Christ Our Passover: sermon notes

Likely Title: Christ Our Passover

Likely Text/Passage: 1 Corinthians 5:7

Main Theme: Jesus Christ is the true Paschal Lamb whose shed blood delivers sinners and whose person sustains believers.

Introduction

• Scripture continually reveals deeper meanings as it is studied, especially through its types and pictures of Christ.
• The Passover recalls Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and points to the believer’s deliverance from the slavery of sin through Jesus Christ.

Main Points

1. Jesus Christ Is Typified by the Paschal Lamb
2. The lamb pictures Christ’s gentleness, innocence, harmlessness, and sacrificial suffering.
3. Like the Passover lamb, Christ was without blemish and offered in the fullness of His strength.
4. The lamb was set apart and examined before sacrifice; Christ was openly set apart and scrutinized by various groups, yet no fault was found in Him.
5. The lamb was killed in the appointed place, and Christ was sacrificed in Jerusalem.
6. The lamb’s blood was shed, its suffering was prolonged, and no bone was broken, details fulfilled in Christ’s crucifixion.

1. Christ’s Blood Must Be Sprinkled for Deliverance
2. The Passover blood was applied to the lintel and doorposts, not merely shed in the basin.
3. Salvation depends not only on Christ’s death but on personally receiving and trusting in His blood.
4. At the final judgment, only those marked by Christ’s blood will be delivered from destruction.
5. Human morality, religious observance, and good works cannot substitute for the blood of Christ.

1. Christ Must Be Received as Spiritual Food
2. The Israelites were commanded not only to apply the blood but also to eat the lamb.
3. Believers must continually feed by faith on Christ Himself, not merely on doctrines, pardon, righteousness, experiences, or feelings.
4. Jesus is the believer’s daily nourishment and the source of regeneration and sanctification.
5. The sermon invites the congregation to approach the Lord’s Table by faith and feed on Christ’s sacrifice, righteousness, and atonement.

Application

• Examine whether Christ’s blood has been personally received and trusted, rather than merely acknowledged in general.
• Reject reliance on morality, religious identity, charitable actions, or personal goodness as grounds of salvation.
• Continue feeding spiritually on Christ Himself through faith, trusting Him as Savior and sustaining source of life.
• Dedicate one’s whole life, body, soul, spirit, time, and abilities, to the Christ who gave Himself completely.

Conclusion

• “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us”: His blood alone saves, and Christ Himself is the believer’s food.
• The hearers are urged to seek the sprinkled blood of Jesus and place their entire hope in His atoning sacrifice.

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

1. What is a meal, tradition, or celebration that has especially meaningful memories attached to it for you?
2. What helps you feel safe and secure during a difficult or uncertain season?

Diving In (20 minutes)

1. The sermon presents Jesus as “Christ our Passover.” How would you summarize what that means and how the Passover Lamb points to Jesus?
2. In Exodus 12, the lamb had to be without blemish, was examined for several days, and was sacrificed without any bones being broken. How did the pastor connect each of these details to Jesus?
3. The sermon says that Christians receive benefit from Christ in two ways: his blood is “sprinkled” on them, and they “eat” the Lamb as spiritual food. What might it look like on a Tuesday morning to trust in Christ’s sacrifice and depend on Christ himself?

Going Deeper (15 minutes)

1. The pastor strongly rejected the idea that our good works can be mixed with Christ’s sacrifice to save us. What makes it difficult for people to rest entirely in Christ rather than in their morality, religious activity, or personal efforts?
2. The sermon says that some Christians live too much on changing feelings, experiences, or evidence instead of on Christ himself. Where are you most tempted to base your confidence on something other than Jesus, and what could help you return to him?

Prayer Prompt

• Pray for the group to trust fully in Christ’s sacrifice for salvation and to feed daily on Christ as the source of spiritual life.

Big idea

Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us, and His blood alone delivers us while His life sustains us.

Live it out

• Examine whether you are trusting Christ’s blood alone, rather than your morality, religion, or good works.
• Feed daily on Christ through faith, resting in His righteousness, pardon, atonement, and promises.
• Consecrate your body, soul, spirit, time, and talents to the Saviour who gave Himself for you.
• Approach the Lord’s Table with holy trust, remembering Jesus as the Lamb slain for your deliverance.

Closing prayer

Lord God, we thank You that Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us. Sprinkle His precious blood upon our hearts, and keep us from trampling underfoot the blood of Your Son. Teach us to feed daily upon Jesus, our Lamb, our righteousness, and our life. Deliver us from trusting our works, frames, or feelings. Help us consecrate our strength and all we possess to You, until we see the Lamb in glory and worship Him forever.