Exodus 12:43-51 - Homilies By J. Urquhart

The Law of the Passover.

I. WHAT GOD REQUIRES IN ITS OBSERVANCE .

1 . God demands purity of communion. No stranger is to cat of it.

2 . It is not to be carried out from the midst of the household of faith. The peace and fellowship of the Gospel are only for the circumcised in heart.

3 . Communion with Christ to be characterised by reverence and holy awe: not a bone of him is to be broken.

4 . Every wall of partition is removed. All who believe have a right to join in the feast ( Exodus 12:41-49 ); but they must come with the mark of God's people,—a circumcised heart.

II. THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH IS BLESSED NOT ONLY WITH SAFETY BUT ALSO WITH DELIVERANCE . "Thus did all the children of Israel … and on the self-same day" they passed out of Egypt ( Exodus 12:50 , Exodus 12:51 ). Fellowship with Christ is deliverance from the bondage of evil.— U .