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Go! And Remember The Lamb Series
Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jul 1, 2025 (message contributor)
Summary: Throughout the Bible, God calls His people to remember — to remember His goodness, His deliverance, His mercy.
Go! And Remember the Lamb
INTRODUCTION
We are gathered today to remember. Not just to recall, but to intentionally focus our hearts and minds on the greatest act of love the world has ever known.
Throughout the Bible, God calls His people to remember — to remember His goodness, His deliverance, His mercy. And today, in the context of the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we will remember Jesus, our Passover Lamb.
This sermon is called “Go! And Remember the Lamb” — because remembering is not a passive activity. It’s a call to action. A call to respond in worship, in obedience, and in surrender.
We will conclude today by sharing in Communion, the Lord’s Supper — not out of religious ritual, but in reverent remembrance of the One who gave everything to redeem us.
1. GO! AND UNDERSTAND THE SHADOW
Let’s begin in Exodus 12, where God gives His people a specific command during their slavery in Egypt:
Exodus 12:3, 5 (NLT): “Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household. The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.”
The Passover lamb had to be perfect — no blemish, no fault. Why? Because it pointed forward to the perfect Lamb of God.
They were to take the blood of the lamb and apply it to the doorposts of their homes:
Exodus 12:13 (NLT): “But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.”
The blood didn’t stop death from existing — it protected them from judgment.
In that moment, Israel was not saved by their goodness, their effort, or their heritage — they were saved by the blood.
And after the Passover night, they entered seven days of eating unleavened bread — a sign of leaving behind sin and Egypt. Leaven symbolised corruption, and God was calling them to be separate, holy.
But this was just the shadow.
2. GO! AND RECOGNISE THE LAMB
Fast-forward to the time of Jesus. Matthew 26:17 (NLT): “On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?’”
Now, remember: by the first century, the terms Passover and Unleavened Bread were used interchangeably. The Jewish people saw this entire week as one great festival of remembrance.
But what they didn’t realise was that this year, the Lamb was not just on the table — He was at the table.
John the Baptist had already declared in John 1:29 (NLT): “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
Jesus was the true and better Passover Lamb.
Paul later wrote in 1 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT): “Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.”
Jesus fulfilled everything the original Passover foreshadowed:
A male without blemish — perfect in righteousness.
Slain at twilight — the exact timing when lambs were killed in the Temple.
His blood applied, not to doorposts, but to the hearts of all who believe.
At the Last Supper, as the disciples expected to remember Egypt, Jesus pointed them instead to the cross.
Matthew 26:26 (NLT): “As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, ‘Take this and eat it, for this is my body.’”
3. GO! AND REMEMBER THROUGH COMMUNION
Jesus took the bread of affliction, the unleavened bread of their past, and gave it a new meaning: “This is My body, broken for you.”
He took the cup of redemption — one of the four traditional Passover cups — and said in Matthew 26:28 (NLT): “‘This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.’”
Jesus was redefining everything.
Communion is not a ritual to perform, it is a relationship to remember.
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NLT): “For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.”
When we share in Communion:
We look back to the cross.
We look within, examining our hearts.
We look forward to His return.
We do not take it lightly — this is holy ground.
4. GO! AND RESPOND WITH FAITH
Let me ask you:
Have you personally applied the blood of the Lamb to your life?
Have you trusted in Jesus as your Saviour?
