Exodus 12:43-51 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:… I. WHAT GOD REQUIRES IN ITS OBSERVANCE. 1. God demands purity of communion. No stranger is to cat of it. (1) Our holy things are not to be profaned. The life of Christ is lowered and endangered by indiscriminate admission to the Lord's table. (2) They are not to be degraded into superstitious rites. When they are given as if salvation resided in them, we are substituting idols for the unseen Saviour. The only safeguard for purity of worship is purity of communion. 2. It is not to be carried out from the midst of the household of faith. The peace and fellowship of the Gospel are only for the circumcised in heart. 3. Communion with Christ to be characterised by reverence and holy awe: not a bone of him is to be broken. 4. Every wall of partition is removed. All who believe have a right to join in the feast (vers. 41-49); but they must come with the mark of God's people, - a circumcised heart. II. THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH IS BLESSED NOT ONLY WITH SAFETY BUT ALSO WITH DELIVERANCE. "Thus did all the children of Israel... and on the self-same day" they passed out of Egypt (50, 51). Fellowship with Christ is deliverance from the bondage of evil. - U. Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: |
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