1 Corinthians 5:6-8
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Christians are called to keep the feast. Christ has been sacrificed as our paschal lamb and we have been commissioned to keep that feast. In the blood of Christ, God has passed over our sins. He has acknowledged His blood on our doorways as sufficient to stave off His wrath. He has received Christ's sacrifice on our behalf. He has acknowledged Jesus' authority as our High Priest and accepted the sacrifice of Himself that He offers on behalf of His people. He has passed over our sins as we sit safely inside enjoying the feast of His sacrifice. The blood of the lamb has been painted on our doorways and the meat of the Lamb was enjoyed by the families huddled behind their closed doors. The wrath has passed us by and the grace has been laid in bowls before us. God has offered us clemency from execution and an invitation to celebration.
Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast
Christians are call to keep the feast. Christ has died that we might live. Christ has risen that we might delight. Christ forever lives that we may never die. Let us keep this feast forever… in our homes and in our hearts. World without end. Amen.
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