“Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthians 5:7).
When God would deliver the people of Israel from Egypt, He commanded Moses concerning the Passover, that the people should take a lamb, kill it, take the blood and strike it on the door posts of their houses (see Exodus 12:1-7).
And the Lord said: “Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:13).
God gave His Word to the people through Moses, and the people obeyed, as it is written: “Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did” (Exodus 12:28).
Here is the point: it was not the natural blood of lambs that saved the people of Israel, but rather because the people obeyed the Word of God, and did as the Lord commanded them, that was why they escaped death.
The Word of God was that Passover. When the people believed the Word which God commanded Moses, and obeyed, they were saved from death. Because they obeyed the Word, God set them free from the death that came upon the Egyptians.
God wants us to eat His Word, which is our Passover. It is the Scripture God wants us to receive and obey. God saves people through their faith in His Word, and God do this to all who believe in Christ (see Romans 10:9-13).
The Word is our Passover, which is Christ. Jesus says, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life” (John 5:24).
God’s sacrifice for His people in Egypt was the Word He gave to Moses. God gave His Word, and the people of Israel who received the Word escaped death, but the Egyptians who did not died (see Exodus 12:29-30).
God always informs His people through His Word. When anyone takes to the preaching of the Word of God they are informed. The Israelites who heard the Word had faith in the Word, because faith comes by hearing (see Romans 10:17).
When the people of Israel obeyed the Word of God they escaped death. Similarly, today, when anyone obeys the Word of God, which is Christ our Passover, they shall be saved.
Jesus says He is that Passover Word of God, which God gave to Moses. That if anyone eats of the Passover Word they shall live forever. The true Passover Word is the Scripture, which lives and abides forever (see Matthew 24:35).
For God so loved mankind that He gave us His Word, through the Bible, as a living sacrifice to save us, so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (see John 3:16).
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, thank you for the Holy Bible, our Passover Lamb. Amen.
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