Sermon Notes 4/3 – The Lamb of God

                            John 1:19-29 & Exodus 12:1-13

***The word Lamb means a pet lamb, gentle, kind and tender

             WE MUST PREACH THE LAMB – Exodus 12:1-5

-preaching, worship, church and Christianity is all about Jesus Christ

       (1.) WE MUST PREACH THE LAMB WITHOUT WATER – Exodus 12:9

-we are not to water down the gospel

-There can be no selective preaching and we can never be politically correct

          ***Preach all of the Word of God

          ***Preach the Word in love, because JITA & separate sin from sinner

       (2.) WE ARE TO PREACH A LAMB THAT IS ROASTED – Exodus 12:8-9

-a Lamb on fire will set us on fire

                 a. being roasted refers to the judgment of God coming on down on Jesus

1 Thess 5:9 & 1 Thess 1:10 – the judgment of God is not for believers

                 b. we are not to eat the Lamb raw

-the eating of raw meat was something the false religions did

-burning any leftover Lamb was to stop the false religions from mixing the Lamb with their religious ways

-Exodus 12:5-6  – the real Lamb is Jewish, a male, perfect & killed

                 c. The Lamb was roasted whole – Exodus 12:46

-no bone was to be broken – John 19:36

-this represents again preaching the entire Word – the head, legs & insides

          (3.) WE ARE TO PREACH THE LAMB WITH BITTER HERBS – Exodus 12:8

-bitter herbs refer to the trials we go through in our lives

           (4.) PREACH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB – Exodus 12:21-24

-this refers to redemption and only through Jesus can we be saved

-hyssop came from a bush and there were 3 branches used – represents the trinity

-the blood was placed on the doorpost which made 2 crosses

-you had to bow down to dip the hyssop in the container – Phil 2:5-11