1. Memorial Day 2017 Rev. Robert J
Memorial Day 2017 Rev. Robert J. Smith Pastor Colonial Hills Baptist Church

2. Exodus 12:11-12
11  And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover. 12  For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

3. Exodus 12:13-14
13  And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14  And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

4. Regular forms of memorials include landmarks, objects or art
What is a Memorial?
Regular forms of memorials include landmarks, objects or art

5. 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
What is a Memorial?
28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28 (KJV)

6. The Memorial Meal
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover.

7. The Memorial Meal
26  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Matthew 26:26 (KJV)

8. The Memorial Act
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

9. The Memorial Act
22  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. Hebrews 9:22 (KJV)

10. The Memorial Act
27  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matthew 26:27-28 (KJV)

11. The Memorial Observance
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

12. The Memorial Observance
26  For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
1 Corinthians 11:26 (KJV)

13. The Memorial Observance
4  And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Acts 10:4 (KJV)

14. Conclusion
“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
Abraham Lincoln

15. Connecting to the Message
Someone Here for the 1st Time
Accept Christ
Get Baptized
Come Back
Everyone Here
Thank a Veteran for their service
Decorate a grave of a Veteran
Visit Flight 93 Memorial
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