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Dennis Wiles: The Passover (Exodus 12)
Dennis Wiles, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Arlington, ties the Book of Exodus to the creation account in Genesis. He described Exodus as a story of God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt, demonstrated first by judging the gods of Egypt through the 10 plagues.
In the plagues, God demonstrated complete power over everything in which Egypt put confidence. Wiles recounts the tenth plague as God’s response to Pharaoh killing the Hebrews’ firstborn sons years before. The people of Israel were saved from this plague by the blood of a spotless lamb applied to their doors. This event became known as the Passover.
God commanded the Israelites to remember the Passover forever, instituting it as the beginning of the Jewish year to be commemorated with an annual feast. Jesus became the ultimate fulfilment and embodiment of the Passover.
This sermon was delivered Apr. 18, 2021, for the morning worship service of First Baptist Church in Arlington. It is the third sermon in an eight-week spring series on the Book of Exodus titled “Keeping the Faith”—itself part of a larger focus called “A Journey of Faith” celebrating First Baptist Arlington’s 150 years of ministry.
A series explanation and a supplementary lesson to the sermon are available here and here.
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