The following podcast is from a sermon I preached at our youth Group The Well on May 8th, 2008. The title is
Living For a Single All Satisfying Passion - Jesus Christ!
We have been studying the books Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. This sermon is taken from chapter four of that book.
The podcast is about 40 minutes long. The major scriptures I cover are:
Passover Feast / Feast of Unleavened Bread
Summery: The Passover is the celebration of God delivering the Hebrew children from the rule of Egypt. This enslavement lasted over 400 years.
Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew calendar, in accordance with the Hebrew Bible. The Exodus of the Jews from Egypt took place in the spring and so Passover is celebrated in the spring for seven or eight days. (Credit Wikipedia)
In Exodus 12 the Bible clear explains how Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt and the consequences for Pharaoh’s lack of belief in the one True God, Jehovah! The Lord sent 10 plaques upon Egypt because Pharaoh would not listen Moses who was speaking for God. Here were the 10 plaques:
1. The Nile turned to blood (Exodus 7:14-25)
2. Plaque of Frogs (Exodus 8:1-15)
3. Plaque of Gnats or Lice (Exodus 8:16-19)
4. Plaque of Flies (Exodus 8:20-32)
5. Livestock Diseased (Exodus 9:1-7)
6. Plaque of Boils (Exodus 9:8-12)
7. Plaque of Hail (Exodus 9:13-26)
8. Plaque of Locust (Exodus 10:1-20)
9. Plaque of Darkness (Exodus 10:21-29)
10. Death to the Firstborn (Exodus 11:1-10)
Passover was explained in Exodus 12
1. Take a spotless lamb and kill it at twilight
2. Take the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they ate.
3. After they covered the doorpost with blood they were to eat the lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
4. The Lord passed through the land of Egypt that night and every home that did not have blood on the doorposts from a lamb suffered the loss of every first born person and animal.
5. This feast according to Exodus 12:15 is to be kept for seven days.
6. They were to eat unleavened bread for seven days
7. No work was to be done on those seven days for it is a memorial to the Lord.
8. This feast is to be kept as a memorial to the Lord forever.
Modern Day Passover
The modern day version of the Passover celbration is called the Seder Meal
The Seder meal consists of six highly symbolic elements: matzah, a roasted shank bone, parsley or green herbs, the top of a horseradish, charoset, and an egg. On each plate are three piece of matzah (a special type of cracker or unleavened bread). Two of these pieces represent the traditional loaves used in the ancient Temple during festivals and the third piece symbolizes Passover. The roasted lamb bone connotes the sacrificial Passover lamb. Herbs symbolize springtime growth. The horseradish represents the bitter years of slavery in Egypt; charoset, a mixture of fruit and ground nuts soaked in wine, represents the mortar used in Egypt; and the egg represents the chagigah (a secondary sacrifice prepared along with the Passover lamb). (Credit: CBN)
Old Testament Scriptures on Passover
New Testament Significance
Christ is the last sacrificial lamb needed to cover our sins. When the blood of Christ was shed on the Cross it was far reaching enough to cover the sins of all those who would have faith in Him. The death of the lamb at the first Passover was a shadow of the real death of the Lamb of God that was to come. Now that we can fully see the true Lamb of God we can fully accept Christ’s death on the Cross in our life so that the Lord might “Passover” our sins on the day of judgment.
Resources Around the Web on the Passover
How The Passover Reveals Jesus Christ - GodandScience.org
Verse 8 in chapter 1 of Acts says, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
This verse gives us an outline for the entire book of Acts. Luke obviously took this verse from a first-hand experience and used it to structure the rest of the book. Beginning in Jerusalem (chaps. 1 through 7) they would carry their witness through Judea and Samaria (chaps. 8 through 12) and would continue “to the ends of the earth” (chaps. 13 through 28). (Horton page 40)
The book deals at great length with Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria but the ends of the earth is a much broader term. It is quite appropriate for Luke to end the book on an open-ended note since the ends of the earth were not reached within the pages he wrote. Paul began to see and witness to many unsaved Gentiles but there was a great deal of the earth not reached yet. In fact, our charge to this day is to continue the great work our dear brothers started all those centuries ago.
The major purpose and structure of the book is clearly outlined in Acts 1:8 and carried through to the end of chapter 28, but the actual verse will not be completed until the Lord himself returns.
Here are eight reasons why Luke did write the book of Acts.
1. Luke addressed his Gospel and the book of Acts to the same person, Theophilus, as the book of Luke is addressed to. See Acts 1:1 and Luke 1:1-4.
2. Paul calls Luke our good friend the doctor in Colossians 4:14.
3. The Muratorian Canon attributes the authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts to Luke the physician.
4. Possibly the largest and most convincing piece of evidence is some refer to as the “We Passages.” The author uses the term “we” to refer to his participation in Paul’s second and third missionary journeys as well as his journey to Rome.
5. If Luke did accompany Paul on these various missionary excursions and to Rome he would have been an eyewitness too the events recorded in Acts.
6. Luke’s fact checking ability is very solid. Luke’s ability to correctly write about the Roman officials during the first century is very impressive and without error. In addition he is extremely exact when it comes to the geographical information and historical information of the cities throughout the coastal Plain, the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea, and the relation between the Temple and the Antonia fortress in Jerusalem. Dr. Horton suggests that Luke spent two years checking facts in Jerusalem while Paul was in prison Caesarea.
7. Luke was also able to accurately describe the social and cultural settings of many of the places thought Palestine during the first century. He could not have accurately written about places as diverse as Jerusalem and Antioch without actually visiting those places. In addition to those two he covers other cities like, Philippi, Athens, Ephesus, and Malta. Unless one visited those cities and spent time there it would be very hard to write with such clarity as Luke does.
8. In Luke’s Gospel he focuses on healings more than others and has a more focused approach to explaining the specific diagnosis of the person who was sick. Also, when he recorded the parable Jesus spoke about how it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven, Luke uses the more classical Greek word for a surgeons needle whereas the other Gospel writers used the more common word for a regular needle. It would be safe to assume that a doctor would have naturally used the word for a surgeon’s needle because of his familiarity with the medical language.
Hello everyone! I am very pleased to announce The Bible Trainer.com! I am your trainer Justin Driscoll.
This web site is intended to be a resource to Christian’s all over the world who are interested in studying the Word of God. In America we take for granted the vast amount of access we have to the Word and to Bible studies, but that is the not the case with many believers around the world. It is our hope and prayer that this web site will be able to reach those who are lost and without Jesus and enourage those who need tools to study the Bible.
How will we study?
We will study the Bible using the written word, audio studies, and video studies. I hope to utilize all three mediums to reach those who have different learner preferences.
How long will each study be?
This will depend on the topic but the audio and video segments will be broken up into shorter segments for easier consumption.
Who should study the Bible?
Anyone who is seeking the Truth. Within the pages of this site and the Bible that sits on your bookshelf are the Words of God himself. God inspired 40 different authors to pen his Words for all generations so that we might know who the One true God is, Jesus Christ.
…but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31
I believe we will all see many changes to the site over the years but I am confident that when God’s Word goes forth it will not come back void.
Sincerely,
Justin Driscoll
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