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Passover: A Spiritual Remembrance

Sunday, April 8, 2012
Led by Eric Gintert
  • Revelation 3:15-16  -  Mixing the Easter bunny and eggs in with Jesus and the resurrection is lukewarm and God spews it out of His mouth.
  • John 6:22-58
    • The Passover is no longer a physical thing that we are to observe. Jesus fulfilled the law when the veil in the temple was rent in two as He was dying on the cross. We now have a spiritual Passover that we should observe in our hearts every day. In Luke 22:19-22, Jesus commands us to eat the bread and drink from the cup in remembrance of Him, but Jesus also said not to labor for meat that parishes (John 6:27). Does this sound like a contradiction? JESUS IS THE BREAD (John 6:35)... JESUS IS THE WORD (John 1:1,14)... THE BREAD IS THE WORD (Luke 4:4). "This do in remembrance of me..." (Luke 22:19) is not about reenacting a place and event... it's about our heart, mind, and soul seeking to draw life from Him.
    • Through this "spiritual remembrance" the believers and non-believers will be evident. The true believers will feed off Jesus... those who eat of Jesus will exercise their faith and it will be evident that they are spiritually fit. Just as you can tell a person who eats and eats but doesn't exercise. 
      • Example: Peter and Judas  -  Scripture says that when Peter saw the face of his Saviour after denying him, he wept bitterly over his sin (Luke 22:61-62). After Judas sinned, he went to the men who hired him and confessed, but he never went to Jesus and confessed (Matthew 27:3-5)... he had worldly sorrow but not godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10).
    • Scripture never says that Jesus and the apostles drank wine at the Last Supper. Jesus was never defiled... he never let any unclean thing go in or come out of His body. During the Old Testament Passover there was to be NO leaven in the house (Exodus 12:15)... how is alcoholic wine made?... it is leavened! Jesus never drank alcoholic wine!
  • Malachi 3:16-18  -  There is a book of remembrance written for everyone who fears the Lord and who speaks one to another about Him. In the same way, you will know true believers will fear the Lord and speak one to another about Him.
  • Mark 16:9-14 & Luke 16:24-31  -  Just as Abraham told the rich man that his brethren wouldn't believe even if a man came back from the dead... so the disciples didn't believe when Jesus came back from the dead. This just proves that even though you eat and drink from Jesus doesn't mean the you won't mess up.
  • Hebrews 10:10-17  -  The Greek meaning for the word remembrance is to bear in mind or recollect by implying to reward or punish. When it says that God won't remember our sins any longer, it means that He will no longer hold them to our charge... He doesn't see us as guilty for that sin anymore. 
  • Matthew 6:11  -  "Give us this day our daily bread." We have need to feed from Jesus every day.
Prayer Requests
Bill L.  -  having back surgery on Tuesday
All the people who were laid off on Friday at Windstream and those who received notice
Del M  -  starting new job
Fields Family  -  traveling home on Monday
Eric G  -  new job as self-employed start-up
Lois S  -  needs to sell house
Carlos & Sherry S.  -  moving/traveling to Little Rock, AR
Larry S  -  recovering from bronchitis
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