The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
The Feast of the Passover and the Pas,
chal Lamb.
Sermon for sacramentaI occasion }

Sermon for SaCramental occasion
For even Christ our passover is sac
rifced for us; therefore let us keep the
feast, not with the old ~leaven, neither
with the leaven of malice and wicked,
ness; but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. 5, rs
The feast a type of our sacrament
the lamb a type Of our Savior. (See
John 1, 29) (al Lamb to be without
spot or blemish-so adjudged by the
priest. No fault in Christ, our nj mics
being judges. (6) Four days before
feast the lamb was set apart. Four days
before his death Christ made solemn en-
try into Jerusalem, thus delivering Him
self into hands of his enemies. (c) Lamb
was slain by the whole congregation;
so Christ was put to death by the
whole Jewish people. (d) The High
Priest offered the Paschal Lamb; they
also conde mEged Christ to death, there
by making his death strictly a legal
(e) The lamb was roasted with
fire and burnt, denoting the extreme
agony of Jesus dealh.
SECOND The sprinkled blood was ty-
picaI. let, OF our receiving the merit
of Jesus blood. Rom 5, IL The
blood must be more than ''shed," it
must be applied" o. The Abra-
hamic covenant, as a basin holds the
blood, and with faith as with a bunch
Of hyssop we sprinkle the blood on our
hearts and consciences. See Heb. 10,
22) 81 To besprinkled on door post
denoting an open, confession of faith.
You can't sneak into Heavan. John
II, g Are you ashamed to confess
Christi Hear Luke II, s, g.. There
may be back doors to hell and to bar
rooms, but none to Heaven. Weak
kneed Christians, swing out your sign,
put on your badge. a. To be sprinkled
on top and sides of door, but not on sill
or step-a silent warning against
trampliDg under foot the blood of the
covenant. See Heb. 10, 30 % The
sprinkled blood preserved from the
destroying angels-so Jesus blood ap-
piled to our hearts by faith secures our
salvation from the wrath of God, the
curse of the law and the damnation Of
hell.
Jesus thy blood and righteousness,
My beauty are, my glorious dress"
THIRD The feast Of the passover was
a lively type of the Christians life in
that; % 1t must be of uGIeavened
5read-no old leaven must be found in
Gheir houses. (Ex. ID, 49, To be cut
Of from his people was the penalty for
the eating leavened bread during the
seven feast days So we are not to eat
the feast with the old leaven of malice
and wickedness, but with the unleav
ened bread Of sincerity and truth. o. |
1t was an ordinance forever-as long |
as the Christian lives he must keep this
feast In remembrance of Christ. By 80
doing you do show forth the L91d's
death till he come again.
FoURTH-The eating of the Paschal
Lamb was a type of our duty to and
dependence on Christ. Cd Voiced on
CHRIST oy faith. The whole of the lamb
vas TO be eaten-a whole Christ is nee
essary to our salvation. He cannot be
divided. 1t is Christ and his yoke,
Christ and his cross, Christ and crown
or neither. ~ To be eaten with bitter
herbs in a departing outfit. Typical of
our eating this supper in bitter sorrow
for sin and readiness to depart from
this Egyptian bondage of sin and death
for the blissful Canaan Land of ever
lasting life and light. At each return