Digging Deeper~Week 14 after Pentecost

Ex. 12:1-14: The first Passover when God told his people how to kill an unblemished lamb & put the blood on the door posts so that God would not kill the first born of man or beast in that household. 

Ps. 149:Let God's people praise the Lord.

Rom. 13:8-14: Instructions to love your neighbor. Take off the garments of darkness & put on the armour of light and Christ Jesus. 

Mat. 18:15-20 :Instructions on how to treat someone who has sinned against you. Then the promise of where two Christians are God is also.

God was giving plagues to the Egyptians, so that the Pharaoh would let them go. One of these plagues was to kill the first born son & beast in the land. But God wanted to protect his people from this plague, so he instructed them to kill an unblemished lamb & put the blood of the lamb on the door post so that the angel of death would passover that house without killing the first born in it.(Ex. 12:1-14). This did two things. First, it saved the valuable first born of God's people. Second, it was a picture of what Jesus would do for us. You see, Jesus is that unblemished lamb. He was God's first born. He was sacrificed for our sins when he hung on that cross. Now his blood covers our sins & when our lives are over. Our souls can go live with God in heaven because we are protected by the blood of Jesus. That is why we should take off the garments of darkness & put on the garment of light & Christ (Rom. 13:8-14). Because of God's salvation, we should praise him (Ps. 149).

But it does not end there. As God's people we are to act differently towards our neighbors & those who have sinned against us. We should deal with them in love and understanding. We are also encouraged that where two or more of God's people are, Jesus is with them (Mat. 18:15-20). 

Challenge of the week: 

This week check yourself. What spiritual garments are you wearing? Do you look and act like the world around you or do you look and act like Jesus Christ? Are you wearing the garment of darkness or light?  Or has someone sinned against you? Choose to deal with it as Christ Jesus has instructed us to do. Lastly, are you in an area where there is very few Christians. Take heart, my friend .If you can find just one other Christian to fellowship with. God is with you. If you are alone. Pray that God will give you the boldness to tell others of Jesus' love, so that others can become Christians also. 

Accomplishment of the week:

So when you checked yourself, what did you find that needed done? What did you do to fix it?