Renewed to Honor

  Context of Communion Ex. 12:21–28 The Israelities hurried to make the bread and the lamb for the Lord’s Passover. A transition from Egypt to the promised land, the death of the first born and therefore the heir of the family for Egyptians, and the calling of the nation from a family. The first Passover made these things, and God in his providence has wisdom planned things for us too in that process. A nation from a family The family of Jacob had grown and been a a multitude of people. They were commodity and nobodies. God unites then as a nation A worshipper and a people ( Ex 12:1-2) God calls the Israel as not just a nation but as a kingdom with God as the King (Theocracy) Instituted by Christ Matt. 26:26 Mark 14:12 ( On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb...) Luke 22:19 Do in remembrance John 13 Forgiveness of sins of many Do in remembrance Thanksgiving as participation What we ought to remember Christ Death my...

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash 1 Corinthians 7:13-14  For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. (NASB)  This verse alone brings a number of questions about holiness, and sometimes we face these questions and situations when we wonder what this means and how does this apply to the household of a believer. One like mine, where both my wife and I are Christians and we strive to raise our 1 and 3quatar year old child in the faith we have known, learned and experience daily. The few questions we ask ourselves when faced by this verse are How does a couple make each other holy; especially in the case where a believing wife makes an unbeliever holy or vice-versa? Is it not the Lord who sanctifies a believer? Are children born holy?  There may be other portions of the Bible that say yes to these questions...