a lamb * the lamb * Your Lamb

    “You know you were not bought and made free from sin by paying gold or silver which comes to an end. And you know you were not saved from the punishment of sin by the way of life that you were given from your early fathers. That way of life was worth nothing. 19. The blood of Christ saved you. This blood is of great worth and no amount of money can buy it. Christ was given as a lamb without sin and without spot.”  1 Peter 1:18,19 NLV

      This was the tenth, and  final plague God brought upon Pharaoh

and Egypt.  It involved death and separation.  But, for the children  of Israel it involved salvation and deliverance.  The shed blood of Jesus Christ is our salvation today when we believe.

Read:  Exodus 11:1-7;  12:1-14, 29-32     ( 10:24-29 )

I.  12:3  a Lamb

            Exodus 12:21-27  the Passover lamb was special

            Leviticus 17:11a  in blood there is life

II.  12:4a  the lamb

            Hebrews 9:19-22  (Ex.24:8)   the blood became God’s covenant

            Hebrews 10:3,4  the Precious blood of the Lamb becomes evident

            John 1:29   Jesus, the Precious Lamb of God !

III.  12:5  Your Lamb  

            Ephesians 1:7  we are redeemed by the blood of The Lamb

            Ephesians 2:12,13  the only way to be reconciled to God

            Romans 3:23-25  everyone needs to be cleansed of their sins

            Titus 3:5-7  only because of His mercy can we be passed over

            Revelation 5:9-13  My Lamb !

*  some are willing to admit Jesus is A Savior

*  maybe some will even say that He is The Savior

*  But to be saved,  you must confess that He is: Your Savior 

  “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”  Romans 10:9,10  ESV

The blood made the difference then and now !