God's "Passover Plot"

If you're a parent, no doubt there have been times when you hovered with worry over your sick child. Imagine what it must have felt like for parents in Israel during that very first Passover. They had faithfully put the lamb's blood over the doorposts of their houses, but would it work? They no doubt heard the screams of agony coming from the Egyptians as they lost their first-born sons to the avenging Angel of Death. Yet God was faithful, and he passed by their homes!

What a powerful story of God's deliverance! No wonder it was the "primary redemptive event" in Israel's history...that is, until the cross. That is when the Lamb of God splattered His blood on a wooden frame, and God "passed over" all for whom Jesus' blood was shed. What a powerful story of deliverance! "Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." (I Cor. 5:7).

Join us at Ada Pathway Church this coming Sunday morning at 10:30, as we talk about "God's 'Passover Plot'."

Pastor Don Michael

The Sabbath Rest

Two take-away thoughts from this past Sunday's sermon on the Sabbath rest and it's meaning for today.

First: Both humans and beasts were created on the sixth day, but humans were created for the covenant rest of the seventh day. By nature we share the sign of "6" with the beasts; by grace, we are invited into the sign of the covenant "7". When we refuse to enter into the "7" of the New Sabbath, the New Covenant, we revert to the "6" of our beast-like nature.

Second: We have six days of work, but in order to enter into the covenant rest of the seventh day, we have to stop working. Work is good, work is necessary, work is even holy - but ultimately, no work is adequate enough to bring us into the seventh day of rest with God. To get there, we have to surrender our works.

Enjoy your week!

Jacob