The Passover
The entire story of the Passover (Exodus 12) furnishes us an illustration of salvation. Death was about to roam the land of Egypt and slaughter every firstborn of the family whose doors were not sprinkled with the blood of the Passover Lamb. All Israel applied the blood and were delivered.
There are three things that we notice and observe in the story:
* First, there is the apprehension of their condition
* Second, there is the availability of salvation
* Third, there is the appropriation of the provision.
* First, there is the apprehension of their condition
* Second, there is the availability of salvation
* Third, there is the appropriation of the provision.
--- First, the Apprehension Of Their Condition
The Israelites realized their dangerous predicament and plight. They knew that the tenth plague would involve every firstborn in the land. And that’s the first step in salvation. You won’t see the importance and essentiality of salvation if you don’t see any need for it.
--- Second, the Availability Of Salvation
Salvation is possible because it is available. God made it so. In the case of the Israelites, their national deliverance from the tenth plague is possible because of the availability of the Passover Lamb. Their deliverance is not possible and available in themselves. No, their deliverance is possible and available only in the blood of the Passover Lamb.
In our case as sinners, our deliverance and salvation is possible because of the availability of the blood of the Savior shed on the cross. Our deliverance and salvation is not possible and available in ourselves. No, our deliverance and salvation is possible and available only in the blood of the true Passover Lamb---the Lord Jesus Christ.
--- Third, the Appropriation Of The Provision
The availability of salvation will do us no good if we don’t appropriate it personally to ourselves. Yes, you must realize your condition. Yes, you must know that salvation is available. But, ultimately, in the end, you must personally appropriate it to have it.
It’s not enough to know that we are sinners and that God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son for us to be saved, no, each one of us, personally, must trust in Him for us not to perish and have eternal life.
