We're going to begin by singing to God's praise in Psalm 130 in the Scottish Psalter, page 421.
We can sing the whole of this psalm, a wonderful psalm that reminds us that we are able to cry
whatever our situation to the Lord, that he hears our prayers, that he is able to forgive our sins.
We read at the beginning of the psalm, Lord, from the depths to thee I cried,
My voice, Lord, do thou hear, and to my supplications voice give an attentive ear.
And then down at the last verse, and plenty as redemption is ever found with him,
and from all his iniquities he Israel shall redeem.
We'll stand to sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise.
Lord, from the depths to thee I cry,
My voice, Lord, do thou hear,
And to my supplications voice give an attentive ear.
For two shall stand, if thou, O Lord,
Choose my liberty,
But yet with thee forgive,
For give blesses,
And fear thou mayest be.
I pray for thee,
I pray for all,
My soul not wait,
I hope is in his word,
For land they have,
The morning light to see,
My soul not wait,
The morning light to see,
To watch the morning high to see
Let Israel open the heart
Or with him as he speak
And when Jesus' redemption
Is ever found within
And from all his iniquities
Even his birth shall redeem
Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.
Amen.
the one who was the word that became flesh and dwelt among us
the one who came to take away the sin of the world
and so we pray that as we come today that we would
see Jesus that we would see in him in all his beauty
as the one who came for sinners such as we are in all our filthiness in all our
rags and yet he came that we might know the
wonder of his grace the wonder of his salvation the abundance of the life that
he offers to all his people and we pray Lord that you will breathe
that life into us all today whether we are at the table or whether
we are watching on or whether we are tuning in online
that what the word that you speak to us Lord the word that we hear from you
that would breathe life into our very souls that it would give us that joy of
salvation that joy of knowing Christ as our Lord and as our God and so that we
would come in this time of remembering his death that we would come oh Lord
seeing the one who is worthy worthy of all glory and praise and that we would
indeed praise his name so Lord we thank you that you put that desire in our hearts
that you are the one who prepares us for this day in every way in all our different needs that
you are the one who upholds us the one who strengthens us the one who rebukes us but also
the one who has compassion upon us and Lord we thank you for all your goodness and mercy
all that it follows us all the days of our life and the hope that you give to all of your people
of that dwelling place forevermore where we will be with the Lord for all eternity
and as we come today Lord as we reflect looking back as we think even since the last time we sat at
the Lord's table of those who have been taken from time into eternity we think oh Lord of many who sat
at the Lord's table in the past and who now are with the Lord and we thank you for your witnesses
down through all the generations those who have gone before and upheld and praised your name
and we thank you too Lord for a generation now those who you are bringing to yourself those who you are
calling to yourself we thank you that we rejoice today in new members with us and we pray Lord that
you will encourage them as they sit at the Lord's table for the first time today that they will be
strengthened and that we would all be strengthened together for we are reminded that your spirit works
that even when we do not see it or maybe when we even lose hope that you remind us that you are
building your church and that the gates of hell will not prevail against it and we thank you Lord
for a generation coming after us we thank you for all the young people belonging to us as a congregation
here and we pray Lord that you will bless them that you will watch over them in here today and also as they
gather next door as well and come in later on that your word will minister to them that you will bless them
Lord and help them to remember their creator in the days of their youth that you will bless them as they grow up
oh Lord that you will guide their paths that you will watch over them day by day Lord bringing them into that
relationship that saving relationship with you and we pray even as your word speaks of a generation yet
unborn we know not our future Lord we know not the days that we have but we know that you do and that as
until the day that you come Lord there will be a generation born and coming into this world and
we pray Lord that in generations to come if it is your will that you will pour out your spirit upon
nations near and far that your goodness and mercy may be known throughout all ends of the earth
that as you call your people to yourself that your name will be praised and glorified
so Lord we commit ourselves into your hands at this time asking that you will draw near to us as we seek
to draw near to you that you will bless us in all our different needs in our homes and our families and our
community Lord look down upon us in mercy we pray that you will do good to those who need you in
particular ways the grieving those who are unwell those who are confined to their homes and those who
suffer Lord in different ways Lord so many things are hidden from our eyes but we thank you that your eyes
are on all things and upon all people and so we pray Lord that you will look down upon your world this day
that you will have mercy upon us that you will bless us Lord with your peace and with your presence
so Lord we ask you to continue with us now and help us in all our duties today in the ministry of the word
and sacrament as we come as your servants as your people called by you to do this in remembrance of you
we pray Lord that you will help us to know your peace and your presence with us throughout this day and
each and every day that you will guard us in our hearts and in our minds and help us to have that assurance
of Jesus here with us the one who you have called into this world sent into this world as Emmanuel God with us
so we pray your blessing on us your spirit with us to lead us and guide us we ask it all with the
forgiveness of all our sin in Jesus name amen
I will turn to read God's word together now we're going to read in two parts of the scriptures first
of all in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus in chapter 12 we'll read some verses there and then
we'll turn into the New Testament to the gospel of Mark chapter 14 so our first reading is in
Exodus chapter 12 we read from verse 1 to 14 and then 21 to 28
the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt this month shall be for you the beginning of
months it shall be the first month of the year for you tell all the congregation of Israel that on the
tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their father's houses a lamb for a
household and if the household is too small for a lamb then he and his nearest neighbor shall take
according to the number of persons according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb
your lamb shall be without blemish a male a year old you may take it from the sheep or from the goats
and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month when the whole assembly of the
congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight then they shall take some of the blood
and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it they shall eat the
flesh that night roasted on the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it do not
eat any of it raw or boiled in water but roasted its head with its legs and its inner parts and you
shall let none of it remain until the morning anything that remains until the morning you shall burn
in this manner you shall eat it with your belt fastened your sandals on your feet and your staff
in your hand and you shall eat it in haste it is the lord's passover for i will pass through the land
of egypt that night and i will strike all the firstborn in the land of egypt both man and beast and on all
the gods of egypt i will execute judgment i am the lord the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses
where you are and when i see the blood i will pass over you and no plague will befall you to destroy you
when i strike the land of egypt this day shall be for you a memorial day and you shall keep it as a feast
to the lord throughout your generations as a statute forever you shall keep it as a feast
and then if we jump down to verse 21 then moses called all the elders of israel and said to them
go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans and kill the passover lamb take a bunch of
hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with
the blood that is in the basin none of you shall go out of the door of this of his house until the
morning for the lord will pass through to strike the egyptians and when he sees the blood on the
lintel and on the two doorposts the lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to
enter your houses to strike you you shall observe this right as a statute for you and for your sons forever
and when you come to the land that the lord will give you as he has promised you shall keep this service
and when your children say to you what do you mean by this service you shall say it is the sacrifice of
the lord's passover for he passed over the houses of the people of israel and egypt when he struck the
egyptians but spared our houses and the people bowed their heads and worshiped and the people of israel
went and did so as the lord had commanded moses and aaron so they did and then we'll turn into the
new testament and reading the gospel of mark in chapter 14 reading at verse 12
here we see in mark chapter 14 at verse 12 the passover being prepared for the lord and the disciples to partake in
mark chapter 14 at verse 12 on the first day of unleavened bread when they sacrificed the passover lamb
his disciples said to him where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the passover and he sent two
of his disciples and said to them go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you follow
him and wherever he enters say to the master of the house the teacher says where is my guest room
where i may eat the passover with my disciples and he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready
there prepare for us and the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told
them and they prepared the passover and when it was evening he came with the twelve and as they were
reclining at table and eating jesus said truly i say to you one of you will betray me one who is eating
with me they began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another is it i he said to them it is
one of the twelve one who is dipping bread into the dish with me for the son of man goes as it is written
of him but woe to the man by whom the son of man is betrayed it would have been better for that man
if he had not been born and as they were eating he took bread and after blessing it broke it and gave it
to them and said take this is my body and he took a cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them
and they all drank of it and he said to them this is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for
many truly i say to you i will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the day when i drink it
anew in the kingdom of god and so on and may god bless these readings to us we'll come back to them
again after we've sung to god's praise again this time our singing is in gallic we're singing
psalm 107 verse 1 and 2 in gallic the words that are on the the notice sheet there in the front both
in the english and the gallic psalm 107 in english praise god for he is good for still his mercy's lasting
be let god's redeemed say so whom he from the enemy's hand did free
we'll sing two verses in gallic to god's praise and we remain seated for this singing
amen
oh
Yeso,
yeso,
pero
Woody
ma es
maric
SONG CONTINUES
I'm sure you've seen as we've read both these passages that they are very closely linked with the theme of the Passover and the fulfillment of the Passover in our Lord Jesus Christ.
It's difficult when we follow the different paths in this world that lead us away from life in the Lord and lead us to destruction.
But we thank God that He calls His people back to Himself.
And we thought last night as well, just mentioning at the beginning, that theme of life that we want to look at today as well.
Last night we were looking at the choice of life.
This morning we're looking at the source of life.
And in the New Testament in John's Gospel chapter 10, where Jesus there speaks of Himself as the good shepherd, He reminds us there that the thief has come to kill and to destroy.
But He says,
He comes to seek and to destroy.
But it's in darkness.
And He says,
God saw.
He has taken action for us.
And there have been.
He has taken action for us.
And there have been.
The Pharaoh's heart.
He said,
And so,
His heart,
And so,
You may not,
And so,
Noah, who by faith had to build the ark. And when you read through Hebrews 11, you see there,
by faith, the people did so much. And that is the way we are to come ourselves today,
by faith, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. In the Passover, we see the people had to listen
to the command of God in preparing themselves and seeing the provision that was made for them
in order to enjoy the protection that he offered to them. And that is what we think of today as we
come to the Lord's Supper as well. In the Lord's Supper in the New Testament, we see the provision
God has made for us in giving his Son, the Lamb of God, who came to take away the sin of the world.
We see his shed blood and his body given that we might have life through him. And so we are to
come in remembrance of him. So we're looking at the Passover in light of the New Testament.
And I want us to take these three things from our passages today as we prepare our hearts to take
the Lord's Supper. The first thing we want to look at is the provision that is made. The second thing is
the preparation that is necessary. And then the third thing is the protection that it gives.
So we begin by thinking, first of all, of the provision. As you read in chapter 12 of Exodus,
you get the sense of a new beginning for God's people here. In verse 1,
there the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, this month shall be for you the beginning
of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. There is something new taking place here.
God is going to provide for them in a miraculous way. God is making the provision for them. And what he
provides us is a way to safety, a way to salvation, a way to freedom from the bondage and slavery that
they've endured. And he provides for them in every way. He gives them a sign. He gives them instruction.
He gives them the provision. And he gives them an assurance that this is something that they are to do
for generations to come. Moses here is teaching of the provision that God has made and how this is
going to be reflected in their way of life. It's not just something for a moment, but something that
goes on down through all the generations. He explains there in the opening verses and also in verse 24 and 25
as well how this is going to be something that they are to observe. It says in verse 24,
you shall observe this right as a statue for you and for your sons forever. And when you come to the
land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. It was to be an ongoing
remembrance. And that is what we do ourselves today as well. We don't just come to the
Lord's table once and that's it for us. If we only did that, we would soon forget what the Lord has
done for us, the provision that he has made for us. Because we are by nature a forgetful people.
But just like they had it as part of their calendar, a schedule in their every year, a routine of
remembrance to remember through the Passover what God did for them in such a miraculous way.
That's what we find when Jesus and his disciples in Mark 14 were preparing for, preparing for the
Passover to remember what the Lord had done all those years ago. It was something that was not
forgotten. And we are not to forget ourselves either. Because as we see the disciples with Jesus
preparing the Passover, what happens is he begins to show the fulfillment of it. The bread and the wine,
the sacrament that was made or going to be made at that point, which has been made for us,
was that the Lord himself was going to be the lamb who would be slain. That his body would be broken,
that his blood would be shed, that he would provide for his people, a way to salvation, a way that we are to
remember and to go on remembering. This do in remembrance of me until I come. We would not forget the provision
that has been made for us. And the Lord has provided for us in all things just in the same way as he provided
through Moses' instruction. He has provided for us through his word. Just as Moses instructed the people
to bring a lamb for it to be sacrificed, the Lord has provided for us, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the
world. Just as the Lord was providing a day this day when the Passover would be observed and where the
angel would come through the camp, the destroyer would come through, and those who weren't under
the protection of the blood would be destroyed, so too there is a day for us to remember what the Lord
has done for us. He has provided the Lord's day for us to remember that he is God, that he is the
creator of the heavens and the earth, that this is a day we remember his death, but each Lord's day we
remember he is risen. The provision is made for the way to life and life eternal. And he has provided
for us the sacrament. It is before us today to remember what was done for us at Calvary, to remember
what was done on the cross as Jesus gave his life as a ransom for many. Have you ever tried to imagine
what it would be like if we were still under the Old Testament covenant, if we were still a people
who had to observe the Passover as it was, bringing a lamb? I wonder if it would be easier for us.
Would it be easier for us to bring a lamb for Passover than it is to come and sit at the Lord's
table? Because in bringing a lamb, we are doing something ourselves. There is the lamb, now do
something with it. We feel a part of it, and yet it is so difficult for us to come and sit at the Lord's
table. And yet every provision has been made. It has all been done for us. We are invited to a meal
where we don't have to bring anything with us. It is there. It is ready, because Jesus has said,
it is finished. We are to come in faith. Everything has been done for us. Every provision has been made.
Even when we think to ourselves, unworthy as we are, or think to ourselves of the difficulties and the
challenges and the lack of faith that we so often don't have, the lack of faith we so often have,
we are to come because the provision has been made. But we are reminded of that verse.
There is one who seeks to come and seek and destroy. The thief is there to steal.
But we are to remember that Jesus has come, that we might have life and have it abundantly.
Imagine being in a city that is under siege. You are in this city. The walls are there for your
protection. But all around this city is the enemy surrounding the city. We have been looking at
Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and the opposition that was there. Think of Jerusalem as a
city with the walls built all around, and yet there is an enemy surrounding. And the enemy is
threatening, and the supplies are running low, and everyone is afraid of what is going to happen.
But then in the dark of the night, a spy comes into the city, manages to come through the enemy lines
and tell the people in the city that the main enemy that's further away has been defeated,
that the leaders of the armies that are surrounding the city have been defeated, that they have
surrendered. And that it's in a matter of time that those who are surrounding the city are going to hear
that this has happened, and that they will surrender themselves. The people are told they do not need to be
afraid. Well, that's how it is for us. We seem to be surrounded by enemies all the time. The thief is always
around seeking to steal and to destroy. When we think of all that goes on in our life and in our experience,
disease, injustice, oppression, death itself, the greatest enemy. But the enemy has been defeated.
He was defeated on the cross at Calvary, where death itself was taken care of by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Things are not what they seem to be in our eyes. When we feel the enemy is victorious, today we remember
he is defeated. And it's only a matter of time until the reality of that becomes clear when the battle
is finished. The thief comes to kill and to destroy. But the provision we remember today
is that he has come, that we might have life and have it abundantly. The provision is made. The second
thing we see here is the preparation that was required. The Lord had provided everything that was
needed. He'd given instruction, but he says to the people that they are to make a preparation. In verse 3
through to verse 11, there's a lot of detail there as to what the people were to do. Every detail has gone
through in meticulous nature. Just how the Passover is to be prepared. And on first reading you might think,
well, it seems a little OTT to go into all of these details. But what we have to remember is the
significance of this. The Lord was going to come into their midst and miss out one of these details,
and he would not pass over. Try and do it in your own way. He would not pass over. You had to follow
his instruction. The people weren't to decide the best way to prepare. They were to follow the instructions
that were given. Because what if the instructions hadn't been clear? What if the instructions about
the lamb had not been followed? The lamb was to be a year old. The best of the best. A lamb without
blemish, as it says in verse 5. You may take it from the sheep or the goats. The instructions were there,
but what if that was not clear? The lamb without blemish, a year old, was the choice lamb. Could
you not think, well, we could just give one that's older, that has blemishes? Not give the best. But
the Lord is saying, no, only the best is good enough. There were details for sharing with others,
those who didn't have as much. There was details of what to do with the blood, put it on the door,
post, and the lintels. Every detail was there. Now, if we were to choose ourselves the way that we
would do it, that is probably not what we would do. To put blood on the doorpost, we would just think
that just sounds awful. And in our eyes today, in our heart today, we might think, was there not
another way that the Lord could have prepared for us to be saved? Did the Lord have to die?
Did his body have to be broken? Did he have to shed his blood? Does that not sound so cruel?
But the Word of God is clear to us that without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness for sin.
And so Jesus has given his blood and his body for us.
Do we seek to do things our own way, though? Do we seek to find the way to life and life abundant,
just the way we would want ourselves to live the way we would choose, to be a people who would say,
at the end, I did it my way? But that's no way. It's the Lord's way or no way at all.
This is the way to salvation, to prepare our hearts and to see the preparation and provision
that has been made for us, to see that we are to follow the Lord's instructions.
The people in Moses' day, they were to prepare all these things and to wait on the Lord,
as it says in verse 27 and 28, in Exodus 12 there,
you shall say,
for the Passover.
And so have we prepared ourselves for the sacrament.
As we prepare to take it, we have sought to prepare ourselves, I hope, in coming prayerfully,
looking to God, but recognizing, too, that the Lord has prepared us,
that the Lord has been working in us each day of our lives, every prayer offered up,
every time we've heard the Word of God, every prayer meeting we've been to,
every time of speaking with the Lord's people,
every time of challenge and every time of joy,
the Lord preparing us, bringing us to see our need and our dependence on Him.
The Lord prepares us.
He has prepared you to sit at the Lord's table.
He's preparing you who are looking on.
God willing, I hope, to come one day and sit at the Lord's table.
The Lord is at work.
And we are to prepare ourselves.
Not looking and seeing ourselves as worthy,
but seeing our unworthiness,
but seeing Jesus,
the Lamb of God,
who came to take away the sin of the world.
The book of Revelation chapter 5,
there is this loud voice that says,
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
to receive power and wealth and wisdom
and might and honor and glory and blessing.
Is He worthy to you?
Preparation for the Israelites led them
to see the Lamb that was prepared
for the sprinkling of the blood
on the doorposts and the lintels.
But our preparation should lead us to see the cross.
The cross on Calvary
and to see Jesus
who gave His life for us.
The preparation has been made.
Again, there's another version.
1 Corinthians 5, verse 7.
Christ, our Passover Lamb,
has been sacrificed.
Isn't that a wonderful thought for us today?
Christ, our Passover Lamb,
has been sacrificed.
It is finished.
The preparation has been made.
The table is prepared for His people.
We don't bring a lamb today.
Like the hymn writer says,
Nothing in my hands I bring.
Simply to Thy cross I cling.
The third thing and the final thing I want us to see here
is the outcome of what this means.
The protection that the people received.
The Passover was ultimately about the salvation of God's people.
That the children of Israel would not face the destruction that was to come on the Egyptians.
Verses 12 and 13 here give to us that explanation.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night,
and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and beast.
And on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments.
I am the Lord.
The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are.
And when I see the blood,
I will pass over you,
and no plague will befall you to destroy you
when I strike the land of Egypt.
The protection of the people is what God was giving here.
Through the lamb that was sacrificed and the blood that was sprinkled,
the Lord would pass over,
and they would not face the judgment that was to come.
They will live.
And that is the life that God assures us
that He gives through His Son.
I am come that they might have life
and have it abundantly.
That we might have that assurance for ourselves
when we come through faith.
That we would know the salvation of the Lord.
That we would know the joy of the salvation of our Lord.
That we would know the assurance that He is with us.
That He will never leave us or forsake us.
How did Moses and the people come to the Passover?
They came by faith.
Again, you read it in Hebrews 11, verse 28.
By faith He, that's Moses,
kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood
so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
By faith.
What a night it would have been,
the night of the Passover.
You wonder what it would have been like inside those houses.
The thought of God passing over.
The assurance that they were safe through the blood.
The fear that would have been present as well.
Well, what a day it was when Christ went to the cross.
When there was darkness in the middle of the day.
When He cried out with a loud voice,
It is finished.
They were afraid even then.
Because they didn't understand.
But soon they would recognize
that He died for our sin.
But that He rose that we might live.
Christ died for you,
sinner such as you are.
Christ died for me,
sinner such as I am.
That we might know His protection.
That we might know His salvation.
That is what is before us today.
That is what we seek to come to remember.
That He has gone where we deserve to be.
He has died that we might live.
There's a hymn called,
Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us.
And the words go like this.
Savior like a shepherd lead us.
Much we need thy tender care.
In thy pleasant pastures feed us.
For our use thy folds prepare.
We are thine.
Do thou befriend us.
Be the guardian of our way.
Keep thy flock from sin defend us.
Seek us when we go astray.
Thou hast promised to receive us.
Poor and sinful though we be.
Thou hast mercy to relieve us.
Grace to cleanse.
And power to free.
Let us seek thy favor.
Early let us seek thy favor.
Early let us do thy will.
Blessed Lord and only Savior.
With thy love our bosoms fill.
As we come to the Lord's table.
That is what we seek.
The shepherd to lead us.
That we would know His tender care.
That He would feed us.
That He would be our friend.
Our guardian on the way.
That He would defend us from sin.
That He would keep us every step of the way.
Our protection.
The source of life.
Is our Lord Jesus Christ.
The lamb was sacrificed.
For their protection.
In the day of the Passover.
In Moses' time.
But Christ.
Our Passover lamb.
Has been sacrificed.
To take away.
The sin.
Of the world.
And so we.
Are to come.
The price.
Has been made.
The provision.
Is there for us.
We want to come.
And do this.
In remembrance of Him.
And if we love.
The Lord with all our heart.
If He is our life.
And length of days.
Then we are to come to the table.
And feast.
And the provision made.
That we might know His blessing.
His protection.
The assurance.
Of salvation.
In Him.
So may the Lord grant us.
His grace.
And His presence.
As we seek.
To do so.
Let's just bow our heads.
In a word of prayer.
Lord our gracious God.
As we seek to come.
In your name.
We thank you Lord.
For every provision.
Made for us.
We thank you for the preparation.
That has been done for us.
We thank you for the hope.
For the protection.
Afforded to us.
Through all that you have done for us.
Through Christ Jesus.
Our Passover Lamb.
And we pray that you will still us.
And help us.
Even at this time Lord.
To know your presence.
To know your peace.
To know that worthy is the Lamb who was slain.
And that all glory and praise.
Be to Him.
We ask it all with the forgiveness of our sin.
In Jesus name.
Amen.
Well as we prepare.
The Lord's table.
We're going to sing.
To God's praise.
In Psalm 118.
Psalm 118.
We're going to sing from verse 15.
In the Scottish Psalter.
Page 398.
Psalm 118.
We're going to sing.
We're going to sing down to verse 23.
And dwellings of the righteous.
Is heard the melody.
Of joy and health.
The Lord's right hand.
Doth ever valiantly.
The right hand of the mighty Lord.
Exalted is on high.
The right hand of the mighty Lord.
Doth ever valiantly.
We'll sing from verse 15.
To God's praise.
Amen.
In dwellings of the righteous.
His birth of memory
Of joy and death
The Lord's right hand
Thou never might be
The right hand of the mighty Lord
Exalted is on high
The right hand of the mighty Lord
Thou never might be
I shall not die
But live and shall
The words of God discover
The Lord have ye
Just high sense for
But not to death
In your heart
For set ye open
Unto me
The case of righteousness
Then will I enter
Into them
And I the Lord will bless
This is the gate
Of God by it
The just shall enter in
He will thy grace
For love me hurts
And how's my safety be
The stone is a dead cornerstone
Which children sit despised
This is the beauty
Of the Lord
And wondrous day arise
Well it's good to have
The young ones in with us now
As well as we come
To this part of the service
Where we serve the sacrament
Of the Lord's supper
We have the bread
And the wine before us
Now I'm sure there's many people here
Perhaps sitting downstairs
Or upstairs
And maybe you've got a scar
On your body somewhere
And when you have a scar
It speaks to us of something
That has happened
Perhaps maybe
In the recent past
Or maybe even going back
Many years
If you have a scar
You often maybe look at it
And remember that exact moment
When something happened
It might have been an accident
I've got a couple of scars
From falling off a bike
When I was young
Different scars
In different places
Other people might have a scar
Because of an operation
They've had
So as you look at that scar
You're reminded
Of something that
Maybe at the time
Was very painful
Maybe a scar
That's left its mark on you
To this very day
But with a scar
You often see that
Over time
It heals
New skin
Will grow over it
The mark is still there
But it's healed over
Well I'm sure
For many of us
That is true
When we think of that
We think back
To something
That has happened
In the past
Well today
As we come
To the Lord's table
As we come to partake
In the Lord's supper
We are reminded
Of one
Who was scarred
For us
In Isaiah
In the Old Testament
He speaks of
One who was wounded
For us
One who was bruised
For us
One who
By his stripes
It says
We are healed
So every scar
That we have
And especially
As we think
Of the scars
Of sin
Not just the cuts
We have
From accidents
And falls
But everything
That affects
Our lives
Through sin
And the mark
That sin
Leaves on us
We are reminded
That through
His scars
Through His stripes
We are healed
We are protected
And what we have
Before us here
In the bread
And in the wine
Is a reminder
To us
Of the body
Of Jesus
That was broken
For us
And the blood
Of Jesus
That was poured
Out for us
That He might
Heal us
From our sins
That we would
See the provision
That has been
Made for us
And that we would
Come and remember
Him
In the protection
That He gives us
From our sin
The scars
Of sin
May be many
On us
But we remember
That through
His scars
Through His
Stripes
As Isaiah
Says
That we
Are healed
And that that is
What we are
To come
And remember
As we do
This
We read in
1 Corinthians
Chapter 11
At verse 23
Our instruction
For the Lord's
Supper
For I received
From the Lord
What I also
Delivered
To you
That the Lord
Jesus
On the night
When He was
Betrayed
Took bread
And when He
Had given
Thanks
He broke
It and said
This is
My body
Which is
For you
Do this
In remembrance
Of me
In the same
Way also
He took
The cup
After supper
Saying
This cup
Is the new
Covenant
In my blood
Do this
As often
As you
Drink it
In remembrance
Of me
For as often
As you
Eat this
Bread
And drink
This cup
You proclaim
The Lord's
Death
Until
He comes
In the same
Manner
The Lord
Offered
Thanks
So
We'll bow
Our heads
In a word
Of thanks
Lord our
Gracious
God
We come
Depending
On you
For all
Things
Thankful
For all
That you
Have done
For us
Thankful
For the
Way you
Bore
The stripes
That we
Deserved
The way
Lord you
Came
Giving your
Life
As a
Ransom
For us
And as we
See
These elements
Before us
The bread
And the wine
Help us
To see
Their significance
Help us
To see
In them
The provision
Made for
All of
God's
People
That through
Your body
Broken
Through your
Blood shed
That we
Have
The way
To eternal
Life
The assurance
Of protection
From our
Sin
For you
Died
That we
Might live
And so
Lord may
You bless
Us now
As we
Continue in
This service
As we
Partake in
The sacrament
Whether we
Were at
The Lord's
Table
Or watching
On
May you
Bless us
All together
Lord
Encourage us
In our
Hearts
To look
To Jesus
To see
In him
The one
Who cried
It is
Finished
And to
Look to
Him
As the one
Who is
The way
To life
So continue
With us
Lord
And bless
Us now
Pardoning
Our sin
In Jesus
Name
Amen
Well as
We read
In the
Night
That Jesus
Was
Betrayed
He took
Bread
And after
He had
Broken
The bread
He said
Take
Eat
This is
My body
Which is
Given
For you
We read
That in
The same
Way
He took
The cup
And said
This cup
Is a new
Covenant
Of my
Blood
Do this
As often
As you
Drink it
In
Remembrance
Of me
For as
Often as
You eat
This bread
And drink
This cup
You proclaim
The Lord's
Death
Until
He comes
And so
We come
To proclaim
To show
Forth
The Lord's
Death
Until
He comes
Well just
A few
Thoughts
As we
Come
To rise
From the
Table
Just now
I believe
In the
Sunday
School
This morning
The young
Ones
We're doing
A search
Through the
Scriptures
Looking for
Different
Bible
Verses
Looking for
Different
Texts
And different
Parts
Of the
Bible
And it's
Always good
For all
Of us
Young
And old
I like
To go
Through our
Scriptures
To search
Through our
Bibles
And see all
The wonderful
Promises
That God
Gives
Through his
Word
I think
One of the
Verses
That you
Were looking
For this
Morning
Was in
The book
Of Revelation
And chapter
20
And it's a
Verse I
Quoted last
Night
And I want
Us to think
About this
Verse as we
Come to a
Close just
Now
The verse
Says
Behold
I stand
At the
Door
And knock
If anyone
Hears my
Voice
And opens
The door
I will
Come into
Him
And eat
With him
And he
With me
There's a
Great promise
In these
Words
To us
A promise
That Jesus
Knocks
At our
Door
The door
Of our
Heart
And he
Says
If anyone
Will open
The door
I will
Come into
Him
And eat
With him
And he
With me
Now today
We've come
To worship
God together
We've come
And we've
Heard the
Lord speaking
To us
Through his
Word
And through
His
Word
He knocks
On our
Hearts
And he
Asks us
To receive
Him
Gladly
And those
Who have
Received him
Have come
To sit
At the
Lord's
Table
They've
Come to
Eat with
Him
And he
With us
We pray
That it will
Be a
Strengthening
To all
Who have
Sat at
The
Lord's
Table
But it's
Also
These
Verses
Challenge
Us
Today
As well
We've
Opened
The door
But it
Reminds us
To keep
The door
Open
Not to
Go away
And close
That door
Until the
Next time
We come
To the
Lord's
Table
But to
Keep the
Door
Always
Open
To have
The Lord
As our
Constant
Companion
The one
Who is
With us
Always
Whatever we
Are doing
That the
Door is
Open for
Him
To be
With us
And we
With him
That we
Would know
That blessing
Of his
Presence
Building us
Up
And encouraging
Us and
Strengthening
Us
In our
Faith
If you've
Opened
The door
Keep it
Open
But it
Is a
Challenge
To those
Who maybe
Haven't
Opened
The door
A challenge
To those
Who are
Hearing
The voice
Of God
Hearing him
Knocking at
The door
But the
Door is
Still
Closed
It's a
Challenge
To open
The door
To let
Him
In
To let
Him
Into your
Heart
Let him
Into your
Life
That you
Would know
The blessing
Of life
Through him
And that
Assurance
Of him
With you
Giving you
Peace
Open the
Door
If he
Is knocking
Let him
In
So that he
Will eat
With you
And you
With him
As well
So we pray
That as we
Rise from
The table
All of us
Together
Would know
The Lord
With us
An open
Door
For him
To be
With us
Day after
Day
Knowing his
Blessing
And his
Goodness
With us
All the
Days
Of our
Life
We're
Going to
Conclude
By singing
To God's
Praise
In Psalm
72
In the
Scottish
Psalter
Psalm
72
We'll sing
From verse
17
Down to the
End of the
Psalm
His name
Forever
Shall endure
Last
Like the
Son it
Shall
Men
Shall
Be
Blessed
In him
And blessed
All nations
Shall
Him
Call
We'll sing
From verse
17
To the end
Of the
Psalm
To God's
Praise
x
To he
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TO value
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First
PUT
No
In
Our
Prince
Lord
All nations shall Him call.
Thy blessed be the Lord our God,
the Lord of Israel.
For He alone the glorious world
en gloria de ser.
A blessed be the Lord our God,