Recorded April 13, 2025, with Rhonda Harrison.

It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast

with Rhonda Harrison on 1017 KFN. Good morning

and welcome to Champions in Christ. We are so

happy you joined us. This is the day the Lord

has made and we need to rejoice and we are glad

in it. We serve a mighty God that loves you so

much today. No matter what you're going through,

no matter What you've done his love never changes

for you and his help is always available for

you. We're going to talk about Passover. We're

going to start in Matthew chapter 21. It says

Matthew 21 · chapter mention

and when they drew near into Jerusalem and we're

coming to Bethpage upon the Mount of Olives then

Jesus sent two of his disciples saying go in

the village over there and straightway. You'll

find a cult tide bring her and loose. The cult

and the mom mom, which is a donkey and if any

man ask you why you need this say the Lord has

need of them and straightway. He will send them

and all of this was done that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the prophet tell the daughter

of Zion behold the King comes meek sitting upon

a donkey and a cult of the full of a donkey and

the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded.

And they brought the donkey and the colt and

put them put on them their clothes and set him

upon there and a very great multitude spread

their garments in the way and cut down branches

from trees and laid them in the street and the

multitudes that were before and followed cried

out saying hosanna hosanna to the son of David

blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord

hosanna in the highest. You know, this was prophesied

in the Bible long before this took place was

prophesied. You can find it in Psalms 118 75.

You can find everything that Jesus did just about

prophesied early on because he fulfills prophecy,

you know, was spoken hundreds of years prior

in Zachariah. It's also found. I believe it's

nine nine Zachariah prophesies about it. But

all of these things were to prove how true God

was what he spoke and said he would do he did

and so it was an exciting time and it was Passover

and Passover. They are they're celebrating Passover

Passover in the Bible actually talks about it

in Exodus 12 the chapter 12 it'll explain the

whole thing to you and it was a time where the

children of Israel were told to take a lamb.

for their household and to cook it up and to

eat it and what wasn't eaten had to be burned

and then you take the blood and you put it upon

the door post and it's and it is protection.

So when the death angel came, it would skip over

any house with the blood and really it's symbolic

and a foreshadow of who Jesus was. Jesus is the

living Passover. He came to be the ultimate sacrifice.

He came to die on that cross. shed his blood

that we would forever be delivered from death

hell in the grave. If we chose Jesus, the opportunity

is there for you. It's for you today. If you

don't know him, if you don't know who I'm referencing,

he loves you today. He's the God of heaven and

earth. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

are all one. The Son is Jesus Christ. And he

came. to die for us to be that sacrifice because

since separated us from God all the way back

from when Adam started and he said and it was

through our bloodline. That's why we needed a

virgin birth. That's why Jesus had to come through

a virgin and was Mary was overshadowed by the

Holy Spirit. That's how she became pregnant with

Jesus. And because of the pure blood as long

as Jesus didn't sin and taint that blood when

he died that blood was became the payment for

our sin because the wages of sin is death and

we don't have to worry about eternal death anymore

because hallelujah praise God Jesus rose from

the dead death could not hold him because the

blood was pure and it paid the payment. So death

could not hold him. So he rose again and ascended

into heaven and sent the Holy Spirit. So that's

what we're talking about today is what Jesus

did that the Passover he went to have a meal

with his disciples before his crucifixion. This

was a not a not a fun time for anyone as we can

see. And so we're going to We're going to continue.

We're going to go to the book of John and we're

going to go to chapter 13 and we're going to

start. We can start in verse 1. It says before

the Passover celebration Jesus knew that his

hour had come to leave this world and return

to his father. He had loved his disciples during

his ministry on earth and now he loved them to

the very end. It was time for supper and the

devil had already prompted Judas the son of Simon

Iscariot to betray Jesus. And Jesus knew that

the father had given him authority over everything

that he had came from God and would return to

God. So he got up from the table took off his

robe wrapped a towel around his waist and pour

water into a basin and then began to wash the

disciples feet drying them with a tally had around

him. When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said

to him, Lord, are you going to wash my feet?

And Jesus said, you don't understand now what

I'm doing, but someday you will know Peter protested.

You will never ever wash my feet. You know, Peter

still saw him as his Lord. He couldn't understand

why the Lord was willing to serve him in this

way. Jesus said, unless I wash your feet, you

will have no part in me. Simon Peter exclaim

then wash my feet, wash my hands, my head. Lord

not just my feet, you know, then Peter goes over

forth the other way wash it all Lord because

he loved Jesus and Jesus said a person who has

washed all over does not need to wash except

the feet to be entirely clean and you disciples

are clean, but not all of you for Jesus knew

one would betray him and that is what he meant.

But when he said not all of you are clean. So

after washing their feet, he put his robe down

on again and sat down and said, do you understand

what I was doing? You call me teacher and Lord,

and you are right because that is what I am.

But since I'm your Lord and teacher and have

washed your feet, you also must wash on one another's

feet. I have given you an example to follow,

do as I have done to you. I tell you the truth,

slaves are no greater than their masters, nor

the messenger more important than the one who

sends the message. Now that you know these things

God will bless you for doing them. You know,

he was talking about the greatest form of love

is service to one another. You know what we do

for someone else when the Bible says no greater

love than this that a man lays down his life

for his friends. That's what Jesus did for us

on the cross literally. And that's what we do

for one another daily. When we serve and we help

and we love people, if we give a cup of water

in his name, we visit someone in prison. We love

the unlovely. If we give and visit the widows

and the orphans, when we bless other people,

we're laying down our life when we could be blessing

ourself. But thank God for God and his love through

people. And so this is what's happening. He's

leaving them an example. He begins to talk to

them about all the things he wants to tell them

about prior to his death. And so now at this

point, he's told them one of them is not clean.

And so he says, I'm not saying these things to

all of you. I know the ones I have chosen, but

this fulfills scripture that says the one who

eats my food has turned against me. I tell you

this beforehand. So that when it happens, you

will believe that I am the Messiah. I tell you

the truth. Anyone who welcomes my messenger is

welcoming me. Anyone who welcomes me is welcoming

the father who sent me. Now Jesus was deeply

troubled and he exclaimed I tell you the truth.

One of you will betray you. You know, these are

men who have walked with him in love and fellowship

and ministry for three years. And so now one

of them is going to betray him. He goes on to

say the disciples looked at each other wondering.

Who could he mean the disciples? Jesus love was

sitting next to him at the table and Simon Peter

motioned him and said, who is he talking about?

So that disciple leaned over to Jesus and said,

Lord, who is it? And Jesus responded. It is the

one I give bread. I dip in the bowl. And when

he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, the son

of Simon Iscariot. And when Judas had eaten the

bread, Satan entered into him and Jesus said,

hurry and do what you're going to do. None of

the others at the table knew what Jesus meant.

Since Judas was their treasurer, some thought

Jesus was telling him to go and pay for the food

or go get some money for the poor. So Judas left

at once going out at night. And as soon as Judas

left the room, Jesus said the time has come the

son of man to enter into the glory and God will

be glorified because of him. And since God receives

glory because of the sun, he will give his own

glory to the sun and he will do it at once. Dear

children, I will be with you only a little while

longer. As I told you the Jewish leaders, you

will I told you the Jewish leaders, you will

search for me, but you cannot come where I'm

going. So I'm now going to give you a new commandment.

Love one another as I have loved you. You should

love one another. Your love for another will

prove to the world that you are my disciples.

You know, Jesus said love is the greatest of

all. Faith, hope and love, but love is the greatest.

Loving people is so important. It proves that

you are God's disciple. And Simon Peter said,

Lord, where are you going? And Jesus replied,

you can't go with me now, but you will follow

me later. But why can I come Lord? He said, I'm

ready to die for you. And Jesus said, die for

me. I tell you the truth, Peter, before the rooster

crows tomorrow morning, you will deny me three

times. You know, the power of God, the supernatural

working miracle working power of God. Works through

Jesus all through his life on earth and continues

to work through his children and here again,

he's prophesying Unfortunately, not a positive

thing but that that Peter will deny him and Peter

can't believe it You know, he's kind of shocked

that That his own Lord and Savior said that but

he knew whatever Jesus said was true, you know,

the Bible talks about Passover and Jesus being

the Passover lamb, not just in Matthew and in

John, but also in Luke. You can read it in all

three and it's great to read and reread and understand

the ultimate sacrifice Jesus was willing to do.

But you know, he had this last meal with them

and he was teaching them and sharing with them

all the things that he felt were important for

them to understand. Because he was he was becoming

the living Passover after Jesus died and rose

again. There was no more need to To have Passover

for the reasons they did for now. He was the

Passover, but we do Many times in church and

you can do it at home You can't take of the bread

and the wine or bread and grape juice or whatever

substitute you have the point being he said do

this in remembrance of me as often as you will

and this is a celebration now when we do it it's

a celebration of How he shed his blood and how

he rose again and took that beating on his back

for our healing For all the promises of God are

available to us who are born again And if you're

not we'll give you an opportunity here in a moment

to be born again And so that you can partake

of those promises, those great promises of God.

You know, Jesus goes on in verse 14 and says,

don't let your heart be troubled. Trust in God

and trust in me. There is more than enough room

in my Father's house. You know, he was talking

about heaven and he was going to prepare a way,

but he continues on in verse six. I am the way,

the truth and the life. No one can go to the

Father except through me. Only through Jesus

only through receiving that free gift of salvation.

Can we one day be in heaven with him? There's

only two places you can go after you die heaven

and hell and both are very real and both last

forever. There's no in between the scriptures

are clear when we receive Jesus. We will live

in his father's home in heaven. If we do not

we will. If we do not accept that free gift of

salvation, you know, Jesus died. It was a great

price he paid, but he offers it freely to us.

And if we receive it, we will be in that heaven

with with Jesus and get to live with him eternally.

If we choose not to, we will live forever in

hell. And it's a place of fire and brimstone

misery that you can't even imagine. And so it's

well, well in our favor to to welcome this glorious

free gift from heaven that we too can rejoice

and rule and reign with him. That's what the

Bible says we will do. It is a victorious thing

when we receive him when we accept the free gift

of salvation, you know, it even talks about if

we look forward to the book of Revelation, which

was written by John. The Apostle John and Jesus

took him up into the heaven and began to show

him things to come and in Revelation 5 beginning

in verse 9 it says And they sang a new song with

these words you are worthy to take the scroll

and break open the seals for you were Slaughtered

and your blood has ransomed the people for God

for every tribe and language, every people, every

nation, and you have caused them to become a

kingdom of priests for our God and they will

reign on the earth. That is speaking of you and

I, all the people around the world that accept

that free gift have become a kingdom of priests

in God and we will rule and reign with Christ.

Glory to God, that is such an exciting thing.

And then it goes on to say in verse 11, then

I looked again and I heard the voices of a thousands

and millions of angels around the throne of the

living beings and the elders and they sang a

mighty chorus worthy is the lamb who was slain

to receive power and riches wisdom and strength

honor and glory and blessing. And then I heard

every creature in heaven and earth under the

earth and in the sea sing blessing and honor

and glory and power belong to the one sitting

on the throne to the lamb forever and forever

talking about the lamb of God the only lamb of

God. There is no other Savior of the world, but

Jesus Christ. He's the only one that's alive.

You go to his grave. There's nothing there because

he rose from the grave over 2000 years ago. He

seated in heavenly places with the father at

the right hand and has sent the Holy Spirit to

live in you and me. You know, because of that

our sins are no more covered by the blood of

lamb and goats, which is why they used to to

do in the Old Testament. But it is washed away.

In Psalms 10312, it says, as far as the east

is from the west, so far has he removed our sin

from us. Glory to God. Micah 719 says, and into

the sea of forgetfulness goes our sin. Glory

to Jesus. Glory to God. We are blessed. We are

highly favored. There is no one like us. And

if you're looking for a historical count, that

was written back in the day back in the 91 AD

in the antiquities of Josephus in book 18 chapter

4 in the third paragraph talks about this very

thing and the fact that Jesus was alive on Earth

died and rose again. So it is even a historical

fact. So I just encourage you encourage you to

read the Word of God. Fill yourself to overflowing

with his goodness. You will be blessed. You will

be blessed. He freely gives us all things to

enjoy is what his word says. There's so much

of life. God wants you to enjoy so much so much

and you can have that when you accept Jesus and

you begin to learn about his his truth and what

he has available to you and how much how much

he loves you. We have so much to be thankful.

We're so thankful for the blood of Jesus Christ

because without that blood we would still be

lost in sin bound for an eternal hell. But because

of Christ Jesus because of his willingness to

go on a cross and die for you and for me to be

the ultimate sacrifice. We have blessings. and

a life of goodness and grace and mercy that's

available for us. His mercies are new every morning.

Today if you need His mercy, and we all do, today

if you need His salvation, and we all do, today

if you need Jesus Christ to cleanse you from

sin, He will do it. All you have to do is call

on the name of Jesus and receive Him. Maybe you've

been away from him. All you have to do is call

on his name to be restored. Repent of your sin

and he will forgive you and he will bless you

and your life will never be the same. The blood

of Jesus is the most powerful thing in existence

today and it has been since its existence. It's

poured over the mercy seat of Christ when the

Father God looks at us. He looks through the

blood of Jesus and our sins as we read are washed

into the sea of forgetfulness to be remembered

no more. He does not want you wallowing in what

you've done. He will forgive you. He will cleanse

you and he will use you and bless your life from

here on out. Please reach out to him. It's such

a glorious thing. He is your father. He is your

strength. He is everything we need in our life.

If there was only one thing you could have on

earth, if you lived here all by yourself and

you could have one thing, it would be Christ's

love. It would be his blood. It would be him

that you would want because through him, he empowers

us to have all things through him. He says he

gives you all things freely to enjoy. He is the

provider of your needs. He is listening to your

heart, but he asked us to believe to believe

and be thankful. And we're going to go to a song

and it talks about this very beautiful precious

blood of Christ. And I will come back at you

right after this song. Was rich I remember who

I was I was lost I was blind I was running out

of time Sin Separated the breach was far too

wide But from the far side of the chasm You held

me in your side So you made a way across the

great divide Left behind heaven's throne to build

it here inside And there at the cross you paid

the debt I owe Broke my chains, freed my soul

for the first time I I had hope. Thank you, Jesus,

for the blood applied. Thank you, Jesus, it has

washed me white. Thank you, Jesus, you have saved

into glorious life. You took my place, laid inside

my tomb of sin. You were buried for three days,

but then you walked right Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Thank you for the blood Lord. Thank you for the

blood that was shed on the cross for us. Thank

you Lord. Thank you Lord as we begin to celebrate

this time between now and father when you rose

from the grave. We just give you glory and honor

and Thanksgiving in Jesus name and I just ask

you right now if you haven't received Jesus or

you want to return to him and you just want him.

full in your life today and you want to surrender

your will and to his then pray this prayer after

me say father forgive me for I have sinned I

receive you as Lord and Savior Jesus I accept

your free gift for your blood was shed for me

and I give you praise and I give you glory and

I give you honor thank you Lord In Jesus name.

Amen. If you prayed that prayer, I want to declare

to you, you have been forgiven. You are washed

clean and Jesus loves you. And right now the

angels in heaven are rejoicing. They're announcing

your name in heaven. And I want you to go out

and share with someone you gave your life to

Christ because when you confess before the father,

the father confesses you. He has much to show

you so get in a good Bible believe in church

that preaches the whole Word of God and We will

see you and I mean we will talk to you again

next time But we want you to go out and make

it a great day today and know that God loves

you We love you, and you are a champion in Christ