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Timeless Truths for the Thirsty Soul

This Old Testament practice has plenty of New Testament teaching and application. In this sermon we consider what is to be learned by this annual feast.

In John 12:20–36, a group of Greeks came with a simple request: "Sir, we would see Jesus." But Jesus quickly moves the conversation beyond simply seeing Him. He speaks of the grain of wheat that must fall into the ground and die, of following Him, of serving Him, and of walking in the light. Jesus said, "If any man serve me, let him follow me." There is a difference between watching what Christ is doing and answering His call to serve. Spectating may keep us close to the action, but Christ calls His people to follow Him. Join Pastor Ed Decker at Arnold Baptist Tabernacle for this message from John 12:20–36, preached on the church's 54th Anniversary Sunday.

Midnight in Egypt. A cry no one had ever heard before, and none like it would be heard again. The tenth plague was the worst of them all, and yet in the middle of the judgment, God wrote out a way of escape that anyone could take: a spotless lamb, a doorway, and blood. In this message from the series Is The Old Testament Obsolete?, Pastor Jim Scudder opens Exodus 11 and 12 at Quentin Road Baptist Church on the Feast of Tabernacles weekend and walks through the night of the first Passover. He shows why the lamb lived in the house for four days before it was killed, why no bone could be broken, and how the hyssop, the roasting, and the unleavened bread all point forward to Jesus. Along the way he traces the seven festivals of Israel from Passover to Tabernacles, and explains the Passover Seder traditions of the three matzahs, the four cups, and the empty seat for Elijah. He also takes up a sharp question: if every firstborn died, why didn't Pharaoh? Pastor Scudder lays out the biblical dating of the Exodus and the Pharaoh who fits the evidence. Then he brings it home. Jesus was examined for four days in Jerusalem and no fault was found in Him, and He died at sunset as the Passover lambs were being killed. When the blood is applied by faith, the second death passes over you. Scripture referenced: Isaiah 40:8; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Exodus 11:4-6; Exodus 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Isaiah 12:3; John 7:37-38; Exodus 12:3; Exodus 12:5-15; Exodus 12:21-23; Exodus 12:46; Exodus 6:6-7; Mark 14:24-25; John 1:29