Topic: SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION
Text: Exodus 12:42-51
12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
12:43 It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
12:44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.,
12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
STUDY:
God instructed that the Passover night be celebrated as a solemn observance to the Lord by the children of Israel in all their generations. No uncircumcised stranger was to partake of it except circumcised personal servants of the Israelites. In other words, any stranger who must partake of the Lord’s ordinance must first subscribe to circumcision. He must become initiated as part of God’s people through the covenant of circumcision. Circumcision identifies a person as an offspring of Abraham, and a partaker of the Covenant blessings of God. Similarly baptism in the New Testament identifies Christians to partake in the privileges of their new status in Christ as adopted children of God. Gentiles who were once darkness and sinful have become light and righteous in Christ Jesus.
The Lord is still saying clearly that only those who are redeemed and members of the household of God can participate in the new covenant Passover. Anyone who is defiled and living in sin cannot be a partaker of God’s covenant promise or inheritance. There are no middle grounds in the kingdom, it’s either one is on the side of light or with darkness. The scripture tells us that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1Cor. 15:50). Have you been circumcised? Have you met the man of
Calvary? Are you prepared for the Passover Supper of the Lamb?
Prayer:
Pray for anencounter to become a child of God, pray to experience the new covenant circumcision. Have you backslidden, pray that the Lord will restore you today
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