From Passover to the Cross: Jesus Our Lamb - Pastor Kyle Self

[00:00:00] Welcome to the World Changers Church Gold Coast Podcast. Join us as we listen to today's message. [00:00:06] Amen. Amen. You know, Easter Sunday, It's funny, nobody said that they're glad I'm at church this morning. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Oh, no, I'm kidding. So, you know, Easter Sunday, we can take the cross, and this can become quite routine. You know, communion can become quite routine. A person's voice can become quite routine. I used to think that maybe I shouldn't preach every Sunday because I live off this phrase. It says, wisdom speaks quietly and not that often. And if people hear your voice too much, they stop listening. But that's not true, is it? Because they said, wisdom is a she. The men of the house, you can clap. I'm in trouble. Amen. That's my one free pass for the day. Everyone, forgive me. Amen. So listen, this morning, I want to tell you that things can become routine. You know, we look to this time of year and people go, oh, we gotta plan our holiday. The kids are off all week. Gotta get more groceries. We gotta do this. We start thinking about the holiday instead of the holy day. And oftentimes I see productions. You know, we watch Passion of the Christ to remind ourselves, and maybe we don't. And we survey the cost, we reflect on the cross and we go, oh, so tragic. But the story that happened on the cross started way before the event. And when you only focus on the event of death, not the planning that God had, you don't get the full revelation of the resurrection. And so this morning, I want to highlight the cross, but I want to highlight it from a different perspective. I want to highlight it from not just the nine hours or the night before or the Garden of Gethsemane, or the resurrection story, or the tomb rolled away. I want to highlight it from how God told his story long before it ever happened. So if we go to 1 Corinthians 5, 7, we'll start there. This scripture is very significant because it therefore purge out the old leaven that you may be a new lump. Is that new King James Version? Yeah. Since you truly are unleavened, you indeed. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. I first look at that and I go, that makes no sense to me. Right? Anybody kind of go, what does that mean? Okay, so I'm supposed to be unleavened. Let no sin be in my life. Oh, man, I'm going to probably kill some sacred cows today. But the reality is this, that has nothing to do with just sin. That has to do with something that was planned in Exodus 12. In the bread of affliction, what we call matzah, that's placed in the center of a table in that what we call the last supper for Jesus was actually Passover. And in the middle of that table was not a loaf of bread. It was unleavened bread. And at a certain point of the night that bread was broken, a portion of it was wrapped in a type of burial cloth, taken away for the night until about the third cup and brought back to the table to be broken and ate again. When Jesus took the third cup, he said, this is my body, the bread that was brought back to the table, and this is my blood. For the hearer on that night, it was very significant for us. Okay, dinner wine. Jesus is giving us a revelation. No, he was saying something very significant to the hearer. And hopefully by the end of this message, very significant to you. So, good morning, church. How are you this morning? I think your boots strapped in, aren't you? Okay, so it's a beautiful day in the house of God. Amen. We've had some wonderful worship, and we have a day to celebrate victory that the whole world is celebrating at some point in time. Today we celebrate who? Jesus. Okay, we celebrate the blood, we celebrate the empty tomb, we celebrate the risen king, but we celebrate the event after the cross. We celebrate the cross, but do we realize that there is a plan that is so significant that it was. There's no man could orchestrate it. See, through the swoon theory. And Jesus didn't really die on the cross through the 500 witnesses. All that's this mass hallucination. But for him to fulfill everything on the cross, including being the Passover lamb to be killed in a certain way, he would have had to con a nation to get him to kill him that way. And there is historical fact that he was killed in that way. People recognize it. So he was a person that walked the earth. But to be killed a certain way was so significant that to say, oh, that's just something that happened. That's just them being mean. No, they actually fulfilled the embodiment of the Passover lamb the night before. And the day of Jesus himself said, I am the lamb. John the Baptist said, behold, the Lamb of God comes for the hearer. That's so significant for us. It's like, oh, he's cute, he's fuzzy. He's so beautiful. It's more than that. But our faith has become so watered down with traditions and time and celebrations of holidays instead of holy days that we've actually diluted the very meaning of Easter. Now, I'm not here to condemn, Pastor, what you about to do? So this morning, I'm not going to just preach an Easter event. I'm going to preach Easter as a revelation. Amen. Easter did not begin on Calvary. First cow I'm going to kill the cross. Was not God scrambling for a solution. And Jesus wasn't a plan B. He was the plan all along from the foundations of time. Amen. So what happened at the cross had already been written in scripture long before it happened. Long before Jesus carried the cross, Israel carried a lamb into their homes. Long before his blood was shed on Calvary, blood was placed on doorposts in Egypt. Amen. Long before the stone was rolled away, God had already started painting the picture of redemption through Passover. So today I want us to see that Passover was a shadow, but Jesus is the fulfillment. Amen. All right. Buckled in already. Passover was a picture, but Jesus is the person. Does that make sense? Okay. Passover was a prophecy, but Jesus was the reality. And when you see that clearly, Easter becomes bigger than a holiday. It becomes an unveiling of God's redemption. Plan. Plan from the very beginning. Amen. So I want to preach this message today from Passover to the cross. Jesus our Lamb. Amen. All right, Pastor, you're getting Jewish on us. No, I'm not. I'm getting biblical on you. If you don't like it, bless you. When you go to Exodus 12, you find Israel in bondage. They are slaves in Egypt. Oppressed, trapped and unable to free themselves. They can't fight their way out. They can't earn their way out. They can't improve their way out. And in that moment, God gives them instruction on the 10th plague. He says sacrifice a lamb. He does not give them military strategy. He does not give. He does not first give them political solution. He gives them a lamb. Thanks God. Why? Because God is a glory maker. God is a waymaker. God is not someone that says you can have the glory for what's being done. The moment you can get glory for what's being done, that is man's glory, and it will not last. Amen. The moment man and other things are idolized, it will not last. It will fall quicker than anything. But, oh, it'll be great at first, but it'll have a bell effect. It'll peak. But God keeps going. He has a slow and steady roll. Amen. So when we think about that he gives us a lamb. Exodus 12:5 says, Your lamb shall be without blemish. A male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. Now look at this. He shall be in the first year. He shall be your firstborn male. So Jesus being God's only son, had significance long before we knew it. God took of his home and gave his best for us. In other words, the lamb of Exodus was a picture. But Jesus is the fulfillment of that picture. Amen. He is the true lamb of God. He is spotless, pure, holy, sinless, and without blemish. He was tempted, but never sinned. He was opposed, but never corrupted. He was rejected, but remained righteous. He was wounded, but never defiled. Man so good, even in the way they put the lamb shank on the table for Passover, they wouldn't break the bone. Like, you know when you go to, like Nando's, it's like they just took a chicken and just chopped it into just however they wanted to. You're like, uh, oh, how'd that happen? Looked like a three year old got a butcher knife. No. They cut this lamb shank at the joint so that the bone wouldn't be broken. They roasted it to the point where the meat would fall off the bone so that no utensil would touch it. Can I tell you that when they went to go break his legs on the cross, he signified even the lamb shank on the table. Cause his bones were not broken. It says it as a prophecy in another book. And it fulfilled not only the prophecy, but, but the semblance on the table of how no bone would be broken. He was already dead before they could break his bones. He chose when to die so he could fulfill that. That's like what I mean. I mean, you don't take my life. I give it. You know what? It's finished. Boom. But that very statement, it is finished. I know we don't have the scripture. That very statement. When Jesus said it is finished, we're like, why did he say that? It's done. Da da, da. No. He was the last lamb to be sacrificed for sin. To make it even more real, after his death, the temple was destroyed and they can't even sacrifice lambs anymore. He was the last lamb to be sacrificed for sin. So not only did he die a certain way, so he conned them into killing him a certain way, but then he conned them into destroying their temple so that they couldn't make any more sacrifices signifying him being the last lamb. Sure sure. Come on. Oh, this is so good. I don't know if you're liking it, but I love it. So that matters so much to us when we see this and what God has done. We also look at Peter 1:18, 19, actually. I'm sorry, 1:18 through 19. Yep. Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct, received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot. In other words, the Lamb of Exodus was a picture. Jesus was the fulfillment of that picture. I'm going to say that 15 times. Okay. He is the true Lamb of God. He is so holy that he was never defiled, never corrupted. That matters deeply, because a guilty substitute cannot save guilty people. Even when they were offered Barabbas, which means Jesus Barabbas is actually Yeshua. They offered two Yeshuas. The enemy even tried by their traditions every seventh year, just so happened to be at the same time when Jesus was tried, that they would free that you, that they could pick who could be freedom. So they picked the worst, a murderer. Pilate was trying so hard. They picked the worst, and they picked the most unholy Yeshua to be freed and the holy Yeshua to be crucified. Do you begin to see what the enemy was doing, what man was doing? But Peter tried to tell Jesus, go. You'll die. No. And he said, get thee behind me, Satan. Pilate tried to get in the way, and he said, you couldn't see the truth if it was right in front of you. And my life's not being taken. I give it away. Pilate didn't even have the power to save his life or to take his life. Come on, you little bitty frilly lamb. No, he's not. Y' all just see him that way. So when Jesus was on the cross, he was not dying just for sin alone. He was dying for hours. The innocent ones stood in place of the guilty. The righteous one stood in place of the sinner. The spotless lamb became the sacrifice we needed, covered by the blood. So in Passover, that word, pasach, means Passover. Okay? So when they put the. When they put with hyssop, the blood applied to the door, God said, when I come to bring judgment over Egypt, all those that have the blood applied and covered by the blood, I shall pass over so that my judgment, my wrath doesn't fall on them. So when we get saved, and that little thing, we don't like to talk about the blood is very important, because not only did we get freedom, we got freedom from judgment. His judgment that we deserve passes over us because of Jesus. Come on, somebody. So the lamb. And that's our answer today. He was our lamb for sin. He was our lamb for shame. He was our lamb for guilt. He was our lamb for fear. The Passover does not stop with the Lamb. Because once the lamb was slain, the blood had to speak. Exodus 12:7. And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the doorstops and on the lintel of the house where they eat. And then verse 13 says, I think I have that one now. The blood shall be assigned 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. So all you that think that God puts sickness on you, that think that plagues and disease, come on, you are from God is a lie of the enemy. In the Old Testament, we have blessings and cursings. In the New Testament, we have blessings and promises. We're free from sin. So why do we keep sinning? Because you ain't looking at the price. Amen. Notice what God did. What? He didn't say, he did not say. When I see your effort, when I see your sincerity, when I see your morality, when I see your traditions, when I see your family line, when I see your good intentions. No, he said, when I see the blood, I will pass over your house. The blood was the difference. The people were not protected because they were better than everybody else. They were protected because they were under the blood. And that is the gospel. We are not made right with God because of our performance. We are made right with God because of the blood of Jesus. Romans 5, 9 says this. You don't have that. Do you have that one? Yeah. Much more than having more been justified by his blood. We shall be saved from wrath through him. So the event was not what saved us from wrath, it was the blood that was applied. Hebrews 9:22 says, without shedding of the blood, there is no remission. And according to the law, almost all things are purified with blood. And without shedding of a blood, there is no remission. From Egypt to Calvary, God is telling a story. Sin is serious, judgment is real, and blood is required. But what the blood of the lambs could only picture the blood of Jesus fully accomplished. The sins of a city would only last for a year. Then they had to do it again. Then the sin of the day had to Be you had to go to the temple? Probably. I don't know. If I'd been back in the day, I'd have went broke trying to supply. I mean, the way we live today and the way we just excuse sin away, the way we act like it's just free to do. And I'm not trying to bring condemnation. No, no, no. But if we really saw the gift, we have stopped sinning so freely, and we would realize that we no longer. I mean, there were some years they had to give 53% of their wages. And y' all talk about getting mad about 10% as a tithe. They had to add an additional 25% if they sinned. They had to add an additional 23% if they were given money and not goods like, seriously, I don't think we should help pay the pastor because, you know, what does he need my money for? Well, coo, coo, cachoo. You think this is free? I'm not asking for your money so I can build a ministry. No. When we ask for an offering, that is your gift to God to be used as God leads the leaders of this church. And. And if you put a staple and a requirement on that, you never gave a thing. So please don't. Amen. I want to make sure this goes to the kids. I want to make sure this goes here. I want to make sure this goes to the mission field. Well, honey, go find you a church. Will let them control you. I'm led by God. Our team of leaders are led by God. We tell you where we're giving our money. We let you tell us where to give our money. But, honey, I. I'm going to tell you right now. We want to follow Jesus, not you. Amen. Sorry for the little blurb. The blood of Egypt covered the house for a night. The blood of Jesus covers a believer completely. Come on. The blood on the doorsteps caused judgment to pass over, but the blood of Jesus causes condemnation to pass over the believer. You shall never be judged. You will be corrected. You will be rebuked. You will be reproved, but you'll never be judged. Because the one sacrifice for all sin that made judgment stop when applied removes judgment. It doesn't remove rebuke, it doesn't remove reproof. It doesn't remove correction. But what it does remove is the fear of judgment. Well, if I don't do exactly what God says, he won't take all this away from me. Where the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Read your scripture. Job repented of that just a few scriptures later, he said, now I see you, God. I repent of the sackcloth and ashes. Cause you are not the God that takes away. You are the one that gives. People are taught that spiritually manipulated you stopping there, in other words, Exodus 12:22. And you shall take. Oh, and you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in a basin. I promise you, I'm not. You know, I'm gonna bring some relevance here. And strike the lintel of the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. The Lamb supplied the blood. You had to supply the hyssop. And they both came from your house, right? Hyssop was not cheap. It made precious oils. It was in everything hyssop represents. You are a precious jewel. And when you apply the blood to yourself, when you realize how precious you are to God, you're not just something he said, I'm going to get this little cheap $4 paintbrush. No, no, no, he's. Come on. You're precious. The lamb didn't just die somewhere nearby. The blood had to be applied to the house. And this is where Easter becomes personal for every one of us. Because it's not enough to know about Jesus. It's not enough to admire the cross from a distance. It's not enough to grow up around the church language and be familiar with the Easter story. It must be received personally. Romans 10, 9 says this, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe with your heart, two steps to salvation. You can say something. I believe Jesus is my Lord and Savior. You can do a little repeat after me. But if there's no belief in your heart, you didn't get saved. So if you're still going. If you're still going. You know what? I don't know what airplane code 3155 means, but praise the Lord. Amen. If you're still going. And you're still going, hey, I don't know if God's real. I'm not quite sure. Then you have said it with your mouth, and you don't believe it with your heart. Amen. Does that make sense? You've got to believe with your heart that he's the Lord and Savior. I remember this little Catholic dude, he was a billionaire, and he was trying to impress my wife's best friend. And us at the same time, took us out to an Italian restaurant, and they had, like, all these Little things. What's that fancy little salted meat that we eat now? Anyway, so it was like this platter of meat, and it was all good. And I started talking about Job and this, that, and the third. He goes, who's that? I said, wait a minute. What do you mean? Who's Job? He goes, all I've ever heard about the three boys. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I said, well, well, what about Ruth? What about Esther? What about Paul? What about Peter? What about John? What about Titus? What about James? I ain't never heard of them. Okay, what about Jesus? And he goes, oh, you know, I confess. I do a little Ash Wednesday, you know. I say my confession. I said, he is your high priest. What you mean? And he looked at me and said, you mean I can go to God right now? I said, maybe we can go right now in the middle of an Italian restaurant. And we did. People are looking at us funny, but we did. He got saved and he started doing missions. And he said, you know what changed for me? I stopped attending a place, and I started the action of what I believe. Words will bring attendance. Belief will bring action. Amen. Come on, somebody. So I want to say this plainly. Today you can be familiar with church and still not know Jesus. You can know the story and still never surrender to a savior. You can celebrate Easter every year and still never personally apply the blood to your faith. But today, the invitation is still open. Come under the blood. Trust in the finished works of Jesus. Receive what he has done. Amen. And once the blood was applied, something powerful happened next. Amen. I'm going to say amen so much I'm getting in my southern ways right now. They were not just protected, they were brought out. This is where the message gets strong. Because Passover was not just about serving judgment, it was about delivering from bondage. The blood was not placed on the door so Israel could stay in Egypt a little bit more comfortably. The blood marked the beginning of their exodus. Your belief in Jesus starts your exodus. I've left. I ain't arrived yet, but I surely left my Egypt. I ain't perfect because that's only going to happen in heaven, but I've left my Egypt. Amen. I still get a little angry on the M1, but praise Jesus. Hallelujah. Who doesn't get angry on the M1? You blaming Kiwis, Melbournites, you blaming everybody but yourself. But you Queenslanders can't drive either. And nor. Nor can these Americans or Canadians or anybody else represented here. Amen. No, you can't I ain't even gonna talk. You can rebuke all day long, but I see the mark on the side of your car. Amen. We gonna talk about bearing fruit. Amen. Exodus 12 and 31 says, you thought you had me. Amen. Something powerful happens in Exodus 12:31. Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said, rise. Go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel, and go serve the Lord as you have said. That's the power of the cross. It gets you thinking forward. Jesus has not shed his blood so you could stay bound with a little more comfort. He shed his blood to bring you out out of sin, out of shame, out of fear, out of condemnation, out of darkness, out of the old life. The bread of affliction that set at the middle of the table during Passover would come back as the bread of life. Jesus said, I am the bread of life. The old passes away and everything becomes new. Was not just a theory, not just something that someone said to sell their book or get their podcast listened to or make a social media post. No, that was something said that had so much significance to Jewish culture that they could hear it and they still denied it. So God said, you know what? They didn't want to come to the marriage supper. So go to the highways and the byways and the bushes and the trails and invite everybody. Amen. This is powerful. Jesus did not shed his blood so we could stay bound. Colossians 1, 13, 14 says, he has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we have redemption through the blood and forgiveness of sins. John 8:36 says, Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. Why? Because he made the sacrifice for your freedom. Your freedom is available. You know why your freedom isn't present in your life? Cause you left the keys on the table when you left the house. And you ain't driving that car yet. Amen. I'm just saying, get your keys out. Just take them with you. Take your pin code to heaven and withdraw. Stop blaming the devil who you were born into, your race, your country, your creed, your this, your that. Quit blaming everything. Your freedom is available right now, Jesus. There's nothing holding your freedom back. Well, you know, Lord, you ever had them bargaining prayers? You know why it doesn't work? Because you still got them bargaining prayers, Lord, you do this and I'll do that. He's looking at you like, haven't I done enough? What you mean if I do this, you do that. No. You're just trying to tell me that your plan of how this is going to work out, instead of listening to my plan of how it's going to work out. I apply that to business, marriage, parenting, for sure. Amen. And everything else. Because my way is just self effort and it is tiring. His way brings me rest and peace. This is why Easter is not just emotional, it's powerful. The cross is not only forgiveness, it's deliverance. Amen. The blood does not just cover your past, it breaks your chains. You're out. The lamb was slain so that you could come out free. And this Easter started long before the cross. Because Jesus didn't only die, he rose. So Easter is not just a story of sacrifice, it's a story of victory. Passover brought Israel out of Egypt, but the resurrection brought us out of the old life into the new. Amen. Romans 6:4 says, Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death. That just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. We're not meant to just die. We were raised out of spiritual death. We now have a new life available to us. But guess what didn't get saved? Your thinking that has to be renewed daily by the word of God. Guess what didn't get saved and won't go to heaven with you in this stuff. Your flesh has desires. It has urges. Trust me, I know. Hot cross buns in the house the night before church, walking in there for water, looking at a hot cross bun, saying, I know I need to lose about three more kilos, but you are looking good. Do not fall to the urges and temptation of the flesh. You'll free from it. Second Corinthians 5:17 says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away. Behold, old things have become new. I'm going to talk about that for a second. From my personal perspective, every time I go on a diet, it starts with that word die. And it doesn't work. Amen. But if I go with a lifestyle change, it sticks. Diet is a routine. My strength, lifestyle change. I need Jesus. Amen. I know y' all still laughing about diet. Just go ahead. Amen. How many times have we said that I'm on a diet? You lose a bunch of weight and it all comes back at the end of the diet. It's like, what was lost is now found. Praise the Lord. Change your lifestyle. Change your waistline. Wait a minute. That's not what the Bible said. Hey, dad, joke number four. All in a streak. I just had a streak there, and you laughed at them all. You're doing this to yourself because I'm gonna keep telling dad jokes every week. Okay? This means Easter is not only about forgiving sin. It's about my life change. You ready? My past doesn't own me anymore. I'm not an alcoholic. I used to drink. My shame does not define me anymore. I'm not a womanizer. I'm married. My chains do not get the final word. I'm not a sinner. I'm a saint. I'm the righteousness of God. My future is open because Jesus got up. Amen. So let me say this. Because Jesus got up, you do not have to stay buried. Buried in fear, buried in guilt, buried in addiction, buried in disappointment, buried in dead religion, buried in old thinking and buried in hopelessness. This is not a message for broken people. I've had CEOs, board directors, presidents, franchise owners that we've led to the Lord, politicians led to the Lord. This is not a message for broken people. This is a message for empty people. So no matter how you fill your life with things, you're never gonna feel fulfilled until your heart gets full with what Christ has done with his love and his solution for sin. Amen. So this isn't about brokenness. This is about fulfillment. This is about change. So resurrection is heaven's declaration that the power of death has been broken and a new life is now available. So today, what does it truly mean? The Lamb of Exodus pointed to Jesus. The blood on the doorsteps pointed to Jesus. The deliverance of Egypt pointed to Jesus. Passover was a picture. The cross was a fulfillment. And the message is still the same today. Look at the Lamb. Trust in the blood. Receive his finished works and walk out. Free church. Hear me this morning. If Jesus is our Passover, his blood is enough. His tomb is still empty. His life still changes us. This is not a holiday message. This is the Gospel. The spotless lamb took our place. The blood speaks over our lives. The cross brings us out. The resurrection brings us into a new life. This is Easter. Not bunnies and chocolate eggs, even though they're good. No, no, no. This is Easter. Easter is the events that started in Exodus 12. Easter is the Passover table and Last Supper. Easter is communion. Easter is the cross. Easter is where he proclaimed it is finished. Easter is his resurrection. Easter is when he ascended. Easter is when Pentecostal Sunday happened. Easter is the is just the story that leads to the fulfillment and our life being full. For John 10:10 says, for the enemy came to kill, steal and destroy. But he says, I came to bring life and life more abundantly. So maybe today we should say, I know the Easter story, but I never made Jesus personal. Because, see, when you taste the things on the table, they. It's a sensory memory. You taste the bitter herbs, you taste the roasted lambs, you. You taste the sweetness and bitter, the joy and the pain all together. And Jesus, for the joy of the Lord, stepped on the cross. The joy and the pain, the joy of knowing that we would be free and the pain of giving his life. But that was nothing compared to the glory of his resurrection and the first fruits of his resurrection, which was us. That was their day. The gift must be received. The Savior must be believed. And maybe you're a believer, but if you're honest, you have been living like you're still in Egypt, still bound, still ashamed, still condemned, still defined by something Jesus died for. Today's your day because the message of Easter is not a try harder event. It's not a New Year's resolution. No, the message of Easter is this. Look to the Lamb, trust in the blood, receive his grace, and walk out free. So let's pray. If you're here this morning and this is new to you, I understand it may be confronting, but maybe you're here this morning and you say, I want to know this, Jesus. I'm not going to make a spectacle of you. Maybe you're listening by podcast right where you are. If you want to make Jesus your personal savior, and that's a one time thing, you don't have to keep repeating this. So if you've done it before, you just need to maybe make it a little bit more personal. But if you've never done this and you want to make Jesus your Lord and Savior, can you just raise your hand right where you are? Amen. Amen. If you're here this morning and you've received the revelation of the Passover Lamb, can you raise your hand right where you are? Thank you for the hands. Thank you for the hands. You've made him more personal. You are the righteousness of God. Raise your hand. You are free. Raise your hand. If you're free in Jesus, can you raise your hand? Amen. Every head bowed, every eye closed. If you're still struggling with sin in your life, can you raise your hand? Amen. Thank you for the hand, Father. We thank you. We thank you, Jesus, our Passover lamb. Thank you that what was shadowed in Exodus was fulfilled on the cross. Thank you that our struggle ends today because your blood speaks mercy, forgiveness and freedom over our lives. Thank you that Jesus was spotless. You didn't come to control us, you came to give us freedom. You didn't come to manipulate us. You stood in our place. Thank you that through his blood we are forgiven, covered and brought near. Thank you through the cross we are brought out of bondage and through resurrection we're brought into the new life. Lord, I just pray today that as the table was set before them they may taste and see that the Lord is good. That table was not laid with sweet, sweet treats, Lord. No, that table was laid with bitterness and joy all at the same place. But the story of its telling is of deliverance from bondage and stepping into freedom. So Lord, as we enter into this resurrection Sunday, we may taste the bitterness of the cross, but we receive the joy of salvation in its fullest, in its completeness. It's in Jesus name we pray and we all say Amen. Come on, give the Lord a hand clap of praise. So everybody's been asking for nuggets about this day and I'm going to give you one more. So when he said it is finished, that was a completion of the Passover on the third cup and he said, I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the day I come. The fourth cup, the marriage supper, is when we sit down with him and we finish this dinner together as a completion of his story to bring relevance through the Lamb scenario When Jesus entered into the city to the temple, he came in through the sheep gate. So the first place he would have washed himself before stepping to the pool of Bethesda to heal the crippled man was the place where they washed their sheep for an offering. He entered as an offering and left as a Savior and he comes back as a lion. Amen. [00:43:18] Thank you for tuning in to today's message. To connect or find out more, you can reach us online at worldchangers Life. Remember to subscribe for more uplifting messages from our pastoral team and may you continue to walk in faith and transformation until we meet again.