Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin

02/20: The Passover Is Instituted—Exodus 12:1-14

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Pastor Gillespie reveals how God delivers from both Pharaoh's slavery and the wilderness of doubt.

Pastor Gillespie of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church leads a daily devotional focused on Exodus 12:1-14. This episode centers on the biblical institution of the Passover. The format is a guided meditation and prayer rooted in Lutheran catechesis. The teaching continues a series on the Exodus, examining God's deliverance of His people from Pharaoh. It connects physical liberation from Egypt to a spiritual deliverance from doubt and unbelief in the wilderness. The specific text details God's instructions to Israel through Moses for the first Passover. The ritual involved selecting a lamb without blemish on the tenth day of the month. Each household was to kill their lamb at twilight and mark their doorposts with its blood. This blood would serve as a sign for the Lord to pass over that home during the plague on the firstborn. The event was to be commemorated as a perpetual feast. A key insight is the presentation of the Passover lamb as a direct precursor to Jesus Christ. Pastor Gillespie opens by framing the entire discussion around "the institution of the Lamb." The recitation of the Apostles' Creed within the episode explicitly ties Christian belief to the Passover narrative through Christ's suffering, crucifixion, and resurrection. The episode suggests the Israelites' subsequent struggle with doubt in the wilderness represents a different form of bondage from which God also delivers. The chosen Psalm 2, about nations raging against God's anointed, reinforces the theme of divine authority over earthly opposition. The tone is reverent, instructional, and pastoral, following a structured liturgical format. The style is a solo sermonette blending scriptural exposition with creedal confession and prayer. Listeners seeking a concise, doctrinally specific Bible study from a confessional Lutheran perspective will appreciate this episode. Those unfamiliar with liturgical Christian worship or desiring a more conversational, multi-voice podcast may find it less engaging.

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