PASTOR’S NOTES
So the people bowed their heads and worshiped”
If you were a part of our Easter Service, we taught through the 10th plague and covered a lot of territory in chapter 12. However, we did skip over some of the text that discusses the traditional commands of how people should celebrate the Passover each year after the Exodus. It’s important for us to recognize that the Passover served as a traditional remembrance of God’s salvation from slavery and also sin. The people would come together and tell stories, sing songs, and eat all in the remembrance of what took place in chapter 12. God’s salvation is worth remembering!!!
To make sure that His people would not forget their salvation, God gave them the command to celebrate and remember what was accomplished: The feast of the unleavened bread.
The hard truth is that we need reminding of what we quickly forget. Man can forget even the greatest of all truths.
This is the same reality of what we are called to in the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper serves as the same reminder as the Passover does, a reminder of God’s salvation. The Lord’s Supper though gives us a reminder of a new thanksgiving and that is that Jesus Christ died for our sins! The Lord’s Supper calls us back to remembering God’s grace and mercy through what was accomplished on the cross.
There are so many beautiful connections between these two celebrations. Both reminding us of God’s goodness!! Both reminding us of salvation!! Both reminding us of God’s love.
Lastly, both of these celebrations call us to something greater. The Passover and the Lord’s Supper calls us to worship.
During the the time of Exodus, the people bowed when remembering these events. Salvation should call us to such a response. The Lords Supper should also do the exact same. What Christ accomplished should lead us to worship and a life that is unexplainable!
SCRIPTURE TO GO ALONG WITH THE MESSAGE
Read 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 pertaining to the Lord’s Supper
HIGHLIGHT IN YOUR BIBLES
Highlight verses 12:24-28 in Exodus
