Passover

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April 1, 2026 (Observed evening before)

"For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us" (1 Corinthians 5:7).

Keeping the Passover each year reminds us that God is the forgiver of sin who grants us eternal life in His Kingdom through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our Passover. This observance is a memorial of our Creator's continuing role in humanity's salvation.

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Fitly Framed through Suffering

What does it mean to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling"?
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Sign of the True Messiah

What is the sign of the true Messiah? Jesus Christ is acknowledged in name, but not everyone believes in the true Messiah of scripture.
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Grieving the Holy Spirit

Life's greatest mistake is grieving the Holy Spirit. Have you ever really stopped to focus on how serious that is?
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Grace and Reconciliation

How does sin distance us from God? How do we receive reconciliation from sin? What are we expected to do after reconciliation? What does God’s grace provide?
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Overcoming Fears

We all have fears. It is our responsibility to overcome these fears daily. God has a plan for us. We must control these fears to follow His plan.
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Mortification Putting Sin to Death

We have to remove sin. We need to take action and leave the areas of our lives that are offensive to God. We are given such a great and precious promise so that we can escape all the lust and…
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Seven Lessons Learned from Removing Leaven

This spring festival season can make a difference in our lives. We need to prepare our hearts to seek God with all of our heart. God will hear, God will see, and God will respond just as He did for…
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The Heart of a Stranger

This sermon explores the biblical theme of being “strangers” in this world. Tracing the lives of Abraham, Israel, and even believers today, it shows that God intentionally allows His people to live as outsiders to teach dependence on Him and…
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The Way Back to Life

This sermonette walks through a powerful biblical theme—from the Garden of Eden to the empty tomb—showing how humanity’s access to God was once closed, but has now been reopened through Jesus Christ. By connecting the symbols of the tree of…
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The Bread of Affliction

This sermon explains that the Days of Unleavened Bread are a serious and meaningful observance that symbolize removing sin, remembering Christ’s sacrifice, and recognizing God’s deliverance of His people from both physical and spiritual affliction. It also encourages us not…
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The Lamp, the Lampstand, and the Light

This message explains that Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread picture the Christian journey: Christ, the perfect Passover Lamb, died so we could be forgiven, and afterward we are called to leave sin behind and live transformed lives. Using…
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Striving for Unity

God calls people from all backgrounds and brings us together to be one spiritual body. When we answer that calling we commit ourselves to strive for unity within the body of Christ.
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Would Jesus Have Died for Me?

We must personally reflect at the Passover on the price Jesus paid for our sins.
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How High and How Far?

In preparation for Passover, we should recognize the tremendous sacrifice that Christ and the Father made for us. We can look forward to a life without our sins. In Ps 103, God describes his mercy. How great is His mercy…
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What Is Required to Take the Passover in a Worthy Manner?

All baptized members are expected to take the Passover each year, but they are also required to take it in a 'worthy manner'. How can we be assured that we have become worthy to observe it?
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Identity, Judgment and the Unity of Passover

We don't need much to divide us—sometimes the smallest differences are enough. But what if the real issue isn't what separates us, but how we form our identity in the first place? Paul's question still confronts us today: Is Christ…
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The Power of Blood

Blood is front and center at the upcoming Passover. Have you ever considered how powerful and amazing our physical blood is? As with all of God's creation, the physical points to the spiritual. Let's look at three functions of our…
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Lessons of Purim and Esther

A little over a month before Passover is Purim, as described in the book of Esther. What can we as Christians learn from this book?
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To Err is Human, To Forgive, Divine The Divine Solution to the Human Condition

The sermonette uses the familiar phrase “to err is human; to forgive, divine” to examine the deeper spiritual reality of sin, repentance, and forgiveness in preparation for the Passover. The message emphasizes that this self‑examination is often uncomfortable but necessary…
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The Sacrifices of Passover

In Exodus 12, there is a peculiar phrase that describes the transition from one day to another, and it's translated as "between the evenings". Considerable debate has gone for centuries: is this is the beginning of a day, the twilight…
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