Sunday School Lesson

1. Matthew 26:17-30
How Do We Remember?
April 30, 2017
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
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What’s the number one thing?
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The Glory of God!
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2. 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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Multiply Disciples to Live Like Jesus.
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April Memory Verse:
Matthew 22:37-38 ESV
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first
commandment.
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5. How Do We Remember?
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Lord, help me remember the things I ought not forget and to forget the things I
ought not remember.
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6. The Lord's Supper
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Mary had a little Lamb
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1 Corinthians 5:7b ESV
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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7. 1 Corinthians 5:7 ESV
7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are
unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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Matthew 26:17-30
How Do We Remember?
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Matthew 26:17-30 ESV
The Passover with the Disciples
17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Where will You have us prepare for You to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go
into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at
hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.’” 19 And the
disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
20 When it was evening, He reclined at table with the twelve. 21 And as they were
eating, He said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” 22 And they were
very sorrowful and began to say to Him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” 23 He
answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with Me will betray Me.
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8. 24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the
Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not
been born.” 25 Judas, who would betray Him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said
to him, “You have said so.”
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Institution of the Lord's Supper
26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and
gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” 27 And He took a
cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of
you, 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until
that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.”
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Matthew 26:17-30 ESV
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The Seder
Exodus 6:6-7
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9. Exodus 6:6-7 ESV
6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them,
and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
7 I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that
I am the Lord your God, Who has brought you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians.
Exodus 6:6-7 ESV
The Passover story is well known to Christians, primarily as a Jewish holiday but
the Jewish Passover is also an integral part of the Christian story.
Without Passover, there could be no salvation for the Gentiles.
At Passover, Jews are asked to see the story as if each of them had been there
that night in Egypt.
Traditional foods are prepared in advance according to the story of the Exodus.
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Passover has been and is celebrated in pretty much the same manner down
through the ages and in every land and every nation.
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10. Seder customs include drinking of four cups of wine, eating matza (unleavened
bread) and partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate.
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The four cups of wine are obligatory; representing four expressions of God's will:
I will bring out;
I will deliver;
I will take;
I will Redeem.
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The four expressions of God's will find an equal place within Christianity.
1. "I will bring out" (Romans 8:29)
2. "I will deliver" (Galatians 1:4)
3. "I will take" (Romans 11:27)
4. "I will Redeem" (Galatians 3:13)
"I will bring out"
Romans 8:29 ESV
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the
image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
"I will deliver"
Galatians 1:4 ESV
4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according
to the will of our God and Father,
"I will take"
Romans 11:27 ESV
27 “and this will be my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”

11. "I will Redeem"
Galatians 3:13 ESV
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for
it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Christians also know of four 'worlds‘: this one which we are 'in' but not ‘of’, the
Messianic (Kingdom) Age, the general resurrection of the dead at the Great
White Throne and the new heavens and the new Earth.
At the Passover Seder, the youngest present asks the question: "Why is this night
different from all other nights?"
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This is so important that if no children are present, the responsibility falls to the
wife or other participants.
If a man is alone at Seder, he is obligated to ask the question of himself.
The Passover involves the retelling of the ten plagues God sent upon Pharaoh,
including the last and most terrible, the sending of the Angel of Death.
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12. God told the Jews to smear the blood of a lamb above the doorposts of their
homes, which would cause the Angel of Death to 'pass over' those homes which
were under Divine protection.
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Do not trample underfoot the blood
Hebrews 10:26, 29 ESV
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth,
there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who
has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the
covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:26, 29 ESV
For centuries, the Jewish Passover has concluded with the words, "Next year, in
Jerusalem!" symbolizing the Jewish love for the City of God and their longing for
the restoration of Temple sacrifice.

13. Are you washed in the Blood of the Lamb?
You know well the hymn chorus:
"Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?"
Everything about our understanding of our salvation has its roots in the Jewish
sacrificial lamb.
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During the days of Temple worship, a family would offer a Passover lamb for
sacrifice at the Temple as covering for the sins of that family.
That ritual teaches us much about the love of our Heavenly Father and what the
sacrifice really means.
Some weeks before Passover, the head of the household would cull out the most
perfect lamb in his flock.
To be acceptable, the lamb could not be purchased but had to be raised by the
family.
The lamb would be brought into the household as a pet.
The kids would play with it, wash and groom it, grow attached to it, and even
name it, making it a part of the family.

14. It was a necessary element of the sacrifice that the family had to grow to love
that particular lamb.
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At the Temple, the head of the household would certify the lamb met all the
conditions before accepting it as a sacrifice.
The lamb would have a placard put around its neck identifying the sinners for
whom it was about to die.
Here's where this gets difficult.
The head of the household, (to whom the lamb was a beloved pet) didn't get to
just leave the lamb there and go home, like a person dropping off a sick pet at
the vets to be euthanized.
Or even one who comforts the pet while the vet does it.
It's YOUR sin.
It's YOUR sacrifice so YOU must do the deed.
The priest would carefully instruct you in the most humane way to conduct the
sacrifice, but you had to do it.
You would be taught how to gently squeeze off the lamb's jugular with thumb
and forefinger until the lamb would pass out.

15. The lamb falls asleep against the sinner's breast like the beloved pet that it has
become.
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Once the lamb was unconscious, the penitent, still holding the lamb's throat,
would be instructed on how to insert the knife, nick the jugular and hold the
lamb over the laver to catch its blood for the sacrifice.
As the blood flowed, it would flow over the penitent's hands and arms, staining
him with the sacrificial blood.
The lamb's innocent little heart would continue to pump out the blood, which
would continue to stain the head of the household until it had pumped its last
and the little lamb was dead.
The priest would hold up the now-dead lamb before the Lord, read the name of
the family as it appeared on the placard around its neck, and declare the
lamb's 'sins' before the Lord.
“This lamb was sacrificed for the sins of the Boteler family,” the priest might
intone.
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The family's beloved pet lamb was dead, its blood was sprinkled over the mercy
seat of the Ark, and the sins of the family were covered for another year.

16. The lamb bore the placard naming the family of sinners.
The sinners bore the stains of the blood of the lamb.
Galatians 2:20-21 NASB
20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives
in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
Who loved me and gave Himself up for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God,
for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
The Septuagint, the Greek version of the Torah, was so translated because more
Jews spoke Greek than Hebrew.
So there was Latin and Greek, and finally, the language of the Jews at the time,
which was Aramaic.
It wasn't the Jews who drove the nails, it was the Romans, while the people
cheered in Aramaic and Greek.
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All present had to participate.
Had they not, then there could have been no Crucifixion, no Resurrection, no
redemption.
It was for the SINS of all mankind -- all mankind was represented there.

17. Luke 23:34a ESV
34a Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
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Crucified For All:
Above the Cross, Pilate ordered the following inscription in all three languages:
"Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews"
Jesus bore the name of the 'family' for which His blood was shed -- it was the
Family of God.
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18. God identified His Lamb Whom He loved, and inscribed the sin for which He
died, as a substitutionary sacrifice for all mankind.
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It couldn't be just any Lamb, but it had to be God's beloved Lamb.
Mark 1:11b KJV
11b Thou art My beloved Son, in Whom I am well-pleased.
This was no humane kosher sacrifice, but a bloody, vicious, violent, painful,
tortured and shameful execution at the hands of the very family the Lamb loved
so deeply and Who asks only our trust in return.
Isaiah 53:10a NASB
10a But the Lord was pleased to crush Him,
Isaiah 53:10a ESV
10a Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him;
God was pleased with the plan.
When Caiphas objected, asking the inscription be changed to say,
“This is Jesus, who claimed to be King of the Jews,”
Pilate rebuffed him, saying,
“What I have written, I have written.”
For that was the charge against Him for which He was crucified.
For the sins of the Jews as their King.
For the sins of the Romans as their occupier.
For the sins of mankind as they stood by as spectators.

19. For you.
For me.
Who is to blame here?
It was because of my sins that He had to go through that.
It was because of my sins that God had to come up with the plan to crush Him.
Why is this day different than all other days?
Because it is the day that we learn just how much God loves us and how much
He loves those we come in contact with every day.
Jesus is their King too.
And God's Lamb for them too.
Are their garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are they washed in the Blood of the Lamb?
At the first Passover, God set in motion the sequence of events that would
culminate twelve centuries later with the sacrifice of the Pascal Lamb for all
mankind.
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20. That is the God Whom we serve and that is the weight of our sin before Him.
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Romans 5:5-11 AMP
5 Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s love has
been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who was
given to us.
6 While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right
time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. 7 Now it is an extraordinary thing
for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a
good man [one who is noble and selfless and worthy] someone might even dare
to die. 8 But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Therefore, since we have now
been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more
certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of
His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved
[from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because
Christ lives today]. 11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God [rejoicing in His
love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now
received and enjoy our reconciliation [with God].
Romans 5:5-11 AMP
Romans 5:8 KJV
8 But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
Amazing love!
How can it be?
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me!

21. Sunday
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Matthew 26:36-46
Do I Have the Strength?
May 7, 2017
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes
in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 14:6 ESV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.”
Romans 3:23 ESV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a ESV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life to pay the
penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second death explained in
Revelation 21:8.
Revelation 21:8 ESV
8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the
lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Romans 6:23b ESV
23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

22. Romans 5:8 ESV
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
Revelation 21:7 ESV
7 "The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will
be my son.”
• Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be conquerors.
Romans 10:9-10 ESV
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart
one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:13 ESV
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
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