God

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Gods Deliverance Lessons From Exodus

• To See The Parallels Between
• Israels Deliverance From Egyptian Slavery
• Passover Feast
• Our Deliverance From Slavery of Sin
• Lords Supper

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Gods Deliverance

• Exodus 121-14
• New Observance A New Feast
• Every family to acquire a lamb or kid
• To be year old male, without defect
• On 14th day the lamb or kid is to be killed
• Blood is to be smeared on door posts and lintel
• Lamb or kid to be roasted, eaten with herbs
• Eat fully clothed and quickly
• God would kill firstborn of families animals
• Memorial for them and future generations

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Gods Deliverance

• Exodus 1229-36
• At midnight God caused the firstborn to die
• There was massive death, mourning, weeping
• Pharaoh tells Moses to take his people and go!
• Egyptians gave them silver, gold and clothing

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Gods Deliverance

• Some Comparisons of Passover Feast and Lords
  Supper
• Both involve sacrifice of flesh and blood
• Both were to be eaten
• Both were to be a continual memorial
• Both involved death
• Both provided opportunity for new existence

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Gods Deliverance

• Some Comparisons of Passover Feast and Lords
  Supper
• Passover involved all the family of Israel
• Lords Supper involves all of the Christian
  family
• First Passover marked beginning of nation of
  Israel
• First Lords Supper marked beginning of
  Christianity
• Each was fulfillment of Gods purpose and intent
  neither was an accident!

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Gods Deliverance

• Some Comparisons of Passover Feast and Lords
  Supper
• Deliverance is always from God
• Israel were slaves in Egypt
• Powerless to free themselves
• We were slaves to sin
• Powerless to free ourselves
• Only God has the power to set us free

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Gods Deliverance

• Some Comparisons of Passover Feast and Lords
  Supper
• Deliverance always involves Blood
• Israel Blood of lamb without blemish
• Blood had to be on the door post and lintel
• Christians Blood of Jesus who was without sin
• We have to be washed in the Blood
• Matt. 2626-29 Acts 2028 Eph. 17 I Peter
  118-19 Rev. 714 I John 17

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Gods Deliverance

• Lessons Learned
• Deliverance only comes from God
• We can not save ourselves
• Blood must be shed for remission of sins
• Jesus shed His Blood for us
• Must have covering of Blood to be right with God
• Eph. 17 Acts 238
• Acts 2216 Rom. 63-7,
  17-18

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Gods Deliverance
Will You Obey God And Let Him Deliver You From
Your Sins?
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By Bob Gard Hollister, Missouri church of
Christ www.hollisterchurchofch
rist.org Lesson adapted from
David Chadwell Great
Parallels, Part 2 Exodus and Jesus
www.westarkchurchofchrist.org
January 8, 2006 pm