[Steve Myers] Is the Passover Christian? Absolutely it is, and scripture bears that out. There's an interesting passage that is in 1 Corinthians 5. I'll write that one down. 1 Corinthians 5:7, and it makes this reference, and it's not just a casual, you know, afterthought that the Apostle Paul writes about. He says, "Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us." Now, when you read that you could just say, "Okay, well, I have a savior in Jesus Christ. He died on my behalf." But he's really getting to a much deeper thought, because a couple of chapters later he writes about the Passover ceremony itself, that the Passover is a Christian ceremony that Christians today should be observing. 

So in chapter 11 of 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 11:23, Paul begins to rehearse how to observe the Christian Passover, and he says, "I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you." That the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread, and when He'd given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat, this is my body which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me." And then he talks about the cup, and he says, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me." And so He's not keeping Jewish Passover. He's not eating a meal. He's showing that New Testament Christians should take the symbols of His body and blood representing His complete sacrifice on our behalf. And He says to do it in remembrance. Do it as a memorial. Do it as an anniversary. 

So we find that Christians observe the Passover. They don't observe Communion. They don't observe the Eucharist. They don't observe any other ceremony. They don't do it every month, or every few weeks, or every time they get together to worship. Here, Paul says, "I receive this from Christ." This came directly from Jesus Christ. And He said do it as a remembrance, as a memorial. So we do it once a year. So Christians today do keep the Christian Passover, and they do it once a year on that very same night that Jesus was betrayed. 

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