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The Protection Of The Blood Series
Contributed by Paul Dayao on Feb 28, 2026 (message contributor)
Summary: This sermon illustrates how Moses, by faith, applied the blood of the Passover lamb to escape divine judgment, demonstrating that eternal security depends entirely on personally applying the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our ultimate Passover Lamb.
Introduction: The Midnight Hour in Egypt
Imagine the tension in the air on that fateful night in Egypt. Nine devastating plagues had already ravaged the land—water turned to blood, frogs, lice, flies, disease, boils, hail, locusts, and three days of a darkness so thick it could be felt. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard. Now, God had announced the tenth and final plague: the midnight arrival of the Destroyer, who would strike down the firstborn of every household in the land.
There was no physical fortress strong enough to keep this judgment out. The wealth of the Pharaohs could not buy immunity. God, however, provided a way of escape for His people, but it required a very specific act of faith. Hebrews 11:28 takes us back to this dramatic moment, showing us that Moses and the Israelites were saved not by their own righteousness, but by faith in God's provided substitute. This historical event is the clearest Old Testament picture of our salvation in Jesus Christ.
1. The Obedience of Faith: Keeping the Passover
The verse begins, "Through faith he kept the passover..."
To "keep" the Passover was not a passive intellectual belief; it was an act of radical, precise obedience. God's instructions were highly specific. He did not tell them to build a stronger door or to pray all night. He told them to take a lamb.
> Exodus 12:3-5 (KJV)
> "Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house... Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:"
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Faith takes God at His Word regarding His warnings and His ways. To the natural mind, killing a lamb to stop a supernatural plague makes absolutely no logical sense. It must have sounded foolish to the Egyptians. But faith recognizes that God’s way of salvation is the only way.
Moses did not argue. He did not suggest a different animal or a philosophical alternative. He simply obeyed. True faith does not try to invent its own religion or its own path to God; it humbly submits to the path God has ordained.
2. The Application of Faith: The Sprinkling of Blood
It was not enough simply to select the lamb, or even to slay it. Hebrews emphasizes "...and the sprinkling of blood."
The blood of the lamb had to be visibly applied to the doorway of the house. God gave strict instructions on how this was to be done:
Exodus 12:22 "And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning."
This is a crucial spiritual principle: A sacrificed savior does you no good unless that sacrifice is personally applied. If an Israelite family had killed the lamb, roasted it, and eaten it, but left the blood sitting in the basin, the Destroyer would have entered their home.
In the same way, the historical fact that Jesus died on the cross is not enough to save you. Mental agreement with theology does not forgive sins. The blood shed on Calvary must be applied to the "doorposts" of your own heart by faith.
Romans 3:25 "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
It is "faith in His blood" that applies the saving work of Christ to our lives.
3. The Security of Faith: Safe from the Destroyer
Why was the blood so essential? Hebrews tells us: "...lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them."
The safety of the people trembling inside those houses did not depend on their good works, their moral perfection, or even how much fear they felt. Their security depended entirely on one thing: the presence of the blood on the outside. God made a definitive promise:
Exodus 12:13 "And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt."
Notice God did not say, "When I see your good deeds, I will pass over you." He did not say, "When I see your sincere prayers" or "When I see your perfect attendance at the synagogue." He said, "When I see the blood."
