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Introduction
I would like for you to think this morning of what comes to mind when you think of substitutes? When you think of substitutes does something pleasant come to your mind,something not so great, or something just OK? Are you a person here this morning that holdssubstitutes in high regards thinking of substitutes as equivalents and that certain elements are justas good as the originals or do you view them as being a cheap mock of the real deal?For Those of Your Who Are Cooks and Those Who Eat On a Regular BasisThe Substitute for Butter is MargarineThe Substitute for Sugar is Splenda, Equal, and Sweet N LowThe Substitute for Garlic is Garlic Power (No Brainer There)The Substitute for Honey is MolassesBut Why In The World Do We Need Them?If you think of the processing of food as altering of chemicals, food substitutes aloneallow many things to happen without some certain and definite consequences. Many people(including some of you) experience conflicts with diabetes, allergies, and cholesterol and youview substitutes as a means to bend the rules.The only problem is that food substitutes are easy to come by, but what about substitutesfor other things? What about Substitutes for Teachers? (I have had my share of substituteteachers) What about Medicines? (A substitute may be cheaper but could have harsh side effects)What about Pastors? (Whether Interim, Associate, or Revivalist) all of them must qualify to be aviable substitute.1
 
2Believe it or not, these only scratch the surface of things that substitutes are needed for.What about the substitution for sin? What could the substitution for such a condition be? Whathappens if our sins are not substituted for? Are we stuck in our current condition and stuck withour sin? How was the substitute for sin introduced and expressed? The solution to our conditionof sin can be seen in the Scriptures and was expressed through the Passover Meal.This morning we are going see and discuss one of the most memorable ordinances and oneof the most memorable providences recorded in the Old Testament. “Not one of all theordinances of the Jewish church was more eminent than that of the Passover, nor is any morefrequently mentioned in the New Testament.”
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Today we are going to see how the physical of the Old Testament speaks volumes to the spiritual of the New Testament and to you thismorning.Let’s Stand as We Read God’s WordExodus 12:1-13PrayThree concepts to be gleaned from this ritual or meal explained and introduced in our textthis morning.
We Must Acknowledge the Lamb’s Innocence and ProvisionWe Must Accept the Power of the Lamb’s BloodWe Must Admit the Nature of God’s StrikeWe Must Acknowledge the Lamb’s Innocence and ProvisionExplanation
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Matthew Henry,
The Matthew Henry Commentary. ( 
Grand Rapid, Michigan:Zondervan Publishing House, 1960), 83
 
3Look With Me in Verse 3This verse is the first revelation of instructions for the Passover ritual. All of theIsraelites were to take up a lamb on the tenth day of the month. We as Christians here today believe that the word of God was fully inspired by God and we can trust that the answers to our questions can be answered. When the text says “tenth day of this month” it doesn’t answer specifically in this verse what month it is referring to it is but it does in verse 2. It is recordedthat the word month in verse 2 comes from the “Hebrew word Abib, which in modernequivalents, reveals that the Passover is between March and April.”
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The practice and ritual of the Passover meal “was so significant that henceforth the religious or ecclesiastical year was to begin in this month of Abib.”
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Look With Me in Verse 4The Passover meal was a sacrifice not for the individual but for the family. ThePassover meal was a family effort to draw together and take part in the provision for their sins.This lamb that was to be slain had to meet specific criteria. So much so that this lamb is a preview of coming attractions, pointing to Jesus Christ. Both the lamb of the Old Testament andJesus of the New Testament were to be sacrifices for the sins of man.The Lamb Sacrifice
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John MacArthur,
The MacArthur Study Bible
. (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas NelsonPublishers, 1982), 110
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Walter Kaiser Jr.
 Exodus
The Expositor’s Bible Commentary
.
Grand Rapids,Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990) 371
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