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Mark 14:12-25 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Very good to see you all back with us here this morning. Please take out your copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you.
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!
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Come this morning and enjoy each other's company and see Jesus Christ exalted you.
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Praise God for what has been happening amongst us in these past years.
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Also in that six-year time, there has never been a Sunday where Wes wakes up early that morning and is just too sick to be here and to sing.
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It's happened to me a number of times concerning preaching.
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It's never happened to Wes concerning music, but we've talked about what we would do if that ever were the case.
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You know, Wes vomiting on a Sunday morning. What would we do?
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And I said, my hope is an encouragement to a don't worry about it.
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If that ever happens, we've got a plan B. There's something we could do.
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And my solution is to do what all the preachers of old did, and I'd just get up and lead you a cappella in a couple of songs.
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I believe that Wes has taken that more as a threat than an encouragement to him.
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And so he always manages somehow to get here, and when he can't sing, to find somebody who can fill in for him.
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And so I appreciate you guys for filling in, Reese and Patrick this morning, and helping out.
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Phillip, excuse me, in that way.
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Sometimes my mouth gets ahead of my brain on Sunday mornings.
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This morning we're going to look together at Mark chapter 14, verses 12 through 25.
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I'm going to read through 26, but we'll look at 12 through 25 together.
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So please join me in reading God's Word.
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And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb,
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his disciples said to him,
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Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?
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And he sent two of his disciples and said to them,
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Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you.
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Follow him.
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And wherever he enters, say to the master of the house,
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The teacher says,
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Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?
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And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready, there prepare for us.
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And the disciples set out and went to the city,
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and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
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And when it was evening, he came with the twelve,
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and as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said,
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Truly I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.
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They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another,
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Is it I?
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He said to them,
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It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.
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For the Son of Man goes as is written of him,
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but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
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It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.
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And as they were eating, he took bread,
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and after blessing it, broke it and gave it to them, and said,
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Take, this is my body.
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And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks,
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he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.
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And he said to them,
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This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
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Truly I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine
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until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
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And when they had sung a hymn,
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they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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This is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and for our good.
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We would all do well this morning to listen to it
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in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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Let's pray together.
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Father God, we do praise you this morning
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for the gathering of your church.
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I thank you for every soul that is in this room
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that you brought them here for a purpose this morning.
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And as we seek out the mystery of that purpose,
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as we long to know what it is you intend to do with us,
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we thank you for your word that speaks with might and authority,
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that has effect in our lives.
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It is profitable for so many things.
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And Father, there is no degree of preparation or study on my part
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which makes this sermon of any value to anyone.
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It is by your spirit that you work through my words
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as I speak from your word.
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So we would ask that you would do a miracle amongst us today,
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a miracle in my speaking and a miracle in all of our hearing,
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that you would take the activity of our minds and orient it properly,
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that our hearts might be guided,
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that we may be changed from one degree of glory to another,
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that we may look more like Jesus Christ,
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our hope and our Redeemer.
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It is the great desire of this congregation
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that he be exalted in all that we do this morning.
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We ask that you would help us, enable us,
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empower us to do this very thing.
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And we pray this in the precious and holy
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and high-lifted name of Christ.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, let me say to you that we're going to primarily deal with
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verses 22 through 25 this morning,
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the institution of the Lord's Supper.
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But to make some comments for you in getting to that place,
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I don't want to entirely neglect the verses before that,
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but I believe that Mark is giving these things to us
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to move us along to the major point of what's before us today.
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And we see a number of prophecies.
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One that's made and fulfilled in verses 12 through 16.
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He tells the disciples how it is they are to find the room
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in which they're going to have this very last Passover feast
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and the very first Lord's Supper all at the same time.
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We see it come to pass.
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We see it come true.
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Again, Mark speaking of the authority and the power of Jesus Christ.
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And then in verses 17 through 21,
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again, another prophecy made.
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Not yet fulfilled, although we see a bit of a shadow of it
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as we look back in chapter 14, verses 10 through 11,
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that Judas has already gone and made plans to betray Jesus.
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He has yet to actually do so.
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But Jesus is very aware of the plan.
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He knows the person who will do this very thing.
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And this prophecy itself is soon to come to pass.
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And so we get more efficacy to who Jesus is in his person
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as we're led up to verse 22.
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Now, to remind you where we are in the Passion Week,
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it's this final week leading up to Jesus' crucifixion
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at approximately 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
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We have seen and continue to see this timeline of the Passion Week
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as a beautiful expression of God's providence.
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Many people celebrate and teach
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that Jesus entered into Jerusalem on Sunday of the week.
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And we have shown you,
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and I won't take the time to do so this morning,
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that it was, in fact, Monday that he did so.
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Just as the Passover lambs are being chosen
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and brought into Jerusalem,
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the lamb who takes away the sins of the world,
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who was chosen by God,
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enters into Jerusalem.
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On Tuesday, Jesus overturns the money changers' tables.
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On Wednesday, Jesus deals with confrontations
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from the religious leaders
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and makes predictions about what the disciples
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and we would encounter in future days.
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Wednesday evening, Jesus is anointed by the woman in Bethany
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and Judas plots to betray him.
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Thursday, the disciples celebrate the Passover meal with Jesus
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and he is later betrayed and arrested.
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This is the evening we find ourselves in our text today.
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Friday, as the Passover lambs are being slaughtered,
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Jesus is crucified
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so that one day we might join the chorus in heaven singing,
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worthy is the Lamb who was slain
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to receive power and wealth and wisdom
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and might and honor and glory and blessing.
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It's a picture that John sees in Revelation 5.12.
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Saturday is a day of mourning,
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but on Sunday,
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the tomb that Jesus was buried in is found empty
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and he has been raised from the dead.
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He is alive so that we may have life.
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Now, there becomes a bit of a question
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about the day of the week
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and as you get into this, chapter 14,
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it gets a little bit complex
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in trying to understand the very timeline
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that Mark records for us.
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Now, I spent a lot of time sorting out
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and being sure of what I'm going to tell you,
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the timeline that I spoke to you already
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and what I'm about to say.
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And let me just say that I'm going to leave
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the cooking in the kitchen
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and just tell you what it means.
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If you'd like to talk about it further later,
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I'd be happy to do so.
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But for the sake of time this morning,
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it's just really not that important
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to get into it.
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But you'll note, as I'm saying,
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that the disciples are going to celebrate
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the Passover meal on Thursday evening.
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The rest of Jerusalem is going to celebrate it
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on Friday evening.
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And why is that?
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Why is there seem to be a discrepancy here
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in this case?
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Some would say that Jesus just really wanted
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to get that Passover meal in.
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He knew he'd be dead by the time
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other people were celebrating it.
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But I've come to discover that
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the disciples, being Galilean Jews,
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they celebrated Passover meal
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on Thursday evening,
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which for them was Friday.
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So it would have been Friday for them
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rather than Saturday
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when it was typically celebrated
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by so many other Jews,
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particularly the Jews
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that would have resided
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in and around Jerusalem.
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Right?
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So this is the discrepancy settled
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in that way.
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This is, for Jesus and the disciples,
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the last Passover
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and the first Lord's Supper.
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And it should be observed by us
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as well as the last Passover
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and the first Lord's Supper.
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The Passover meal was to serve
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as a reminder of God's protection
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as the angel of death
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inflicted the Egyptian people
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and the Israelites' subsequent delivery
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from bondage to the Egyptians.
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Do you recall the story
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at the forefront of the book of Exodus?
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And Moses goes back and asks
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that God's people be set free
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from bondage,
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which is meant to symbolize
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the bondage that we are under
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to sin.
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And Pharaoh refuses to do so.
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And so God brings upon him
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these ten different plagues.
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And this is the tenth and final
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that the angel of death came
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and killed the firstborn
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of all the Egyptians.
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But the Israelites were commanded
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to kill a spotless lamb,
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to take its blood,
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to spread it over the doorposts,
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over the top of the door,
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so that the angel would pass over.
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They were later told
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in Exodus chapter 12
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to observe the Passover meal
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in remembrance of this thing
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that God had done for them.
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And I want you to see this with me.
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So turn to Exodus 12, verse 21.
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Genesis, Exodus,
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the second book in your Bible,
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beginning in verse 21.
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Then Moses called all the elders of Israel
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and said to them,
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Go and select lambs for yourselves
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according to your clans
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and kill the Passover lamb.
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Take a bunch of hyssop
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and dip it in blood
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that is in the basin
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and touch the lentil
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and the two doorposts
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with the blood that is in the basin.
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None of you shall go out
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of the door of his house
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until morning,
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for the Lord will pass through
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to strike the Egyptians.
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And when he sees the blood
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on the lentil
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and on the two doorposts,
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the Lord will pass over the door
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and will not allow the destroyer
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to enter your houses
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to strike you.
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Verse 24,
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if you need to catch up.
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You shall observe this rite
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as a statute for you
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and for your sons forever.
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And when you come to the land
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the Lord will give you
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as he has promised,
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you shall keep this service.
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And when your children say to you,
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what do you mean by this service?
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You shall say,
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it is the sacrifice
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of the Lord's Passover.
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For he passed over the house
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of the people of Israel in Egypt
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when he struck the Egyptians
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but spared our houses.
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And the people bowed their heads
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and worshipped.
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So not only were they to do this act,
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but they were to continue
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to celebrate the sacrifice
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of the Passover lamb
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in times to come
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that they might remind
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their children and themselves
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what it was that the Lord
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had done on their behalf.
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But we now,
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with fuller revelation,
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having now the scriptures
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in their entirety,
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see that it was ultimately
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meant to serve
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as a shadow of a thing
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yet to come.
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I've talked to you extensively
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about types.
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The Passover lamb
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is a type for Christ
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meant to show us
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the greater thing,
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what would be called
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the anti-type.
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The greater realization
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of the thing,
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the symbol that's meant
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to show us the greater thing.
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It's a shadow of the reality
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that is to come.
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The Christ,
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the final Passover lamb.
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This is told to us
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a number of places
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in the New Testament.
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Peter expresses this reality
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in 1 Peter 1,
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verses 18 and 19.
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Knowing that you
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were ransomed
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from the futile ways
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inherited from your forefathers,
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not with perishable things
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such as silver or gold,
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but with the precious blood
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of Christ,
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like that of a lamb
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without blemish
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or spot.
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Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5,
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7,
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for Christ,
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our Passover lamb,
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has been sacrificed.
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John the Baptist
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calls Jesus
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the Lamb of God
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in John 1, 29,
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and verse 36.
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It's implicitly taught
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in John's Gospel account
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in John 19,
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32-36,
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because
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we find in Exodus 12, 46
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that when the lamb
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was roasted and eaten,
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none of its bones
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were to be broken.
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This is a commandment
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given to the Israelite people.
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They were not meant
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to break the bones
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of the Passover lamb.
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It was customary
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during execution
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by crucifixion
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to break the legs
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of the prisoners.
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They were given
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a little block of wood
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to stand on
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and they could push up
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on that
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and slow down
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asphyxiation
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by the weight
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of their own body
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and often
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to speed along
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the process,
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their legs would be broken
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so they could no longer
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push up.
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In fact,
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both of the prisoners
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that were hanging
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on Jesus' left
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and right legs
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were broken,
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but his were not.
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He was already dead.
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It's implicitly taught
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there to us in John.
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Jesus is the Passover lamb.
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So this we find
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is the final Passover.
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We don't celebrate
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the Passover meal
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any longer
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as those who are
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followers of Christ.
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Certainly we can celebrate
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the event of the Passover,
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the deliverance
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of God's people,
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what it means
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and its final
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and full fulfillment
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in Jesus Christ.
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But we no longer
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sit down
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and have the Passover meal.
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But we do have
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the First Lord's Supper.
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We have that
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and we continue that
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and we celebrate that
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because it is
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the fulfillment
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of what the Passover meal
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was meant
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to teach us.
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So let's read together
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verses 22
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through 25
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once again.
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And as they were eating,
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He took bread
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and after blessing it,
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broke it
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and gave it to them
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and said,
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Take,
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this is my body.
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And He took a cup
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and when He had given thanks,
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He gave it to them
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and they all drank of it.
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And He said to them,
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This is my blood
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of the covenant
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which is poured out
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for many.
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Truly I say to you,
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I will not drink again
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of the fruit of the vine
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until the day
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when I drink it new
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in the kingdom of God.
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And so this ordinance
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of the Lord's Supper
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or an ordinance
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as an authoritative order
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or a decree
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began and is continued
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in our congregational gatherings
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because of what it means
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now for us.
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The hope would have been
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for all of the spectators,
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all of the people
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that saw what happened
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on the cross that day
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that they would have understood
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Jesus to be the Passover Lamb.
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He is our Passover Lamb.
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He is the ultimate
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and final sacrifice.
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And this is to be the focus
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of the Lord's Supper.
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It's the object
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that we set our attention
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and our affection on
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when we take the Lord's Supper
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together.
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It's that remembering
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the person
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and the work
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of Jesus Christ.
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Christ.
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No doctrine
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stays alive
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in the mind
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by itself.
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It has to be fed.
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We have to remember
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the work of Christ
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on our behalf.
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So this morning
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I want to
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tell you
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three specific ways.
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I'm sure there are more
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categorically
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likely
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I think that these are good
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three specific ways
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that we can
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wrap our minds around
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and remember
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what we're meant
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to remember
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as we take the Lord's Supper
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together each and every
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Lord's Day
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when we meet
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as a congregation.
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So three things
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when we celebrate
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the Lord's Supper
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we remember
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number one
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Christ's death.
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Number one
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Christ's death.
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The symbols themselves
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are pictures
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of His body broken
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and His blood
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poured out.
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Paul writes
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in 1 Corinthians
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chapter 11
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verse 23
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and 26
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you should turn there
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we won't need Mark
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any longer.
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So why don't you turn
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with me to 1 Corinthians
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chapter 11.
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Here we find
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Paul's account
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of what Jesus
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said
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when He instituted
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the ordinance
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of the Lord's Supper
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on this very night.
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1 Corinthians
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chapter 11
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beginning in verse 23
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For I
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being Paul
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received from the Lord
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what I also
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delivered to you
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the Corinthian believers
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the Lord Jesus
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on the night
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when He was betrayed
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took bread
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and when He had given
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thanks He broke it
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and said
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this is my body
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which is for you
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do this
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in remembrance
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of me.
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In the same way
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He also took the cup
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after supper
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saying
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this cup
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is the new covenant
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in my blood
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do this
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as often
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as you drink
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it
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in remembrance
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of me.
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For as often
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as you eat
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this bread
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and drink
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the cup
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you proclaim
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the Lord's death
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until He comes.
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So Paul gives us
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a little more
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description
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than Mark does.
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In fact
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Paul's account
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is a little more
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close to the
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Lucan account
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of what was said
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by Jesus.
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We're meant
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to do this
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very thing
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to remember
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Christ
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and specifically
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as Paul tells us
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in verse 26
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the Lord's death.
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To remember
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what He did
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on our behalf.
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The ultimate sacrifice
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paid for us.
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We had an
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infinite debt
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of sin
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against an
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infinite God
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and therefore
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the sacrifice
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must have been
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infinite
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and we celebrate
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that together
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every time
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we take the Lord's
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Supper
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rightly together.
20:20
Secondly,
20:20
when we celebrate
20:22
the Lord's Supper
20:23
we remember
20:23
our participation
20:25
in the benefits
20:26
of Christ's death.
20:29
Our participation
20:30
in the benefits
20:31
of Christ's death.
20:33
Now
20:34
and forever.
20:37
Now
20:37
we have
20:39
spiritual
20:40
life
20:41
in Christ
20:42
because of His
20:42
person
20:43
and His work.
20:45
Turn to John
20:45
chapter 6.
20:49
Someone's getting
20:49
directions to our
20:50
building.
20:50
You're here.
20:57
John chapter 6
20:58
verse 53
20:59
So Jesus
21:01
said to them
21:02
Truly, truly
21:04
I say to you
21:05
unless you eat
21:05
the flesh of the
21:06
Son of Man
21:07
and drink His
21:07
blood
21:07
you have no
21:08
life in you.
21:10
Whoever feeds
21:11
on my flesh
21:12
and drinks
21:13
my blood
21:13
has eternal
21:14
life
21:15
and I will
21:15
raise him up
21:16
on the last
21:16
day.
21:18
For my flesh
21:18
is true food
21:20
and my blood
21:21
is true
21:21
drink.
21:23
Whoever
21:23
feeds on my
21:24
flesh and
21:24
drinks my
21:25
blood abides
21:26
in me
21:26
and I
21:27
in him.
21:28
As the
21:29
living Father
21:29
sent me
21:30
I live
21:31
because of
21:31
the Father
21:32
so whoever
21:33
feeds on
21:34
me
21:34
he also
21:35
will live
21:36
because
21:37
of me.
21:38
We have
21:39
our very
21:39
beginning in
21:40
Christ
21:40
and we
21:41
then have
21:41
our
21:42
sustenance
21:43
our
21:43
sustaining
21:44
in Christ
21:45
as well.
21:48
Now there
21:48
are two
21:48
ordinances
21:49
of the
21:49
Christian
21:49
church
21:50
and only
21:51
two
21:51
to be
21:52
very clear
21:53
on this
21:53
point.
21:54
We have
21:54
baptism
21:55
believers
21:56
baptism
21:57
and
21:58
the
21:59
Lord's
21:59
Supper.
22:00
So those
22:00
are two
22:00
believers
22:00
baptism
22:01
and
22:01
the
22:02
Lord's
22:03
Supper.
22:04
Baptism
22:04
signifies
22:05
new birth
22:06
and entrance
22:07
into the
22:08
covenant
22:08
community
22:09
of God.
22:09
The thing
22:10
that has
22:10
happened
22:11
in your
22:11
heart
22:11
by the
22:12
grace
22:12
of God.
22:13
It's a
22:13
symbol
22:13
of that.
22:14
It's a
22:14
picture
22:14
of what
22:15
has
22:15
happened.
22:16
Put to
22:16
death
22:16
and raised
22:17
to new
22:17
life.
22:19
The
22:19
Lord's
22:19
Supper
22:20
the
22:21
ongoing
22:21
practice
22:22
of it
22:22
signifies
22:23
the
22:23
spiritual
22:24
feeding
22:24
of that
22:25
new
22:25
life
22:25
and
22:26
the
22:26
continuing
22:27
relationship
22:27
with the
22:28
covenant
22:28
community
22:29
of God.
22:31
In
22:31
fact this
22:32
is where
22:32
the
22:32
term
22:33
the
22:33
coined
22:34
term
22:34
communion
22:35
actually
22:36
comes
22:37
from.
22:38
Augustine
22:38
coined
22:38
that term
22:39
and he
22:39
didn't
22:40
mean
22:40
that
22:40
we're
22:40
communing
22:41
with
22:41
Christ
22:41
he
22:42
meant
22:42
that
22:42
we're
22:42
communing
22:42
with
22:43
the
22:43
community
22:44
of God's
22:45
people.
22:45
That was
22:46
what he
22:46
meant by
22:47
that term
22:48
as so many
22:49
terms get
22:49
hijacked
22:50
this is
22:50
certainly
22:51
one of
22:52
them.
22:52
in a
22:53
sermon
22:54
entitled
22:54
fencing
22:55
the
22:55
table
22:56
by
22:56
Charles
22:57
Spurgeon
22:57
which
22:57
is
22:57
one
22:58
I
22:58
would
22:58
strongly
22:59
encourage
22:59
you
22:59
to go
22:59
read
23:00
at some
23:00
point
23:00
in your
23:00
life
23:01
he said
23:02
others
23:03
come to
23:04
the
23:04
communion
23:04
as a
23:05
piece
23:06
of
23:06
sheer
23:06
superstition
23:07
really
23:08
believing
23:09
poor
23:10
deluded
23:10
souls
23:11
that
23:11
when they
23:12
take
23:12
the
23:13
wafer
23:13
into
23:13
their
23:13
mouths
23:14
they
23:14
actually
23:14
eat
23:15
the
23:15
flesh
23:16
!
23:16
of
23:16
Christ
23:17
I
23:18
love
23:19
Spurgeon
23:19
I'm
23:20
letting
23:20
him
23:20
say
23:20
it
23:20
for
23:21
me
23:21
such
23:22
a
23:22
monstrous
23:23
doctrine
23:23
as
23:24
that
23:24
is
23:24
only
23:24
fit
23:25
for
23:25
cannibals
23:26
it
23:26
is
23:27
not
23:27
a
23:27
doctrine
23:27
of
23:28
Christianity
23:28
what
23:29
a
23:30
profaning
23:30
of
23:31
the
23:31
ordinance
23:31
it
23:31
is
23:31
to
23:31
come
23:32
to
23:32
it
23:32
with
23:32
such
23:32
a
23:33
notion
23:33
as
23:34
that
23:34
it's
23:35
a
23:36
symbol
23:36
it's
23:37
a
23:37
picture
23:38
it's
23:39
not
23:39
actually
23:40
the
23:40
body
23:41
of
23:41
Christ
23:42
or
23:42
the
23:42
blood
23:43
of
23:43
Christ
23:43
we
23:44
don't
23:44
believe
23:44
!
23:45
in
23:45
John
23:45
chapter
23:45
6
23:46
that
23:46
he's
23:46
saying
23:47
that
23:47
you
23:47
must
23:47
be
23:47
nourished
23:48
physically
23:49
by
23:49
my
23:50
actual
23:50
body
23:51
and
23:52
blood
23:52
that's
23:53
lunacy
23:53
Spurgeon
23:54
agrees
23:55
with
23:55
me
23:55
it's
23:55
only
23:55
fit
23:56
for
23:56
cannibals
23:57
Catholics
23:59
and
24:00
some
24:00
other
24:00
denominations
24:01
call it
24:02
a
24:02
sacrament
24:03
and
24:03
the
24:03
belief
24:03
is
24:04
that
24:04
it
24:04
administers
24:05
grace
24:05
it
24:06
administers
24:07
grace
24:07
it
24:07
is
24:08
actually
24:08
a
24:09
stacking
24:09
up
24:10
of
24:10
grace
24:10
a
24:11
putting
24:12
good
24:12
things
24:13
in
24:13
the
24:13
good
24:13
list
24:14
side
24:14
of
24:15
stuff
24:15
if
24:15
we've
24:15
got
24:15
a
24:15
scale
24:16
that
24:16
will
24:16
be
24:16
weighed
24:17
by
24:17
it's
24:17
putting
24:18
extra
24:19
stuff
24:19
on
24:19
the
24:19
good
24:20
side
24:20
of
24:21
the
24:21
scale
24:21
rather
24:22
than
24:22
it
24:22
simply
24:23
being
24:23
a
24:23
symbol
24:24
of
24:24
the
24:24
grace
24:25
that
24:25
is
24:25
already
24:26
brought
24:26
to
24:26
us
24:27
in
24:28
Christ
24:28
beloved
24:29
we must
24:29
be
24:29
very
24:29
careful
24:30
at
24:31
this
24:31
point
24:31
what
24:32
are
24:32
we
24:33
celebrating
24:33
when
24:34
we
24:34
celebrate
24:34
the
24:35
Lord's
24:35
Supper
24:36
not
24:37
a
24:37
giving
24:38
of
24:38
grace
24:40
at
24:40
that
24:40
moment
24:41
but
24:41
a
24:41
celebration
24:41
of
24:41
the
24:42
grace
24:42
that
24:42
has
24:42
been
24:43
given
24:43
and
24:43
is
24:43
continually
24:44
being
24:44
given
24:44
in
24:45
the
24:45
accomplished
24:46
work
24:47
of
24:48
Christ
24:48
Spurgeon
24:50
goes on
24:50
to say
24:51
it is
24:52
not a
24:52
converting
24:53
ordinance
24:54
nor a
24:55
saving
24:55
ordinance
24:56
it is
24:57
an
24:57
establishing
24:58
ordinance
24:58
and a
24:59
comforting
25:00
ordinance
25:00
for those
25:01
who
25:02
are
25:02
saved
25:03
but
25:04
it
25:04
never
25:04
was
25:04
intended
25:05
to
25:05
save
25:05
souls
25:06
neither
25:06
it
25:06
is
25:07
adapted
25:07
to
25:07
that
25:07
end
25:08
and
25:08
if
25:08
it
25:08
be
25:09
so
25:09
misrepresented
25:10
it
25:10
is
25:10
apt
25:10
rather
25:11
to
25:11
be
25:11
the
25:11
means
25:12
of
25:12
damning
25:12
than
25:13
of
25:13
saving
25:14
the
25:14
soul
25:14
for
25:15
he
25:15
that
25:15
eats
25:16
so
25:16
eats
25:17
and
25:17
drinks
25:17
may
25:18
in
25:18
very
25:18
deed
25:19
be
25:19
eating
25:19
and
25:20
drinking
25:20
damnation
25:21
to
25:22
himself
25:22
and
25:22
what
25:22
he
25:23
means
25:23
is
25:23
if
25:24
we
25:24
teach
25:24
to
25:24
people
25:25
that
25:25
it's
25:25
a
25:25
grace
25:26
to
25:26
them
25:26
that
25:27
is
25:27
given
25:27
to
25:27
them
25:27
as
25:28
something
25:28
that
25:28
will
25:28
bring
25:29
them
25:29
favor
25:29
with
25:30
God
25:30
when
25:31
they
25:31
do
25:31
not
25:31
have
25:32
it
25:32
it's
25:32
misleading
25:33
to
25:33
them
25:33
therefore
25:35
the
25:35
warning
25:36
that I
25:36
give
25:36
every
25:36
Sunday
25:37
before
25:37
we
25:37
take
25:37
the
25:37
Lord's
25:38
Supper
25:38
together
25:39
if
25:40
you're
25:40
not
25:40
a
25:40
Christian
25:41
if
25:41
you've
25:41
not
25:41
placed
25:41
your
25:42
faith
25:42
in
25:42
the
25:42
accomplished
25:43
work
25:43
of
25:43
Christ
25:44
don't
25:45
think
25:45
that
25:45
some
25:46
religious
25:46
practice
25:47
is
25:48
going to
25:48
help
25:48
you
25:48
find
25:48
favor
25:49
with
25:49
him
25:49
the
25:50
only
25:51
thing
25:51
when
25:51
you
25:52
stand
25:52
before
25:52
him
25:52
that
25:52
will
25:53
justify
25:53
you
25:53
is
25:54
whether
25:54
or
25:54
not
25:54
you
25:54
were
25:55
clothed
25:55
in
25:55
the
25:55
righteousness
25:56
of
25:56
Christ
25:56
whether
25:57
or
25:57
not
25:57
you
25:58
placed
25:58
believing
25:59
faith
26:00
in
26:00
him
26:01
the
26:02
practice
26:02
of
26:03
the
26:03
Lord's
26:03
Supper
26:03
just
26:04
draws
26:05
us
26:05
to
26:05
that
26:05
thing
26:06
that
26:06
he
26:06
has
26:06
done
26:07
gives
26:08
us
26:08
reason
26:09
to
26:10
celebrate
26:10
brings
26:11
us
26:11
comfort
26:12
in
26:13
the
26:13
failing
26:14
of
26:14
our
26:14
lives
26:14
Jesus
26:15
Christ
26:15
died
26:16
even
26:16
for
26:16
these
26:17
!
26:17
sins
26:17
that
26:19
I
26:19
must
26:20
repent
26:20
of
26:20
from
26:21
day
26:21
to
26:21
day
26:22
to
26:22
day
26:22
what
26:26
then
26:26
is
26:27
the
26:28
value
26:28
of
26:28
the
26:29
symbol
26:29
if
26:29
it's
26:29
simply
26:30
that
26:30
I
26:31
don't
26:32
wave
26:32
a
26:32
magic
26:33
wand
26:33
and
26:33
somehow
26:34
convert
26:35
a
26:36
wafer
26:36
and
26:36
wine
26:37
or
26:37
grape
26:37
juice
26:37
in
26:38
our
26:38
Baptist
26:39
case
26:39
into
26:40
actual
26:41
blood
26:41
and
26:41
body
26:42
and
26:42
you're
26:42
not
26:42
actually
26:42
feasting
26:43
on
26:43
Jesus
26:44
body
26:45
himself
26:45
what
26:46
then
26:47
is
26:47
the
26:48
value
26:48
of
26:48
the
26:48
symbol
26:49
it
26:50
draws
26:51
us
26:51
to
26:51
it
26:52
draws
26:52
our
26:52
minds
26:53
to
26:54
where
26:54
they
26:55
should
26:55
be
26:55
John
26:57
Calvin
26:57
wrote
26:57
of
26:57
the
26:57
Lord's
26:58
Supper
26:58
and
26:58
institutes
26:59
of
26:59
the
26:59
Christian
26:59
religion
26:59
by
27:01
the
27:01
showing
27:02
of
27:02
the
27:02
symbol
27:03
the
27:04
thing
27:04
itself
27:05
is
27:05
also
27:06
shown
27:07
for
27:08
unless
27:09
a
27:09
man
27:09
means
27:09
to
27:10
call
27:10
God
27:10
a
27:10
deceiver
27:11
he
27:12
would
27:12
never
27:12
dare
27:12
assert
27:13
that
27:13
an
27:14
empty
27:14
symbol
27:14
is
27:15
set
27:15
forth
27:15
by
27:16
him
27:16
and
27:17
the
27:17
godly
27:17
ought
27:18
by
27:48
therefore
27:48
those
27:48
of
27:48
us
27:49
who
27:49
desire
27:50
to
27:50
take
27:50
the
27:50
Lord's
27:50
Supper
27:51
rightly
27:51
should have
27:53
our minds
27:53
and our hearts
27:54
affections
27:54
turned towards
27:55
Jesus
27:56
the one that the symbols
27:58
are there
27:59
to represent
28:00
now as we've talked about the
28:03
benefits that are brought to us
28:05
we're celebrating that
28:06
remembering that
28:07
Christ's death
28:08
let's recall that the benefits of Christ's death
28:11
bear out in the way
28:13
that we live
28:15
that has
28:15
it has
28:16
present
28:16
implication
28:17
we are given
28:19
spiritual life
28:20
in Christ
28:21
and that means something
28:23
for what we're going to look like
28:24
and the way we're going to conduct ourselves
28:26
in this world
28:27
another text for you to turn to
28:29
Colossians chapter 3
28:31
I know I don't always make you turn so much
28:42
but it gives me a chance to drink water
28:44
and my throat is terribly dry this morning
28:46
Colossians 3
28:49
1 through 4
28:50
and it's of great value for you to see it for yourself too
28:52
if then
28:54
you have been raised with Christ
28:56
seek the things that are above
28:58
where Christ is
28:59
seated at the right hand of God
29:01
set your minds on things that are above
29:04
not on things that are on earth
29:05
for
29:06
you have died
29:08
and your life is hidden with Christ
29:11
in God
29:13
when Christ
29:14
who is your life
29:15
appears
29:16
then you also appear
29:18
with him
29:19
in glory
29:20
you see the language of our participation
29:23
in Christ's death there
29:24
right
29:25
we have died
29:26
our life is hidden with Christ
29:27
and Christ is now
29:28
our life
29:30
we're talking of
29:31
the spiritual things
29:32
not the temporal
29:33
but the spiritual thing
29:34
the old us
29:35
has died
29:36
and the new us
29:37
should be coming to bear
29:38
in the way in which
29:40
we live
29:40
our lives
29:41
further down
29:42
in Colossians
29:43
if you just notice
29:44
beginning in verse 5
29:46
Paul writes
29:47
put to death
29:48
therefore
29:49
and gives us a whole list
29:50
of things
29:51
that we ought not
29:52
be doing
29:53
as Christians
29:54
as those
29:55
who claim the name of Christ
29:56
who are disciples of his
29:57
and then beginning in verse 12
29:59
he says
29:59
put on then
30:00
as chosen ones
30:02
another list
30:03
of things
30:04
that we are to be doing
30:05
activity that should exist
30:06
in our lives
30:08
that are
30:08
activities that are nourished
30:10
by the very fact
30:11
that Christ died
30:12
on our behalf
30:13
so we're remembering this
30:17
we're remembering our participation
30:19
the benefit of Christ's death
30:20
now
30:21
and we're also
30:21
remembering it
30:22
forever
30:23
turn to Revelation
30:25
chapter 19
30:25
let me remind you
30:40
of the words of Jesus
30:41
in chapter 14
30:42
Mark chapter 14
30:43
verse 25
30:44
he says
30:45
truly I say to you
30:46
I will not drink again
30:48
of the fruit of the vine
30:49
until that day
30:50
when I drink it new
30:51
in the kingdom of God
30:53
with that in mind
30:55
let's read
30:56
Revelation 19
30:57
verses 6-9
30:58
then I heard
31:01
what seemed to be
31:01
the voice
31:02
of a great multitude
31:03
like the roar
31:04
of many waters
31:05
and like the sound
31:06
of mighty peals
31:07
of thunder
31:08
crying out
31:09
hallelujah
31:10
for the Lord our God
31:12
the Almighty reigns
31:13
let us rejoice
31:14
and exult
31:15
and give him the glory
31:16
for the marriage
31:17
of the Lamb
31:18
has come
31:19
and his bride
31:20
has made herself ready
31:22
it was granted her
31:23
to clothe herself
31:24
with fine linen
31:25
bright and pure
31:27
for the fine linen
31:28
is the righteous deeds
31:29
of the saints
31:30
and the angel said to me
31:32
write this
31:34
blessed are those
31:35
who are invited
31:36
to the marriage supper
31:37
of the Lamb
31:39
and he said to me
31:40
these are the true words
31:42
of God
31:43
and so we see
31:43
one day
31:44
Jesus will be
31:45
united
31:46
with his bride
31:47
the church
31:48
and we will all
31:49
feast with him
31:50
forever
31:52
this is what
31:53
the Lord's Supper
31:54
also does for us
31:55
it reminds us
31:56
this participation
31:57
in the midst of Christ's death
31:58
has implication
31:59
now
32:00
it means something
32:01
now praise God
32:02
but it also means
32:03
something for
32:04
eternity
32:05
this is John's glimpse
32:07
into this event
32:08
that is one day
32:09
going to come
32:11
to pass
32:12
thirdly
32:15
when we celebrate
32:17
the Lord's Supper
32:18
we remember
32:19
our unity
32:21
in Christ's
32:23
death
32:23
so we've
32:25
remembered
32:25
Christ's death
32:26
we've remembered
32:27
our participation
32:28
in the benefits
32:29
of Christ's death
32:30
but we also
32:32
remember our
32:33
unity
32:34
in Christ's death
32:36
do you recall
32:37
me saying to you
32:37
that baptism
32:38
is this thing
32:39
representing
32:40
the new life
32:41
that has been
32:42
brought to bear
32:42
in us
32:43
that we are now
32:44
part of the covenant
32:45
community of God
32:46
and the Lord's Supper
32:47
now is a continuing
32:49
picture of our
32:50
communion
32:51
with the people
32:52
of God
32:53
our unity
32:55
in Christ's
32:56
death
32:57
there slipped
32:58
into the
32:59
Christian vernacular
33:00
a phrase
33:01
which I think
33:02
is particularly
33:03
harmful
33:04
and you will hear
33:05
it in most
33:06
churches
33:07
this Sunday
33:08
morning
33:09
personal
33:10
relationship
33:12
with Jesus
33:13
Christ
33:13
now it is
33:15
certainly true
33:16
that we do
33:17
have
33:17
personal
33:18
relationships
33:19
that now
33:20
as those
33:21
saved
33:21
by the grace
33:22
of God
33:22
he speaks
33:23
to us
33:24
he is a
33:25
friend
33:26
he communicates
33:27
clearly
33:28
to us
33:29
by his word
33:30
through his spirit
33:31
this is true
33:32
but this type
33:34
of language
33:34
has caused
33:35
so many people
33:36
to think
33:36
that what they
33:37
can do on a
33:38
Sunday morning
33:38
is sleep in
33:39
and then watch
33:40
a little
33:41
TBN
33:41
later on
33:42
not okay
33:44
we've been
33:45
saved to a
33:45
community
33:46
of believers
33:48
we've been
33:49
called out
33:49
of darkness
33:50
to be part
33:51
of a
33:51
people
33:52
to the
33:53
praise of
33:53
God
33:53
not individuals
33:55
parts that
33:56
we play
33:57
but that's
33:57
not the
33:58
the impetus
33:59
of what's
33:59
being communicated
34:00
in the
34:01
New Testament
34:02
concerning
34:03
our
34:03
salvation
34:04
we are
34:05
saved as
34:06
a
34:06
people
34:07
1 Corinthians
34:09
10
34:09
verses 16
34:10
and 17
34:11
expresses this
34:11
Paul says
34:12
the cup
34:14
of blessing
34:15
that we
34:15
bless
34:15
is talking
34:16
about the
34:16
Lord's
34:16
supper
34:16
the cup
34:17
of blessing
34:17
that we
34:18
bless
34:18
is it not
34:19
a participation
34:20
in the blood
34:21
of Christ
34:22
the bread
34:23
that we
34:23
break
34:24
is it not
34:26
a participation
34:26
in the body
34:27
of Christ
34:28
because there
34:29
is one
34:30
bread
34:30
we who are
34:32
many are
34:33
one body
34:34
for we all
34:35
partake
34:36
of the one
34:37
bread
34:38
you see what
34:39
he's trying to
34:39
communicate to us
34:40
here with all
34:40
of these plural
34:41
pronouns
34:42
we are
34:44
a community
34:45
praise God
34:46
for that
34:47
that we
34:48
are his
34:49
people
34:50
and it
34:50
has been
34:51
given to us
34:51
to draw
34:52
his other
34:53
people
34:53
the sheep
34:54
that are
34:54
not yet
34:55
of this
34:55
fold
34:56
into the
34:57
fold
34:57
to make
34:58
them part
34:58
of this
34:59
fellowship
34:59
that we
35:00
experience
35:01
there are
35:03
many
35:03
expressions
35:04
of God's
35:05
global
35:05
church
35:06
I would
35:07
give that
35:07
a capital
35:08
c
35:08
church
35:09
the
35:10
universal
35:11
church
35:12
which includes
35:12
not just
35:13
all those
35:13
who claim
35:14
Christ
35:14
now
35:14
but those
35:15
who claim
35:15
Christ
35:15
past
35:16
and
35:17
future
35:18
but there
35:19
are local
35:20
expressions
35:20
of this
35:21
which is
35:22
what
35:22
Christ
35:22
family
35:23
church
35:24
is
35:24
do you
35:26
come
35:26
together
35:27
because
35:28
we're
35:28
a people
35:29
saved
35:31
by the
35:31
grace
35:31
of God
35:32
by the
35:32
accomplished
35:32
work
35:33
of
35:33
Christ
35:33
or
35:34
because
35:35
you
35:35
like
35:35
the
35:35
way
35:36
we
35:36
put
35:36
together
35:36
programs
35:37
I hope
35:38
it's
35:38
the
35:38
former
35:39
and not
35:40
the
35:40
latter
35:40
because
35:40
I
36:01
should
36:01
remember
36:01
we
36:02
celebrate
36:02
the
36:02
Lord's
36:02
Supper
36:03
that
36:03
we're
36:03
doing
36:03
it
36:04
collectively
36:04
together
36:05
you know
36:05
we've
36:06
been
36:06
doing
36:06
the
36:06
Lord's
36:07
Supper
36:07
every
36:07
single
36:07
Lord
36:07
today
36:08
together
36:08
for quite
36:09
some
36:09
time
36:09
some
36:10
of you
36:10
look so
36:10
miserable
36:11
when we're
36:11
doing it
36:12
and I
36:13
know
36:13
you're
36:14
not
36:14
I
36:16
believe
36:16
it's
36:16
just
36:16
because
36:17
it's
36:18
been
36:18
given
36:18
to you
36:18
as
36:19
some
36:19
kind
36:19
of
36:19
a
36:19
somber
36:20
moment
36:21
in
36:21
the
36:22
life
36:22
of a
36:23
congregation
36:23
I
36:25
smile at
36:26
the
36:26
person
36:26
that I
36:26
get
36:27
the
36:27
Lord's
36:27
Supper
36:27
elements
36:28
from
36:28
and I
36:28
say
36:29
thank
36:29
you
36:29
that's
36:30
okay
36:30
we're
36:32
a
36:32
community
36:33
taking
36:33
the
36:33
meal
36:34
together
36:35
in fact
36:36
I
36:36
would
36:36
argue
36:36
that
36:37
the
36:37
way
36:37
that
36:37
we
36:37
do
36:38
the
36:38
Lord's
36:38
Supper
36:38
is
36:39
probably
36:39
not
36:39
the
36:40
purest
36:41
expression
36:41
of
36:41
it
36:41
we
36:42
see
36:43
particularly
36:43
in
36:44
the
36:44
book
36:44
of
36:44
Corinthians
36:44
the
36:45
believers
36:45
were
36:45
gathering
36:46
around
36:46
a
36:46
table
36:47
the
36:47
great
36:48
admonition
36:48
to
36:49
them
36:49
by
36:49
Paul
36:49
is
36:49
that
36:50
there
36:50
were
36:50
some
36:50
who
36:50
were
36:51
getting
36:51
off
36:51
of
36:51
early
36:52
and
36:52
they
36:53
were
36:53
starting
36:53
the
36:53
meal
36:53
before
36:54
those
36:54
who
36:54
got
36:54
off
36:55
late
36:55
particularly
36:55
the
36:55
slaves
36:56
could
36:56
come
36:56
and
36:56
eat
36:56
and
36:57
the
36:57
food
36:57
was
36:57
gone
36:58
the
36:58
Lord's
36:58
supper
36:58
had
36:59
been
36:59
consumed
36:59
before
37:00
they
37:01
ever
37:01
got
37:01
there
37:02
I
37:02
think
37:02
the
37:02
most
37:02
pure
37:03
expression
37:03
of
37:04
it
37:04
is
37:04
us
37:04
sitting
37:04
together
37:05
in
37:05
community
37:06
and
37:06
sharing
37:06
food
37:07
with
37:07
one
37:07
another
37:07
and
37:08
particularly
37:09
commemorating
37:10
Christ
37:11
in our
37:11
gathering
37:12
together
37:13
however
37:14
I do
37:16
think
37:16
that the
37:16
elements
37:16
are
37:16
there
37:17
!
37:17
great
37:18
juice
37:18
as
37:18
we've
37:19
said
37:19
I
37:20
don't
37:20
know
37:20
that
37:20
it's
37:21
all
37:21
that
37:21
important
37:21
that
37:21
it
37:22
has
37:22
to
37:22
be
37:22
necessarily
37:23
fruit
37:23
of
37:24
the
37:24
vine
37:24
although
37:24
this
37:24
is
37:25
the
37:25
element
37:26
that
37:26
Jesus
37:26
himself
37:27
used
37:27
as
37:28
well
37:28
as
37:28
bread
37:29
someone
37:29
say
37:30
that
37:30
our
37:30
bread
37:30
is
37:30
leavened
37:31
and
37:31
that's
37:31
not
37:31
good
37:32
because
37:32
Jesus
37:32
used
37:33
unleavened
37:34
bread
37:34
because
37:34
it
37:34
was
37:34
the
37:34
Passover
37:35
meal
37:35
again
37:35
I
37:36
don't
37:36
think
37:36
it's
37:37
all
37:37
that
37:37
terribly
37:38
!
37:39
important
37:39
I
37:40
do
37:40
believe
37:40
because
37:41
we
37:41
have
37:41
the
37:41
proper
37:42
elements
37:42
the
37:42
symbols
37:43
once
37:43
again
37:44
that
37:45
were
37:45
within
37:45
the
37:45
biblical
37:46
boundaries
37:46
of
37:46
celebrating
37:47
it
37:47
in
37:47
the
37:47
way
37:47
that
37:48
we
37:48
do
37:49
there
37:50
are
37:51
some
37:51
challenges
37:52
concerning
37:53
having
37:54
our
37:54
Lord's
37:55
Supper
37:55
being
37:55
so
37:56
open
37:56
the
37:57
way
37:57
that
37:57
it
37:57
is
37:58
and
37:58
if
37:58
you
37:58
are
37:59
here
37:59
you
37:59
are
37:59
invited
38:00
to
38:00
participate
38:00
in
38:01
the
38:01
Lord's
38:01
Supper
38:02
with
38:02
us
38:02
and
38:02
our
38:03
crowd
38:03
being
38:04
predominantly
38:05
college
38:06
students
38:06
there's
38:06
often
38:07
a
38:07
fringe
38:08
fluctuating
38:09
!
38:10
We
38:12
love
38:13
to see
38:13
you
38:13
more
38:14
consistently
38:14
but
38:15
there
38:15
are
38:15
people
38:15
sometimes
38:16
on a
38:16
given
38:16
Sunday
38:16
that
38:17
I
38:17
just
38:17
really
38:17
don't
38:18
know
38:18
about
38:20
a
38:20
year
38:20
and a
38:20
half
38:20
ago
38:21
I
38:21
went
38:21
to
38:21
one
38:21
of
38:21
George
38:21
graduations
38:22
and
38:23
the
38:24
girl
38:24
that
38:24
was
38:24
handing
38:24
out
38:24
programs
38:25
said
38:26
Nathan
38:26
hey
38:27
when I
38:27
walked
38:28
in
38:28
and I
38:28
didn't
38:29
recognize
38:29
her
38:29
no
38:30
idea
38:31
and I
38:32
felt
38:32
horrible
38:32
for
38:32
that
38:33
but
38:33
she
38:33
probably
38:33
was
38:34
part
38:34
of
38:34
that
38:34
group
38:34
kind
38:35
of
38:35
coming
38:35
and
38:35
going
38:40
there
38:41
have
38:41
been
38:41
churches
38:42
throughout
38:42
history
38:43
that
38:43
have
38:44
held
38:45
done
38:46
what
38:46
they
38:46
would
38:47
call
38:47
closed
38:48
communion
38:48
and
38:49
that
38:49
only
38:50
members
38:50
in
38:50
good
38:51
standing
38:51
of
38:51
the
38:51
church
38:52
were
38:52
allowed
38:52
to
38:53
come
38:53
together
38:53
and
38:53
participate
38:54
in
38:54
the
38:55
Lord's
38:55
Supper
38:55
in
38:56
fact
38:56
an
38:56
antidote
38:57
from
38:57
history
38:57
Jonathan
38:58
Edwards
38:58
had
38:59
men
38:59
stand
38:59
guard
39:00
over
39:01
the
39:01
Lord's
39:02
Supper
39:02
table
39:02
and
39:02
if
39:02
there
39:02
was
39:02
somebody
39:03
coming
39:03
up
39:03
that
39:03
he
39:03
knew
39:04
was
39:04
living
39:04
in
39:04
sin
39:05
had
39:05
not
39:06
taken
39:06
appropriate
39:06
steps
39:07
of
39:07
repentance
39:07
he
39:08
would
39:08
give
39:08
a
39:08
little
39:08
head
39:08
nod
39:09
and
39:09
they
39:09
would
39:09
escort
39:10
him
39:10
out
39:10
maybe
39:13
a
39:13
little
39:13
severe
39:14
I
39:15
don't
39:15
know
39:16
we
39:17
are
39:17
a
39:17
church
39:17
that
39:18
believes
39:18
in
39:18
church
39:19
discipline
39:20
that
39:20
there
39:20
is
39:20
a
39:20
place
39:20
for
39:21
it
39:21
that
39:21
we
39:21
ought
39:21
to
39:22
be
39:22
encouraging
39:23
and
39:23
pressing
39:23
for
39:24
it
39:24
but
39:24
I
39:25
am
39:25
led
39:25
to
39:25
believe
39:26
that
39:26
it
39:26
is
39:27
okay
39:27
for
39:28
us
39:28
to
39:28
allow
39:29
to
39:30
give
39:30
warning
39:30
to
39:31
people
39:31
to
39:31
say
39:31
to
39:31
people
39:32
you
39:32
have
39:32
no
39:32
part
39:33
in
39:33
this
39:33
if
39:33
you're
39:33
not
39:33
a
39:33
believer
39:34
it
39:34
doesn't
39:35
make
39:35
sense
39:35
for
39:35
you
39:35
to
39:35
celebrate
39:36
a
39:36
thing
39:36
that
39:36
has
39:36
not
39:37
happened
39:37
on
39:37
your
39:37
behalf
39:38
because
39:38
it
39:38
is
39:38
a
39:39
symbol
39:39
right
39:39
it's
39:39
not
39:40
an
39:40
administration
39:41
of
39:41
grace
39:42
to
39:42
you
39:43
it's
39:43
a
39:43
symbol
39:43
I'm
39:44
encouraged
39:44
by
39:45
the
39:45
words
39:45
of
39:45
Paul
39:46
in
39:46
1
39:46
Corinthians
39:46
11
39:47
28
39:47
where
39:48
he
39:49
says
39:49
let
39:49
a
39:49
person
39:50
examine
39:50
himself
39:51
then
39:53
and
39:54
so
39:54
eat
39:54
of
39:55
the
39:55
bread
39:55
and
39:56
drink
39:56
of
39:56
the
39:56
cup
39:56
and
39:57
so
39:57
we
39:57
have
39:58
Paul's
39:58
exhortation
39:59
here
39:59
that
39:59
we're
39:59
also
40:00
to
40:00
be
40:00
introspective
40:01
of
40:01
ourselves
40:02
that
40:03
there's
40:03
a
40:03
place
40:04
and
40:04
a
40:04
time
40:04
for
40:04
discipline
40:05
in
40:05
the
40:05
life
40:05
of
40:06
the
40:06
church
40:06
and
40:06
that
40:06
somebody
40:07
may
40:07
be
40:07
excluded
40:08
from
40:08
gathering
40:09
together
40:09
and
40:10
being
40:10
called
40:10
a
40:11
believer
40:11
the
40:11
church
40:11
may
40:12
say
40:12
to
40:12
somebody
40:12
at
40:12
some
40:13
point
40:13
we
40:13
don't
40:14
believe
40:14
that
40:14
you're
40:14
even
40:15
in
40:15
Christ
40:16
and
40:16
therefore
40:16
you
40:17
have
40:17
no
40:25
examine
40:26
himself
40:27
or
40:28
herself
40:29
there be
40:30
some
40:30
moments
40:31
of
40:31
introspection
40:32
that you
40:33
be sure
40:33
that you're
40:34
taking
40:34
the
40:35
Lord's
40:35
Supper
40:36
rightly
40:37
recall
40:39
as a
40:40
summary
40:41
when we
40:42
celebrate
40:42
the
40:42
Lord's
40:42
Supper
40:43
together
40:43
we're
40:44
remembering
40:44
firstly
40:45
Christ's
40:46
death
40:47
secondly
40:49
our
40:49
participation
40:50
in the
40:51
benefits
40:51
of
40:52
Christ's
40:53
death
40:53
now
40:54
and
40:55
forever
40:55
and
40:56
thirdly
40:57
our
40:57
unity
40:58
the
40:58
unity
40:59
of
40:59
the
40:59
church
40:59
in
41:00
Christ's
41:02
death
41:02
we
41:03
ought
41:03
to
41:03
be
41:03
asking
41:03
ourselves
41:04
if
41:04
we're
41:04
doing
41:04
this
41:05
appropriately
41:06
and
41:07
the
41:07
reason
41:07
that
41:07
you're
41:08
so
41:08
often
41:08
warned
41:09
against
41:09
having
41:09
harbored
41:10
sin
41:10
things
41:11
in
41:11
your
41:11
life
41:11
that
41:11
you
41:12
know
41:12
you're
41:12
doing
41:13
that
41:13
you
41:13
ought
41:13
not
41:14
be
41:14
doing
41:14
or
41:15
things
41:16
in
41:16
your
41:16
life
41:16
that
41:16
you
41:16
know
41:16
that
41:17
you
41:17
should
41:17
be
41:17
doing
41:18
that
41:18
you're
41:18
not
41:18
doing
41:19
both
41:19
sins
41:19
of
41:19
omission
41:20
and
41:20
commission
41:20
that
41:21
you're
41:21
fully
41:21
aware
41:22
of
41:22
and
41:23
yet
41:23
you're
41:23
going
41:23
and
41:23
you're
41:24
celebrating
41:24
the
41:24
redemptive
41:25
work
41:25
of
41:25
Christ
41:26
you've
41:26
been
41:27
given
41:27
access
41:27
to
41:27
the
41:28
father
41:28
to
41:28
repent
41:29
of
41:29
those
41:29
things
41:30
and
41:30
then
41:30
go
41:31
celebrate
41:31
what
41:32
Christ
41:32
has
41:32
done
41:32
on
41:33
your
41:33
behalf
41:34
praise
41:34
God
41:35
that
41:35
when
41:35
we
41:35
sin
41:36
we
41:36
can
41:36
go
41:36
to
41:37
the
41:37
one
41:37
whom
41:38
we
41:38
sinned
41:38
against
41:39
right
41:40
that
41:40
he
41:40
and
41:40
his
41:40
wrath
41:41
against
41:41
sin
41:42
doesn't
41:42
destroy
41:42
us
41:43
because
41:49
celebrate
41:50
in
41:51
the
41:51
Lord's
41:51
supper
41:51
so
41:52
we
41:52
ought
41:53
to
41:53
rid
41:53
ourselves
41:54
of
41:54
unrepentant
41:54
sin
41:55
before
41:55
we
41:56
go
41:56
and
41:57
partake
41:57
of
41:58
the
41:58
elements
41:58
let
41:59
a
41:59
person
41:59
examine
42:00
himself
42:01
I
42:01
hope
42:02
that
42:02
this
42:02
is
42:02
a
42:02
thing
42:02
that
42:02
you
42:03
do
42:03
as
42:03
a
42:03
habit
42:04
in
42:04
your
42:04
days
42:04
that
42:05
you're
42:05
constantly
42:05
experiencing
42:06
the
42:06
conviction
42:07
of
42:07
the
42:07
spirit
42:07
of
42:08
sin
42:08
repenting
42:09
and
42:09
turning
42:09
once
42:10
again
42:10
to
42:10
God
42:10
that
42:11
is
42:11
this
42:11
cycle
42:11
that
42:12
you
42:12
go
42:12
through
42:12
because
42:13
I
42:13
know
42:13
we're
42:13
all
42:14
sinning
42:14
this
42:14
is
42:15
a
42:15
thing
42:15
it's
42:15
a
42:15
reality
42:16
that's
42:16
happening
42:16
to
42:16
us
42:16
I
42:17
hope
42:17
that
42:17
repentance
42:18
is
42:18
right
42:18
on
42:18
its
42:19
heels
42:19
and
42:19
you're
42:20
continuing
42:20
to
42:20
press
42:21
on
42:21
and
42:21
pursue
42:22
your
42:22
walk
42:23
in
42:23
the
42:23
Lord
42:23
I
42:25
know
42:25
that
42:25
as
42:25
we
42:25
take
42:26
the
42:26
Lord's
42:26
supper
42:26
together
42:26
I'm
42:27
at
42:27
least
42:27
giving
42:28
you
42:28
a
42:28
charge
42:28
to
42:28
do
42:29
it
42:29
once
42:29
a
42:29
week
42:29
at
42:30
least
42:31
then
42:31
taking
42:32
the
42:32
time
42:33
to
42:33
respond
42:34
to
42:35
what's
42:35
going
42:35
on
42:35
in
42:35
your
42:36
life
42:36
by
42:37
the
42:37
power
42:37
of
42:37
the
42:37
spirit
42:37
it's
42:39
a
42:39
chance
42:39
for
42:40
us
42:40
to
42:41
respond
42:41
to
42:41
what
42:41
God
42:42
may
42:42
be
42:42
working
42:42
in
42:42
us
42:43
in
42:43
the
42:43
preaching
42:43
of
42:43
his
42:44
word
42:44
some
42:45
recognition
42:45
of
42:46
sin
42:46
on
42:47
our
42:47
part
42:47
something
42:48
that
42:48
we're
42:48
not
42:49
doing
42:49
today
42:50
it
42:50
may
42:50
be
42:51
that
42:51
your
42:51
confession
42:52
is
42:52
about
42:52
how
42:53
you've
42:53
taken
42:53
the
42:53
Lord's
42:54
supper
42:54
in
42:54
the
42:55
past
42:55
the
42:55
way
42:55
you've
42:56
treated
42:56
it
42:56
and
42:57
been
42:57
dismissive
42:58
!
42:58
Maybe
42:59
that
43:05
this
43:05
is
43:05
our
43:06
invitation
43:06
time
43:07
when we
43:07
do
43:07
the
43:07
Lord's
43:07
supper
43:07
together
43:09
we
43:10
celebrate
43:10
the
43:11
Lord's
43:11
supper
43:11
we
43:11
remember
43:11
Christ's
43:12
death
43:12
our
43:12
participation
43:13
the
43:13
benefit
43:13
of
43:13
Christ's
43:14
death
43:14
and
43:15
our
43:15
unity
43:15
as
43:15
the
43:16
church
43:16
in
43:17
Christ's
43:18
death
43:18
if you
43:18
want to
43:19
hear it
43:19
organized
43:20
in
43:20
another
43:20
way
43:21
maybe
43:21
a
43:21
simpler
43:22
way
43:22
we
43:23
remember
43:24
what
43:24
he
43:24
has
43:24
done
43:24
in
43:24
the
43:24
past
43:25
the
43:26
implications
43:27
for
43:27
us
43:27
in
43:27
the
43:27
present
43:28
and
43:29
the
43:29
promise
43:30
of
43:30
his
43:31
sure
43:31
return
43:33
let's
43:34
pray
43:35
together