1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,100 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist sermon archives. 2 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,100 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty, Baptist 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:13,100 Church in Eastern Massachusetts. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,400 or contact us at my Liberty, Baptist dot org or just look us 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,800 up on Facebook. And now, we hope that this 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,200 message from God's word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,700 This evening we are in the book of numbers and we're in Numbers 8 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:31,100 Chapter number 15, as we make preparation for the Lord 9 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:33,300 suffered again. We'll have the Lord's Supper 10 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:35,500 here on Tuesday. Our church celebrates the Lord's 11 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,100 supper with those who are part of the membership of the church 12 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:39,900 and we do. So for many reasons, this is not 13 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:42,100 the reason for me to preach this message tonight. 14 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:45,400 But we do so because I believe that each local church should 15 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:48,900 partake of the Lord's supper with the members of that church. 16 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:52,300 And I think that goes all the way back to the idea of the 17 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:55,900 Lord's Supper being a picture of The Passover and in the 18 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:59,200 Passover, every family celebrated together and we as a 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,000 family here, of course, we know we're part of the family of God 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,500 who were saved of all the people who are saved throughout 21 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:06,900 history. But at the same time for us here 22 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,900 as our local church meeting together, we will meet with the 23 00:01:09,908 --> 00:01:12,100 members, for the Lord's supper and do so, if you're not a 24 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:13,800 member, we want you to be a member. 25 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,200 We want you to be saved and then biblically baptized and join the 26 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,600 church, and you have questions about that. 27 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,300 We certainly love to be able to help you in a dress that with 28 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:27,000 you paperwork, not included, but otherwise, We do enjoy the fact 29 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,200 that we're able to do that, but we do ask ourselves this 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,700 question. If we're going to go through 31 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:34,900 this process of taking the Lord's Supper, do we know why 32 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:37,300 we're taking the Lord's supper? And are we prepared our hearts 33 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:39,300 to make sure that we partake proper? 34 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:42,300 The Lord's supper and I'll say whether you do or not this 35 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:44,900 coming week, I think this is an important subject for all of us 36 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:47,200 to know and for all of us to understand and believe it or 37 00:01:47,208 --> 00:01:50,600 not, we're going to look at this by starting in the Book of 38 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,800 Numbers, which may not seem like the appropriate place for us to 39 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,300 start when we're talking. Thing about what happened with 40 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:58,600 Jesus and the disciples in the gospels. 41 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,200 But I think there's a principle that's good for us to be 42 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,400 reminded of here. In Numbers Chapter number 15 43 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:07,500 that will carry us through as we look this evening quickly at 44 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:12,700 this idea of the Lord's supper and what it's purposes or for us 45 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:16,700 as the membership of the church and for all believers, no matter 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,200 who you are, that partake of the Lord's supper. 47 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:22,300 And so, we're in Numbers Chapter number 15, you can remain seated 48 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:27,000 this evening and will begin in verse number 37. 15:37 the Lord 49 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,200 spake unto Moses saying Speak unto the children of Israel and 50 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,100 bid them that they make the fringes in the borders of their 51 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,000 garments throughout their Generations. 52 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,000 Let me put upon The Fringe of the borders, a ribbon of blue 53 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,600 and it shall be upon you. Our unto you for a fringe that 54 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,900 we may look upon it and remember all the Commandments of the Lord 55 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:50,500 and do them and that ye seek not after your own heart and your 56 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:54,400 own eyes after which he do use to go a whoring. 57 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:59,200 That you may remember and do all my Commandments and be holy unto 58 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,600 your God. I am the Lord your God, which 59 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,200 brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. 60 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,600 I am the Lord, your God. Now, you may read this text just 61 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,900 like, I have and maybe ask the question. 62 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:14,100 Pastor were talking about garments, right? 63 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,400 We're talking about ribbons at the bottoms of the Robes of the 64 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:21,400 hems of the garments. What on Earth does this have 65 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,900 anything to do with the Lord's supper? 66 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:25,700 And on its face, I would say that's true. 67 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:28,600 It doesn't seem like what we just read, has a direct 68 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,800 connection with the Lord's Supper here. 69 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,000 The Lord is making clear to Moses who is making clear to the 70 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 people of Israel that when they are to dress, that their 71 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,300 garments are to look different than those who are of other 72 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:44,900 nations. There was to be a fringe on 73 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:49,000 their garment, this ribbon of blue, these tassels, if you will 74 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,500 that were on their robes, that tied to a cord around each one, 75 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,900 this would have been something that would have been quite 76 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:58,700 unusual and quite different. And by the way, this isn't my 77 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:01,500 message tonight, but I should, I would say this that even in the 78 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:04,500 way that we dress, we ought to look different from the world 79 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:08,400 that we ought to be recognizable as Believers of because even the 80 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,900 way that we look should radiate Jesus Christ. 81 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:14,600 And of course, I don't want to get too deep into that here 82 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,600 tonight but just the idea just as generally speaking is that we 83 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,300 should not look like the world. We should be different from the 84 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:24,600 world in everything that we do. And that's true here that 85 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,300 Israelites that they know. I'm not saying go buy a robe and 86 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:31,000 line it with blue Fringe and go walk around. 87 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:33,400 That's not what I'm saying. But there's a general principle 88 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,700 here. The Israelites just look 89 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,700 different from the world and the reason why was they were to be a 90 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:43,100 beacon to the world, but that was the reason for others. 91 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,700 But I also believe there was a reason for themselves and that 92 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:49,600 reason is found here in verse number 40. 93 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:53,000 Actually, you can see it in verse all of the verses, but it 94 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,700 really sticks out in verse number 40 that ye may remember 95 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,000 and do all my Commandments and be holy unto your God. 96 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,900 So do you maybe start to see a little bit of a connection here 97 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,300 with the Lord's? Supper, the idea is, God says, I 98 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:11,700 want you to wear these particular garments and I want 99 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:14,800 you to have this particular way that your garmin's are 100 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,200 constructed and I want you have this particular way that your 101 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,100 garments look. And the reason for that is this. 102 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,900 I want you to remember that you Or a different people. 103 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:30,400 I want you to remember that. There are Commandments that I 104 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,500 have given you that you should do. 105 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,800 I want you to remember that. You are holy unto your God, I am 106 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,500 your, the Lord, your God verse 41, which brought you out of the 107 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:45,400 land of Egypt, to be your God. I am the Lord, your God, you 108 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,200 know, we shouldn't be surprised by this, but the idea of 109 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,500 remembrance is something that God gives us quite a bit in the 110 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,600 word of God, that is not just a principle. 111 00:05:54,700 --> 00:05:56,500 Found here in Numbers Chapter number 15. 112 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,500 But God is very keen on teaching us things but then also knowing 113 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:04,900 our human frailties and our human Minds, whether you call 114 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:08,400 them forgetfulness or senior moments, or whatever you want to 115 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,700 call, you don't have to be a senior to have a forgetful mind. 116 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:16,400 In fact, really, you just have to have a busy mind or maybe 117 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,000 not. So busy mind to be forgetful, I 118 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,600 think there's probably a Common Thread, no pun intended with 119 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,600 what we just read that runs through all of us. 120 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,200 We forget a lot of Thanks. I mean, right. 121 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,400 Before church, Brother Sam says, do you have a Post-It note? 122 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:30,800 I'd like to write down a prayer request. 123 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,100 Now, why does he say that? I mean, he didn't say it, but he 124 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:36,700 was charitable and not saying it, but he knows that if he 125 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:39,900 tells me about this prayer request to minutes before church 126 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,800 it's gone. It's as if this conversation 127 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,000 never existed, but he knows that if he writes this prayer 128 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,200 requests on a Post-It note, and I put it in my prayer, bulletin, 129 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:50,800 guess what? It's locked in. 130 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,500 Why the Post-it note business is there For remembrance because we 131 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,200 are a people that have difficulty, remembering things, 132 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,700 consider some of these verses that talk about remembering in 133 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:06,300 the word particularly the Old Testament, Ecclesiastes 12, one, 134 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,000 remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, what about 135 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,900 Exodus? 20 verse 8, remember the Sabbath 136 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:16,200 day to keep it, holy Deuteronomy 5:15. 137 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,500 And remember that thou Wast a servant in the land of Egypt and 138 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:24,400 that the Lord thy God brought the out, Psalm 103 18. 139 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:29,200 Denver his Commandments to do them in the New Testament. 140 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,600 Jesus speaks of the Old Testament when he says this. 141 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,500 Remember, Lot's wife? Let me remember Lot's, wife, and 142 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,700 how she looked back when she was supposed to be looking ahead. 143 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:43,400 I believe a longing look back at the old life that she had in the 144 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,300 world and because of that, she became in death, what she never 145 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:50,500 was in life salt. And Jesus says remember, Lot's, 146 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:51,700 wife. And this is something that we 147 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:53,900 see all throughout the word of God. 148 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:58,300 There are Times and Seasons that we need to be reminded that we 149 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:01,100 are different from the world. There's times and Seasons that 150 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:04,900 we need to be reminded that we belong to God, there's times and 151 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:07,500 Seasons. We need to remember we've been 152 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:13,000 blessed by God and friend. That's the connection from a 153 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,800 garment that has a peculiar Fringe on it. 154 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:19,400 Directly to the Lord's, Supper of which we will partake. 155 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,800 In the idea of the Lord's Supper is not that. 156 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,600 It is a vessel of Grace much. Like, we talked this morning 157 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,400 that this baptismal pool here is not a vessel of Grace in the 158 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,200 sense that this is what dispenses salvation to. 159 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,600 You know, that's not what it is. But yet in the same way, we 160 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,000 partake in the Lord's Supper because there's some things we 161 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,700 need to remember, there's some things in our lives that we have 162 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:43,799 forgotten that we need to remember. 163 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:45,900 And so, there's some things I want to share with you briefly 164 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,600 here tonight. And the first is this, the 165 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,500 Lord's Supper reminds us of. Christ's sacrifice the Lord's 166 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:58,100 Supper serves to Remind us of Christ's sacrifice as they 167 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:01,800 shared their last supper. They did show did So within the 168 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,700 shadow of the cross. I believe we covered that a 169 00:09:04,708 --> 00:09:08,500 little bit this morning. When we talked about John 13:1, 170 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:12,100 where it says that he loved them until the end and he said that 171 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,400 or that was said of him, right? As he was about to take over the 172 00:09:15,408 --> 00:09:19,700 Lord's, Supper, Matthew 20 verse 28 says, even as the son of man, 173 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:24,200 came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his 174 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,800 life. As a ransom for many and one of 175 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,200 the things that the elements, the Jews and the bread are to 176 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,300 remind us of, is the fact that by dying on calvary's cross, 177 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:39,900 Jesus, Paid for our sins, we're reminded of that. 178 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:44,400 By partaking in the Lord's, Supper, he sacrificed his own 179 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,700 life for each one of us and he substituted his life for ours. 180 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,600 It's a song that we sang in the past, His Life For Mine, His 181 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:58,200 Life For Mine, How could it ever be that he would give his life 182 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,600 So Divine for mine. And that's a good question to 183 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,700 ask and it's one that we Ponder as we take of the Lord's Supper 184 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:09,700 reminded of the sacrifice one commentator. 185 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:10,900 Put it this way. I like this. 186 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:14,400 This is so good. The concept of substitution lies 187 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,300 at the heart of both sin and salvation. 188 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:22,300 For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God 189 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:27,300 while the essence of salvation. Is God substituting himself for 190 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:29,500 man. That's deep. 191 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:31,800 That's deeper than a pool right there. 192 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,200 I'll tell you that. I'm going to read it again to 193 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,300 try to let it sink in a little bit. 194 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:39,800 The concept of substitution lies at the heart of both sin and 195 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,400 salvation. For the essence of sin is man, 196 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,200 substituting himself for god. Well, the essence of Salvation 197 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:51,100 is God's substituting himself for man when we sin, what do we 198 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:53,100 do? We put ourselves in the seed of 199 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:57,300 God and we call the shots. Disregarding what God's already 200 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:01,600 told us that sin, but God substitution for us, was that 201 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,200 the essence of Salvation is God's substituting himself for 202 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:10,800 us on the cross that we deserve that cross that we deserve what 203 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,300 penalty took place there for the Jesus. 204 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:16,500 Christ's sacrifice, he substituted himself for us. 205 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,300 We have to remember that. That should be in the front of 206 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:23,800 our mind and the bread. And the cup are to remind us 207 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:26,400 that when he hung on Calvary, Cross. 208 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Jesus Christ. God In the Flesh was dying in 209 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,300 our place. His sacrifice paid for our sin, 210 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:37,300 he died. So we could live and that's 211 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:40,300 really one of the primary reasons that we are to take of 212 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:44,100 the cup of because we were reminded of the sacrifice, the 213 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:47,200 body and the blood, it is not that it actually becomes the 214 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,600 body and that actually becomes the blood. 215 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,800 No, he said, do this in remembrance of me and that as we 216 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:58,500 take of that small wafer and as we hold it in our hands, we pray 217 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:02,200 before we partake of it, and we were reminded Did in that prayer 218 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,400 of the sacrifice of Christ body. And as we eat of it we eat it 219 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:10,000 not to be filled by it because we know it won't fill us. 220 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,700 In fact, Peter, Paul, rather condemned those who tried to 221 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:16,200 come the Lord's, Supper to try to fill themselves up for a 222 00:12:16,208 --> 00:12:18,900 feast that was not what the Lord's Supper was about. 223 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,000 But we remember the body of Christ as we take that little 224 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:26,400 cup of juice that that pure fruit of the vine, the grape, 225 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,500 the reason we don't use wine as because we don't use the 226 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,600 degraded great. Just as would picture a degraded 227 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:39,900 blood in the same way that we don't use bread with lemon in it 228 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,500 because A little leaven leaveneth, the whole lump. 229 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:45,900 It's the same idea, the purity of the body, the purity of the 230 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:47,100 blood. In fact, Luke calls it. 231 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:50,600 The fruit of the vine that they took of that, I believe pure 232 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:54,600 Jews, that they had that pure blood of Jesus Christ, reminds 233 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,600 us of his pure sacrifice, but it wasn't just the Lord's. 234 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,000 Supper reminds us of the sacrifice number. 235 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:05,400 To the Lord's, Supper is a reminder of the love that. 236 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,600 Jesus, sacrifice expressed. Now, I don't want to spend too 237 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,600 long on this this evening because I think we covered a lot 238 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,400 of that this morning when we looked at the issue of John 239 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,800 Chapter 13 Verse number one. But at the same time just as 240 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,700 much as this picture here of the death burial and resurrection of 241 00:13:22,708 --> 00:13:27,900 Jesus Christ, is a signifier of the love of Christ in baptism. 242 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,300 Certainly, we would say the same thing when it comes to The 243 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:35,100 Lord's Supper, as well, John 15:13. 244 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:37,500 And I didn't read this verse this morning, although, I 245 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,900 certainly could have and may very well next week. 246 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:42,100 If the Lord allows greater love hath. 247 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:45,600 No, man than this, that a man lay down his life, for his 248 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,500 friends. So what do we see when we have 249 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:51,200 the sacrifice pictured in front of us? 250 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,800 That it's not just a sacrifice saving us from our sins. 251 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,200 It also signifies the great love that he has for us. 252 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,100 This is what Jesus did for us on the cross. 253 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:02,900 Somebody put it this way. It was not the nails that held 254 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:05,600 him to the cross. It was his own love for you and 255 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,700 me and boy. Isn't that the truth? 256 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,000 It wasn't the nails that held him to the Cross. 257 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,200 Oh certainly. We know physically. 258 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,900 That was the case, but Jesus willingly placed himself on that 259 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:18,900 cross, it was love that placed him on that cross. 260 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,300 It was loved that kept him on that cross to the end to make 261 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:27,600 sure that he fulfilled the duty and because of that that love 262 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:32,100 Has adopted us into his family. Like I said this morning, the 263 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:35,200 great amazing thought of baptizing. 264 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,600 Peyton is my sister when she's my daughter, but my sister in 265 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,700 Christ. What a blessing that is. 266 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:46,500 First John 4:19, we love him because he first loved us. 267 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,900 Romans 5:8 that I just read this morning, but God commendeth his 268 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:51,400 love toward us in that while we were yet. 269 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,600 Sinners Christ died for us, we have become adopted into the 270 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,400 family of God, by his love. He didn't just choose us cause 271 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,400 he had to. He chose us because he wanted to 272 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,600 And listen, he desires for all to come. 273 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:07,600 Not. The calvinistic teaching would 274 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,000 say that there was a sacrifice that was made for certain 275 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,500 people, but that it was made for all and he desires all to come, 276 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,100 all are bitten but yet not all respond. 277 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,400 But as we take of that Lord's supper, and as we hold of that 278 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,600 bread and is that we hold that cup, we do consider the fact 279 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,500 that this is a representation of the expression of love. 280 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:35,000 That Christ. So willingly gave on the cross 281 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,500 for us. And so, when we think of the 282 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,800 Lord's, Supper, The Lord's Supper reminds us of, Christ's 283 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,800 sacrifice, number one. Number two, it reminds us of the 284 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,800 love that, Jesus, sacrifice expressed number three. 285 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,100 I also see this and this is something. 286 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,600 I don't think we talked about very much and why don't you turn 287 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,400 to First Corinthians chapter 11 as we do. 288 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:57,000 So, the Lord's Supper reminds us of Jesus future return. 289 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:01,000 I'll be honest with you this is not something that I normally 290 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,100 consider or teach but I do believe that it's a true 291 00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:10,300 statement. We do so for a purpose First 292 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:13,300 Corinthians chapter 11 will go to verse number 26, will read a 293 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:15,600 few different places here over the next few minutes. 294 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,400 And really when you consider the instructions for the Lord's 295 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,100 Supper given to the local church, you will not find a 296 00:16:22,108 --> 00:16:25,000 better place for that than 1st Corinthians chapter number 11 297 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,200 and certainly we see other places where it's spoken of and 298 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,100 where we find some of our Doctrine teaching. 299 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,300 But First Corinthians chapter 11, Paul is trying to take a 300 00:16:33,308 --> 00:16:35,500 church that hasn't been doing it, right? 301 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,500 And he says, here is how you do it correctly and he says In 302 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:43,300 First Corinthians chapter 11 verse number 26, for as often as 303 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:47,000 ye, eat this bread and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's 304 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,600 death. Look at those last three words 305 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:56,200 till he come Till he come. And this is an element of the 306 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,300 Lord's Supper that I don't think that I have often presented or 307 00:16:59,300 --> 00:17:01,200 really dwelt upon very much for myself. 308 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,000 And this is why studying the word of God is so important and 309 00:17:04,008 --> 00:17:06,400 getting into the word of God and making sure that you got 310 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,300 stagnant in your learning and understanding. 311 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:12,099 Because when I partake of the Lord's Supper, I'll be honest 312 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:15,800 with you, it's all backwards, it's all backwards. 313 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,700 I'm not saying that the Lord's Supper is backwards 314 00:17:17,700 --> 00:17:21,099 understanding saying my thought process is backwards because I'm 315 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:23,599 thinking of what's happened in the past. 316 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:29,200 The sacrifice the love and these are true and there's nothing 317 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,600 wrong with doing. I think a lot of our thoughts 318 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:35,600 need to be on that but there is an element so I think should be 319 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,700 focused on the present and maybe we'll get to that in a moment. 320 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,600 But then also the element that I think is not really concentrate 321 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:47,100 on is the element of the future. How long are we going to take of 322 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:50,200 the Lord's Supper? How long should we do it? 323 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:54,300 Till he comes back, till he comes back. 324 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:59,100 I mean, it's a wonderful reminder for us. 325 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,900 At Westgate, they had a Pulpit before the one that they had. 326 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:05,500 Now had a plaque on the back much like the one that we have 327 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:08,400 here, but on the back of the plaque of this pulpit in 328 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,800 Florida, it simply said these words occupied till he comes. 329 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,900 I like that occupied till he comes, the meaning of zest. 330 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:18,600 Is that until the Lord comes back. 331 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,900 The desire of the church is this to keep preaching, the message 332 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:25,000 of the word of God. I always loved that but you 333 00:18:25,008 --> 00:18:27,100 know, that's really what we're doing. 334 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:29,800 When we partake of the Lord's Supper, we occupy his house. 335 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:32,500 Take of the Lord's Supper. How long till he comes? 336 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,500 That's a reminder that until we were at that great marriage, 337 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:37,800 supper of the Lamb, when all of God's children will gather 338 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,800 together there at that, great feast that we partake in until 339 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,500 that day, we will partake. And we look forward to the day 340 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,100 when he comes back. What a wonderful thing that is, 341 00:18:49,900 --> 00:18:53,700 we observe the Lord's, Supper in the midst of history. 342 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:58,600 But we do so with an eye to the end of history and our Lord's 343 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,600 triumphant return. It's our hope is Christians that 344 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,500 the Christ who is born in Bethlehem crucified on Calvary 345 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,500 and raised on that. First Easter morning is coming 346 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:12,500 again. The Risen Christ with whom we 347 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:17,500 have fellowship at the table is going to return someday visibly 348 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:21,200 and in Victory and it's a promise that even in these 349 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,000 Darkest Hours when we gather together around the Lord's 350 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,100 table, we're just going to keep doing it till he comes and we'll 351 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:31,800 keep doing it. Until he comes until we all 352 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,900 perish from this Earth and others will take our seats or 353 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:38,800 until he just takes us all home and we get to fellowship with 354 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,000 him in constant Fellowship for all eternity, and what a great 355 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:48,100 thing that will be the Lord's, Supper should be a heart lifting 356 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:51,000 experience. It's a time to lift our hearts 357 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,500 to the sure promise of Christ's return. 358 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:58,000 That's why dance 1:11 verse. Number 11, which also said, ye 359 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,700 men of Galilee why stand you up. Gazing up into heaven, this same 360 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:06,000 Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come 361 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,500 in, like manner, as he have seen him go into heaven. 362 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:14,100 So, as the disciples were just standing there, that group of 363 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:17,000 people watching Jesus, ascended to heaven, the Angels, say this? 364 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,600 What are you waiting for? There's things to be done. 365 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:23,400 There's things to be taken care of, until he returns. 366 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:28,400 So, until that glorious day, you go and do those things which God 367 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,300 has called you to do. The Lord's. 368 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:33,500 Supper reminds us is forgetful human beings of Christ's 369 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:37,400 sacrifice of his love and of his promise return. 370 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,100 Look at verse number 23 in First Corinthians, chapter 11, For I 371 00:20:41,108 --> 00:20:45,200 have received of the Lord, that which also, I delivered unto you 372 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,700 that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed 373 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:50,800 took bread. And when he had given, thanks, 374 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:55,000 he brake it and said, take eat. This is my body, which is broken 375 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,000 for you. This do in remembrance of me 376 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,400 after the same manner. Also, he took the cup and when 377 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,100 he had supped saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood. 378 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,800 This do, ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me. 379 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:15,700 But as much as we have seen so far that it reminds us of things 380 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:22,500 that Christ has done, or that Christ will do, because that's 381 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:24,400 what we've looked at. So far, it reminds us of the 382 00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:28,700 sacrifice that reminds the loved in the past, which by the way, 383 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:31,900 his love continues. I think we covered that in this 384 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:36,100 morning, but you understand that the love that was there in the 385 00:21:36,108 --> 00:21:38,900 cross, through the sacrifice in the past and then it reminds us 386 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:40,700 of the future of his return. Turn. 387 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,600 There's also a remembrance that doesn't have to do as much with 388 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,000 Christ but that has to do with us and that's what I want to 389 00:21:49,008 --> 00:21:53,400 take the last few minutes to fit in Bhutan the last few minutes. 390 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,200 Sometimes it's been remarkable me that I do this for a living, 391 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:04,800 but we need to be reminded of tonight and that's this number 392 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,700 for the Lord's. Supper reminds us to take time 393 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:13,300 to inspect ourselves. It reminds us to take time to 394 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:17,500 inspect ourselves the sacrifice, the love the return, that's all 395 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:22,600 Christ. But there is a purpose for us to 396 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,800 be reminded through the Lord's supper, and when I see that date 397 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,000 on that calendar, I'll tell you what it does. 398 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:33,100 To me, it reminds me there's some things that maybe I need to 399 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:35,500 get right with the Lord that I've been putting off to the 400 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:38,100 side. There's some issues that I've 401 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:42,000 been putting off into a corner stuff in them. 402 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:47,600 They're closing the door, hoping they don't come out, but I need 403 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,100 to take care of it before. I am meeting with the lord of 404 00:22:51,108 --> 00:22:54,000 the Lord's. Supper, look at verse number 27, 405 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:58,400 where it says, this wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread 406 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,600 and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily shall be guilty of 407 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,800 the body and blood of the Lord. Now, let's remind ourselves none 408 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,100 of us are worthy of the love of Like, that's not what's being 409 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:09,800 said here. Because if that was the 410 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,000 instruction being given here, no one would ever take of the 411 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,600 Lord's Supper ever because none of us are worthy. 412 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,300 I mean, who would say, you know, Pastor, I was worthy for Jesus 413 00:23:17,300 --> 00:23:19,400 to die on the cross. Nobody would say that. 414 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,900 We all know we are Unworthy of the amazing. 415 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:26,700 Love the mercy, the grace, the sacrifice, the substitution 416 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,700 could I go on? We're Unworthy of all of it. 417 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,700 That's what's so beautiful about it, is that we don't deserve it, 418 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:34,800 but he gave it to us freely. That's an amazing thing. 419 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:41,100 Unworthily, meaning this verse number 28, but let a man examine 420 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:45,200 himself and so let him eat that bread and drink of that cup for 421 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,800 he that drinketh eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth. 422 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,500 And drinketh Damnation to himself, not Discerning the 423 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,800 Lord's body go down to verse number 34, and if any man 424 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,700 hunger, let him eat at home that he not enter in together into 425 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:01,300 condemnation. And the rest will I set in order 426 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:04,700 when I come. This is what he says when 427 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:09,700 they're is Iniquity in your heart that you refused to take 428 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:12,100 care of and you come and take of the Lord's. 429 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:17,600 Supper it makes a mockery of what Christ did in that 430 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,900 sacrifice in that love and of his return. 431 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:23,900 You say, well how does that make a mockery of his return? 432 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,900 Well he said we need to keep short accounts with him because 433 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:28,600 he can come back at any time. He'd come back, like a thief in 434 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,700 the night. So we're not to Harbor sin in 435 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:34,400 our hearts and just keep it there because he said this, you 436 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:39,400 don't know if Coming back tomorrow or today, we don't know 437 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,800 if that's last, trumpet, is going to sound in the next 30 438 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,800 minutes. It it could sound before, I'm 439 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,600 done with this message. I think everybody would say Amen 440 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,700 to that, and the way I keep talking, especially won't see my 441 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:49,800 daughter. All right, great. 442 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:56,900 Thanks a lot. The newest member, but You know, 443 00:24:56,900 --> 00:25:00,200 it reminds us that we've got to keep short accounts with the 444 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,500 Lord. When we look take of the Lord's 445 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:06,800 Supper, I think there's three ways we should do it. 446 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,800 We look inward. We look at ourselves. our 447 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:17,900 thoughts, the things we meditate on the private Things that only 448 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:21,000 we and the Lord know about. We look inward. 449 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,900 The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart. 450 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:26,900 So is he and so just because it's something that we Harbor in 451 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:29,900 of ourselves it will manifest itself in the future. 452 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:31,800 If we don't take care of it, we've looked at that and 453 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,300 Samson's life. The last few weeks, we don't 454 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:35,400 need to go over it again. We're not talking about Sam. 455 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,600 So we're talking about you while we're talking about me. 456 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,300 We've got to look Inward. And by the way, it should we do 457 00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:42,600 this every day. Of course, we should. 458 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:45,400 If we're wise, we would not just do this. 459 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:48,400 On a basis. When we take the Lord's Supper, 460 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,400 but here's the problem, we need reminders. 461 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,500 Sometimes we just need to be reminded to have that time on 462 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:58,700 the calendar to say, I need to make sure that I am not coming 463 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:02,500 to the Lord's table unworthily in Rebellion to him, knowing 464 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:03,900 that he's been wanting me to get right. 465 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:06,200 And I refuse to get, right? So, you look inward. 466 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,500 We also need to look outward and our relationships. 467 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,700 How are things in the family? How are things with a spouse at 468 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:15,800 that? Something that is applicable to 469 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,000 you. You how are things with friends? 470 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,000 How are things with people who aren't friends? 471 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,300 How do you respond to strangers? How do you respond to your 472 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:28,100 brothers and sisters in Christ to church? 473 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,400 These are questions that we need to ask ourselves be go before we 474 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,400 go to the Lord's Supper, maybe you have an angry in a hasty 475 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,900 Spirit, you get angry, it just at the drop of a hat. 476 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,800 Not something you probably all speak with the Lord about before 477 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,600 the Lord's Supper. I know, he'd like to speak to 478 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,600 you about it. They like to speak to me about 479 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,200 it. So we look outward, could I Say 480 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,100 that dissension in the church can be one of the greatest 481 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:52,000 problems. When it comes to taking of the 482 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,400 Lord's Supper because if there's a church that's not in harmony 483 00:26:55,400 --> 00:27:00,200 with each other and the Lord, there are consequences that can 484 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,200 take place verse number 29 to 34 talk about this, there are 485 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,600 consequences when a church tizen operating in harmony with the 486 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,700 Lord, as it should. Now again, are we going to be a 487 00:27:09,708 --> 00:27:12,100 perfect body? Not until we get to heaven? 488 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:15,900 We're not because we are filled with people but at the same time 489 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,400 we cannot use that as a crutch or an excuse to just go ahead 490 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,400 and do whatever we want as Believers know. 491 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,900 You look outward. So, we look inward before the 492 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:24,800 Lord's. Supper, we look outward but most 493 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,400 importantly, look upward look upward. 494 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:31,200 Because what is our example? Who is our example? 495 00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:34,200 Jesus Christ. His word is what teaches us. 496 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,400 How do we know if we've missed the Mark or not? 497 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:38,500 Well, it's only by looking Upward at the Lord. 498 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,200 Because what did those fringes on the garments? 499 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,000 Remind people? The fringes on the garments were 500 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,200 to remind people in numbers, it was to remind them that they 501 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,400 belong to God. So, you know, when I take of the 502 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,100 Lord's, Supper is just a reminder to me. 503 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,400 You do I need to be clean. I belong to him. 504 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,100 He's my savior, he's my God. And I got to make sure that I am 505 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:03,400 in a right relationship with him. 506 00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:06,700 And so as we partake of the Lord's supper and I would say 507 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:10,600 this again whether you do or not as far as being part of this 508 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,000 church at this time, this is a good thing for us to understand 509 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,600 no matter what, take time to meditate on his sacrifice, take 510 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,900 time to meditate on his love through that sacrifice. 511 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,500 Take time to meditate on the fact that he's coming back and 512 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:27,100 also make sure that you are keeping a short account with the 513 00:28:27,108 --> 00:28:27,800 law. Lord. 514 00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:31,400 As far as what you do and where you go, I've had people say this 515 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,600 to me, Pastor, I'm not in a good place right now, so I won't take 516 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:40,300 of the Lord's Supper. I understand the thought 517 00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:44,300 process, they can come along with that but I would say this 518 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,200 that statement is not as Noble as one would make it sound. 519 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,900 And here's the reason why to say that is to acknowledge, you 520 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:54,300 know, you're not right with the Lord. 521 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:59,300 So wouldn't it be better to say? Lord, I want to get right with 522 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:00,800 you and take of the Lord's Supper. 523 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,600 Then to say, Lord, I know, I'm not right with you. 524 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,000 I refuse to get right with you and I won't take of the Lord's 525 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,600 Supper. To me, that doesn't sound Noble 526 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,600 at all. It actually sounds like a 527 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,900 passive aggressive way to try to still get your own way, and be 528 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:17,400 right with God at the same time. And I don't think that's 529 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:18,600 something that's honoring to him. 530 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,600 And maybe you've never looked at it that way, maybe you never 531 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,100 thought of it that way. But I will say, I do believe 532 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:26,200 that if you say, I know I'm harboring this anger, this 533 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,900 bitterness, or this hatred in this relationship in my heart. 534 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:30,500 So I'm just not going to take the Lord's Supper. 535 00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:33,200 So you're saying that you'd rather hold on to those things. 536 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,500 Then let them go and give them to God friend. 537 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:41,400 There's no comparison. This is, this is what I don't, 538 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:45,900 and this is practical. And to be honest with you, we're 539 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:50,400 going to be done in a moment. So set your, you know, set your 540 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,900 something. You know, this is this is maybe 541 00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:54,700 a record at Liberty Baptist Church, but I want to we're 542 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:57,400 early and that's fine because I want honestly for us to take 543 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,000 time even the quietness of our homes. 544 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,600 Tonight to maybe just take this to our own thought process. 545 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,500 Here's where I know. When we have people over our 546 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:11,500 house, you know what we do? We clean up. 547 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:17,300 You know why? Because we live in our house and 548 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,100 if you normally come to our house, you know what, there are 549 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,300 dishes there crumbs IV. We clean but you know, we know 550 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:24,900 what happens. We live in it. 551 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,200 We've got five kids and, you know, Bethenny just came. 552 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,100 My site is amazing, the mess that she made in 12, hours in 553 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:32,200 our house. That's unbelievable. 554 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,500 How did how's that even possible? 555 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,000 She came and she left, and then, as I like, what's going on here, 556 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,900 but, you know, I don't care. I'm glad she's there, but I do 557 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:40,400 know this. One of you come to our house 558 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,500 will clean it up. And Diane keeps a very tidy 559 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:47,500 home, but I'm just saying, you understand, there's a level that 560 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:52,600 you keep when it's you and there's a level that my wife, 561 00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:55,000 Diane, what if someone comes to clean? 562 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,300 There been times, we've had people come to clean a help 563 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:59,300 especially over the last couple years when she had some 564 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:03,400 difficulty, she would do a pre clean before the clean and I'd 565 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,500 say Why are we paying someone to clean? 566 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,800 Well, I don't want to see that. Let him see it. 567 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,200 That's what we want to do. That's what I thought. 568 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,200 The whole point was, if I knew that we're going to pay someone 569 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,600 to clean, but then we had to clean it first to prove to them 570 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,500 how clean we were then, what, what are we doing? 571 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:24,100 But the idea is this, we know if someone comes over, we want to 572 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:25,700 present ourselves in the best way. 573 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:29,600 Not just to present ourselves, but to show honor to the guests. 574 00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:34,800 And so, what do we do? We clean It's amazing that we 575 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,700 understand that Concept in a home but it becomes a Lord's 576 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:40,000 Supper. It's exactly the same. 577 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,400 But what are we doing? We're not just doing a clean 578 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,500 like you know we're not coming around and doing spring cleaning 579 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:48,500 at the church before the Lord's Supper making sure that, you 580 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:51,200 know dust and making sure that the you know everything has been 581 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,500 pledged and waxed and make sure the bathrooms are sparkling 582 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:56,200 clean. You know, I'm talking about 583 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,900 something deeper and more abiding cleansing of the Soul, 584 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,300 making sure that we are right with God, where we need to be. 585 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,300 B-before, we come to the Lord's table. 586 00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:08,500 Why? Because this is his house, this 587 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:12,600 is his house and I want to come clean to his house. 588 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,000 So we're not talking about the other way around. 589 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,700 We're cleaning for someone else to come into our home. 590 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,600 No. I want to be clean to come into 591 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:25,800 his home for his supper to show that I take seriously what this 592 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,400 supper is about. It's not mystical in the sense 593 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,000 that it actually becomes the body and blood of Christ. 594 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,500 You don't find that in The Bible you find. 595 00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:42,100 It does says do this as often as you do in remembrance of me. 596 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:45,300 And we don't teach that it actually becomes the body and 597 00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:48,200 blood because, well, there's many reasons and I don't want to 598 00:32:48,208 --> 00:32:50,400 get into it tonight, but I think the Bible is very clear. 599 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,900 This is a memorial but it's still a very special one and one 600 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:58,600 that reminds us of things that Christ did for us. 601 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,900 It also reminds us of something that we need to do for ourselves 602 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,600 for others, but also for him as well. 603 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,700 So let's just take heat of that as we prepare ourselves over 604 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:12,900 this next week. Thank you for listening to this. 605 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,600 Sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 606 00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:19,000 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 607 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,800 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at info. 608 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,100 At my Liberty Baptist dot org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 609 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,900 at 800 Washington Street and East. 610 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:33,700 And Massachusetts, may the Lord bless you as you grow in his 611 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:14,300 word. Sermon from the pulpit of 612 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:17,100 Liberty Baptist Church. If this message was a blessing 613 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:20,500 to you, or if there's any way we can serve you, please let us 614 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:25,400 know by contacting us at info. 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