Devotional Guide 15 March 2026

Passover 2026 Sermon 3: Pesach -Why Did The Lamb Have To Die?
Daily Devotional - Passover Week 3

Pastor Ryan Perry
Good Hope Baptist Church
15 March 2026

Day 1 — Life and Separation
Read: Genesis 2:16–17
Questions:

• What warning did God give Adam in the garden?
• What would happen if Adam disobeyed God?
• Why does separation from God lead to death?

Key Insight: Life is found in fellowship with God, and separation from Him brings death.

Day 2 — Life Must Be Given
Read: Leviticus 17:11
Questions:

• What does Scripture say is in the blood?
• What did God say the blood was given for?
• Why does atonement require life?

Key Insight: Blood represents life given to restore life.

Day 3 — The Substitute on the Mountain
Read: Genesis 22:12–14
Questions:

• What was Abraham about to sacrifice?
• What did God provide instead of Isaac?
• What did Abraham name the place where God provided the ram?

Key Insight:  God revealed that He Himself would provide the substitute.

Day 4 — The Passover Lamb
Read: Exodus 12:5–13
Questions:

• What kind of lamb did God require for Passover?
• Where was the lamb’s blood placed?
• What would happen when God saw the blood?

Key Insight:  The lamb’s life stood in the place of the firstborn.

Day 5 — The Suffering Lamb
Read: Isaiah 53:4–7
Questions:

• What does Isaiah say the servant carried?
• How is the servant compared to a lamb?
• What does this prophecy reveal about God’s plan of salvation?

Key Insight: Isaiah foretells the coming Lamb who would bear the sins of others.

Day 6 — The Lamb of God
Read: John 1:29
Questions:

• What title does John the Baptist give Jesus?
• What does it mean that Jesus takes away the sin of the world?
• How does Jesus fulfill the pattern of the Passover lamb?

Key Insight: Jesus is the Lamb God promised to provide.

Day 7 — The Lamb Who Died for Us
Read: Romans 5:8 and 1 Peter 2:24
Questions:

• What does Romans say Christ did for sinners?
• What does Peter say Jesus carried on the cross?
• Why is Jesus’ death described as substitution?

Key Insight:  Jesus took our place so we could be restored to God.