Today's "Grace Inspirations" by Joseph Prince is perfect for this day before we celebrate Resurrection Sunday!
JESUS, OUR TRUE PASSOVER LAMB
Exodus 12:3 …every man shall take for himself a lamb,
according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
Jews worldwide celebrate the
Passover feast. The feast, which has been kept for generations, commemorates
the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt (see Exodus 12:14). The
night before the Israelites left Egypt, the destroyer went through the land
killing the firstborn of man and beast. Only those households with the blood of
the Passover lamb on their doorposts were spared.
God had told the Israelites,
“Take a lamb, a lamb for a household.” It was a lamb for each family. This
tells us that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our true Passover Lamb, is for
whole families to be saved!
So your children are blessed once
you receive Jesus. Your unsaved spouse and grandparents are blessed too,
because Jesus is now the Lamb for your whole household. Your unsaved loved ones
will enjoy the blessings of the saved. The Bible says that the sanctified will
sanctify the unsanctified (see 1 Corinthians 7:14). Yes, they will still need
to personally receive Jesus as their Savior, but God has marked them for salvation
because you are saved!
Now, each household took a lamb
which God said had to be without blemish. Why? Because the lamb typified Jesus,
the true Lamb of God, who is without sin. John the Baptist said of Jesus,
“Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29).
The lamb was then killed, and its
blood put on the two doorposts and lintel of the house (see Exodus 12:7), such
that it speaks of the cross. Today, the destroyer has to pass over every family
that believes in the finished work of Jesus at the cross and puts its faith in
His blood, because there has already been a death. The blood proves it—the
innocent Lamb for the guilty family!
Jesus also celebrated the
Passover the night before He was crucified. But He was instituting the greater
Passover. This time, it was not deliverance from Pharaoh and Egypt, but from
Satan and his kingdom of darkness! It was not deliverance from slavery in
Egypt, but from a life of bondage to sin to a life of liberty as free men in
Christ!
Beloved, Jesus, the Lamb of God,
sacrificed Himself to set you free. And when the Son sets you free, you are
free indeed!
AMEN! Stand in faith that HE is moving Heaven and earth to reach your family for JESUS! Be encouraged and rejoice! GOD'S GOT THIS!!! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Light Will Shine":
Shalom in Him!
