IT’S PASSOVER TIME!!!

IT IS A NIGHT MUCH TO BE REMEMBERED!

In commemoration of this great night, the Lord commanded His people throughout their generations to observe this Ordinance in its season from year to year.  This ordinance was given by God to Moses; Exodus 12:43-49.  It was a night of deliverance, but in order for them to have obtained their deliverance there was something they had to do:-

1. Separate themselves from the Egyptians.
2. Kill a lamb of the first year and daub its blood on their doorposts.
3. Stay within their houses with their children until given directives to leave.

Had they not separated themselves, had they killed the lamb but neglected to sprinkle its blood on their doorposts, had they disregarded any of the instructions given, they would not have been secured!

They might have believed they had done all that was necessary but their sincerity would not have saved them.  All who refuse to follow the Lord’s directions will end up being losers.  “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are they ways of death,”  Proverbs 14:12. 

“The Passover today is not only commemorative but typical, not only pointing back to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt but forward to the greater deliverance which Christ was to accomplish in freeing His people from the bondage of sin.  By obedience the people were to give evidence of their faith.  Therefore, all who hope to be saved by the merits of the blood of Christ should realize that they themselves have something to do in securing their salvation.  While it is Christ only that can redeem us from the penalty of transgression we are to turn from sin to obedience.  Man is to be saved by faith, not by works, yet his faith must be shown by his works; “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone, James 2:17.

Christ has given facilities, ordinances and privileges and man must cooperate with these saving agencies.  Believe and obey all divine requirements!”