WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.820 His disciples at the last Passover there, as we've seen in Jesus as he begins to prepare 00:00:08.820 --> 00:00:15.060 and to work through those things with his disciples, preparing them for what is to come 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:16.420 here very shortly. 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:22.460 And we find that as Jesus is there, we're going to take a look at the master's picture 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:31.899 that he has set forth and that we might know and to understand what God is doing and how 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:36.899 God is working in this situation here. 00:00:37.260 --> 00:00:40.480 How many of you ever heard that a picture is worth a thousand words? 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:45.960 You know, that used to be a saying that said, you know, but the rest of that, that attached 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.280 to it, but a memory is priceless, you know. 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:54.260 So, and most of us, you know, really today we do a lot with pictures and the things 00:00:54.260 --> 00:00:54.880 that we take. 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.160 I mean, we have devices filled with pictures. 00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:02.280 You know, people, some people, I mean, it amazes me as I talk to people. 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:03.560 It's like, well, I got to get a new phone. 00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:03.840 Why? 00:01:03.939 --> 00:01:05.859 Well, I don't have enough room for all my pictures. 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:12.020 You know, they take a picture and record everything that is around them. 00:01:12.020 --> 00:01:17.219 And, but most of us do have pictures around and pictures we know we enjoy in our generation, 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:22.760 something very special and unique because we have pictures all over, you know, that 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:28.239 you can look at and they bring back memories from specific milestones in life, you know, 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:33.539 events like, you know, when a little one is born, you know, you get grandmas go snap 00:01:33.539 --> 00:01:39.299 happy and they get all sorts of pictures going, you know, and, and you find that things like 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:47.140 graduations, you know, or weddings or other meaningful events or maybe a special vacation or a 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:51.879 location of something that we take a picture and we keep those pictures. 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:53.280 Why? 00:01:53.420 --> 00:02:01.939 Because when we look at that picture, it brings back to mind those things associated with it, 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:07.819 you know, it brings back to mind, you know, the, the enjoyment that it might've brought or the, 00:02:07.939 --> 00:02:13.920 or the joy that came with it or the milestone of that event in life, you know, as you look back 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:20.839 and you remember those things and a picture is that because a picture itself is not the event, 00:02:20.839 --> 00:02:29.079 but a picture does help us to recall, I believe, the value surrounding the event, you know, 00:02:29.219 --> 00:02:30.959 because the picture is just that. 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.759 It's just a, something that is a flashpoint in time. 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:39.179 But what it means to us makes a difference. 00:02:40.679 --> 00:02:44.799 You know, as we're looking here at the last Passover, I want you to understand this meal 00:02:44.799 --> 00:02:53.039 that Jesus is celebrating with his disciples represents a moment in time that transformed 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:54.259 the children of Israel. 00:02:55.079 --> 00:02:58.840 This is a transformational moment that this marks. 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:07.000 When we look at the last supper that Jesus has with his disciples here, at that moment 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:14.360 in time, because it brought back to them that night in Egypt where they had slain the land 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:19.759 and the, and the head of the household had went out and put the blood as he dipped it in 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:22.939 the bowl with the hyssop and, and put it upon the doorpost. 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:29.439 And we know that the death angel, the destroyer passed over all those that had the blood applied. 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.359 And we see that picture for them. 00:03:33.419 --> 00:03:37.219 It was something they were supposed to do for a memorial forever. 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:39.560 You know, to remember, what does it do? 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:47.259 That event created a picture in their mind that they might remember what took place. 00:03:47.259 --> 00:03:54.840 And here is the disciples and Jesus here, they're looking back at a moment in time, but Jesus 00:03:54.840 --> 00:04:01.979 is going to take it and move it to a moment in the future for him, which will become a moment 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:05.819 in time for us. 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.919 And we're going to see this picture played out. 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:14.599 So if you found Mark chapter 14 this morning, let's stand together in honor of the reading 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.040 of the word of God and we'll pick up in verse 22 in Mark chapter 14. 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:22.379 If you want to follow along in your Bible, hopefully you brought your Bible with you this 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:22.680 morning. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.120 You know, that's a, if you come to church, that's the best thing you can bring with you 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:27.480 besides yourself is a Bible. 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:27.759 Amen. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:35.120 And so you can see for yourself and notice here in verse 22, it says, and as they did 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:40.300 eat, Jesus took bread and blast and break it and gave it to them and said, take eat. 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:41.920 This is my body. 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:47.620 And he took the cup and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and they all drank 00:04:47.620 --> 00:04:48.360 of it. 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:53.980 And he said unto them, this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many. 00:04:54.580 --> 00:04:59.400 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until the day that 00:04:59.400 --> 00:05:02.340 I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 00:05:02.580 --> 00:05:07.980 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives. 00:05:08.220 --> 00:05:08.879 Let's pray. 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.839 Heavenly Father, as we come before you today, Lord, we're thankful for your word. 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:16.399 We're thankful for the picture that we see here today. 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:23.839 Lord, what a wonderful picture that this brings forth to the reality of your salvation, what 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.620 you've done and provided for all those who call upon you. 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:31.560 Lord, I pray that you just would work in a mighty way in our hearts here today. 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:37.819 Lord, that we might even today remember and to know for sure there was a point in time 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:39.139 when we've called upon you. 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.339 Lord, I pray that you just have your hand upon each one today. 00:05:42.459 --> 00:05:43.379 Lord, you know the need. 00:05:43.780 --> 00:05:46.019 You know those that need encouragement. 00:05:46.280 --> 00:05:48.779 Lord, you know those who are struggling with things. 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:52.639 Lord, you know all the different dynamics of life we bring in. 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:58.759 But Lord, help us to still our minds here today that we might really consider what this picture 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:00.079 is before us here today. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:03.339 And Lord, we just give you all the praise in Jesus' name. 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:04.659 Amen. 00:06:05.039 --> 00:06:05.579 May be seated. 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:13.099 You know, we can have thousands of pictures stored on a device marking moments in time. 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:18.720 But, you know, the problem is oftentimes I find people have thousands of pictures, but most 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:20.320 of the time they never go back and look at them. 00:06:21.700 --> 00:06:24.960 You know, most of the time they never go back and look at all the things. 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:30.260 And sometimes there's so many that they lose sight of what it really is or what took place 00:06:30.260 --> 00:06:32.500 or, you know, it becomes overwhelming. 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:37.760 But I want you to understand, hopefully the picture we see today is one you always remember. 00:06:38.900 --> 00:06:41.879 One that is always brought to the forefront of your mind. 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.180 One that you never take for granted. 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:50.000 One that you never just look past or to take lightly. 00:06:50.219 --> 00:06:58.000 Because as we see this moment in time, it's going to be very easy sometimes to pass through 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.000 life at the busyness of life. 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.839 And that's the reason I think Jesus, you're going to find, told the children of Israel, 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:10.600 clear back in the Old Testament, we'll find that the reason the Passover was given to the 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.540 children of Israel is so that it would not pass by their memory. 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:20.420 That it wouldn't just go on of something that, yeah, we heard about, but something that would 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:24.960 be brought up every year to the forefront of their mind. 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:30.500 To consider those things, but to stop and to consider what took place. 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.100 You know, look back in Exodus chapter 12 for a moment. 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:39.900 Exodus chapter 12, we find here when the Passover was instituted, here in the book of Exodus, 00:07:39.900 --> 00:07:47.700 you'll find as the children of Israel are facing the dynamics happening with God judging Egypt 00:07:47.700 --> 00:07:49.700 and judging the gods of Egypt. 00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:57.480 And we're going to see here as God prepares that last judgment upon them. 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.160 And we see this, and it says in verse 14 of Exodus chapter 12, it says, 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:07.819 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:08.840 your generations. 00:08:09.340 --> 00:08:13.500 And ye shall keep it a feast by ordinance forever. 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:21.280 In other words, God said, I want you to mark this day, this 14th day of the first month 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:30.599 of your new calendar to say, this is the day that you're to stop and to remember what took 00:08:30.599 --> 00:08:31.119 place. 00:08:32.579 --> 00:08:39.959 To remember what happened in Egypt, because the memorial that was given to Israel thousands 00:08:39.959 --> 00:08:45.559 of years ago is now going to be transformed by the one that instituted it. 00:08:46.059 --> 00:08:51.100 The very thing they were remembering pointed to the one that sat at the table with them. 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:58.259 Everything about the Passover, the blood that was applied, the perfect lamb that was to 00:08:58.259 --> 00:09:05.279 be slain, everything from the pictures we're going to see here today of the bread that was 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.699 broken, and the cup that represents his blood. 00:09:08.819 --> 00:09:15.439 And we're going to see how Jesus presents this to them in a way that impacts even us today. 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:21.100 Because I want you to understand, the Passover was not to be a ritual. 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:22.279 The Passover was not to be a ritual. 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:23.279 Those were just how Jesus blanc thì took place even us today. 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:32.360 In other words, sometimes we get so caught up in doing the thing that we forget what's the purpose 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:33.139 behind it. 00:09:34.539 --> 00:09:36.500 We find that today even. 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:39.720 We'll have special days in our nation that are set aside. 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:43.220 We'll have special holidays that mark or commemorate. 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:48.540 you know it's like memorial day memorial days for most people to become just another day off 00:09:48.540 --> 00:09:57.620 but when it was instituted it wasn't just another day off it had meaning it had purpose behind it 00:09:57.620 --> 00:10:02.300 there was something attached to it and they wanted people to remember 00:10:02.300 --> 00:10:09.580 here jesus has given us something to remember and we're going to look at what are we to remember 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:16.800 and what's he pointing to and how does it impact us today because what happened right here still 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:24.879 impacts you and i if we're not separated from it because we're going to see here as we see the body 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:31.440 uh there this as we note the blood of the lamb was applied in egypt on the doorpost you know 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:36.900 interesting thing about the passover in egypt is the only place they put the blood on the doorpost 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:40.779 it's they're never told to do that again but they're told to celebrate the meal i think it's 00:10:40.779 --> 00:10:47.919 a great picture even for us to remind us today because jesus when he shed his blood once was 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:53.379 sufficient for all and when it's applied to your life it's sufficient for everything 00:10:53.379 --> 00:11:00.699 there's no in between there's no i'm maybe i'm saved or maybe i'm not you either are or you're not 00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:08.480 it's either been applied or it isn't you know we see here this passover though was not just to 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:16.320 become something that they did but each time was to remind them of what happened that the blood that 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:23.000 allowed the destroyer the death angel to pass over all those that had applied it to the doorpost 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:29.460 of their house by faith you know the disciples as they sat that evening to a meal it was a meal 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:36.259 they'd celebrated many times before but they had no idea what was going to take place they had no 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:43.600 idea what was about to change because the perfect lamb was about to be slain his body broken and his 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:51.920 blood shed that by trusting in that sacrifice anyone could experience the forgiveness of sin and pass from 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:58.799 death to life you know they had no idea that the master would give them a new picture to remember 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:07.179 a new and better sacrifice could be seen one that would provide what we're going to have what jesus calls 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:13.479 as he's talking to them a new testament or a new covenant we have a better covenant than the old 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:23.720 covenant we have something far greater we have the completed picture of it because today let's see 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:31.920 at what a believer today is to recall through what jesus is telling him here at the last supper let's 00:12:31.920 --> 00:12:38.440 look at the examples that he gives us because jesus was leading the meal i want you to see this as jesus 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:44.580 was leading the meal the passover was led by the head of the household the one that they considered 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:51.620 in charge of the house the past would lead the passover within that household so we know jesus was the 00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:58.160 one leading through the steps of the passover meal that was taking place because it was very organized 00:12:58.160 --> 00:13:03.740 when they did it it wasn't just sitting down at a random meal and just sort of going through you 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:08.680 you know it wasn't a potluck you know a little later we're going to have soup and sandwiches you 00:13:08.680 --> 00:13:12.279 know and we're just going to people are going to kind of pick and choose what they want and how they 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:17.180 want and all those things but i want you to understand the passover was not a meal they got to pick and 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:25.620 choose they had some things very specific they had very specific items they had very specific order 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:34.480 in which those items were taken and consumed during the meal all these things were planned out 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:40.659 and ironed out and we find here that jesus was leading them through the meal and one of the things 00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:49.539 the head of the household would do was explain why they were doing what they were doing you know 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:54.980 it would part of it was not just for the sake of going through the ritual it was they were training 00:13:54.980 --> 00:14:02.980 another generation to remember they were training them to understand why do we do this why why did 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:08.560 they do how what they were doing and we find here that he would explain that each portion of the meal 00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:14.700 and what it represented you know that the bitter herbs reminded them of their bondage as slaves in 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:21.000 egypt you know the fruit of the vine represented god's fellowship with the believer in the midst of 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:27.139 trial the stewed fruit which was the color and consistency of clay reminded them of the bricks 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:33.679 they had been forced to make the unleavened bread represented the separation from evil and haste and 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:42.220 the roasted lamb represented redemption as each part of the meal was eaten the host would take time to 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:51.220 explain the symbolism and the spiritual importance of each element in other words this meal wasn't one 00:14:51.220 --> 00:15:01.040 they just sat down as a family to enjoy it was a meal with purpose because it reminded them of what god had done 00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:09.980 for them how god had brought them out of egypt how god had redeemed them that night how had the blood being 00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:17.700 applied allowed death to pass over as jesus is there that night expounding to his disciples 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:22.980 what i'm going to refer to as a fuller and more complete picture 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:32.300 because jesus now takes it and applies what's happening to himself he says i want you to see i am the fulfillment 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:40.599 of what we're doing i am the fulfillment of that and we see uh the night that jesus did this look over in 00:15:40.599 --> 00:15:47.979 verse 22 where we started there earlier we find here as jesus looks at them and he says as they did eat 00:15:47.979 --> 00:15:56.439 jesus took bread and blasted and break it and gave it to them and said take eat this is my body 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:04.140 you know the first thing he takes that he separates out for them is the bread that was there jesus equates 00:16:04.140 --> 00:16:11.360 the unleavened bread to himself you know unleavened bread if you're not familiar it's just more like a 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:17.040 a large saltine cracker you know it's kind of like be the best description we have today you know 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:23.960 everybody's familiar with what a saltine cracker is you know just a flat piece of bread that doesn't rise 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:32.800 because it doesn't have yeast it's unleavened and we see that a picture it was a perfect picture 00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:39.940 of his body because it also symbolizes a leaven was removed we talked about that a few weeks ago the 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:46.940 fact that leaven represents sin in the old testament because a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump a 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:51.519 little sin in your life affects the whole it's a picture to help us understand 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:59.340 the impact because it's not just a little thing it's a big thing and we find here that jesus equates 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:05.720 the unleavened bread to himself it was a picture to illustrate just as when he equated himself 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:11.839 other places i want you to understand the bread his body is not literally what we partake in 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:19.599 it's a picture no different than who said i am the door or i am the way or i am i just lost my place 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:25.119 or when he says i am the vine i want you to understand it's a picture it's a symbolism 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:33.839 to help us remember and notice this night jesus adds to the meal because what's recorded for us 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:39.240 wasn't what the disciples were expecting to hear they'd heard the meal explained their whole life 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.179 step by step 00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:47.100 matter of fact in their mind they're probably saying okay i can repeat this 00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:50.539 matter of fact many of them had probably led 00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:53.759 passover meals 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:57.820 peter was married he probably led 00:17:57.820 --> 00:18:03.100 a meal in his household before and here he's listening to jesus i imagine rolling 00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:09.460 this through his mind as he's there that night and jesus suddenly adds something different 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:14.360 that's the reason i know we got their attention because it's like oh so hold on that's not in the 00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:16.220 script that's not what we normally do 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:23.480 but jesus said this is important because this night he adds he says take eat this is my body 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:30.079 luke in chapter 22 it records it for us this way as a luke puts it it says and he took bread 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:34.620 and gave thanks and break it and gave it to them this is my body which is given 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:38.919 for you do this in remembrance 00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:40.859 of me 00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:44.179 you know first corinthians chapter 11 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:49.139 records for us in verse 23 it says for i have received of the lord which i 00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:53.959 also delivered unto you that the lord jesus the same night in which he was betrayed 00:18:53.959 --> 00:18:58.099 took bread and when he had given thanks he break it and said take eat 00:18:58.099 --> 00:19:01.899 this is my body which is broken for you 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:06.059 this do in remembrance of me 00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:12.519 jesus used the bread to show he was about what he was about to do i want you to understand part of 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:18.959 the ceremony was the breaking of what the middle piece of the three loaves of unleavened bread 00:19:18.959 --> 00:19:23.839 so to him breaking it was not the problem was not anything new 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:28.720 but the illustration he gave of what was taking place was different 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:34.859 he said this bread as it is broken my body is going to be broken for you 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:38.339 he's letting them know in advance of what was going to take place 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:44.220 he used the bread to illustrate that he would soon go to the cross 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:50.740 giving his life for our sin he was on the way to calvary where his body would be broken 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:56.779 for me and for you it wasn't caught off guard consider the old testament prophet isaiah look 00:19:56.779 --> 00:20:04.440 over to isaiah 53 because isaiah 53 reflects exactly what's taking place he says surely 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:11.160 he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet he did esteem him stricken and smitten to god 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:17.599 and afflicted but he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:24.699 the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed all we like sheep have 00:20:24.699 --> 00:20:31.159 gone astray we have turned everyone to his own way the lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us 00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:38.599 all what a powerful picture jesus is a presenting to them he says i am the one 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:48.759 that god's going to place everything upon my body's going to be broken for you i want you to understand 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:55.599 it wasn't just the unleavened bread that was broken that night but it's a representation of who 00:20:55.599 --> 00:21:03.000 that's critical because jesus is telling them beforehand what's going to take place 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:09.039 and he says guys i want you to remember because in just a few hours 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:16.839 from this point less than 24 hours jesus is going to be put in a grave says guys i want to tell you 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:23.000 beforehand what's going to happen and i want you to remember it i want you to remember 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:31.059 because he points out that they must receive by faith what he is going to do what's going to be 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:37.160 done just as we today must accept by faith what he has done for us it's something that happens 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:43.859 internally not externally in other words taking their participation that night isn't what jesus was 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:49.539 emphasizing he was emphasizing the fact that they had to understand he is the one that's going to be 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:59.339 broken for them because our salvation isn't in bread and and grape juice or anything else our salvation is in christ 00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:04.960 the one who was broken jesus wants them to know this is a picture 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:14.859 so every time that they take place it remember what took place but it's internally it's something that we do 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:22.000 by faith ephesians 2 8 and 9 ron talked about it and before the song he says for by grace are you saved 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:30.459 through what faith that not of yourselves is what the gift of god not of works lest any man should boast 00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:36.679 i want you to understand it's not the elements of anything that saves anybody what jesus is telling 00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:43.519 us very clearly it's a picture and we're going to talk about that picture more in just a moment 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:51.400 because this is part of the picture because there's no saving power of any kind in the physical bread he 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:58.940 gave but only in believing what jesus accomplished when his body was broken for you that bread means 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:09.460 absolutely nothing on its own but what it symbolizes pictures and reminds us of what jesus christ did 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:19.539 on the cross it reveals to us what he did for you and for me because nobody's exempt from the need 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:26.819 it's for everybody he takes as he's there that night the first example is that of the bread 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:34.360 then he takes the third cup and he takes the cup and it represents his blood the fruit of the vine 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:40.399 which he shared that night has given new meaning it represents his blood that would be shed for the 00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:47.179 remission of sins you'll look in verse 23 of our text he says he took the cup and when he had given 00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:53.979 thanks he gave it to them and they all drank of it and he said unto them this is my blood of the new 00:23:53.979 --> 00:24:01.799 testament which is shed for many this is my blood it represents his blood that was going to be shed 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:10.419 his blood that was going to be shed for what for the remission of sin jesus would be it would be the 00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:16.119 blood of the new testament a new covenant i want you to understand the the term new testament here 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:22.039 has nothing to do directly with what we call the new testament other than the fact the new testament 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:27.700 records what's taking place okay he's talking about a new covenant because there's a new covenant 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:36.000 that took place a covenant that now whosoever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:44.140 the sacrifices ceased why because the complete sacrifice was done there's no longer a need for 00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:49.900 the blood to cover to roll forward every year from the old covenant the new covenant was complete 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:58.800 it needed nothing you can add nothing to it and you take nothing away from it it was complete and he 00:24:58.800 --> 00:25:06.220 looks at them and he hands the cup to them and they all partake in it the fruit of the vine in the cup 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:13.940 was produced when the grapes were crushed to extract the juice just as jesus was soon to be crushed upon the 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:22.960 cross and his blood would be shed for the remission of sin his very father would crush him because he 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:33.320 became sin for us second corinthians 5 21 tells us this it says for he hath made him to be sin for us 00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:42.920 who knew no sin remember the picture of the unleavened bread that was broken the one that had no sin was broken 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:51.460 that we might be made the righteousness of god in him that picture of the bread 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:59.440 and the blood of jesus christ that he would be crushed his blood would be spilt 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:08.600 isaiah 53 listen to what isaiah the prophet foretold this was going to happen i want you understand it 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:14.240 didn't catch jesus off guard when he went to the cross it's for that purpose which he came 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:22.980 he knew exactly what was going to take place this night he knew judas was going to betray him 00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:30.500 he knew everything that was about to happen in front of him and i want you to know that he did it because 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:39.079 he loves you he knew what lay ahead and chose anyways isaiah 53 says yet please the lord to 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:46.640 bruise him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:53.180 seed and he shall prolong his day and the pleasure of the lord shall prosper in his hand i want you to 00:26:53.180 --> 00:27:01.279 understand he was crushed for our sin because of our sin but it was for our benefit romans 4 25 says 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:07.580 who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification peter says in chapter 00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:15.880 first peter chapter 3 verse 18 says for christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:23.000 that he might bring us to god being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit i want you 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:31.060 to see the picture that's happening because when jesus was crushed on the cross his precious blood was 00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:36.620 shed satisfying the wrath of the father i want you to understand look at hebrews chapter 9 00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:44.380 hebrews chapter 9 reminds us you know people don't like the idea today i'm a good person i don't need 00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:51.280 what jesus did i want to tell you that you need what jesus did because you're not near as good as 00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:58.340 you think you are because i want you to understand remember the 11 one sin is enough to condemn you 00:27:58.340 --> 00:28:07.360 one now some people might think they're that good but i don't think anybody realizes that they've done a 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:14.119 lot more than one but it only takes one one sin to separate you from god it's not about our 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:19.419 righteousness there's nothing we can do but notice what it says and almost all things are by law purged 00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:26.439 with blood and without the shedding of blood is no remission in other words without jesus paying the 00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:33.500 price because the wages of sin is death the life is in the blood i mean you can see we could build picture 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:43.000 picture after picture that the bible gives to us romans 3 tells us this it says whom god has set forth to 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:50.220 be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remissions of sins 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:55.700 that are passed through the forbearance of god to declare i say at this time his righteousness 00:28:55.700 --> 00:29:03.259 that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in jesus i want you to see jesus is 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:11.900 showing his disciples exactly the picture of what was going to take place he was giving them a 00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:19.500 picture to remember he's giving us a picture to remember because now all who believe in jesus christ for 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:28.640 salvation their sins can be put away washed away your slate can be made clean because of jesus christ 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:35.020 they're instantly brought into a new relationship with the almighty god he takes the righteousness 00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:42.920 of christ the one who was crushed for you and for me and applies it to our account account of all those 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:49.780 who say i know i'm a sinner and i need a savior you know repentance is just that it's recognizing who you 00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:57.259 are that you're moving away from god because of your sin and you turn and look back at the savior and say 00:29:57.259 --> 00:30:04.599 i know that's the one i want you to understand repentance isn't crying repentance is a change of 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:14.460 direction towards god that says i know i'm a sinner but you're the savior i know i cannot but i know you 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:21.279 have it's a change of mindset a change of thought process the lord's supper i want you to understand 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:27.259 does not save anyone you know many times people think if i partake then you want i'm taking salvation 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:33.720 you've missed the point that'd be like going home and pulling a picture out of the frame and chewing 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:39.099 on it and saying i can go back to the moment i want you to understand it's that foolish because you 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:46.700 can't relive it by chewing on it but you can relive what took place in your life at the moment that you 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:54.500 called upon the savior to understand that god wants us to slow down and remember the whole thing is 00:30:54.500 --> 00:31:02.539 about remembering just as the passover meal was to remember remember remember remember the lord's 00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:09.700 supper's there that those that are saved and right with god can stop and really get a perspective 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:18.360 to remember to remember i'm here only by the grace by the shed blood of jesus christ can you be here 00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:27.440 that his body was broken and his blood had to be shed because of my sin and your sin jesus gave it 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:34.039 to the disciples and then he gave it to the assembly of the saints so that they might remember 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:41.039 the price of our salvation you know oftentimes we forget what christ paid for us i think sometimes 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:46.279 we can get so accustomed to god's righteousness being applied we forget and jesus i'm going to 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:55.000 institute something here that makes you stop and consider the reality of what took place that you 00:31:55.000 --> 00:32:03.579 might enjoy salvation i think it's good for us to stop and to remember i hope today you can look back 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:12.240 and you can look in moment in time when you realized you were a sinner hopefully in your mind today as 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:18.500 you're sitting there you can look back to that moment in time when i realized i was a sinner and you 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:28.359 called out to the savior the salvation doesn't happen progressively god transforms you 00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:35.740 as you grow and mature but salvation is a moment i describe it this way you ought to be able to go 00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:45.139 back to a circle and say this is the place and the time that i know that i recognized i was a sinner 00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:51.559 and needed a savior and more importantly not just recognizing it but calling upon him 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:57.879 because you can know something but if you don't take any action regarding it it does you no good 00:32:57.879 --> 00:33:06.319 it's by faith we find here that this wonderful thing is also an expectation that we can look forward 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:14.019 to notice here in verse 25 he says this verily i say unto you i will drink no more of the fruit of the 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:19.619 vine until that day i drink it anew in the kingdom of god you know one day we're going to sit down with a 00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:25.179 great meal with our savior and if you're saved you ought to be able to look forward and say i'm 00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:33.000 looking forward to the day when the head of this meal is my savior and jesus just walks through all that 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:43.019 he did for you there's an expectation he says i'll drink no more of the fruit of the vine until the day i drink 00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:49.539 anew in the kingdom of god jesus knew that he would soon be departing this world 00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:55.859 he was looking forward to a coming day when his kingdom is established you know the great thing 00:33:55.859 --> 00:34:00.460 about what we call the lord's supper one day we're going to celebrate it with jesus what a wonderful 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:06.279 time to remember when you're sitting there looking at the savior it's a hope it's an expectation 00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:15.179 that we can grab a hold of because jesus that night you know what i i as you read the scripture i think 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:20.219 jesus even though he knew what was ahead of him there was an expectation knowing he was going to 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:28.719 rise again that he was going to overcome that he would be victorious that he would go back to heaven 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:38.059 to prepare a place for you and return again to the earth and glory and power to rule and to reign 00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:44.419 it's an expectation hopefully you have an expectation of that day because you know christ is your savior 00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:51.000 something you can look forward to when every saint is gathered together in the presence 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:59.139 of the savior that's a church service i'm looking forward to what a powerful picture lastly we find the 00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:06.360 meal ended in jesus and the eleven departed you know i like this picture because you see jesus as he walks 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:09.360 through the passover meal at the end there's an exodus 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:17.300 just at the end of the passover meal in the old testament you'll find when they ended the meal 00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:22.980 the next morning even before the sun rose pharaohs get pack your bags and get out 00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:30.280 you've been set free just as when the blood is applied to you guess what you've been set free 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:41.940 from sin you've been exited from the power of sin over your life you've been set free and jesus and the 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:50.400 disciples when the meal ends there's an exodus notice here in verse 26 it says and when they had sung 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:56.820 a hymn they went into the mount of olives they departed from the upper room after they sang a hymn 00:35:56.820 --> 00:36:02.200 you know tradition jewish tradition tells us that the hymns that they would sing at this moment 00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:08.700 was psalm 115 through psalm 118 they would take their hymn book and they would open it up and they would 00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:12.900 sing now us today the psalms don't make much sense to us in song 00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:18.120 but i want you to understand the psalms that's what they are that's the jewish national hymn book 00:36:18.120 --> 00:36:25.240 they would sing it but you think about what would have been said during that time 00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:33.479 you know just a small glimpse you know psalm 116 says this in verse 1 it says i love the lord 00:36:33.479 --> 00:36:40.539 because he has heard my voice and my supplications because he has inclined his ear unto me therefore 00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:47.059 i call upon him as long as i live i don't know as i read through those earlier you imagine just sitting 00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:51.699 there with jesus and hearing him sing it hearing the disciples 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:58.659 talk about what was happening what a picture jesus knew what was ahead 00:36:58.659 --> 00:37:05.259 he went out from the room that night about to fulfill the very picture he had just presented 00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:13.319 you see he is the one pictured the one that must be remembered the one that hopefully you can truly 00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:19.439 remember the moment in time when he saved you i hope you'll never see the lord's supper as a ritual 00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:29.920 or a spiritual exercise but as a picture that reminds you of what the savior has accomplished for you 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:36.460 the wonderful part is that you don't have to wait to thank him for what he's done you know any day is a 00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:43.559 day that we can remember that we can look back and say thank you lord for saving me you don't have to 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:50.619 wait to call upon him if you don't know in your mind for sure this morning if you can't put a circle 00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:56.139 around the place and the time yeah every time i talk about it it takes my mind back to a campground 00:37:56.139 --> 00:38:00.779 in kilkenauic iowa i could take you there i could walk you out i'm not sure the old buildings that 00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:04.940 classrooms there anymore but i could take you out pretty close to the spot and say it was right here 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:15.780 as a young boy that jesus changed my life today is there a moment for you like that if not why not 00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:24.000 make it today that you can know his heads are bowed and the eyes are closed this morning maybe you're 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:33.500 here today and you say i can't look back at that moment because i've never experienced that moment 00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:40.800 when i called upon the savior maybe the holy spirit speaking to you today to say today is the day of 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:48.360 salvation what about you if god is speaking to you i encourage you to come let me show you from god's word 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:56.579 how you might know for sure that maybe this might be the place you can draw a circle around and say this 00:38:56.579 --> 00:39:03.139 is the place that i called upon the savior maybe you're here today and you know that you're saved 00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:11.019 maybe you just want to take a moment this morning to say thank you lord help me never to forget 00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:17.839 who i was and what you've done heavenly fathers we come before you this morning lord you know each 00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:23.440 heart you know each life lord what a beautiful picture lord i pray just have your hand upon this 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:31.059 opportunity to respond today lord we might not ever forget what you've done for us lord i pray just stir 00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:37.980 hearts and souls and minds today in a mighty way towards you we ask it all in your precious name 00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:43.599 as the piano plays as it's about knives are closed this morning what about you 00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:54.539 who you 00:39:54.539 --> 00:40:08.480 you