How Should We Commemorate the Passover? Part 1 of 2

Preview: A look at what we should be doing in remembrance of the Passover today. This is the first lesson in a two-part series on this subject.


Pre-reading: I Peter 2:1-25, I Peter 4:1-19 & Hebrews 9:8-16.

Scripture Reading: Mark 14:12-21.

Memory Verse: John 13:1.

1. Can we see from the foregoing Scripture Reading and Memory Verse that Jesus knew that He would die at the time the Passover lambs were killed?
2. Had one of the High Priests just prophesied that the time had come for this sacrifice to take place? John 11:47-53.
3. What instruction had God given Israel concerning the Passover? Exodus 12:1-11 & Exodus 12:15-20.
Note: The Passover lamb was to be perfect, with no spot or blemish (just as Jesus was). It was to be killed between the two evenings. According to Jewish history, that is between high noon and sundown (that was when Jesus died). The blood on the door post was life sustaining for Israel’s firstborn. The Blood of Jesus Christ gives eternal life, when applied to our hearts.
4. How did Peter and John describe this blood bought salvation? I Peter 1:18-19, I John 1:7 & Revelation 1:5-6.
5. Could there have been a covenant for everlasting life without the shedding of blood? Hebrews 9:22-28 & Hebrews 13:12 & Hebrews 13:20-21.
6. How did Paul explain this plan of redemption? Colossians 2:13-17.
7. How often was the Passover to be kept? Exodus 13:10.
8. What did the unleavened bread represent? Exodus 23:15 & I Corinthians 5:6-8.
Note: Leaven is the ingredient that causes bread to rise (or puff up). Pride and self love does the same thing in our spiritual life. When we are born again through the precious Blood of the Lamb of God, spiritually, we become like unleavened bread.
9. How will our conduct and thinking change? I Peter 1:13-17.

To Be Continued…

Other Lessons* in this series:

How Should We Commemorate the Passover: Part 1 of 2
How Should We Commemorate the Passover: Part 2 of 2

*Lessons in a series may not necessarily be in the same category.