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I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
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Email: Pastor True Gospel
God sent Moses to deliver his people Israel from the slavery of Pharaoh. The Passover from the Old is in the entire 12th chapter of Exodus. In the old testament the Passover represents a lamb, but in the new testament, the Passover is Christ. ["Exodus 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you."] In verses 1&2 God tells Moses and Aaron that the Passover will be the beginning of the new life, and it will be freedom from slavery of the rule of Pharaoh and the slave masters. In the new testament, it is freedom from the slavery of Satan and the world in our life. ["7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it."] Verse 7 says, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, the blood of the lamb must be stricken on either side and the top of the outside entrance door post. It is mostly for God to see, and people also may see this. ["8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it."] Verse 8 says, if the blood is on the outside post, the people will be eating the flesh of the lamb inside, roasted with fire, along with unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs. We know what the leaven is in the bread. But in the new testament, for the application in our life, the leaven according to Jesus Christ is the doctrine of religious people, as in Matthew 16:11&12; and the doctrine of men has "malice and wickedness", but we must be with "sincerity and truth" as in 1 Corinthians 5:8. ["Matthew 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ... 1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."] Mainly the doctrine of the religious people will persuade people not to obey God, as in Galatians 5:7-9. ["7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? 8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump."] An example of the bitter herb in practical life could be the afflictions that we face in the ministry, as in 1 Thessalonians 1:6. ["6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:"] So, our Passover lamb Jesus Christ was sacrificed; and we must display his blood on our outside for God to see, and people also should see it. We cannot put up a show to God, since he sees inside also. And we must be eating his flesh, with bread that is unleavened, and also with bitter herbs. It is to live a purified life, with Jesus Christ inside of us, despite persecution in our life. This is our Passover Feast.
Romans 5:8 says that while the whole world was yet sinning, God became man Jesus and became a sacrificial lamb for our sins. ["8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."] Long before that, Jesus was sacrificed as a Passover lamb, not for the sinners, but to deliver Israel from cruel slavery under Pharaoh. In the new testament, the Passover sacrifice is not for the sins that we have committed, but to deliver us from Satan and the world. However God chose his people from the mix of Egyptians and Israel at this event. In the new testament the world is mixed with all kinds of people, and God chose the godly spiritual people from the ungodly worldly people. It is in Exodus 12:7-13. ["7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ... 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."] It says, God will save those who will exhibit his blood on the outside of their house post for God to see and eating his meat with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs inside of the house; but the issue here is not about whether they have committed sin or not; or about the forgiveness of sins. In the old, it was the escape from the slavery of Pharaoh and task masters and to inherit the promised land; but now, it is to escape from the bondage of Satan and the world, and to inherit the kingdom of God in heaven. So the Passover Lamb Jesus Christ delivers us from the grip of the world and Satan, so that we will not be enslaved to commit sins against God and people. It is in Galatians 6:14. ["14 ... our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."] Here Jesus Christ makes us die to the world and the world die to us. And this should be our life if we participate in the Passover feast.
We all are facing two things in life; one is ceremony and the next is real life. Marriage function is a ceremony, then marriage life will be real; water baptism is a ceremony, then put on Jesus Christ on us is real. Ceremony and ritual are the show part, but life will be the difficult part. If we failed in life, ceremony has no meaning, and it is a dead thing. But we all like ceremonies and rituals, and we brag about them. How about the feast of Passover? What is it, and how do we celebrate, and how do we live according to this feast in our lives?
1 Corinthians 11:23-25 describes the communion. ["23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me."] It is a ceremony in which every practicing Christian will eagerly participate. It is symbolic of eating the body and drinking the blood of Jesus, remembering that he is dead and no more. Christians think that this ceremony is to save them from hell. In John 6:53-56, Jesus Christ was teaching his disciples saying that he must abide in them, symbolically saying that they must eat his flesh and drink his blood, for them to live his life and to do his work. ["John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him."] When they heard his teaching, most of his disciples left him and went away from him since this life is difficult. It is in John 6:60-68. ["John6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life."] In verse 68, Peter replied that Jesus has the eternal life and so they will not go away from him, and a few followed him. So, worldly people are for the ceremony, but not for the life part of the Passover Feast.
Please note this important factor that Passover is not for sinning people to come with repentance to receive forgiveness of sins as in the sin sacrifice; but it is to come to God without sin, to join him as a part of him, to have his body and blood in them, for him to abide in them. We must also remember his death, he is no more, and we must live in his stead, in his place as he lived. This is the reason for the feast. And scripture cautions us that sinning people must not take part in the ceremony of communion. If you are sinning, go to the ceremony of the sacrificial lamb with repentance, but not to the ceremony of Passover Lamb. 1 Corinthians 11:27-30 gives a severe warning that if we participate the ceremony of communion while committing sin, God will make you sick and even kill you. ["27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."] Communion must be taken by people who live a worthy life for God; they should be part of the Spirit Church, which is the body of Christ, for God to abide in them. They may live as Jesus lived in the world. People will see Jesus in them and give glory to God. Instead, churches of the world give communion for forgiveness; and this is total ignorance. Many churches call this ceremony Eucharist and believe that this ceremony will save them from hell. It is total deception by Satan. Satan deceived Eve in the beginning at the garden of Eden to destroy Adam and Eve. The same Satan now destroys the religious churches of the world, and they give communion to sinning people, and are destroyed.
Sinning people must first go to Jesus, while he presents himself as the sacrificial lamb for the sins of the world; get purified by his blood; sanctified by the Holy Ghost; and then come to the Passover Lamb to eat his meat and drink his blood, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs; for Jesus Christ to abide in them. Then live a pure life by his abiding, despite tribulations; and live as Jesus lived in his place and fill the gap of the Son of God in this world. Then you will be resurrected with the glory of God and be in heaven with the Lord Jesus Christ as Sons of God, as joint heirs with him.
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Matthew 28:20, & Mark 16:15. Jesus Christ preached his commandments to obey, as his
Gospel; it is the true Gospel to inherit Eternal life. Genesis 3:1-4 & 2 Corinth 11:2-4. But Preachers, who are Serpents of Satan, preach the life of man Jesus just to believe, but not to live as a chaste virgin, as the gospel; it is another gospel, which cannot and will not give Eternal life.The true gospel will convert evil people to do good and thereby they will inherit the kingdom in heaven
. John 3:19-21 say that people are two kinds, evil and true. Evil doers will not come to the Light, who is God; but people of truth come to God for their deeds to be made manifest. We have good and evil people by our standard of our society or culture. These evil people may be converted to be doers of truth by the power of God, and they may inherit the kingdom of God in heaven.
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