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Responding in Faith to God’s Invitation of Life and Peace by Relating with Him through the Lord’s Feast of Unleavened BreadSummary This feast, in essence, acts as a shadow pointing forward to the LORD’s ongoing process of cleansing by the Holy Spirit; from the effects of sin and the corrupting and contaminating influences of the world, and establishing in us a pure heart and cleansed life before God. In another sense, it is a reflection of the outward practice of water immersion, or baptism, which expresses what God has already done in the heart by burying the “old nature of the flesh.” The LORD fulfilled all righteousness by allowing John the Immerser, or Baptist, to baptize Him in the Jordan. As He came up from the water, a dove descended upon Him. This marked Him as the bearer of the Holy Spirit, and identified Him as the Servant Isaiah prophesied of. “Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him...” (Isaiah 42:1 NKJV) John declared the LORD would thereafter baptize believers, “with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Matthew 3:11) Paul, therefore, affirmed that once immersed, or baptized, the believer should walk in the LORD’s grace, expressing this new nature.
Life Application Questions Have you participated in an outward immersion, or baptism? How does your life reflect the inward change of your “new nature” in the LORD?
Scripture References Isaiah 42:1-4; Matthew 3:11; John 1:26-34; Romans 6
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