Good Friday 2015

(Exodus 12:26-27)(NIV) And when your children ask you, “What does this ceremony mean to you?” then tell them, “It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.” (Luke 22:15-20)(NIV) “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (1 Corinthians 5:7)(NLT) …Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us. Jesus Our Passover Lamb 1. The Lamb was spotless. (Exodus 12:5)(NIV) The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. (1 Peter 1:18-19)(NLT) For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.   2. The Lamb was sacrificed. (Exodus 12:6)(NIV) Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. (Isaiah 53:5)(NIV) But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (please leave Isaiah 53 on the screen until I say #3)  3. The Lamb was shared. (Exodus 12:4)(NIV) If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor. (2 Corinthians 5:19)(NIV) God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.   (John 1:29)(NIV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”