CHOSEN
CHOSEN
19 …for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession.
1 Peter 2:9
What keeps you from feeling chosen?
The Passover Exodus 12
Exodus 12:1-28
- On 10th of month…
- Every man take for his house a male lamb
- A year old, without blemish
- Keep it until 14th day
- Kill lambs in the evening
Exodus 12:1-28
- Put blood on doorposts and lintel of house
- Eat the lamb
- God would strike all firstborn in Egypt - Blood would be a sign of protection - God would Passover where there was blood
Exodus 12:1-28
- This day shall be a memorial day
- Keep it as a feast to the Lord - Throughout all generations, forever
- “I brought you out of Egypt (slavery)”
- They did as the Lord commanded
Why blood?
11 for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.
Leviticus 17:11 (NLT)
The Lamb
The OLD System
The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship.
Hebrews 10:1
The NEW System
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:29
A PERMANENT Solution
”For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
A PERMANENT Solution
For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time;
Romans 6:10
A PERMANENT Solution
The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.
Romans 8:3-4
A PROPHECY
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7
WITHOUT BLEMISH
Then Pilate…said to them… “I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him; no, neither did Herod…”
Luke 23:13-15
A TRANSFER – An EXCHANGE
For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
Colossians 1:13-14
IT IS FINISHED!!
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he
said,
“It is finished.”
Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.
John 19:30
IT IS FINISHED!!
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
Colossians 2:13-14
IT IS FINISHED!!
Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
Romans 5:18-19 (MSG)
IT IS FINISHED!!
For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sin.
Colossians 1:13-14
IT IS FINISHED!!
…Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.
Hebrews 7:27
IT IS FINISHED!!
And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
Hebrews 10:18
NEW CREATION
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18