one time a year

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 that you got to eat all the lamb they wanted

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 and nobody told them to slow down.

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 Because they're to eat it in haste.

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 And there was a reason for that

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 because they were supposed to be ready to go.

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 They were supposed to be ready for what was to come

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 and ready to be and prepared for that.

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 But I want you to see one quick note here.

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 We'll get back to this in a moment.

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 But at the end of verse 11,

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 I want you to see here

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 that even though God gave the Passover

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 to Israel to celebrate,

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 there's an important phrase

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 because it is the Lord's Passover.

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 It's not ours.

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 It's not yours.

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 It belongs to the Lord.

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 Because it's the Lord's picture

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 that He puts into it.

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 It's what God is going to do for us

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 because this is the Lord's Passover.

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 But let's break this down just a moment

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 because let's explain here

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 what's happening.

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 Let's stop here for a moment

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 and look at the importance

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 of what's happening with this meal.

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 Because it's easy to see the details

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 and the ritual of the event.

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 You know,

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 sometimes people get caught up

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 in ritual and detail

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 and we miss what's involved in it.

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 You know,

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 we are people that like repetition.

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 Now most people,

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 I don't like things to be...

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 You like things the same.

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 You know,

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 people feel comfortable

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 when they know what's going to happen.

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 When there's consistency,

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 there's comfort that comes.

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 We like that consistency.

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 We like the fact that,

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 hey, I know pretty much

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 what's going to happen.

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 You know,

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 a surprise now and then is fine,

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 but most of the time we like

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 when we know and have stability.

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 And part of that is in our ritual

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 and even our worship sometimes.

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 It can become just stiff

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 and it becomes just something you do.

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 You know,

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 it's like coming to church

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 on Sunday morning.

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 Well,

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 we're going to come

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 and Brother Miles

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 is going to lead us

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 in some songs.

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 You know,

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 you'll sing them.

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 You might belt them out.

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 You might just sit there

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 and mumble to yourself

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 whatever level you're at.

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 You know,

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 it's like,

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 just to remind you,

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 you're supposed to take

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 a joyful noise

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 unto the Lord.

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 Amen?

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 Everybody sings well?

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 You know,

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 joyful noise is a requirement

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 because that joyful noise

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 is something that ought to come

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 from the heart out.

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 When we sing,

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 it's not just process.

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 When we sing songs

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 to begin with,

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 but you know,

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 it's easy for that

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 to become process,

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 become ritual.

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 And we get caught up,

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 this is my expectation

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 of church.

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 This is the expectation

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 that we think.

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 But I want you to know

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 that it has more involved

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 than just the expectation

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 of the repetition.

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 The children of Israel

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 were to do this

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 every year.

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 And very easily,

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 it could become

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 just something we do

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 instead of something

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 that has a meaning,

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 something that has an impact.

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 Because God didn't give this

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 to the children of Israel

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 for no reason.

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 It was a memorial,

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 it was to remind them

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 to slow down

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 and to consider

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 what God has done.

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 And even today,

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 I think we need to be careful

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 we don't fall into ritual.

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 Now there's nothing wrong

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 with having order

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 and things put together,

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 but we've got to be careful

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 that in our mind

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 it isn't just something we do,

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 but it's something

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 that we come to honor

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 the one who came

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 and died for our sin.

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 Because the Passover

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 was reminding them

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 that there was a Redeemer.

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 That God cared.

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 And we're going to see here

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 in this,

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 even in this,

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 the picture that is there

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 because it's not just

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 a ritual of the event,

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 it was so much more.

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 Because it is a picture

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 of what was about to happen

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 before their eyes

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 just hours from then.

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 Israel back in

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 Exodus chapter 12,

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 when they celebrated

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 the Passover,

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 there was going to be

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 some major things

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 happening in just a few hours.

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 They were going to be set free.

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 When we consider this event

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 from Mark chapter 14,

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 in a matter of a few hours,

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 there was going to be

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 some major changes.

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 Things were going to

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 alter history.

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 Because when Jesus

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 went to the cross,

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 He set us free from sin.

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 There was a big thing

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 going to take place.

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 The Passover pictures

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 those things,

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 but notice this feast,

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 there was a focus

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 about this feast.

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 The focus was centered

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 about the Lamb.

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 The Lamb was the central picture

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 of the Passover.

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 Everything we read here

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 in Exodus focuses on it.

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 You know, look at verse 3

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 for a moment.

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 Because as we look here

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 in verse 3,

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 I want you to see

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 and grab a hold of this

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 this morning.

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 Because here in verse 3,

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 right at the end of the verse,

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 it says,

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 a Lamb for a house.

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 I want you to see

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 this progression.

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 It goes from a Lamb.

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 Then we find in verse 4

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 it goes to the Lamb.

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 And then you go on down

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 into verse 5,

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 and it makes it

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 a little different

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 because it says,

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 your Lamb.

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 Your Lamb.

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 It moves from,

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 you might say,

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 a generic idea

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 of a Savior

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 to the identification

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 of a Savior

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 to the reality

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 that you need

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 a personal relationship

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 with the Savior.

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 You know,

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 that's a progression

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 we even make today

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 when it comes to

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 our relationship with God

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 because we first have

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 to recognize that He is.

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 To recognize that God

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 and God is there

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 and not just that

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 Jesus is the Savior.

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 You know,

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 there's many people today

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 that would tell you

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 that yes,

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 Jesus is the Savior.

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 But if you stop there,

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 you stop short

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 because Jesus

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 isn't just the Savior.

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 He needs to be

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 your Savior.

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 Just as when they

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 celebrated the Passover,

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 it had to be

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 your Lamb.

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 The benefits

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 didn't happen

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 because your neighbors

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 did it.

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 The benefit happened

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 because

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 you did it.

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 your participation

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 in that.

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 It would have been kept,

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 this Lamb was kept

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 for four days

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 before it was killed

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 and it was intentional

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 because also you'll find

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 that,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but it's pretty clear

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 that this is something

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 that the family kept,

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 the Lamb,

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 close to them

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 to observe it

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 for four days.

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 Now,

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.079
 I don't know about you,

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 but when something

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.839
 hangs out at your house,

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 especially,

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:44.960
 you know,

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.980
 like a one-year-old Lamb,

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 everybody thinks

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 it looks kind of cute,

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.759
 you know,

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 and it's kind of cuddly

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 and, you know,

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.279
 everything looks

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.839
 kind of good,

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 but the problem is here

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 that it begins

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 to form an attachment.

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 It's amazing.

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 Have you ever taken,

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.700
 brought a pet home

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 and how quick

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:58.059
 do you attach

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.740
 to something?

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 An animal

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 around the house?

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 I mean,

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.980
 you attach to it,

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.680
 especially the children.

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 And here they have

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.420
 this Lamb

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 that's close

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 and they're observing

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 and it becomes

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.480
 real personal

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.400
 on the fourth day

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.240
 when the Lamb

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 had to be slain.

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 It became very personal,

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.920
 the reality

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:18.779
 of what was happening

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.560
 because this Lamb

00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:22.480
 was important.

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 It pictured for us

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 a personal Savior.

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 Jesus Christ

00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:29.279
 is not just a Savior.

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.279
 He's not just

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 one among many.

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 He is the Savior

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 and His work

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.660
 is only accomplished

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.540
 in your life

00:20:35.540 --> 00:20:37.320
 when He is your Savior.

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:37.900
 Today,

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 I encourage you

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 to make sure

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:41.320
 that He is your Savior.

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 not a ritual Savior,

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 not one that just

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.980
 goes through process

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.879
 of salvation,

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.099
 but one that's

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.740
 a reality

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.259
 that says

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:52.079
 He is my salvation.

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 He is the one

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.700
 that paid the price

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:55.099
 for my sin.

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.700
 Because we see here

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.339
 that the Lamb

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 also in Exodus

00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.099
 chapter 12,

00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.759
 verse 5,

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:00.960
 speaks specifically

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.779
 about this Lamb

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:03.019
 being without blemish.

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.799
 You know,

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.720
 this Lamb here

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.700
 that we're going to

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.559
 look at

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.480
 as a celebration

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.359
 as they prepare,

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.939
 everything was pointing

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.580
 to the one

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:11.920
 they were going

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.920
 to celebrate it with.

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.559
 When the disciples

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.840
 said,

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.660
 where are we going

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.039
 to make that

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.440
 we can celebrate

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.460
 their Passover

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.259
 with you,

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.460
 your Passover,

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.180
 you know,

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.340
 the one that is there

00:21:23.340 --> 00:21:24.940
 at points to Christ.

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.279
 You know,

00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:25.799
 we see here

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.440
 that Jesus

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 was without blemish.

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 1 John chapter 3

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.200
 and verse 5

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.519
 it says,

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 and you know

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.500
 that He was manifest

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.840
 to take away our sins

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:35.039
 and in Him is

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.680
 no sin.

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 I want you to understand

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:40.100
 Jesus was without sin.

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:41.919
 He paid a price

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.919
 for you and I

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:44.500
 that He did not deserve.

00:21:44.719 --> 00:21:45.939
 The picture of the Lamb

00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.779
 in the Passover,

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:49.259
 the Passover Lamb

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:51.419
 took something

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:52.559
 that it did not deserve.

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.899
 It was a substitute

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:55.980
 for you.

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.799
 The Lamb was not guilty

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.480
 of anything,

00:21:58.919 --> 00:21:59.839
 but yet the Lamb

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:02.799
 paid the price.

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.579
 They were to take

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:05.240
 the blood of this slain Lamb

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.159
 and it was to be placed

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:07.159
 on the doorposts

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.740
 of the house.

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:09.480
 The family was to eat

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.940
 the meal

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:11.099
 and remain in the house

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.880
 until morning.

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.640
 What a wonderful depiction

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:15.160
 of what the shed blood

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.980
 of Jesus Christ does.

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.579
 You know,

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.279
 the only thing

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.079
 that will keep you

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.480
 from the judgment of God

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.120
 is the blood

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:22.120
 of Jesus Christ.

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.220
 When they put the blood

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.120
 on the doorpost,

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.120
 the Bible tells us

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.960
 that the death angel

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.799
 passed over.

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.839
 That death angel

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:32.400
 was God's judgment.

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.140
 The plagues in Egypt

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.500
 were God's judgment

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.900
 upon the gods of Egypt.

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.720
 That was that final judgment

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:40.019
 where they lost

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.920
 the firstborn.

00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:42.340
 That firstborn

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.740
 would be killed

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.060
 if they did not have blood

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:46.480
 on the doorpost.

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:46.960
 You know,

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.759
 we see here

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.160
 that it was the judgment

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.960
 of God.

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:50.480
 You know,

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.380
 look over into Romans

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.759
 chapter 5 for a moment.

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.980
 Romans 5 and verse 9

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.280
 says,

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.300
 As much more than

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:57.519
 being now justified

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.300
 by what?

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.120
 His blood.

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.700
 We shall be saved

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.380
 from what?

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:03.960
 Wrath

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.240
 through Him.

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:07.940
 God's wrath

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.859
 is God's judgment.

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:13.059
 If He is your Savior,

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:15.099
 His shed blood

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:17.099
 now allows God

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.700
 to move His judgment

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.480
 from you.

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.039
 He literally

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.640
 passes over

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.960
 your sin

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.980
 because your sin

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.680
 has been covered

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.299
 under the blood

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.259
 of Jesus Christ.

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.539
 Because notice here,

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.480
 the lamb is to be

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.620
 roasted with fire.

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:33.259
 Fire here represents

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.299
 God's judgment.

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.559
 Just as God's judgment

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.440
 was poured out

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.180
 upon Egypt,

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.500
 God's judgment

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.500
 was taken upon

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.079
 the lamb.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.359
 God's judgment

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.099
 was upon the lamb.

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.799
 And while we could

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.319
 speak so much more

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:47.019
 about this Passover lamb,

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.599
 it's a clear reminder

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.819
 that only by what

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.640
 Jesus Christ did for you

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.799
 that God's judgment

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.660
 can be turned away.

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.799
 You know,

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:58.119
 we see this picture

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.379
 of the lamb

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.579
 that God's judgment

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.640
 was there.

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:01.880
 You know,

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:03.080
 look over to 2 Corinthians

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:04.140
 chapter 5.

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.800
 2 Corinthians chapter 5

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.740
 and verse 21

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.480
 says,

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.480
 So He hath made Him

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.200
 to be sin for us

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.140
 who knew no sin

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.040
 that we may be made

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.759
 the righteousness

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.780
 of God

00:24:13.780 --> 00:24:15.160
 in Him.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.440
 You know,

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.420
 it's only by what

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:19.100
 the lamb represents

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:20.820
 and what the lamb did,

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.940
 what the lamb took,

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.540
 and we see this picture

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:25.060
 from the Old Testament

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:26.420
 now being moved

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.240
 literally

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.460
 into the new

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.680
 because it now changes

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.660
 because the lamb

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.600
 is no longer

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.640
 the little critter

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.420
 that runs around.

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.799
 The lamb was walking

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.340
 among them.

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.580
 John chapter 1

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.960
 talks about John the Baptist

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.900
 when he saw Jesus

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.140
 and said,

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.640
 Behold,

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.360
 what?

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.940
 The lamb of God

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.820
 that taketh away

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.980
 the sin

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.360
 of the world.

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.160
 Jesus

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.160
 is the lamb

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.799
 in the Passover.

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:52.740
 And we're going to see

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.680
 this play through

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.660
 as we begin looking here.

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:59.660
 So as the disciples

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.800
 asked Jesus

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:03.640
 about this very important event,

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.900
 look back into Mark chapter 14

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.759
 as we get back

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:08.540
 where we started this morning

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:10.380
 because let's look at this again

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.140
 in light of that.

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.480
 It says,

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:13.160
 In the first day of unleavened bread,

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:15.380
 when they killed the Passover,

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.620
 His disciples said unto Him,

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.620
 Where wilt thou that we go

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:21.380
 and prepare that thou mayest

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.060
 eat the Passover?

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.940
 You know,

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.619
 they understood this Passover,

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.359
 this last Passover

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.919
 that was going to be celebrated.

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.679
 And you say,

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.440
 Well, there's been people

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.000
 that have celebrated

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.299
 the Passover since then,

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.759
 but you know,

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.919
 the Passover since then

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.779
 have not had the meaning.

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.639
 Because everything

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.339
 in the Passover

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.319
 has been fulfilled.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.119
 Jews continue to celebrate

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.059
 the Passover today.

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.599
 You know what they do?

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.819
 They miss the obvious.

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.059
 They miss the picture

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.619
 of who Jesus Christ is,

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.779
 that He was the Lamb.

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:52.399
 And we're going to find here

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.279
 as we go through this

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.180
 in the coming weeks

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.500
 that Jesus takes this feast

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:58.000
 to the Passover memorial

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.740
 and takes it

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.519
 and refocuses it

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.299
 to a different,

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.160
 slightly different memorial.

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.000
 It's really kind of

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.799
 the same memorial.

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.839
 It's just you're looking at it

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.960
 from a different perspective.

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.579
 Because Jesus takes

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.480
 and changes it

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.359
 because it's His.

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.799
 Because it moves

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.059
 from looking forward,

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.700
 because here,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.539
 we're going to talk

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.440
 about this next week

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.279
 as He institutes

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.200
 the Lord's Supper.

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.299
 The Lord's Supper

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:27.120
 is not about looking back.

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.819
 The Lord's Supper

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:29.120
 is about looking forward.

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.360
 It's a memorial

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.600
 for what's been accomplished

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.740
 but what He's going to do.

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:36.059
 It helps keep us focused

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.559
 and reminded.

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.600
 Just like the Passover

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.740
 kept the Jews focused

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.480
 on the Messiah

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.319
 that was to come.

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.920
 The Lord's Supper

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.480
 to a believer

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.580
 is a time that we stop

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.400
 and we reflect

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.360
 and consider

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.960
 what Christ has done for you.

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.500
 It's the reason

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.240
 we don't take it

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.920
 just flippantly.

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.200
 We'll talk about that

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.840
 in the coming weeks.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.559
 That's a whole other

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:54.720
 one to get into here

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.140
 on that.

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.720
 I want you to understand

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:58.019
 that God's judgment

00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:01.140
 required that the lamb

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.079
 be killed

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.900
 in order for Him

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.660
 to pass over.

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.519
 Look back over

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.900
 into Hebrews chapter 9.

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:08.100
 Hebrews chapter 9

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.920
 and we see here

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.660
 this.

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:09.980
 It says,

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.980
 And almost all things

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.700
 are by the law

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.980
 purged with blood.

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.600
 Without shedding of blood

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:17.539
 is no remission.

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.859
 I want you to understand

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:21.279
 that the blood required

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:24.719
 the blood was required

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.939
 in the sacrifice.

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.959
 Everything they did

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:29.639
 pictured what Jesus Christ

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.459
 did for us.

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:32.159
 When we see this picture here

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:33.719
 that the shedding of blood

00:27:33.719 --> 00:27:34.519
 was required,

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:34.759
 you know,

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.379
 people today

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.319
 don't like the idea

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.259
 the blood is needed.

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.740
 You know,

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.699
 we sang about the blood

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:40.299
 this morning,

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.679
 you know,

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.480
 and you think about

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.419
 those words,

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.740
 you know,

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.059
 hopefully you can look back

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.200
 at what you sang this morning

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.500
 and said,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.679
 you know,

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.299
 that holds a little

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.019
 different punch

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.440
 because the blood of Jesus

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.220
 was essential

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:52.159
 for our salvation.

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.339
 But let's look here

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.119
 at the rest of this.

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.960
 Let's see what happens here.

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.299
 Notice in verse 13,

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.720
 And He sendeth forth

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.960
 two of His disciples,

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.779
 and we already know

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.220
 that that was John and Peter.

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:06.419
 But look at the lodging problem

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:07.980
 and how He's going to solve this.

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.259
 Because look at what

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.359
 Jesus tells them here

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.940
 because this is one

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.720
 of those passages

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.220
 is it's like,

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.039
 why did Jesus

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.900
 so coy about

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.960
 His statement here?

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.900
 Because this is really

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:21.160
 kind of ambiguous.

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.720
 I mean,

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.339
 this is worse

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.839
 than getting directions

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.620
 from some people

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.259
 where they tell you,

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.680
 well,

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.799
 if you go down here

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:28.200
 to the stop sign

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.460
 and you go right

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.420
 and then you turn left

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.279
 at the big tree

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:33.420
 and then that'll take you

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.160
 down the street

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.839
 where you'll see

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:38.160
 the gas station

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.660
 and then you turn right

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.620
 at the gas station,

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.360
 that takes you down

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.940
 to the mall

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:44.320
 you know.

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.220
 I always love telling people,

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.180
 well, you go west

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.799
 and they'll look at you

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.320
 like, what?

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.259
 You know.

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.400
 But I want you to see here

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.900
 that Jesus could have gave

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.900
 very specific

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:56.900
 directions to this house.

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.840
 But I want you to see

00:28:58.840 --> 00:29:00.100
 what He did in its place.

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.120
 And I think there's a reason

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:03.559
 we can discern from Scripture

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.759
 why Jesus

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:08.360
 presented it to His disciples

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.039
 this way.

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.960
 But notice what happens here.

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.899
 And He saith in them,

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.480
 notice He says

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.259
 in verse 13,

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:16.139
 Go ye into the city.

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.259
 I'm pretty sure

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.799
 John and Peter

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.359
 were probably like,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.680
 okay,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.279
 we're heading

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.899
 that direction.

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.659
 And then Jesus,

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.920
 look what Jesus tells them.

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.259
 He says,

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.740
 And there shall you meet

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.500
 a man bearing

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.519
 a pitcher of water.

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.440
 Follow him.

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.639
 Now this is one of those,

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.460
 I guarantee you,

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:35.539
 that we kind of miss

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.960
 this cultural element here.

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.180
 Because understanding

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.200
 some Jewish culture

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.920
 here is critical.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.000
 Because to us,

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.420
 how would He figure out

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.519
 which guy it was?

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:43.940
 You know,

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.640
 how many people

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.640
 in a city the size

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.740
 of Jerusalem at the time

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.740
 would be carrying water?

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.279
 You know?

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.279
 I mean,

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.000
 you could think,

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.180
 man,

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.259
 there could be lots and lots.

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.620
 It would be like

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.400
 going downtown

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.579
 and then Lincoln

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.100
 and saying,

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.940
 you know,

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.160
 in our minds,

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.440
 you know,

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.640
 go downtown

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:59.460
 and find somebody

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.860
 carrying a water bottle

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:03.539
 and follow them.

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:06.339
 you would look at them

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.659
 like you are crazy.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.480
 But when we understand

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.359
 culturally here

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.980
 what Jesus is telling them,

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.700
 the uniqueness

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.859
 of what He's saying,

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.319
 it helps us grasp

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:19.220
 because in the day

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.899
 of Jesus,

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.759
 there was something

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.299
 that happened.

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.859
 Number one,

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.279
 men didn't carry

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.519
 pitchers of water.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.139
 Women carried

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:29.220
 pitchers of water.

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:31.860
 If a man

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:34.200
 was to carry water,

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.940
 it would be

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.759
 in a skin.

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.319
 You know,

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.759
 kind of like

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:39.480
 a soft-sided

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.420
 water jug.

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.700
 That was the normal

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:44.700
 for a man to carry.

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:47.259
 A woman would carry

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.579
 a pitcher of water.

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.200
 Now,

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.940
 so when Jesus said,

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.539
 you're going to,

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.539
 when you enter the city,

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.180
 you're going to see

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.160
 a man,

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.839
 a servant in this case,

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.500
 carrying a pitcher

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.980
 of water.

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.220
 So,

00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:00.319
 understanding that

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.720
 changes what Jesus

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.339
 is telling them,

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.640
 isn't it?

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.799
 Because this man,

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.900
 even though he's

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.579
 going to be one

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.259
 among many,

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.839
 is going to have

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.059
 something unique

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.920
 that would have

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.860
 stood out in the

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.559
 crowd to them.

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.120
 It was something

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.839
 that they would have

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.460
 looked at and said,

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:15.779
 yep,

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.299
 I'm pretty sure

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.799
 he's it

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.680
 because he's

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.240
 carrying a pitcher

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.640
 of water.

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.500
 But we see here,

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.460
 Jesus tells them

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.400
 to follow this man

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.480
 with a pitcher of water

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:25.920
 to the place,

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.259
 he says,

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.319
 wherever he goes,

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.200
 ye shall go in

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.879
 and say to the

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.799
 good men of the house.

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.279
 You know,

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.019
 we see here

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.819
 as Jesus is telling them,

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.099
 he says,

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.059
 follow the servant

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:38.039
 and then go on

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:40.059
 into the house

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.519
 and we have to

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.220
 understand this

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.259
 is the house

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.839
 of the day.

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.299
 You would have

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.299
 the outer court

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.720
 and you had

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.539
 the different areas

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.119
 of the house

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.379
 and this man

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:48.299
 having a large

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.460
 upper room

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.960
 that was fully

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.500
 furnished.

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.279
 We know some things.

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.799
 He probably has

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.680
 a man of resource

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.099
 so it probably

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.160
 wasn't a small

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.399
 house.

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.680
 Number one,

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.460
 he had servants.

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.420
 He had all these

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.660
 different things

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.639
 taking place.

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.079
 But we see here

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.660
 that they're supposed

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.139
 to go in

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.759
 and ask

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.879
 or almost

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:08.339
 instruct the man.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.099
 It says,

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.779
 the master

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.460
 say it there

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.200
 in verse 14,

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.079
 where is the guest

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.420
 chamber

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.079
 where I shall

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.899
 eat the Passover

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:15.079
 with my disciples?

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.839
 In verse 15,

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.700
 he will show you

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:19.600
 a large upper room

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.940
 furnished and prepared

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:22.559
 there make ready

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.840
 for us.

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.200
 You know,

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.180
 here Jesus gives

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.019
 these instructions

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.960
 to his disciples.

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.000
 He says,

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.580
 hey guys,

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.380
 take this

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.900
 and go into town

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:34.779
 and follow this guy

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.920
 holding a pitcher

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.500
 of water

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.680
 and you follow him

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.460
 to whatever house

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.319
 he goes to.

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.840
 Go in,

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.799
 talk to the master

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.140
 and say,

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.400
 hey,

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.240
 Jesus said

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.400
 that you have

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.180
 a room for him.

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.340
 You know,

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.620
 and we're going

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.120
 to see here

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.799
 because I believe

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.539
 Jesus already

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.759
 had this all prepared

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.559
 and arranged

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.319
 with this man.

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.940
 But why would

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.400
 Jesus be so vague

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.279
 in his instruction?

00:32:59.680 --> 00:32:59.920
 You know,

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.380
 it relates to what

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.980
 we talked about

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.580
 last week.

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.480
 What was Judas

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.240
 up to?

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:07.360
 Judas was looking

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:08.420
 for a convenient

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:11.039
 time

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.720
 to sell Jesus out.

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.759
 Jesus didn't,

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.519
 who was standing

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.279
 there when Jesus

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.279
 gave the disciples

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.920
 the instruction.

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.879
 Judas was.

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.720
 So Jesus looks

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.619
 at Peter and John

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:22.819
 and says,

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.519
 go into the city,

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.079
 follow the guy

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.480
 with the pitcher

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.960
 on his head,

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:27.319
 follow him to his house,

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:30.279
 and then we'll meet you

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.960
 there a little later.

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.759
 Judas would have had

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.920
 no clue

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.200
 where that was.

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.660
 Because let's face it,

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.160
 Jesus reveals

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:44.540
 his knowing

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:45.640
 of those things,

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.500
 his omniscience,

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.600
 for he knew

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:49.140
 what was taking place.

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.900
 He knew the heart

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.519
 of Judas.

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.759
 He knew what was

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.900
 already put in place

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.500
 over here.

00:33:54.800 --> 00:33:55.400
 He knew that

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.600
 this man's servant

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.160
 was going to be

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.880
 carrying a pitcher

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.300
 of water,

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.560
 which is one of those

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.220
 that's just kind of,

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:00.560
 I think,

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.060
 just sort of,

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.320
 it's what took place.

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.000
 And Jesus said,

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.240
 hey,

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.180
 this is what's

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.840
 taking place,

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:06.960
 I'll take and use that

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.159
 because it's unique

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.659
 to get my disciples

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.539
 to his house.

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:10.980
 You know,

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.139
 I think as I read this,

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.920
 one thing I was thinking

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:15.239
 about is the disciples

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.559
 and the amount of faith

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.159
 that they had

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.899
 in his instruction.

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.399
 I mean,

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.019
 most of the time

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.940
 we find that

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.759
 when Jesus,

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.859
 if somebody would tell you

00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:24.480
 something like this,

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.079
 I think most of us

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.759
 would just look at him

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.199
 strange.

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.940
 But we have no record,

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.119
 this wasn't a test

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.019
 of their faith,

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:35.000
 but Jesus told them

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.920
 and they just followed.

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.339
 Their faith was already

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.780
 in Christ.

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:41.500
 We asked him where to go

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.180
 and he told us,

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.880
 so let's go.

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.579
 You know,

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.740
 let's get busy,

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.400
 let's do what we're

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.220
 supposed to do.

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.579
 You know,

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.039
 they played,

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.720
 they had a lot of faith

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.559
 in the instructions

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.480
 as they went,

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.380
 even though Jesus

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.180
 didn't reveal

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:56.340
 all the details,

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.059
 but what he did

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.680
 is he gave them

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.940
 exactly what they needed

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.320
 to accomplish the task.

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.680
 He gave them

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:05.240
 exactly what was needed

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:06.460
 to that.

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.019
 You know,

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.019
 and I think this applies

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.059
 in our lives today.

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:11.120
 Because if you ever know,

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.860
 sometimes people say,

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.019
 well,

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.980
 I'll serve the Lord

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.780
 if God gives me

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.620
 all the details.

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:16.360
 If God lays everything

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.539
 out in detail,

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:19.900
 I'll serve him.

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.019
 I want everything

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.660
 laid out.

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.300
 I don't want

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.940
 any unknowns.

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.980
 But you know what?

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.900
 Some days we need

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.660
 to trust God

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.660
 just like Peter

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.460
 and John did

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:31.099
 to say Jesus

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.920
 has given us

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.920
 what we need

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.740
 to accomplish

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.659
 what he set us out

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.079
 to do.

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.579
 And that Jesus

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.780
 will fill in the difference.

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.260
 You know,

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.320
 over the course of my life,

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.179
 I've learned one thing.

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:43.480
 Sometimes as I look back,

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.380
 I'm glad I didn't know

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.139
 what was going to happen

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.639
 beforehand.

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.139
 Because what we think is,

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.280
 well,

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.820
 if it's bad,

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.420
 I won't do it.

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.880
 If it's good,

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.400
 we'll do it.

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.720
 It's like,

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.280
 that's not the way

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.920
 life works.

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.400
 You know,

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.720
 the same is true today.

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.659
 We don't always know

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.559
 all the details,

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.819
 but we have to trust

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:58.599
 him with what we know.

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.139
 We confidently know

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.019
 that he's already

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.480
 has the details

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.239
 worked out.

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:03.539
 I mean,

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.519
 what an amazing thing

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.719
 to realize that Jesus,

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.179
 when he told the disciples,

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:07.539
 he said,

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:07.959
 guys,

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.839
 I already have

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.739
 all the details

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.279
 worked out.

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:10.939
 Look how all that

00:36:10.939 --> 00:36:11.519
 came together.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.559
 Jesus said,

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.439
 I have a place.

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.919
 It's already prepared.

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.139
 It's furnished.

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:17.119
 All they had to do

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.339
 was finish preparing the meal.

00:36:18.419 --> 00:36:19.359
 They had all the furniture

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:19.759
 set up.

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:20.819
 They had everything ready.

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.759
 God already had

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.419
 the rest of it

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.099
 in place.

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.639
 What they had to do

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:27.139
 was trust him by faith

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.980
 to take action

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.780
 on what they knew

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.659
 they were supposed to do.

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.119
 Now,

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.940
 we often quote

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:32.180
 a very familiar passage

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:33.900
 back in Proverbs chapter 3.

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.619
 You know,

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.599
 Proverbs 3,

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:37.159
 and it tells us this

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:38.619
 in verses 5 and 6.

00:36:38.700 --> 00:36:38.940
 It says,

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.780
 Trust in the Lord

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.680
 with all thine heart

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.860
 and lean not

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:43.280
 on thine own understanding

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.240
 and all thy ways

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.960
 acknowledge him.

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.440
 And now look at

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.200
 that last part.

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:49.500
 And he shall do what?

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.440
 Direct thy paths.

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.380
 We hear it,

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.820
 but sometimes

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.880
 we don't process it.

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.140
 Peter and John

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:56.500
 were living this verse.

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.820
 Consider what they did.

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.340
 They weren't leaning

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.300
 on their own understanding.

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.099
 Their own understanding

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.579
 is Jesus,

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:01.920
 you know,

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.400
 you could have

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.059
 given us an address.

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:03.900
 It would be a little easier.

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:04.500
 They said,

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.740
 No,

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.660
 Jesus gave us

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.420
 what we needed

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:08.059
 to accomplish the task

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.220
 according to what

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.360
 he has set out

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.340
 and he's going to

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.280
 direct our path.

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:14.680
 Think of how God

00:37:14.680 --> 00:37:15.820
 directed the path

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.360
 of Peter

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.680
 and John

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.099
 that day.

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:20.339
 they found

00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:20.739
 the man

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.360
 with the picture

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.099
 and he took

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.759
 them directly

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.279
 to where they

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.920
 needed to be.

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.980
 Why were they

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.420
 where they were

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.980
 supposed to be?

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.619
 Because they were

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.380
 obedient to what

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.739
 they knew.

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.659
 They were obedient

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.339
 to what God

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.980
 had told them.

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:32.239
 They went to the place

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.659
 where everything

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.599
 was furnished

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.719
 and prepared.

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.420
 You know,

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.119
 this implies

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.719
 that Jesus

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.839
 had already arranged

00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:38.579
 to meet there

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.219
 even though

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:40.199
 he hadn't disclosed

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:41.079
 it to his disciples.

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.880
 That's another

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.440
 important thing

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.960
 to realize

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.480
 that God

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.119
 is working

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:45.179
 in circles

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.779
 and things

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.799
 bigger than yourself.

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:50.100
 God's got

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:51.039
 details worked

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.600
 out that are

00:37:51.600 --> 00:37:52.340
 beyond us.

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.320
 But he's got

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.920
 things fitting

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.640
 into place

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.000
 that's going

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.840
 to benefit us.

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:59.180
 God works

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.780
 through those

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.360
 details.

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.700
 It was furnished

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.340
 and prepared.

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.340
 You know,

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:04.320
 but why would

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:05.220
 Jesus keep this

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:06.080
 from the disciples?

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.580
 You know,

00:38:06.620 --> 00:38:07.340
 and we understood

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.700
 what was happening

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.160
 here.

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.100
 That Jesus

00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:10.960
 wanted to eat

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.880
 the Passover

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.580
 with his disciples

00:38:13.580 --> 00:38:14.720
 and where it

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.480
 was going to be

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.519
 where I shall

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.179
 eat the Passover

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:18.280
 with my disciples.

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.759
 Look down

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.759
 in verse 14

00:38:19.759 --> 00:38:21.219
 here in our text.

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.099
 It says,

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.340
 well,

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.940
 it's what Jesus

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.219
 says,

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.860
 where the guest

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.280
 chamber,

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.500
 where I shall

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.380
 eat the Passover

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.800
 with my disciples.

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.000
 You know,

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.920
 we see here

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.840
 Peter and John

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.559
 went to Jerusalem

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.539
 expecting

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.840
 to find

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.659
 what Jesus

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.500
 had told them.

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.559
 Seeing a man

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.480
 with a water pitcher

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.179
 followed him

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.780
 to his house,

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.519
 inquired to the

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.199
 owner of the room,

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.559
 finding it furnished

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.139
 and prepared

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.059
 and then making

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.340
 the Passover

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:46.119
 ready.

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.119
 So I want you

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.659
 to understand

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.199
 they had some

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.920
 things to do

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.599
 other than just

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.340
 having a prepared

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:51.179
 and furnished room.

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.500
 Their job

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.059
 was to prepare

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.519
 the meal

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.239
 that was to come.

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.579
 Part of that

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.299
 preparation

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:57.199
 was to kill

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:58.460
 the lamb,

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.920
 to roast it

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.940
 with fire.

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.420
 There were some

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.019
 things that were

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:04.599
 laid out for them.

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.659
 The plan that

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.860
 God had established

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:08.460
 came to pass.

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.699
 I want you to

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.500
 understand this

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.139
 morning that

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.619
 God's plan

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.379
 always

00:39:13.379 --> 00:39:15.059
 is fulfilled.

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.460
 People may

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.279
 try to thwart,

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.960
 people might

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.599
 try to ignore

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.659
 God's plan

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.420
 and what God's

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.199
 purpose is,

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.420
 but you know

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.599
 what?

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:26.199
 God is above

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.879
 those things.

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.359
 God says

00:39:28.359 --> 00:39:29.359
 what He promises

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:30.539
 will come to pass.

00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:32.599
 He sets forth

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.319
 the course

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:34.539
 of history.

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.819
 He sets forth

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.699
 those things

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.679
 in a way

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.699
 that will be

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.440
 beneficial

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.599
 in the long

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.960
 term

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.940
 for us

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.639
 and for those

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.480
 who call upon

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:43.900
 Him.

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.019
 You know,

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.760
 the plan that

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.980
 God has established

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.679
 is for our benefit

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.699
 just like His

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.900
 plan of salvation.

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.579
 The Passover

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.500
 was a picture

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.679
 of His plan

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.500
 of salvation

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.619
 for me

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.400
 and for you.

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.440
 His plan

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:58.059
 was about to

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.820
 come to fruition.

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.880
 As the disciples

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.539
 were there

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.139
 getting ready

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.340
 to eat

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.240
 the last

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:06.059
 Passover,

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.179
 His perfect

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:08.039
 plan was

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.840
 coming together.

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:10.940
 You know,

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.380
 look what the

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.100
 apostle Paul

00:40:12.100 --> 00:40:12.320
 says.

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.640
 Look over to

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:13.240
 1 Corinthians

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:14.039
 chapter 5

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.579
 for a moment.

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:16.039
 1 Corinthians

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:17.059
 chapter 5.

00:40:18.120 --> 00:40:18.340
 You know,

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.960
 here Paul's

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.579
 talking about

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.180
 some issues

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:20.820
 of sin

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:22.280
 in the church

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.740
 and notice

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.280
 what he says

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:24.180
 as a believer

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:24.740
 what we ought

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.460
 to purge out.

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.340
 He says,

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.860
 Purge out

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.400
 therefore the

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.960
 old leaven

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.500
 that ye may

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.360
 be a new lump

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.800
 as ye are

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.539
 unleavened

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.200
 for even

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:32.059
 Christ our

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.700
 Passover

00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.539
 is sacrificed

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.380
 for us.

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:40.720
 in the old testament they had a lamb that took god's judgment upon him because of the shed blood

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:46.380
 of the lamb and today we have the lamb of god who shed his blood for you and me

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:56.300
 jesus is literally the fulfillment and is our passover lamb his shed blood allows god's

00:40:56.300 --> 00:41:03.780
 judgment to pass over us it's by his sacrifice the blood that was shed for you that you

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:13.220
 and i can be saved when he's not just a lamb or he's not just the lamb but when he's your lamb

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:20.120
 you know first peter tells us this first peter chapter one says this but with the precious

00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:28.380
 blood of christ as the lamb without blemish and without spot who verily fordain before the

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:33.500
 foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:37.880
 who by him to believe in god that raised him up from the dead and gave him glory

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:46.800
 that your faith and hope might be in god you know the disciples were preparing the last passover that

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:54.380
 was going to picture the ultimate passover as we're going to look in the coming weeks

00:41:54.380 --> 00:42:03.180
 about what takes place here at this passover but today just as that blood was applied for god's

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:11.280
 judgment to pass over in egypt it passed over those that acted in faith sometimes we miss the fact that

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:16.780
 it took a lot of faith to take a lamb something that had never been done before like this and put the

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:22.320
 blood and apply it on the doorpost of your house they had to act in faith that god's judgment was going to

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:32.840
 pass over them just like when we accept christ by faith when we trust in what he has done god's judgment

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:41.840
 then can pass over you and that's by no other than faith in what christ has done look at the end of

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:49.740
 that verse up there it says that your faith and hope might be where in god not in ritual

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:53.980
 not in form and function not in liturgies

00:42:53.980 --> 00:43:02.440
 not even in history but that our faith is in god this morning the same is true

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:04.640
 for you and i

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:09.980
 has there been a point in time when he moved from the reality of just being

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:13.259
 a savior to the savior

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:17.219
 but most importantly has he become

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:20.460
 your savior that's the critical part

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:22.940
 to realize the need

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:24.779
 to be your savior

00:43:24.779 --> 00:43:29.480
 as heads are bowed and eyes are closed this morning i encourage you to consider

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:35.559
 what is jesus to you is he your savior if not i encourage you today this might be the day you

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:39.619
 call upon him as your savior if you've never

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:43.760
 understood never comprehended what was needed

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:49.760
 it's not by works of righteousness which we have done but it's by what he has accomplished

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:57.619
 and by putting our faith in him what about you today heavenly fathers we come before you this

00:43:57.619 --> 00:44:03.059
 morning lord we just thank you and praise you for the picture and the reality that we can understand

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:06.579
 what you've done for us lord i pray if there's one here today

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:10.659
 that has not called upon you as their savior

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:16.279
 lord we can know about you but there's a difference when we have a connection with you as our savior

00:44:16.279 --> 00:44:20.960
 lord i pray just work mightily upon each heart each life here today

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:26.420
 maybe we just need to slow down and really consider the reality and just to be thankful

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:33.180
 thankful for what you've done for us and lord we just ask it all in your precious name

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:36.940
 amen as heads are bowed and eyes are closed what about you today

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.440
 you