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<v SPEAKER_00>Good morning, First Baptist Wimberly.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Welcome to Friday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Hey, first of all, if you hear any background noise, my apologies.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I'm in a hotel lobby in Dallas, but I wanted to get this to my church family.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Today, or tomorrow, is the start of a big weekend at First Baptist, and I hope you are planning on attending Family Life Weekend.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We've been working on this for a while and truly believe that this will be a blessing for parents, grandparents, students, and children.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So please make every effort to be here.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And even if you can't make that, I do hope to see you on Palm Sunday at 10 o'clock.

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<v SPEAKER_00>All of our church family will be together for one service.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Don't miss it.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And it's the start of Holy Week.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Each spring, people from all over Israel would go to Jerusalem to sacrifice a lamb for the Passover feast.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the day Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem was the very day Passover lambs were being driven into the city.

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<v SPEAKER_00>All of Jesus' ministry had been driving toward this day, this celebration of Passover, when Christ, our Passover lamb, would be sacrificed.

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<v SPEAKER_00>God had given specific instructions about the lamb that was to the lamb that was to be slain for Passover.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And listen to these verses from Exodus 12 and note how Jesus fit the criteria.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is from Exodus 12, verses 5, 6, 8, and 46.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And it says, Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight, eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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<v SPEAKER_00>You shall not break any of its bones.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Jesus was without blemish.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Jesus was slain in the most public way, in front of the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Roman soldiers always went to those who were crucified to break their bones.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But when they went to Jesus, they found him already dead, so none of his bones were broken.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The Passover lamb was to be roasted with fire.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Christ, our Savior, experienced the fire of God's wrath for you and me.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Unless we feed on the sacrifice of Jesus through repentance and faith, we have no part of his life and no protection from the fires of judgment.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Palm Sunday is indeed a celebration of a triumphal entry of Christ, our Passover Lamb.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons, and I love being your pastor.