A Lamb For the Family

A Lamb For Every Family Exodus 12.1-13, 29-36 This was the final plague of the ten: the death of the firstborn son/male in Egypt. This would end Israel’s slavery in Egypt. They would be free to travel to the Promised Land. The Exodus/ Departure would be underway that night. It coincided with action on the part of the Israelites. The LORD directed them to institute the Passover. The Passover was a one time event and a feast to be commemorated each spring. It will be celebrated around the world by the Jewish people this Saturday, April 12, 2025. The last plagues were announced by Moses as a warning to Pharaoh. This had no warning. Egypt experienced death as Israel was delivered and spared death by obedience to the LORD. v.3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. God works through families. He has a plan for the spiritual leadership in it. The human family. Mark 3. 31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call Him. 32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they told Him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for You.” 33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” He asked. 34 Then He looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is My brother and sister and mother.” He is building His spiritual family. You are born into it. Those who are members of the Forever Family do God’s will. * The Blood of the Lamb Saved the Israelites From Death In the Family. v.21-23 Specific instructions were given. Place the blood with a hyssop branch on the door posts and over it. Stay inside until morning. Our homes should be havens from sin and it consequences. The death angel/the destroyer will Passover your house when he sees the blood. Today we need the blood of the Lamb of God over the homes of God’s people. The Lamb for every family. We need it over the House of God. There is wonder working power in the blood. Pray for families. I don’t need to go into detail about the family in America today. You and I know it is under attack. It is in trouble. Attempts have been made to redefine it. So many families are broken. People who got involved with and promoted the Men’s movement in the late 1990’s are now divorced. Every family needs the blood of Jesus over it. We need to focus on the LORD in the family. We see young people in need of love, desperately in need of love. We see mothers and fathers in need of it, husbands and wives. Austin Metcalf, the 11th grader, was stabbed in the heart by a student from the opposing team in Texas this week at a track meet. He died in his twin brother’s arms. In the US, a significant number of young men are raised without their biological father, and research suggests this absence is linked to various negative outcomes, including lower educational attainment, higher rates of incarceration, and increased involvement in risky behaviors. Over 18 million young people in the US grow up without the biological father in the home. That is 1 out of 4. This is our time, a time for the Church to rise up and be the fathers to the fatherless. Pray. Be there. May Christ bring about in America this promise in the Scriptures: Malachi 4. 5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” If the family, the cornerstone of a culture, fails, there goes the nation. God’s Solution: A Lamb for every family… The Lamb is gentle. It is docile. How we need the gentleness in families and in the nation today. It is one of the fruits of the Spirit. Gentleness= mild kindness as opposed to harsh, hard, sharp, bitter Lamb Perfect Innocence Perfect Love Intrinsic Goodness Not natural defenses. A dog can bite, a cat can scratch, but a lamb is helpless without a Shepherd. We need the Lamb of God in relationships today, family relationships. The lack of respect is beyond description. I would never dare speak the way I hear some speak. We have lost so much. The elderly are spoken to in ways that are wrong. Instead of learning from their wisdom, they are tossed aside and few seem to care that they are. Our nation may be increasing in knowledge but it sorely lacking in wisdom, the wisdom of elders. We need the gentleness of the Lamb. We need the gentleness of the Lamb in the church today. I have watched fellow pastors mistreated. Pastors wanting out of the ministry. Churches at one another’s throats. Confusion among saints. God help us! May there be a wave of kindness, tender heartedness towards each other. I see bitterness in the lives of the people of God and it is so inappropriate. So unseemly. We ought to be the most joyful and thankful people on earth! Forgiveness is so needed today. Let your gentleness be evident to all. The LORD is near. Philippians 4.5 Lambs must be led. They cannot be driven. A shepherd and sheep and lambs is the picture of the church in the New Testament. Let’s fight the enemy not each other. Without the Lamb you face death The blood of the Lamb saved the family. Everyone in the Family of God comes through the blood of the Lamb of God. Ephesians 2. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Hebrews 9. 11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. The Passover Meal * This Was To Be A Lasting Ordinance When they entered the Land promised to them. This was one of the aids God gave them to remember where they had come from. Look to the rock from which you were hewn. Isaiah 51.1 There was a danger of forgetting the LORD once they arrived in the land. This would remind them. All over the country today there are young adults who have the benefits of growing up in a Christian Home but do not have faith. They are not part of the church. They have abandoned the faith of their families, their fathers. They do not respect their elders. Romans 3.1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. These young people have been entrusted with the very words of God. They have forgotten what they have been taught. We need to pray for all of them to return to the Father’s House. Pray that chords that are broken will vibrate once more. Passover Seders involved the children * This Was To Remind Them Of God’s Protection, Deliverance and Sacrifice v.26-28 The LORD’ Supper Jesus in Luke 22.15 Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before My suffering begins. Christ died once for all. I Peter 3.18 Jesus took the bread and the wine out of the Passover and told us: This is My Body broken for you. This is My Blood of the New Covenant shed for you. In John’s account there is no mention of the lamb. Jesus is the Lamb. I Corinthians 5.7 . For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. The Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world One Man died for the nation A lamb for every family It will be celebrated in Heaven. We will celebrate it now. Let’s share the Lamb. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, Plenty of room in the family!