Overall Theme: King Josiah-The Young Reformer

Talk #4 – The Great Passover(2 Chron. 35:1-19)

Lessons from the Passover (brainstorm)

• remove the leaven• kill the lamb• shed the blood• flay the skin• make it personal! Ex. 13:8 – it was NOT just a

remembrance of past events, but personal events of God at work!

The ONLY recorded occurrences of the Passover feast being ‘kept’

Original Passover - Exodus 12

In Sinai - Numbers 9

In the Promised Land under Joshua - Joshua 5:10-11

In Hezekiah’s Day - 2 Chronicles 30:1-18

In Josiah’s 18th Year - 2 Kings 23:21-23

In Ezra’s day - Ezra 6:19-22

Word Study: “Colouring-In” exercise!

“prepared”/ “ready” = to stand straight and firm (same Heb word)

2 Chronicles 35: 4, 6, 10, 14 (twice), 15, 16, 20

Only after ‘preparing’ ourselves can we help others! (Matthew 7:5 – mote & beam)

We cannot expect to influence others with God’s Word if we have not been influenced ourselves!

SUMMARY & LESSONSRemove the leaven: Keep the Passover Feast!

Put off the old & Put on the newRemember God’s DeliveranceRead the Word with the intent to learn & doBe eager (“run”) to do God’s willRespond to God’s love with generosityBear one another’s burdensPrepare to approach God in holiness

“I will be sanctified in them that draw nigh me”By your example, encourage others to serve