Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
January 25, 2023: SOAP #4801: Exodus 12-13; Psalm 21; Acts 1

SCRIPTURE:  Exodus (NIV) 12:24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”

OBSERVATION:  Bringing the Israelites out of Egypt was an important part of God plan, but it was only a part.  God’s plan could not be fulfilled in just one generation. 

The plan of God in the Garden of Eden was that the woman’s seed (child-Jesus) would crush the serpent’s (Satan’s) head. It was important that people would be able to recognize Jesus as the true Passover Lamb.  The children needed to know.  And it would be important for them to be able to pass that information along to the next generation! 

APPLICATION:  My generation is one link in the chain of information flowing until Jesus returns for His church.  It is important for my son, for our children, to understand the truth of Jesus as the center of God’s plan.  They must understand that Jesus is worth any suffering we must endure. 

PRAYER:   Lord, help my generation to pass along the truth.  Help us plant truth deep within the hearts of our children.  May they find us faithful!  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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