I Plead The Blood
Sermon Notes
When Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe.
- Exodus 12:21-22
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.’
- Exodus 12:26-27
“It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
- Exodus 12:46
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:29
“Look, the Lamb of God!
- John 1:36
It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.
- John 19:14
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely you don’t mean me?”
- Mark 14:12-19
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Mark 14:22-26
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
- John 19:28-30
The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
- John 19:32-34
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Sermon Questions
Scriptures: Exodus 12:21-22, 26-27, 46; John 1:29, 36; Mark 14:12-19, 22-26; John 19:14, 28-30, 32-34
What dots did you connect for the first time between the first Passover and Jesus on the cross? Review Exodus 12 together and discuss questions and revelations.
Pastor Jared discussed the elements of a Jewish Passover meal, including four cups of wine, representing God’s promises to the Israelites. These four promises still apply to us today: “I will bring out, I will deliver, I will redeem and I will take.” What circumstances in your life today can you connect to these promises? (Read Exodus 6:6-7 for help.)
Pastor Jared stated that the story of the cross is the story of a new Passover. Read Mark 14:22-26. How did approaching the new Passover table (communion) after the message feel to you? What thoughts have you had since? What “hymn” did you leave singing?
If the “doorway” of your life is covered with the blood (i.e. salvation), how does that change you? Does this knowledge give you peace, hope, etc.?
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Jesus said, “He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.”
Luke 10:34
