Help me write a Sermon!

[P_G]

Hi there everyone thanks for taking a moment to read this post!

I am doing a special service for Palm Sunday at the one church I preach at
a bit (Prespertyrian) it will be very much involved with Passover.

Help me out a bit here if you would
Tell me what if anything you know about passover.

Not what you can look up on the internet or a book
but what is already in your head. I would prefer PM's on this
actually so I can get a concensus of what is generally known by the more
conservative Protestant denominations so that I may taylor the message
for the people who will hear it.

Thanks so much for your participation and if you are interested in a CD
of the service please let me know and I will get one to you!

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Blessings

Pastor George :wave:

[truth3]

[theseed]

The first thing that comes to my mind is the sayings of the passover sedar, which we read in The Passion.

"Why is this night different from all other nights?"

"Once we were slaves, and now we are no more"

I don't think the moive quotes the 4 questions like the Jews do today, but it reminds me how great things are becasue of that night that Jesus died, and his blood set us free.

[P_G]

Can I safely assume that since only 2 people have had any comment publicly or privately that basically no one knows anything about this subject? Which is cool that way I can know where to start from.

Please feel free to share this is not a test or anything just
a brother trying to make a request of his brethern to see
what folks in general know.

Blessings

PG :wave:

[aanjt]

Hi there everyone thanks for taking a moment to read this post!

I am doing a special service for Palm Sunday at the one church I preach at
a bit (Prespertyrian) it will be very much involved with Passover.

Help me out a bit here if you would
Tell me what if anything you know about passover.

Not what you can look up on the internet or a book
but what is already in your head. I would prefer PM's on this
actually so I can get a concensus of what is generally known by the more
conservative Protestant denominations so that I may taylor the message
for the people who will hear it.

Thanks so much for your participation and if you are interested in a CD
of the service please let me know and I will get one to you!

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_4_101.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001)

Blessings

Pastor George :wave:

You could also mention the similarities between the lamb that was sacrificed and Christ. The stakes driven into the lamb forms the shape of the cross, the intestines wrapped around the lamb's head (if I remember correctly it is called a crown), the lamb being sacrificed at 3:00 (the time Christ died). You could also draw references to the items children are to find in a Jewish home and what it could mean in Christianity. Wooden spoon=cross (I don't remember the other items). The 4th cup Christ drank because he was worthy to drink it, whereas before the 4th cup is never drunk since it is the cup of Elijah. You could draw a reference that the lamb (besides being a year old or less) has to be without blemish as Christ is without blemish (sin). If you want to go back to the Exodus, the Hebrews put lamb's blood on the posts of the doors so the angel of death will passover them, so the blood of the lamb saved them by being marked. Christ marks us and it is by his blood that we will not suffer eternal death.

Yours in Christ,
Jen

[theseed]

Excellent stuff, aanjt :)

[Phoebe]

Do you want information about Passover, or the Seder Meal? How it was observed in the Bible, or modern day Jewish traditions?



I have a copy of The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch.

[MParedon]

[theseed]

The Lord's Supper



And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. “This cup which is poured out for you is the blood of the new covenant” (Luke 22.19, 20).



In His last days on earth, Jesus asked us to partake of the cup and of the bread in memory of Him—“the lamb who takes away the sins of the world through whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins from, given by his grace" (John 1.29; Ephesians 1.7)



The Bread of Affliction is a souvenir of how God delivered the Israelites from the bitter bondage of slavery, and the blood, a reminder of how God spared them from death. Likewise, the bread and the blood help us to remember the bitter death that Jesus endured and the bitter bondage of sin (John 6). We remember that we have passed from death unto life (John 5.24). And we realize that God will give us eternal life and pass over us in the Day of Judgment. So the Supper conveys a two fold message of mercy and grace, from death to life.



Even more, the bread symbolizes the church or the body of Christ. Just has the bread been kneaded until it was uniform, so too Christ works in His church to perfect her, to make her one (Ephesians 5.25-27). The Supper, like all meals in that culture, was an opportunity for fellowship, where others ate together, and shared life together. The Supper represents the eternal life that we will share together in the unity of love. The very word communion means to share. I believe in the communion of the saints.



The Supper calls for us to repentance as we become aware of the truth of our condition which brings us to say, "have mercy on me God" (Luke 18.11-14). Not that we condemn ourselves, for there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8.1). But what we have in our heart overflows out of our mouth--"glory power and honor belong to you" (Rev. 19.1-10). BECAUSE OF GOD WHO PUT AN END TO ALL OUR SHAME.



When Satan tempts me to despair,

and tells me of the guilt within,

upward I look and see Him there

Who made an end to all my sin.

Because the sinless Savior died,

my sinful soul is counted free;

For God, the Just, is satisfied

to look on Him and pardon me.

to look on Him and pardon me.



Words byCharlie L. Bancroft (1841-1842)

Perfromed by SonicFlood.

[theseed]

This is a devotion that I wrote once.