1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,040 Hey everybody, this is Pastor John Ewart from Englewood 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:05,920 Baptist Church in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,119 Thank you so much for tuning in to our podcast. 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,320 You're going to hear from God today as we share from His word 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,080 about important issues facing your life that can guide you 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:21,800 according to the Bible. Well, good morning, Englewood. 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:24,600 Good to see you here this morning. 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,200 I know we have a lot of folks traveling on the holiday weekend 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,960 praying for their safe return. My wife's actually in Oklahoma 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,480 right now herself. So I appreciate you all being 11 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:35,040 here. Appreciate gifts who might be in 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,040 town for the hollow holiday weekend as well. 13 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,280 So what a blessing this morning. Amen. 14 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,040 Yeah. I don't know how much you 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,720 realize what you just witnessed or not. 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,880 You know, the rarity of seeing someone in their 80s being 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,920 baptized, it's just an amazing thing. 18 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,640 And also these wonderful married couples not only being a 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,720 testimony to their families, but to one another. 20 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,960 What a wonderful commitment. I appreciate the folks who came 21 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,280 in the early service and the folks who wanted to join the 22 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,400 church. And maybe that's who you're 23 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,760 going to be today as well. I need to make one announcement 24 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:14,720 before we get rolling here because we've made a change. 25 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,880 So I know that Word scares you, so I'm glad you're sitting down. 26 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:21,880 By the way, we're going to have to treat Charles. 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,840 He's getting baptismal elbow. We're going to have to do 28 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,160 something about that. You don't have to look that up. 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,440 It's a real thing. Anyway, so in your worship 30 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,200 guide, it talks about the work day in Tarboro on September 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,080 27th. They had a great work day 32 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,040 yesterday. Several. 33 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,040 You were there. Thank you so much for your hard 34 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,040 work. We need to shift some things. 35 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,760 I had a long talk with our church planter yesterday and 36 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,400 this morning. And so on September 27th, we're 37 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,080 still going to go over there, but that we're going to do 38 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,320 another building day. We're going to do another work 39 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,840 day on the building. And then we're going to move the 40 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,840 the canvassing door to door, door hanging type experience to 41 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,960 October 11th and 12th. Our students are going to be on 42 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,240 a retreat that weekend, but we still feel like that's the most 43 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,720 strategic weekend. So those who can, we're going to 44 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,960 need you there. And then we're hoping the launch 45 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,240 day for the new church plant is October 19th. 46 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,800 So I think that's where we are. So the 27th is not the 47 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,160 canvassing day. Move that to October 11th and 48 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,600 we'll help you keep up with that. 49 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,240 This is also the last day that we're going to have the bins out 50 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,440 in the lobbies to collect toys for them. 51 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,800 So if you wanted to do that, we can still take them, just that 52 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,120 we won't have the boxes out there. 53 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:32,800 Also want to say welcome to Laura. 54 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,160 We appreciate her coming on board. 55 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,200 We're very excited about her experience and her expertise and 56 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,840 look forward to how she's going to live out her calling and 57 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,720 giftedness helping our our children and our families. 58 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,640 So that's very excited. Exciting time for us this 59 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:48,200 Wednesday night and our core training. 60 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,280 A lots of you been coming. Appreciate you being there 61 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,880 having a good crowd on Wednesday nights. 62 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,520 I'm going to talk about the problem of evil this Wednesday 63 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:55,440 night. So why? 64 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,600 Why does evil exist? Why do bad things happen? 65 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,320 It's an important study. Several of you have had 66 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,120 questions about that to me, and so we're going to address that 67 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,080 from Scripture this Wednesday night. 68 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,480 I've been sharing this sermon series and asking crucial key 69 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,560 questions along the way as a way to set the stage. 70 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,360 I wanted to invite you as part of the sermon series to Just 71 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,800 Come Be the King's Bride. Wanted to talk about who the 72 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,000 church is, why the church is. Each sermon has progressed. 73 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,920 You may not notice that, but each one builds. 74 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:27,320 What? Why should we be saved? 75 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,760 Why do we even need a church? Why should we ever be baptized? 76 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,760 What? Why do we need discipleship? 77 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,520 And this morning I want to finish this up, but we're also 78 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,160 using this as a kick off to what's next. 79 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,920 And I want to ask you, why should we observe the Lord's 80 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,840 Supper? As we talk about that in a 81 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,200 moment, we're going to celebrate the supper because this this 82 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,120 series of messages actually sets the stage for beginning next 83 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,880 Sunday, our next sermon series. Come live the church's vision, 84 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,080 the seven essentials of discipleship, what we're going 85 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,920 to present to you our new mission and vision statements, 86 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,080 but also we're really are going to be presenting to you over 87 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,360 several weeks what we believe the very definition of 88 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,760 discipleship is. We talk about discipleship. 89 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,720 We're supposed to be disciples, but what does that mean really? 90 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,960 I mean, specifically, what does that mean in my life? 91 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,560 What do I need to know? What do I need to do? 92 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,640 Who do I need to be? We're going to be talking about 93 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,160 those things and in a lot of depth over the next several 94 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,360 weeks. And then we're also going to 95 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,640 learn how that should guide everything we do. 96 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,000 How should that guide our planning? 97 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,640 How should that guide our programming? 98 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,080 How should that guide our special events, even as a 99 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,640 church? So we're going to put our 100 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,040 discipleship into practical application. 101 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,120 And, and I just can't encourage you enough. 102 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:38,840 You need to be here every week if you can. 103 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,640 And so I hope that that you'll do that. 104 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,520 And today, as we kind of move forward in that, today is a day 105 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,880 to commit to move forward as his bride. 106 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,160 I shared about the ordinance of baptism a few weeks ago and I 107 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,880 can't think of a better example than what you've just observed 108 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,560 where you see these these folks being baptized and testifying 109 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,360 and proclaiming what God is doing in their life. 110 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,400 Maybe that's you. Maybe that's something you need 111 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,760 to do. Maybe that's something you need 112 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,200 to. There's a couple who came up to 113 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,120 me after the service who who just felt like the Lord was just 114 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,840 leading them to join us to be members here and we were talking 115 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:13,160 about that. Maybe that's you. 116 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,360 So, so I hope that you'll go back and listen to that sermon 117 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,840 about baptism if you missed it, because in it I talked about the 118 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:21,880 difference between a sacrament and an ordinance. 119 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,280 And that's a big difference and you need to understand that. 120 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,120 But this morning I want to share about our other ordinance, the 121 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,800 the Lord's Supper, about this other visual of the gospel. 122 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,480 And that's what these are, this visual of the gospel where we 123 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,160 remember what Jesus did for us through his death, his life, his 124 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,240 death and his resurrection, right? 125 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,360 And so we observe these visuals of the gospel not in order to be 126 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,520 saved or not to maintain our salvation, but because we are 127 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,560 saved. And so baptism nor the Lords 128 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,480 Supper can save you. That's not what they are. 129 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,720 They are commands of obedience in the Bible in which we, those 130 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,480 of us who are already saved, not only obey those that biblical 131 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,840 teaching, but we also proclaim the gospel as a unified body. 132 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:11,360 We're never going to have secret private baptisms. 133 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,680 We're never going to have secret private Lord's suppers. 134 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,760 We're going to do that together in a unified way in order to 135 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,240 celebrate as his bride, as his body. 136 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,840 But as we look ahead, I couldn't think of a better way to begin 137 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:27,920 the new, but then by remembering the already. 138 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,640 And so that's what the Lord's Supper is going to help us do. 139 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,800 And that's why the new sermon series starts next week. 140 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,960 And so if baptism is a public confession, then the Lord's 141 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,640 Supper is a public commitment. And and so they work together in 142 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,040 very significant ways. Then we observe these together. 143 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,280 Now, our model for this came from Jesus. 144 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,360 But, but, but it's partly when he was celebrating what we call 145 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,400 the Passover. And so as he transforms the 146 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,520 celebration of the Passover into something brand new or, or, or 147 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,320 perhaps a better way to say it, as he fulfills the Passover in a 148 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,560 new way. So, so Paul also described this 149 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,080 to a church in Corinth that that was actually struggling with 150 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,840 this. The church in Corinth struggle 151 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,520 with a lot of things and they were abusing the Lord's Supper 152 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,320 for personal benefit and, and it was causing division in the 153 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,640 church. They were putting themselves 1st 154 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,360 instead of the body. They weren't thinking of one 155 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,000 another. And so they they weren't weren't 156 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,720 really thinking about Jesus either. 157 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,440 They were thinking about themselves. 158 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,480 And so because of that, Paul reminded them of the meaning of 159 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,400 this in Scripture and they needed to be reminded. 160 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,240 They needed to remember Christ, they needed to recommit 161 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,120 themselves to him. And so it's good for us to do 162 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,880 this as well. So, so why we gather and, and 163 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,640 why we do this and what is in our hearts and what's our motive 164 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,080 behind it? These are incredibly important 165 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,360 and they have to be driven by what he wants, not what I want, 166 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,800 not what I wish for myself. And so we, we cannot, in fact, 167 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,880 we will not, we never will as long as I'm here, we will never 168 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,240 partake of the Lord's Supper in some kind of flippant, add on to 169 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,920 a service kind of way. We're just not going to do that. 170 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,120 This is a very serious, important moment and we need to 171 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,360 slow down enough and recognize why we're doing this and what 172 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,520 this really, really means. The Bible takes this seriously. 173 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,240 So we need to take it seriously. We need to obey the commands of 174 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:32,880 the Bible. So Paul writes in First 175 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,159 Corinthians 11 and and reminds us what happened, but also helps 176 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:39,760 us out a lot. Verse 2023 he says, For I 177 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,960 received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the 178 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,960 Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread. 179 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,120 And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said this is my 180 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:55,080 body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. 181 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,880 And in the same way also he took the cup after supper, saying, 182 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,480 This cup is the new covenant in my blood. 183 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,960 Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of Me. 184 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,640 For as often as you eat this bread or drink this cup, you 185 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,880 proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 186 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,280 So the first thing we're just going to see is I just want us 187 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,000 to see this new command that Jesus, you can understand the 188 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,040 setting. He's, he's in this Passover 189 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,440 celebration with his disciples. He's transforming it into a new 190 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,200 way. Listen to this new command 191 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,240 because he takes the Passover to a new level of meaning. 192 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,080 He fulfills the Passover in this new way. 193 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,520 And so he gives this command, do this in remembrance of me, 194 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,120 right? So, so the Bible doesn't tell us 195 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,640 anywhere how often we're, we're supposed to observe the Lord's 196 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,440 Supper. It doesn't tell us how often, 197 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,640 but it does tell us that when we do, we must do this for the 198 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,360 right reasons and we must do this in the right way. 199 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,160 And so we're, we're not commanded as to how often we do 200 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,640 it. And so we want to do it in a, in 201 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,560 a way that will help us to remember that they're going to 202 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:06,120 help us to understand it. So we take the supper together 203 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,200 to remember what Christ has done for us on the cross. 204 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,480 That's as simple as it gets. He gave His body for us. 205 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,800 He gave His blood for us. He gave it for our sin. 206 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,440 He to pay the price that had to be paid, and there was no way we 207 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,120 could pay it. That's called the gospel. 208 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,720 And so He calls us now to remember that. 209 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,880 Now you got to think about this in its original context. 210 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,360 He's sitting around the table with the disciples and for them 211 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,440 this is a future event. This hasn't happened yet. 212 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,440 So for them, it's like, remember guys, what I'm about to do for 213 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,840 you, you got to remember it because they were getting ready 214 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,120 to go through chaos. And you know, you got to 215 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,040 remember what I'm about to do for you and for us. 216 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,960 It's it's something that has already happened. 217 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,960 It's a completed work. So for us, he's saying to us 218 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,240 this morning, remember what I've already done for you, right? 219 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,960 Remember the sacrifice I made for you. 220 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:03,960 So I get, he says. I gave myself or to them I will 221 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,040 give myself. I gave myself to you for 222 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,840 salvation, to make salvation possible for you, to make 223 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,160 discipleship possible, for you to have a relationship with me. 224 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,600 This is why Jesus came. This is why he died. 225 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,800 This is why he rose, and we need to remember him and celebrate 226 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,120 that. Do this because we owe him 227 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,680 everything. Do this because he earned it. 228 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,120 Paul says in verse 25. He says in the same way he took 229 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,840 the cup after supper, saying this cup is the new covenant in 230 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,560 my blood. Do this as often as you drink it 231 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:42,800 in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this 232 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,040 bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until 233 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,360 he comes. So not only does he give a 234 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,040 command, but we see this new covenant. 235 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:55,600 We call it a testament. Jesus has sacrificed, ushers in 236 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,680 the New Testament, and we always use that word testament, but 237 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:00,800 that word testament just means covenant. 238 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,200 It's a new covenant. He declares a new agreement. 239 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,680 He declares our new inheritance because of what he did, the Old 240 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:12,400 Testament, the old covenant was sealed with blood. 241 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,240 In fact, throughout history, from Genesis on, when God had to 242 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:21,240 sacrifice animals to cover Adam and Eve with clothing, sin has 243 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:25,080 always been covered by blood. I've been reading in the Old 244 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,160 Testament in my personal quiet time about the dedication of the 245 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,960 Tabernacle and to think about all of the animals, all the 246 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,160 tribes brought, all these animals and the sacrifice. 247 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,520 Just think about animal after animal, after the amount of 248 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:42,880 blood that was shed for the sacrifices in that host system. 249 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,720 I mean, many an animal who sacrificed for the religious 250 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:51,040 relationship Israel had with God over and over and over again. 251 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,160 And then the Passover itself back in Exodus, the the Hebrews 252 00:12:55,160 --> 00:13:00,480 had to kill a, a spotless lamb and paint blood over their 253 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,160 doorposts. So the Angel of death would 254 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,720 Passover them in Egypt. And, and that Passover was 255 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,920 remembered. That celebration was remembered 256 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,040 throughout those centuries. So Jesus comes and fulfills the 257 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,400 ultimate Passover at that Last Supper, what becomes the Lord's 258 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,600 Supper. He fulfills that Passover, and 259 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,760 then he fulfills the need for any future sacrifice. 260 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,600 When he shed his blood, he got to sit down because the job was 261 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,240 done and he never has to sacrifice again. 262 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,440 He's done enough. He's done all that we need as 263 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:40,160 the new perfect Passover lamb sacrifice for us. 264 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,080 Jesus brings us out of bondage. Just like back in Exodus, they 265 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,320 had to paint their doorposts so the Angel of death would 266 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,200 Passover them so they could get out of their slavery in Egypt. 267 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,560 So Jesus and his blood paints over our hearts and our spirits, 268 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:56,680 our souls, so that we can get out of the bondage of sin. 269 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:02,440 And so Jesus sheds his blood to establish this new, this 270 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,200 permanent covenant for us. But this new covenant doesn't 271 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,720 simply cover our past. It also gives us hope for the 272 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,720 future. And that, and that's 273 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,120 encouraging. We take the supper not only to 274 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,680 renew our remembrance, our commitment to the covenant, but 275 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:21,600 we do so to commit to the covenant to be the disciple who 276 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,840 Jesus wants us to be tomorrow and the next week and the next 277 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,360 week and the next week. So this next sermon series is so 278 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,240 important. We want to make disciples who 279 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,440 make disciples who make disciples who make disciples and 280 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,280 on and on. We want to be fruit producing, 281 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,920 multiplying disciples. You need to be here. 282 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,040 And so we take the supper to, to in celebration of this covenant 283 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:50,160 of truth that those who trusted in Christ are already saved. 284 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,160 This doesn't save us. He did. 285 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,280 So grace is not dispensed here in some way. 286 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,240 Grace doesn't come out of the, the bread and the cup. 287 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,120 That's not what happens here. It's a, it's, it's an 288 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,040 opportunity for us to remember and to cherish grace that has 289 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:09,960 already been given on the cross. So this is a time for renewal. 290 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,960 It's a time for revival. This is a time for a 291 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,760 recommitment of our participation in the covenant 292 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,440 relationship that we have with him. 293 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,040 Now, the supper again doesn't 'cause this to happen in some 294 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,520 supernatural way. We don't believe that the bread 295 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,040 and the juice somehow mysteriously turned into the 296 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,040 actual body and blood of Christ, but instead they, they 297 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:36,400 represent, they are symbols of Christ's body broken for us and, 298 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,240 and for his blood that was shed for our justification before 299 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,120 God. You got to remember that that 300 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,120 wasn't just anybody hanging on a cross. 301 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,640 And that's, that's crucial. It wasn't just anybody hanging 302 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,200 on a cross. He wasn't just a good man. 303 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,880 He wasn't just some incredible prophet. 304 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,960 It wasn't just anybody hanging up there. 305 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,840 It was the sinless perfect God man hanging on the cross. 306 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,880 And if that's not true, the cross doesn't work. 307 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,240 It doesn't work if that's not God Incarnate. 308 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,760 So this is another reason with that the symbols are actually 309 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,920 used. See, there's a reason why we use 310 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,960 unleavened bread, for example. Now look, if you're on a desert 311 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:19,800 island and I don't know why you're there, but you know, you 312 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:25,080 and Gilligan need to figure out a better plan, but it but if 313 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,440 you're out there and all you have is Oreo cookies and 314 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,440 kool-aid, use your Oreo cookies and kool-aid. 315 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,680 But when you have the opportunity to actually teach 316 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,080 using the best symbols, do that. There's a reason why you use 317 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:39,200 unleavened bread, because that ought not only represents the 318 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,920 symbolism of what took place back in Egypt, where they they 319 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,160 had to leave Egypt in haste, but there's a there's a the 320 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,920 symbolism is important. This is also something that that 321 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,600 helps us to understand the sinlessness of Jesus. 322 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,880 Leaven is often used in Scripture to represent sin. 323 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,000 Listen to 1st Corinthians 5 verse 7. 324 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,040 It says, cleanse out the old leaven, that you may be a new 325 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,640 lump, as you really are unleavened for Christ. 326 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,760 Our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. 327 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,880 Let us therefore celebrate the festival not with the old 328 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,520 leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened 329 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,880 bread of sincerity and truth. Jesus, other places in the 330 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,280 Gospels will warn his disciples about the leaven of the 331 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,079 Pharisees. Their hypocrisy, their 332 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:30,960 corruption, their sin is what's represented. 333 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,720 So the unleavened bread actually represents the purity of Jesus, 334 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,480 that he was a sinless sacrifice. He was a perfect sacrifice. 335 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,640 And that's the only way any of this works. 336 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:47,320 So it's an opportunity for us to remember and to proclaim what 337 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,120 Christ has already done. So This is why one of the 338 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,160 reasons why the Supper is only for believers. 339 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,440 It's only for believers to share because Jesus didn't just die, 340 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,640 He rose again and he's going to come again. 341 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,320 And we need to proclaim that truth until then. 342 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,680 And now we're preparing ourselves to do so. 343 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,400 Here's the church with a new vision, with a with a new plan 344 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,200 to fulfill his mission. So how do I move forward in my 345 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,480 covenant with Christ? How do I lead my family into 346 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,520 better discipleship? How do I show and share with my 347 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,920 friends about the King who loved us so much that he sacrificed 348 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,880 himself for us? Now listen, whether you 349 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,280 understand the connection or not, we have been seeing healthy 350 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,400 churches and healthy church members in our study of the book 351 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,120 of Acts. There's a reason why we did 352 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:39,640 that, and now we're going to put what we've learned into an 353 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,080 action plan for living and for growing together in this next 354 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:45,880 sermon series. So it's all going to come 355 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,920 together, I pray, and we're going to get to get on board 356 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:49,520 that connected train and move forward. 357 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,560 But let us remember 1st and celebrate this morning what he's 358 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:58,520 done in the past as we also rejoice in what he's going to do 359 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:03,440 in the future. Now to do this truly, the third 360 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,040 thing last thing is that we've got to be a new creation. 361 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,400 So look at First Corinthians 11/27. 362 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,280 Whoever therefore eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in 363 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,200 an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and 364 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,680 blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself 365 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,240 then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 366 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,720 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, 367 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,040 eats and drinks judgment on himself. 368 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,320 That is why many of you are weak and ill and some have died. 369 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,320 But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 370 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,920 So the Corinthians again, just didn't get it. 371 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,640 There's so many things they struggled with. 372 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,720 They were sometimes remind me of me and this didn't get it. 373 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,080 And they were, they were in it for themselves and they used it 374 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,320 for themselves, right? So we need to be careful. 375 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:59,520 We carefully approach this table with a sense of reverence, with 376 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,000 a sense of awe. With this, a sense of respect 377 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,840 for what he's done for us, that that better be our attitude this 378 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,080 morning. It's a serious thing to come to 379 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,440 the Lord's table and it's a very serious thing to come to this 380 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,240 with an unprepared heart. Christ wants us to remember his 381 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,280 death, but not just the facts. See, that's what you heard in 382 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,760 those testimonies. What beautiful testimonies, 383 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,040 Amen. I mean beautiful and and more 384 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,160 than one of them said I knew about God. 385 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:32,880 See, a lot of people know about Jesus, but they don't know 386 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,880 Jesus. See, we don't want to just know 387 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,760 the facts about Jesus. We need to understand the 388 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,320 results of what he has done for us and the fact that it changes 389 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,360 us. His body was broken, but it 390 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:45,400 wasn't just broken, it was broken for us. 391 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,640 Peter says it this way in Peter 2/24. 392 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:54,160 He himself bore our sins and his body on the tree, that we might 393 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,440 die to sin and live to righteousness. 394 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,560 By his wounds you have been healed. 395 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:07,560 So at the Lord's table, we we cannot, we must not approach 396 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,560 this moment lightly. And though we can never fully be 397 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:16,520 worthy, we're never going to be spiritually perfect. 398 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,320 We're sinners saved by grace. We're an imperfect people. 399 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,720 We acknowledge that, but we are to partake in a worthy manner. 400 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,640 And therefore the Bible says you got to examine yourself. 401 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,560 Now that word examine is an interesting word. 402 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,840 It's a word that's used to test metals. 403 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,040 Is this really gold or not? Is this really silver or not? 404 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,680 And so you're testing what you're made of. 405 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,160 You're testing who you really are. 406 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,200 So, so this isn't just whether somebody thinks you're 407 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,280 something. This is who and what you really 408 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,760 are that you are to examine. You are to test yourself. 409 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,440 What, what, what stuff am I made of? 410 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,920 And, and notice what it says You're, you're to do this for 411 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,880 yourself, not everybody else. Now the Corinthians were experts 412 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,920 at everybody else. They were expert at judging 413 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,200 others. But I can't fully examine you. 414 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,120 I can't see in your heart. I can't see in your soul. 415 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,920 I can't see in your spirit. You need to do that. 416 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,520 You must honestly look at your own soul in life. 417 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,440 But to come to this table with unconfessed sin is to be guilty 418 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:27,360 of the blood and the body of Christ for which he was nailed 419 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,880 to the cross. And listen, if, if, if you've 420 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,440 never trusted in Christ as your Lord and Savior, that must 421 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,240 happen first. You need to be saved 1st. 422 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,040 And if you're not living in obedience and you know you have 423 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,200 unconfessed sin in your life and your heart, that confession 424 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,760 needs to come first. You need a homologia. 425 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,400 You need to say the same words about your sin that God would 426 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,760 say about your sin, about anything that you say that you 427 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,720 do or you think that's contrary to God's word and will. 428 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,680 And so we need to repent, we need to turn away from our sin, 429 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,680 and that needs to come first. And then we need to replace that 430 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,880 sinful part of us with the things that God wants in our 431 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,440 lives called discipleship. We're going to start talking 432 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,600 about those things next week because a growing disciple is 433 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,640 going to pursue God's own heart. And that's what this morning's 434 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,800 for. So the question that you have to 435 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,160 ask yourself is, am I ready to partake in the Lord's Supper in 436 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,880 a worthy manner? If not, it's not too late. 437 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,760 That's the thing about grace. It's not too late here in a 438 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,800 moment, I'm going to pray and we're going to have some 439 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,240 instrumental music and you can take time and you could commit 440 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,320 yourself to Jesus Christ this morning. 441 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,280 I'm just in challenging you. Draw a line in the sand. 442 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:53,040 Say enough and commit your commit your life in a new way of 443 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,560 trusting a new depth of discipleship. 444 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,760 I had the opportunity of sharing Christ with a couple of folks in 445 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,080 the last couple of weeks and that's kind of what they said. 446 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,440 You know, I've, I've known about this, but you know, it's time to 447 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,600 draw a line in the sand and to commit myself in a new way to 448 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:08,840 him. For some of you that might be 449 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,880 salvation. For others, it might be a new 450 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,480 discipleship. So as we just as we celebrate a 451 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,680 new future, let's begin with a new commitment. 452 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:22,160 And that's what this morning will help us with as well. 453 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:27,280 So all who know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior 454 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,080 are more than welcome to participate with us in the 455 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,320 supper. Because only the one who has 456 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:38,040 experienced salvation can really prepare to take the supper in a 457 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,560 worthy manner. Because only those who've 458 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,520 experienced salvation could recognize the sin that would 459 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,760 create the unworthiness that would make you not ready. 460 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,840 So a non believer has not yet experienced the saving grace 461 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,920 which the supper proclaims, but they can't remember. 462 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,280 You can't celebrate. You can't proclaim something 463 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,360 that you haven't experienced personally already. 464 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,760 So for those who have not personally trusted in Christ, 465 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:11,000 listen, I encourage you either to ask Christ into your heart 466 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,920 right now, But if not, I encourage you not to partake of 467 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,440 the supper. I encourage you to observe us 468 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,320 first, taking the supper. Now listen, the people sitting 469 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,560 around you, if you don't take the elements, nobody's going to 470 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:26,880 judge you. They're going to be proud of you 471 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,800 for being honest. They're going to be a proud of 472 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,280 you for, for really taking this seriously. 473 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,440 So, so listen, for those of you who have not personally trusted 474 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,040 in Christ, we encourage you to observe the rest of us as we 475 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,160 take this first, be saved, then take the supper. 476 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,400 Right now. We're going to have a moment of 477 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:51,040 reflection, and in that moment it could be a time of salvation 478 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,840 for you. You could ask Jesus Christ into 479 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,640 your heart to be your Lord and Savior if you understand what 480 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,400 He's done for you. This is also a time of 481 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,000 recommitment. This is also a time of 482 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,000 repentance. So there's not going to be 483 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,160 anybody up here to greet you. We're not going to be standing 484 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,880 at the front. There's nobody over there in the 485 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,280 Next steps room yet. That's all going to happen after 486 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,560 the service. This is just a time for you and 487 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:18,360 the Lord right where you're sitting, just to talk to him, to 488 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:21,720 make sure that you're ready as you talk to him. 489 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,920 So I'm going to pray that we're going to have just a few moments 490 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,160 of music and then we'll partake in the supper. 491 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,040 Father, we thank you so much for your truth. 492 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:37,480 I thank you, Father, that that Lord, you call us to these 493 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:44,440 moments, moment like baptism, where we're publicly declaring I 494 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,920 have trusted in you and, and I identify with you and I want the 495 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,720 whole world to know. I'm not ashamed of that. 496 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,200 I'm not only not ashamed of it, I'm excited about it and I want 497 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,640 everybody to know it. And then, Father, we thank you 498 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,680 for the Lord's Supper where we can have communion with you. 499 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:07,400 Father, this isn't a moment of salvation as we partake of the 500 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,040 supper. It's a moment of remembrance. 501 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,680 It's a it's a moment of celebration. 502 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,320 It's a moment of proclamation. But Father, maybe there's 503 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,960 someone here who needs salvation. 504 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,400 Father, in the last service there was. 505 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,680 And so, Father, I pray that right now, if there's somebody 506 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,560 here, that your Holy Spirit would move into their hearts and 507 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,480 minds so powerfully right now in this very instant, that they 508 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,840 would have no doubt that you're real and that you love them. 509 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,160 And that the only way they can be saved is to trust in Jesus 510 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,440 Christ alone. Because of what he did, because 511 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,960 of who he is, because he sacrificed himself on the cross 512 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,040 to pay for our sins. And he rose again so that we 513 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,280 could defeat death. And he's the only one who can 514 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,480 save. And Father, I pray that you'd 515 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,960 help them to understand that truth and that they'd pray and 516 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,520 ask Christ into their heart to be their Lord and Savior. 517 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,200 Others here who've made that decision in the past, maybe some 518 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,480 of them recognize they haven't been walking with you will. 519 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,880 And so this is a moment for them to to recommit. 520 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,320 This is a moment to confess. This is a moment to repent, 521 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:24,760 maybe even a moment of revival. It's a serious moment. 522 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:31,840 So, Father, help us, speak to us, guide us as we spend just a 523 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,000 few moments with you, just us alone with you. 524 00:28:36,440 --> 00:29:44,310 Speak to us now. Father, thank you for your 525 00:29:44,310 --> 00:29:48,310 grace. Thank you for the gift of 526 00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:52,230 salvation. Thank you, Father, for the 527 00:29:52,230 --> 00:29:59,990 church which we can gather together to build one another up 528 00:29:59,990 --> 00:30:04,870 and to bring you glory. Now bless us as we celebrate the 529 00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:10,190 Supper as your bride in Christ's name, Amen. 530 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,680 I'm going to ask those deacons and pastors who are going to 531 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,360 help us help serve the Supper this morning to make your way to 532 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,120 your positions. I appreciate these men so much. 533 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,200 I've enjoyed visiting with the deacons as we go see some of the 534 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,840 members, and I love serving with these pastors daily. 535 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,320 I hope that you'll express your appreciation to them at some 536 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:48,600 point before you go. As we begin our celebration and 537 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:53,880 our remembrance, let us pray over the bread and what it 538 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,840 represents. Father, we're so thankful, 539 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:03,520 Father, that it wasn't just anybody on that cross. 540 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:11,520 It wasn't just a good moralist, wasn't just a good teacher, It 541 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:19,080 wasn't just a good man, the Father, a perfect, sinless God. 542 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:26,640 Man fully, God, fully man. And the Word became flesh and 543 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,800 dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. 544 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,640 Glory is of the only begotten, full of grace and truth. 545 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:37,400 That's who hung on that cross. And because of that, our debt 546 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,320 could be paid. Father, we thank you for the 547 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:45,440 body that was broken. We thank you, Father, that in 548 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:51,600 your grace you saw past our sin, our wretchedness, our lostness, 549 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,480 and a perfect sacrifice was made on our behalf. 550 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:03,040 So, Father, bless us, bless the bread, as we celebrate together 551 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:40,170 in Christ's name, Amen. All goes on in his word. 552 00:32:41,330 --> 00:32:44,290 And he says that on the same night in which Jesus was 553 00:32:44,290 --> 00:32:50,930 betrayed, Jesus took the bread, and after giving thanks he broke 554 00:32:50,930 --> 00:32:53,890 it. And he says, This is my body 555 00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:59,410 which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me. 556 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,360 Father, I think, I think of all the sacrifices that were made 557 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:26,280 throughout the Old Testament. I think of what Jesus saw when 558 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,240 he first went to the temple and saw what was happening there, 559 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:37,200 the blood that was shed, the animals that were sacrificed. 560 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:48,080 And Father, I thank you that that you said enough and that 561 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:53,160 Jesus shed his perfect blood for us to cover our sins, to cleanse 562 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,000 us. And I thank you, Father, that 563 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,280 when he hung on that cross, he could declare to tell us die. 564 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,120 The debt is paid, it is finished because of that blood. 565 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,560 So Father, bless us as we remember, bless us as we look 566 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,600 forward, as we celebrate and remember you through the cup. 567 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,760 Please bless it in Christ's name. 568 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:49,000 Amen. In a similar way, after supper, 569 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:56,280 Jesus took the cup, and he says this cup is the New Testament or 570 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:01,240 the New Covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it 571 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:14,740 in remembrance of me. He goes on to say that as often 572 00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:18,840 as we do this, as often as you eat the bread and drink the cup, 573 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,880 you proclaim his death until he returns again. 574 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,640 And my friends, I can promise you he's coming back. 575 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:30,800 And so we're going to celebrate him. 576 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,440 We're going to serve him until then. 577 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,120 And so here's what we're going to do. 578 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,120 We're going to worship for a few moments and, and I'm going to be 579 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,840 in the lobby. Others are going to be in our 580 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,760 Next steps room over here after we worship. 581 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:49,320 If you want to talk to me about salvation or you want to talk to 582 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,080 me about some prayer need, come find me. 583 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,200 I'll be right there in the lobby. 584 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,400 Others will be right here. They'd love to have a private 585 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,360 conversation with you, people who would just love to pray with 586 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,160 you and share with you. So some of you can go this way, 587 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,880 some of you can go that way. But first, let's stand and let's 588 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:12,000 worship and let's celebrate Him. Thank you so much for listening 589 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,520 today and I also hope that you'll go to our website at 590 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,680 englewoodbaptist com as well as our app and find many other 591 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,880 resources that will bless you and your families. 592 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,080 Thank you once again.