Sunday March 2, 2008

ARE WE CLEAN OR UNCLEAN? Do you remember that last week, in Acts 12, we learned about Peter being put in jail during the Feast of Unleavened Bread? In the Old Testament, this feast took place every year when the Israelites celebrated their freedom slavery in Egypt. The Jewish people would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate. In Luke 22:1-2, we read, “Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching and the chief priests and teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus for they were afraid of the people.” I bet you can tell me what is going to happen now. Jesus will be arrested, put on trial, and then crucified. Jesus has his last meal with his disciples on Passover, the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. Today, we remember Jesus' last supper on the night before Friday. Good Friday is the day that Jesus was killed on a cross…BUT he rose again three days later on Easter Sunday. Jesus died for us!

THIS WEEKS MEMORY VERSE:

“I (really want) to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” (Luke 22:15)