Sermon Spring Holy Days: What Do They Mean? Neal Parker

Passover: What Does It Mean? Historical Context Historical Context –Exodus 12:1-6, The Passover Lamb / God’s execution of judgment God’s execution of judgment Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –John 6:47-58 Christ’s sacrifice / 1 st Step to intimate relationship with intimate relationship with God the Father God the Father –Matthew 26:26-28 Definitions of the Christian Passover symbols Passover symbols

Passover: What Does It Mean? Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –John 17:7-11 The Christian Passover / “At One Ment” With God “At One Ment” With God The Father in the Words of The Father in the Words of God and the Name of God God and the Name of God –John 17:19-23 Set Apart in the Truth of God’s Words and Name for God’s Words and Name for the purpose of our witness the purpose of our witness of being in unity with Jesus of being in unity with Jesus and the Father and the Father

Passover: What Does It Mean? Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –I Peter 3:18 Sin cuts us off from God / Christ’s sacrifice reconciles Christ’s sacrifice reconciles us to the Father us to the Father –Luke 23:44-46 At Christ’s death / Curtain in the Temple “was torn in in the Temple “was torn in two” two”

Passover: What Does It Mean? Instituted Into the Passover Service by Jesus Christ Instituted Into the Passover Service by Jesus Christ –John 13:1-15Instituted to teach a lesson of humility against who was going to the greatest in the Kingdom of God

Passover: What Does It Mean? The Spirit and Truth of a Foot- Washing Attitude / Way of Life The Spirit and Truth of a Foot- Washing Attitude / Way of Life –Not Exalting YourselfMatthew 23:5-12 Luke 14:7-11 –A Living SacrificeRomans 12:1-2 John 13:34 –Serving the Need of Other Ephesians 2:8-10 Titus 3:4-8

Night To Be Much Observed: What Does It Mean? Historical Context Historical Context –Exodus 12:37-42 Night To Be Much Observed / Time of Attentiveness / Night Time of Attentiveness / Night of Vigil of Vigil Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –Galatians 1:4 Christ gave Himself to rescue us from this present evil age us from this present evil age –I Peter 5:8 Be sober and alert / Adversary seeks to devour Adversary seeks to devour

Night To Be Much Observed: What Does It Mean? Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –Matthew 26:36-46 Watch and Pray… Greek work “gregoreo” / Greek work “gregoreo” / Sense of keeping awake and Sense of keeping awake and condition of spiritual alertness condition of spiritual alertness –Colossians 4:2 Devote yourself to prayer / Keeping alert Keeping alert

Days of Unleavened Bread: What Does It Mean? Historical Context Historical Context –Leviticus 23:5-7 “…for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.” eat unleavened bread.” –Deuteronomy 16:9 Begins the counting to the Leviticus 23:9-16 Feast of Weeks / Pentecost Leviticus 23:9-16 Feast of Weeks / Pentecost with the Wave Sheaf with the Wave Sheaf Offering / Jesus Christ Offering / Jesus Christ

Days of Unleavened Bread: What Does It Mean? Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –I Corinthians 5:7-8 A new life as Christians without sin (malice and without sin (malice and wickedness), but with Christ wickedness), but with Christ being in us (sincerity and being in us (sincerity and truth). truth). –Romans 6:17-19 Christ’s death begins the plan of our salvation plan of our salvation

Days of Unleavened Bread: What Does It Mean? Spiritual Context Spiritual Context –John 8:34 Sin is a form of bondage and slavery and slavery –James 1:25 Keeping God’s commandments is another commandments is another way of putting sin away way of putting sin away and being free from sin and being free from sin and it’s control and it’s control

Spring Holy Days: What Does It Mean? Summation Summation –Passover We renew our covenant with God / Our take the bread God / Our take the bread and wine to internalize and wine to internalize Christ’s way of life and Christ’s way of life and receive forgiven of our sins. receive forgiven of our sins.

Spring Holy Days: What Does It Mean? Summation Summation –Night To Be Much Observed We focus our attention in a Observed We focus our attention in a vigilant manner with pray vigilant manner with pray being spiritually alert, in an being spiritually alert, in an evil world, as we travel a evil world, as we travel a “new or renewed path” out “new or renewed path” out of the world of sin. of the world of sin.

Spring Holy Days: What Does It Mean? Summation Summation –Days of Unleavened Bread We walk in the newness of Bread We walk in the newness of of life as a Christian striving of life as a Christian striving to remove sin in our daily to remove sin in our daily life and live more accurately life and live more accurately within The Words and Way within The Words and Way of Christ / “At One Ment”. of Christ / “At One Ment”.