Spiritual Benefits from the Days of Unleavened Bread

And brethren, Satan has a twist and a falsification or a distortion of everything.

And even of a number of the holy days, he's got his own distortion of these different days. But there's one period that he does not have a falsification, and that is the days of Unleavened Bread.

And that's because they represent God's law, and as aiming to be like God. So as we approach the days of Unleavened Bread, there's basically just less, a day or two less than four weeks. As we approach that, we need to prepare ourselves first and foremost spiritually. I know we have in the past, and some of us have, made sure to prepare ourselves physically. And yes, we do need to prepare ourselves physically, but we realize that it's even more important to prepare ourselves spiritually. Yes, we need to take leaven out of our houses, but that's merely a symbolism of what we got to do spiritually.

And so as we look at the story in Exodus, in chapter 12, Exodus chapter 12, there we can see that, and if you want to turn to it, you're welcome. I'm just going to pick up a few points here.

And you see in verse 6 that they were to take a lamb and prepare it and kill it at the beginning of the 40th day.

In that year, it was the evening before that Wednesday, in that year, but it's always at the beginning of that. And then after the Passover, then we read a little later, because we read in verse 11 that you were to eat, that's the Lord's Passover, and the Lord was to pass through. He says, the Lord, I the Lord, will pass through the land. That's verse 12, in that night, on that night, and I'll struck the firstborn of the Egyptians. That's Exodus 12.

But he says the blood will be assigned. Verse 13, and I'll pass over you. So that's the Lord, that you will give the instructions to the destroyer to not destroy the firstborn of Israelites that had the blood, all the symbolic of Christ's blood protecting us and passing over us. And then at the end of that, and then it says also that it passed over at midnight. You can read that, for instance, in verse 23, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses.

And it says in verse 28, and oh, and then it says, you are not to leave your houses until the morning. You read that at the end of verse 22. They were not to leave the houses that night. So the Lord will pass over their houses. You would tell the destroyer, probably an angel, you would not allow the destroyer to come into your houses because you have the blood, symbolizing the blood of Christ.

And they were not to leave the houses till the morning, as you can read at the end of verse 22. And you see in verse 28 of Exodus 12, it says, then the children of Israel ended so, just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. Which you can see it's a pretty rare thing because, as Mr. Bertha mentioned earlier on in his sermon, you know, quite often people do, as what was the word he used, let me just refer to it, it's easy to obey when we agree with God.

That's literally the words he used. And yeah, sometimes people got their own ideas and I'll do what I want. But if I agree with God, then I'll do what God says. But in this case, they obeyed God and they did not leave the house till the morning. That's what it says, verse 28. And they did so, just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. So that means now we're looking at, they kept the Passover at the beginning of the 14th.

At midnight, the destroyer destroyed those that did not have blood over their doorposts. And they were to stay in the house till the morning. That's at the beginning of the day portion of the 14th. Because you know, the way God looks at days is evening and then morning, evening, morning.

So that's how God looks at days, from sunset to sunset. And you read to support that in verse 29. And it came to pass, verse 29, Exodus 12, at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn of the land of Egypt. So that happened at the middle of that night, at midnight, and they were not to leave until the morning. And you read the story, then Pharaoh said, yeah, come here, Moses, come and talk to me and get the people out.

But you've just read, they obeyed God, they did not leave their houses till the morning. So yeah, Pharaoh said, come and see me. Moses surely obeyed God too, and they did not go and see him until the morning. So that was during the morning part of the 14th. And then they said, get out, and then they rushed quickly, you can read in the rest of from verse 31 onwards.

And then they spoiled the Egyptians, they got things from the Egyptians. And you read about 600,000 men, you're talking about three million people, and they left in an organized way. So that took time to get all these things. If you want to move ours, ask me, you don't do that in five minutes. And when you're rushing, it takes a little bit of time. And to do that for three million people, it took them that day, and by that night, that is at the beginning of the 15th, then they left.

And that's why it says in verse 42 of Exodus 12, it is a night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is the night of the Lord as a solemn observance. So they left at night, but it was obviously not on the 14th, because the 14th, they were instructed not to leave their homes, and they obeyed. So it was therefore at the beginning of the 15th. And that is why, brethren, we observe at the beginning of the 15th of Nisan, we observe what we call the night to be much observed.

And you heard in the announcements that we are going to observe at YAH, brethren are going to get together and have something to eat. It's just a night of great rejoicing. And it is an opportunity, brethren, for the conversation, and I encourage you all for the conversation to be about how you and I came out of Egypt.

I didn't come out of Egypt. Oh yeah, we did. Out of sin, out of this world. So share with each other how you came to the church. That is an ideal theme, topic for us to not just on the night we much observe it to talk about random stuff, but talk about how God called you. And now you came into the church, and you just bring a little point out of it, and somebody else brings another point, and next year you can bring a different point, you know? But don't hog the whole conversation, just one person, but allow each one to share a little bit. And you'll be encouraged with that, how God has intervened with you. So that is what I recommend as the topic, the theme of conversation on the night to be much observed. And you will have much joy in sharing how God took you out of Egypt.

I know some people make a little play with children in some congregations, where children could make a little play of coming out of Egypt, or those things. So, ladies, that you're organizing the children. Maybe we can do something for the children for them to be part and feel part of it, and do a little play that night about that. So that's just some ideas, just some thoughts. But I'm using this as an introduction because we read in Exodus 13. Exodus 13 verse 7, it says, "'Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days, and now leavened bread shall be seen amongst you during those seven days.'" That's why it's called the seven days of unleavened bread. You and I understand that leaven symbolizes sin, and so we would have de-leavened our abodes, our houses, for our section of the houses where we have control. Because maybe our spouse is not in the church, and you cannot de-leaven the whole house, but at least you can de-leaven your section. So you do your part as you are able to. You do your part. But the point is that you will not have any leaven in the area where you have control, and you will eat unleavened bread for seven days. Now it is important that the command says, you will eat unleavened bread seven days. It does not say, well, don't have any unleavened bread, and if you want to eat, eat or don't eat. I know when, usually in previous years, I would be traveling through Brazil or Angola or whatever I would be, and my wife would kindly prepare me unleavened bread, and I would eat every day unleavened bread when I'm traveling in Brazil. Now understand, when you are in an hotel or airport, you're not going to buy any unleavened bread. I can assure you that. In fact, everything there during that season or right about is leavened. You go to airport, everything is leavened! Right? I mean, to have something unleavened, you have a little salad or you have, you know, but otherwise there's nothing that is unleavened. So my wife would kindly prepare me certain things that are unleavened, little cakes or little things, and a little bit of unleavened bread, and I would ration it so that I would have a bird during each day that I'm traveling. This is important because there's a spiritual meaning towards that, and that's what I'm going to be talking to you about today. One of the points of the spiritual meanings of these things, because my sermon today is about three spiritual benefits of the days of unleavened bread, and so we want to look at that. You see, because the problem was that people, the Israelites, were rebel. We're rebellious. Kirby just went through the semanet of one area of rebellion. I will do what I feel like. I mean, if you turn with me to Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 21, Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 21 says, hear this now, oh, foolish people, without understanding, who have eyes and see not and who have ears and you're not. Brethren, Mr Ulvar mentioned very briefly during announcements that things are quite bad in Ukraine. It's terrible. I saw some pictures, brethren. I don't want to describe them, but I've never seen such people's pictures of suffering. I saw a picture of a little boy crossing the border like seven or eight years old. All he had is a few sweets in his hand. That's in Mr. Kubik's Facebook page. A few sweets in his hand, crying in tears because his parents were left behind, his family was left behind, he was going there himself just alone to a different country. Brethren, this is heart-rending. What is happening? Heart-rending. Many of these ladies and children are leaving knowing that probably they will never, never see their husbands again.

Brethren, I don't want to say too much, but you read prophecy. It's just a question of time. It'll happen.

And we have to be close to God. Quite often I hear people saying, ah, well, it's this present or that present or the other present. And I say, brethren, we have sinned. Forget about whether it's this present or that present or whatever leadership or whatever party, whatever it is, forget that. That's all politics. We as a nation have sinned and we're bearing the sins and God has removed the blessings and the Great Tribulation is coming upon us.

And so, and when we read the Anjuramiah 5, it says, oh, foolish people. Why? Because we've disobeyed. Read a little bit later in verse 24. It says, they do not say in their heart, let us now fear the Lord our God. You see, people are not saying, oh, well, I want to obey God. I want to respect God. No! They have revolted and departed. Brethren, you look at these scenes of same-sex marriage and whatever it is, you're not a boy or a girl, you are whatever it is, all these things. God abhors that. That is an abomination before God.

And that's the world today. And it's not just America. It's not just Canada. It's not just South Africa or Australia. It's the whole world, whether in Brazil or wherever you are. Yes, the states will be punished first, but the others will be too. They'll be punishment to the whole world. So, brethren, reading going on here in verse 24. I'll read now verse 25. You iniquities have turned these things away, and it was the rain, the good weather. Yeah, we know the weather is going up and down. Monday is hot, the other way is cold. One day pours or whatever, the other way is whatever. God has taken these things away. He's allowed it because of our sins.

It says here, verse 25. You iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withheld good from you. So please, brethren, I don't want to hear about this party or this person or that person. It's us. We have sinned. Let's get that in our minds. We have sinned, and we're going to reap the fruits of our sins. So, as we look at the days of Unleavened Bread, what does it mean? The days of Unleavened Bread, picture, picture, picture. Taking sin out. Picture obeying God. And why for seven days? Because seven means complete, means obeying God completely. And as we heard in the sermon yet? Sick perfection. Meredith said, Be you perfect, as my Father in heaven is perfect. That is our goal.

So, the three benefits that I want to cover today about the Days of the Living Bread, and I'll list them briefly so you know where I'm going and you can write down, is number one, we need to obey and encourage people to obey God. Because that's the meaning of the Days of the Living Bread, is obedience to God. Granted, brethren, obedience to God does not justify us. We justify it by faith, by the faith of Jesus Christ, but our response to that gracious gift by Jesus Christ to us, of giving his life for us and suffering for us, is that we need to obey.

Now, brethren, this just reminds me of something that I want to interject here. I used a statement by Christ dying for us and suffering for us.

It's two things. You see, the wages of sin is death. Correct! That's dying. But you know, sin causes suffering. You see, all the suffering around could be in your family, could be arguments, could be a risk. Suffering! It's not just death, it's suffering. That's why Christ had to suffer for us. It's also because of sin. That's why we have the symbols of the bread for the suffering, to heal us, and of the wine, because Christ died for us because the wages of sin is death. There are two symbols. So remember that. Suffering and death. But anyway, going back to, as I said, back to where I was. So the first benefit, spiritual benefit of the Days of Unleavened Bread is to remind us that we're going to obey God and we're going to encourage other people to obey God through our actions, through our behavior, through our life, through our example. That's going to be our focus. Again, it's not politics, not the Sparta, not that party. If the Sparta is in power, God has removed our blessings. God has taken the wise leader from the nation. That's it. And God is allowed because of our sins. The second benefit, it ties in with the point of eating the bread, unleavened bread. You see, we have to eat the unleavened bread, tiring the Lord's Prayer. He says, give us our daily bread. And yes, you can read that and interpret that as meaning, well, give me my daily physical provisions that I'm not hungry, that I have food, that I have a job, that I can. But spiritually speaking, the daily bread is God's Holy Spirit. The daily bread is God's Holy Spirit. You and I need to pray daily. And I know I forget and I have to keep reminding myself to ask God daily, give us my portion of the daily bread, which is God's Holy Spirit. Give me, help me with, as I go on with daily things in my life, give me, help me with your Spirit. So we need to be eating that unleavened bread, which also symbolizes Christ in us, because he says, I am the bread of life. Remember, he says, I am the bread of life. And the bread of life is Christ's Christ in us. How is it Christ is in us through God's Holy Spirit? That essence of God, that sentiment, that feeling, that emotional, that mindset, that heart feeling of being like God, of deciding to be perfect, that we do with God's help, God's Holy Spirit.

So the second point is we've got to be filled with God's Holy Spirit. And that ties into days of unleavened bread. Now, what are we usually filled with? I'll tell you what we are filled with, with arrogance and pride. That's what our natural human people, human minds are filled with. I know better. This is the way, or this is the way, and whatever it is, whatever theme or topic, analyze yourself. Analyze yourself. Are we in a specific point where you are coming across arrogant, even though you may be right? I'm not saying you're not right, but you are coming across in an arrogant way with pride. And you know, knowledge puffs up. And there's a lot of knowledge out there today. There's a lot of puffing up. So we need to say, I must not be filled with self, but I must be filled with God's Holy Spirit. And the third point is that through that, we've got to become one at one with God, because God's mind is going to be in us, in us, in God, and we've got to be at one. We need to walk with God. The latest Beyond Today magazine, on Portuguese, the Good News, the Bono Nava, it's all about walking with God. Very applicable for these days of Unleavened Bread. Please don't just get the Good News or the Beyond Today and put it on the shelf and never read it. Please don't do that. Oh, you get so much stuff from the church. You don't have time to read all this stuff. Let me tell you one thing. We basically approved at the council, the latest council meetings, we approved to increase the number of pages of the Beyond Today magazine to 40 from next fiscal year, which means we're going to have more articles. Instead of being 32 pages in English, we'll be 40. And we'll do the same thing in Portuguese. We'll increase the number of pages as well. So we'll have more articles, more spiritual content. Brethren, we really have to watch ourselves. We really have to read this material and analyze and examine ourselves in this three to nearly four weeks before the days of the Living Bread is exactly what we need to do to examine ourselves to see are we close to God? Are we at one with God? Remember, on the night that He was betrayed, Christ's prayer in John 17 was, I pray this, that they may be one, just like you and I are one. We, brethren, need to be one. One in unity. One with God. Are we? So use these days of the Living Bread to look at these three spiritual benefits. So, as I mentioned, look at these real lives.

One of the first things they did, one of the first things they did, they got out and they said, they start moaning. Well, you know the story. I don't have to go, but go through Exodus 14 and Exodus 15 and you see, oh well, the army's behind us and they're gonna attack us and they're gonna destroy us and there's a mountain on the side and a mountain on that side. There's a sea in front of us and they are the army behind us. We are stuck. Oh God, why did you take us out of Egypt, out of this wall and we still be in the wall. It'll be okay, Jack. And because we're in the church, there's gonna be pressure. One thing on the left, one thing on the right, there's gonna be sacred behind us and there's gonna be barriers in the front. And you know what we're gonna do? Be of courage and move forwards in faith. So the lessons to the Egyptians are to us as well, spiritually speaking. It's the same lessons, but they are spiritual lessons and we gotta see the value of these lessons. So our, and this is my first point, we gotta obey and we're gonna encourage others to obey. What I mean by that? To walk forwards in faith, in trust. Now change the word, faith, to trust. You know, faith is kind of difficult sometimes for us to grasp it, so I just encourage often to use the word trust. Trust God. You and I are gonna have to trust God in these days ahead and I'll tell you, it's gonna squeeze us between one mountain on one side, another mountain on the other side, Satan behind us could be members of our family, could be whatever it is, whatever our extended families, whatever it is pushing us and we're gonna be the expression. There's only one way out. Go forwards and trust God to open the Red Sea for you and I.

That's why God says in Luke 12 verse 36, if I remember correct, and it says, watch and pray that you may be counted worthy to escape and to stand before the Son of Man. We got to watch and pray. Watch ourselves, examine ourselves, change ourselves, and pray that God helps us so that we are counted worthy by God. Not because I've done this and therefore I'm going to take a flight to this country or to that place where it is. No! God will provide. I don't know how, but He will. That's His promise. Kirby also referred to Revelation chapter 3, run about verse 10, if I remember correctly, and it says, because you kept the word of my faithfulness, I will keep you from the hour of trial in this world. You kept the word of my faithfulness. In other words, you have remained faithful. You have become, you remain trustworthy to the end, and you walked the walk. Brethren, that is our duty. You and I need to encourage others because there's going to be people around us, our own fellow brethren, they're going to be discouraged.

And let's not be arrogant and say, oh wow, you know, you're just weak in the faith. No, help them. Encourage obedience and help them. Give them a walking, a helping hand, and help them.

You know, it's, that's what we're going to do. You see, the problem is, those people, you look at the other story of the Egyptians. They murmured, well, the water is better. Well, we shall go back to Egypt because it's better. And they call the water mara. Remember, mara means buttons. And then it had something and threw it in a water, a tree, and then wow, the water became sweet.

God can intervene for you. But we have to trust God. Instead of murmuring and complaining, we have to trust God. Is that easy? No. Look at the story of Joshua. You look at Joshua chapter 1, verse 6, 7, verse 9, says, be strong and go forwards. That's what we gotta do.

And that's the first point, brethren. I have cited scriptures. I didn't turn to many scriptures, but I hope you've written them down and you can study at home. So whatever sin it is that is handicapping you or handicapping me, please, I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to myself as well. I'm in the same shoes as you are. I have the same concerns and the same fears and the same anxieties as you have. A lot of things we don't know, but we have to trust God. We have to walk forwards in faith.

So whatever sin it is, don't be full of air. Don't be puffed up and thinking that you know the answers, but be humble and meek and teachable. And that ties into the second point that I mentioned, that we need to be full of God's early spirit and not of ourselves. Now I'm going to turn to a scripture now, which is 1 Corinthians chapter 5. In 1 Corinthians chapter 5, we see the story in which those people were full of air, were puffed up, were full of themselves. And I thought, how nice of people we are that we are forgiving this guy or this person that is sinning and allowing him to be in church because we are such merciful people. We are so good. You see? And so Paul, the Annalera to Corinthians, says, you know, there's somebody having sexual immorality amongst you and you are allowing it.

And in verse 2 of 1 Corinthians chapter 5, he says, you are puffed up. You are arrogant. You are full of yourselves. Because instead of your mourning and repenting, mourning, mourning means repenting and therefore taking that person out because it says, in verse 3, I've already decided what it should be done, even though I'm not present. And he said in verse 4, he says, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan. It says in verse 5. So in other words, and it says it again, for the destruction of the flesh. Now, does it mean therefore, oh well, letting get out of the church for him to die a second death? No! It says for the destruction of the flesh. What does that mean? For him to repent. For him to change from the deeds of the flesh so that he may realize, hey, I got to change. So it's actually in a way is an act of love. It's not done in hatred. Get out! No, but he said, listen, I understand that you got to understand that you got a problem. And with this problem, we can't allow you to come to church until you repent. We want you to repent, but you got to stay out until there's repentance, until there's a change, until there are fruits of repentance. You got to stay out for your own good, for the destruction of the desires of the flesh.

That's what it is. So, and that's why it says your glory is not good. I mean, you say, oh well, with such a forgiving church, we're allowing him to be out. No! And that's why it says in verse 7, take out the old leaven that you may be a new lump. What do you mean by that? Take out that spiritual old sins that you may be a new man without sin, or a new woman, may be a new lump. Since you truly are a leaven, since it is written during the days of a leavened bread, and since physically, therefore, you are a leaven, but now spiritually, take out the old leaven that you may be a new lump. Take out the old man that you may be a new man. And that's why it says, for indeed Christ our Passover, Christ our true Passover, will sacrifice for us. And because you're sacrificed for us, if we do that, we repent, we change, that sacrifice will be applied to us and will be forgiven. So brethren, that's why then it says in verse 8, let us keep the feast. What feast? The feast of the days of a leavened bread. Oh, people say, oh, in the New Testament, nobody ever kept the days of a leavened bread. Oh yeah? What is talking about you? Not of the old leaven, in other words, not with that spiritual leaven of arrogance, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness. Malice is thinking, doing wrong, and wickedness is doing wrong. So don't have any of that old leaven. That's the old leaven. That's what we're going to change. That is that mindset of doing wrong, and that doing and saying wrong things. We've got to put that out. But having the, as it says, the new lump, which is the leavened bread, spiritual leavened bread, of sincerity and truth, of being honest, of being truthful, and really working towards perfection, as we are in the sermon. So that's what we got to work on, brethren. That is a benefit of the days of a leavened bread. And so, what do we got to do?

We've got to cleanse ourselves. We've got to cleanse ourselves. We've got to change.

We have been washed by Christ. So what do we need to do? Look at 1 Corinthians 6, verse 9. 1 Corinthians 6, verse 9. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortions, will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, and you were sanctified, and you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. So we are now one body. We need to encourage obedience, and we need to be filled with God's Holy Spirit. We need to be filled with God's Holy Spirit. Look at Ephesians chapter 5, because that's taking out that old man, and to have the new man, Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18. Ephesians 5 verse 18.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is the separation, but be filled with the Spirit. So then don't try and drown your sorrows of wine, or whatever it is, or whatever distractions, or drown your sorrows by having computer games. Spend your lifetime and playing computer games. Don't do that, but get closer to God, and be filled with God's Holy Spirit.

That's what we got to do. We got to have God's Holy Spirit.

And we're going to be close to God. Not with ourselves, but this is a second benefit of the Days of Unleavened Bread, a spiritual benefit. That we are examining ourselves, we're looking at ourselves, we're striving to be filled with God's Holy Spirit. And you know what? If you feel you're not, then go to God and ask for it. I mentioned the Lord's Prayer, Give us our daily bread. You read, for instance, in James talking about wisdom. You know, the wisdom of God comes through God's Holy Spirit. It says, if any of you lack wisdom, James chapter 1 verse 5 and 6, says, if anyone lacks wisdom, ask, and it will be given to him. But don't doubt! In other words, trust God. Go forwards and cross the Red Sea. Don't doubt. Ask God, and he will give it to you. Condition is you are trying your best to do what God tells you and I to do. And he will, because Acts 5 verse 32 says, God gives his Spirit to those that obey him. So, yeah, obedience doesn't justify us. We are justified by the sacrifice of Christ, but we have to do the effort to be pleasing God and to do our part. So, are we filled with God's Holy Spirit, or are we filled with self? And that brings us to the third point. There's the third point is that when we eat the unleavened bread, think about it. It is symbolic for that period of us being filled daily with Christ in us, in fact, with God's Holy Spirit. Because I'm not saying Christ is God's Holy Spirit. No, I'm not saying that. But Christ is in us through his Spirit, which is the Spirit of the Father, which is also the Spirit of the Son, because there's only one Spirit. So, look at John chapter 14. John chapter 14 verse 17. And there Christ is talking to the apostles, and he says, John 1417, he says, The Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it not as sees him nor knows him, but you know him, for he, God's Spirit, dwells with you and will be in you. God's Spirit is with you and will be with you, then within you. Basically, it means, yeah, God's Spirit will be inside us when we baptize them through the laying on of hands, we receive God's Holy Spirit, but God's Spirit is also with us. That's why we ask, give us daily our daily bread, because God's Spirit is also with us. So, we are begotten by God's Holy Spirit, by that divine seed, but we need to ask for God's Holy Spirit daily, that portion. God's Holy Spirit has various attributes. So, God's Holy Spirit is in us, and we need to ask God to have his Spirit in us.

And when he's spreading us, then we are trying to become like God is. That's the symbolism of eating unleavened bread every day. We have to eat unleavened bread every day.

You didn't die of unleavened bread, even if it's a tiny little piece, symbolic, but have it. So, there are recipes out there for how to make unleavened bread. You don't have to buy matzohs or whatever. You can make it yourself. It actually tastes a lot better. To me, matzohs taste like straw, but my wife makes lovely unleavened bread, and there are recipes if you need. Talk to my wife, or we can send you recipes, but also, leavened cakes and things that are delicious. So, make some in advance so that you can have that unleavened bread.

Christ spread in John 17. It said, and I made reference to it a little earlier, but it is so important to read this section that we need to understand. In John 17, verses 9 and 10, Christ said, I pray for them. Brethren, it's for us. Christ, at that time, was thinking about you and I. At that moment, before he was betrayed, and he had to suffer that same evening and the course of the day portion of this that day, the day portion to come, he was thinking about us, and he says, I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, for those whom you've given to me, for they are yours, and all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I'm glorified in them. And then, a little bit later, in verse 20, 21 and 22, then read, I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who believe in me through their word. You know, it's through the apostles, so he's praying for us, that they, that you and I, may be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be one in us. Christ and the Father are one. Just like you and I and us need to be one with God, does not mean that you cease to be an individual person. You have your own personality, you have your own talents, you have your own gifts. We all have our own gifts, but we are of one mind with God. We are at one with Him. That's what we need to be with God's only Spirit. And the glory, verse 22, that you gave me, I've given to them, that they may be one, just as we are one. Verse 23, I in them, you in me, that they may be perfect in one, that we may be perfect in unity. So as we eat this unleavened bread, and as we prepare for it, think about it, that that's what we need. We need to be one with the same mind, which is unleavened without sin, and work through that. And that means that, as Kirby mentioned, I think he mentioned, let me just see what he mentioned, he said, I quote, he said, the sacrifice covers that stumbling. That's a very important statement. The sacrifice covers that stumbling, because it's not just forgives our sins, but covers that stumbling. It's two different things. You see, the sacrifice of Christ, you know, and of the Lamb, just think of the Lamb.

Think about the ceremony of the Day of Atonement, for instance, at the Lamb. The Lamb is killed, and the blood is poured, and then afterwards, it says, you sprinkle the blood seven times, seven complete. Why sprinkling? Well, it was already poured, he died for us, but why? Sprinkling, because it's this what Kirby made reference to, the sacrifice covers that stumbling. Because in addition to any point that we repent, and we baptize, and the blood of Christ is forgiven all our partisans, you and I are trying to live in the light, as you read in John, but if you say you have no sin, you're a liar, because there is some stumbling still, and that sprinkling represents that sacrifice of Christ covering that stumbling. And that ties in with Hebrews chapter 10, a very important chapter, Hebrews chapter 10. So let's look at Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10.

I'm going to read first a scripture that is quite often neglected, and I really emphasize it a number of times, because one of the brethren mentioned to me, George, we're not emphasizing the scripture, he's right. And I like to emphasize the scripture. It says, Hebrews 10 verse 14, for by one offering he has perfected forever.

Christ sacrifices as perfected you and I forever. Oh, but there's still stumbling. We are still stumbling. That stumbling is the sanctification for those who are being present, continuous, being sanctified. In other words, is that sprinkling, symbolically, of that blood, seven times completely being sanctified. But the sacrifice he's offering is done it. It's done, he does not need to sacrifice again. And therefore, we'll read it a little later in verse 19. Therefore brethren, having boldness.

Do you know what means boldness? It means confidence. It means trusting God to enter the holiest. What is the holiest? It's God's throne. Do you recognize that you and I today can walk into God's throne. How? By the blood of Jesus. That's what it says. By the blood. Now, obviously, you and I are not physically entering God's throne today.

Spiritually, we've been washed clean, we're white, and we can go into God's throne. How? Through our prayers. And when you and I stumble, you go immediately on your knees, or I need to do, and we all do, and I'm sure you do that, and say, God, I'll be stuck with it. Please forgive me. And you're honest, you declare it, and you repent. And that sprinkling of Christ's blood washes you straight away by the blood of Jesus. And then you can have confidence. Oh, well, I've got a guilty feeling before I'm not going to pray. That's the worst thing you need to do. Have boldness, trust.

Have you repented? Is your repentance sincere? You know, like it says, in the Caesarean truth, the living bread of sincerity and truth. Are you sincere? Are you honest? You really want to chat. God sees the heart. You are indeed honest. You are indeed wanting to be perfect. Then have boldness to enter God's throne in your prayers at that moment, asking forgiveness, forgiveness, that sprinkling of the blood of Christ by the blood of Jesus. How? By a new and living way. What do you mean? In the Old Testament, you read, in Matthew 16, that only the high priest could go beyond there once a year on the Day of Atonement. Now, you and I can go any moment on your knees, on my knees, on our knees, and ask for that forgiveness. At any moment, by a new and living way. Yeah, that way was not so in the Old Testament. Now, this is a new and living way, which he consecrated, Christ consecrated for us through the veil. That tells the veil that separated the, the, in the temple, the, the Hallelujah of St. Valius. That is his flesh, because Christ's body, by dying for us, made this way possible. And because we have a high priest over the house of God, which is Christ, he is the high priest, symbolic again of that Leviticus 16, the high priest did that. Well, that's what Christ does for us, but now it's a new and living way at any moment. You can go in Christ's name through his blood and being bold and ask for forgiveness and you'll receive it. So verse 22, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. So let's draw near to God. That's why I say the third lesson of these days of living bread is let's draw near with confidence. It says, in full assurance of faith, in absolute trust, that God will accept you because you, you sincere in truth, you're walking with the 11 bread of sincerity and truth. And it says, let's, and our bodies are washed with pure water. That means our clothes are now white. We are dressed in white robes. Oh yeah, you and I can say a mile away from it, but at least you're honest, and before God, you have been accepted as clean. That's the symbolic, the symbolism of Pentecost. Remember Pentecost? The two loaves being offered and holiday offered, that means they are accepted to God. Why Pentecost? Because of symbolizing having God's only Spirit. Through God's only Spirit, we have that. But remember, no sacrifice was to be given with living. Right or wrong? Right. No sacrifice was to be given with living. It was no sacrifice was to be given with sin. But the two loaves were with living.

The meaning of the Days of a Learned Parade is that we have to have access to God's throne now as physical human beings, because we still have living. Through this new and living way, and then God covers it. You see how everything ties. So when people say, oh well, the days of a living bread means us going to heaven and being resurrected, hogwash! Because when you and I are resurrected, you have no living! So the resurrection, the last trump, is symbolized by the Day of Trumpets. And that's what it is. Let's not confuse the issue, because that's what Satan wants to do. Create a little division here, a little division there, a little division there, and create confusion. Brethren, let us draw near with a true art in full assurance of life, having a heart sprinkle. Remember the sprinkling of that line? A heart sprinkle from an evil conscience. Ask God for that. Please wash my conscience. Please cleanse my heart, and our body is washed with pure water. Let us all the confession of our hope without wavering.

Don't doubt. Don't waver, because God is faithful. And don't forsake the assembling of ourselves.