WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.660 Well, as we come to the Lord's table this morning, we're going to go back and reflect on a few of the words that Jesus said that we skipped over in the past couple of weeks. 00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:13.560 We're working through the Gospel of John, which is the story of Jesus according to John. 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:17.879 And we've been considering the words of Jesus from John chapter 10. 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:31.500 And John tells us there about what happened when Jesus had a bit of a discussion, a conversation with the Pharisees after healing the man who had been born blind. 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:38.599 Jesus has been speaking to the Pharisees using the metaphor of sheep and shepherding. 00:00:39.340 --> 00:00:46.320 And in a veiled sort of way, Jesus has likened the Pharisees to thieves and robbers. 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.399 He's referred to them as strangers. 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:55.299 He said that the sheep, the people of God, do not belong to them. 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:58.960 Instead, they belong to the true shepherd. 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:07.060 And Jesus has claimed and said, I am that shepherd, the true shepherd. 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.560 And not just the true shepherd, but the good shepherd. 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:20.299 The one who, unlike the Pharisees and the religious leaders, actually cares for his sheep deeply. 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:27.980 Not for what they can give to him, but he desires to give to them and to bless them. 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:38.240 In this particular analogy of shepherd and sheep that Jesus has been using, he's used every aspect of the illustration to make a point. 00:01:38.740 --> 00:01:47.000 He uses the pen, the sheep, the shepherd, the thieves and robbers, the hired hand, and the wolf. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.959 But so far we've skipped one. 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:53.120 The gate of the sheep pen. 00:01:53.620 --> 00:01:58.859 Jesus even uses the gate to make a point, to speak the truth of God. 00:01:58.980 --> 00:02:05.939 So let's listen again this morning to what Jesus said about that in John chapter 10, verse 7. 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.039 John chapter 10, verse 7. 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:17.899 Therefore, Jesus said again, very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:20.560 Skip down to verse 9. 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:22.039 He says it again. 00:02:23.259 --> 00:02:24.500 I am the gate. 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:30.159 Whoever enters through me will be saved. 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:35.680 They will come in and go out and find pasture. 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:45.840 Some of you in your, maybe a little older Bible translations may have the word door instead of gate. 00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:48.760 The original word used there is somewhat flexible. 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:56.520 It can be used for door as like the door of a house, or more generally for entrance, like the entrance into a tomb or a cave. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:04.439 Or in this case, like for a gateway or entrance into a sheep pen or a fold. 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:14.620 It's the thing that the sheep must go through in order to get into the pen, and the thing that they go through to get out again. 00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:21.200 Now I want you to imagine for a moment that you are a sheep. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.819 What have you got to defend yourself? 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:30.500 Absolutely nothing, right? 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.919 As far as creatures go, sheep are pretty helpless. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:37.819 Pretty much all that they can do is run away. 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:40.019 They're pretty skittish. 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:41.199 They're easily scared. 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:45.240 Very nervous kinds of creatures, and with good reason. 00:03:45.299 --> 00:03:47.240 They've got nothing to defend themselves with. 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:55.120 So if you're a sheep, do you want to be in the sheep fold or out of it? 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:58.159 Well, it depends. 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.100 Is there a storm brewing? 00:04:02.140 --> 00:04:03.300 Is it getting dark? 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:05.879 Is the wind starting to blow in your face? 00:04:06.260 --> 00:04:07.700 Is there a danger or a threat? 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.379 Maybe a pack of wolves howling nearby. 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:15.060 If there is, I'd rather be in the fold. 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:22.860 But if it's quiet and calm, and the sun is shining, and I've just woken up from a night's sleep, 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:26.620 and I'm starting to feel hungry, no predators in sight, I'd rather be out. 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:29.839 Go find some breakfast in the fields. 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:35.699 Jesus manages to capture both of these realities in what he said. 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:38.240 Let's start with the first. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:45.860 First, in the sheep fold is where you want to be when there's danger for protection. 00:04:47.180 --> 00:04:50.960 Jesus says, I am the gate for the sheep. 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:55.620 Whoever enters through me will be saved. 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.160 Let's translate that metaphor. 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:03.860 If you want to get out of the danger you are in, says Jesus, you need to come to me. 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.160 Not just to me, but through me. 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:13.439 It's through me that you get out of the danger and into the safety of the sheep pen. 00:05:15.260 --> 00:05:19.420 Now probably some of the Pharisees listening to Jesus say this are thinking, 00:05:19.880 --> 00:05:21.000 what? 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:24.080 Whoever enters through me will be saved? 00:05:25.260 --> 00:05:26.520 Saved from what? 00:05:27.500 --> 00:05:30.660 Jesus hasn't said anything about any real danger. 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:34.480 What do you mean? 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:42.200 Jesus actually hasn't even talked about the wolf yet that we heard about a couple weeks ago. 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:43.980 He's going to say that in a couple verses. 00:05:44.820 --> 00:05:45.660 But what danger? 00:05:45.760 --> 00:05:47.360 What do we need to be saved from? 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:53.620 Well, Jesus actually has very recently mentioned a kind of danger. 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:58.939 If we go back just a few verses to the last verse of chapter 9. 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:06.540 This is the last thing Jesus said to the Pharisees before he launched into this analogy with the sheep. 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:12.259 He said to them, if you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. 00:06:12.259 --> 00:06:17.779 But now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains. 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:21.259 Your guilt remains. 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:24.839 Let those words sink in a little bit. 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.459 What is Jesus saying to them? 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.240 He's saying to them, even though you think you are righteous, you Pharisees, 00:06:33.539 --> 00:06:34.939 you are not. 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:37.379 You have guilt. 00:06:37.379 --> 00:06:40.459 You are guilty before God. 00:06:42.339 --> 00:06:47.240 In God's books, your name is not listed under the innocent column. 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.959 It's listed under the guilty column. 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:52.560 The deserving of punishment column. 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:56.740 And this is not a new message. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:59.480 Or just a message for the Pharisees. 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:04.199 In fact, Jesus has been saying this very kind of thing over and over again. 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:07.539 To the Pharisees and to all the people. 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:10.379 We could look back to chapter 8. 00:07:10.500 --> 00:07:13.099 I won't put the words up on the screen. 00:07:13.219 --> 00:07:15.920 But Jesus had a few things to say there that were very similar. 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:19.279 He told the people, I am going away. 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:21.039 And you will look for me. 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:23.480 And you will die in your sin. 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:27.839 He said, if you do not believe that I am he, 00:07:28.599 --> 00:07:31.919 you will indeed die in your sins. 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:36.660 He also said, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 00:07:37.580 --> 00:07:40.560 And a slave has no permanent place in the family. 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:46.160 But if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.540 These are all things Jesus said back in John chapter 8. 00:07:49.700 --> 00:07:52.340 And they all kind of point in the same direction. 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:56.060 He's saying to the Pharisees and to the people, 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:59.100 Yes, you are in real danger. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:01.399 Because of your sins. 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:03.819 Because of your guilt. 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.300 The things that you have done. 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.300 And the day of judgment is coming. 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:14.819 But, says Jesus, 00:08:15.540 --> 00:08:17.480 I am the gate. 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:22.480 I am the way for you, 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.060 for anyone, 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:26.939 to get out of that danger that you're in. 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:29.439 And get into safety. 00:08:29.780 --> 00:08:31.080 Into God's safety. 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:34.080 Whoever enters through me, 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:34.779 he says, 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.180 will be saved. 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:38.300 Protected. 00:08:39.300 --> 00:08:40.519 So come to me. 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:44.379 And the truth is, 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.419 this is not just a danger for the Pharisees, 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.519 or a danger for the people of Jesus' day. 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:54.939 This is a danger that all people are in. 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:56.179 Even today. 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:57.579 Every one of us. 00:08:59.139 --> 00:09:00.120 Romans 3.23 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.659 For all have sinned, 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.960 and fall short of the glory of God. 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:07.799 As Paul said to the people of Athens, 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:10.719 God now commands all people, 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:11.459 everywhere, 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:12.859 to repent. 00:09:13.939 --> 00:09:15.299 For he has set a day, 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:17.559 when he will judge the world with justice, 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:20.240 by the man he has appointed. 00:09:20.939 --> 00:09:22.179 Acts 17.31 00:09:22.179 --> 00:09:25.159 That means all of us, 00:09:25.899 --> 00:09:27.219 every one of us, 00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:28.899 is in the same danger. 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:31.399 The Pharisees were in that day. 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:32.839 All of us have need, 00:09:32.839 --> 00:09:34.459 to repent of our sins. 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:36.740 To come to Jesus. 00:09:36.740 --> 00:09:39.740 For he is the gate. 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.580 He is the way into the fold of God. 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:43.919 And the only way, 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.139 for us to get out of the trouble, 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:47.840 that we are in with God, 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:49.419 because of our sins. 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.000 So I want to ask you this morning, 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:56.799 have you come into the fold of God? 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.960 Have you entered into the protection, 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:04.039 that only comes through Jesus? 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:08.759 Are you one of Jesus' sheep? 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:13.719 This is the most important thing in life. 00:10:15.079 --> 00:10:16.599 Entering through Christ, 00:10:17.199 --> 00:10:18.659 belonging to Christ, 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:20.480 it's the only way, 00:10:21.219 --> 00:10:22.319 to be saved, 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.839 from the trouble that we're all in, 00:10:24.939 --> 00:10:25.599 with God, 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:26.919 because of our sins. 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:28.879 It's only through Jesus, 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:30.039 and what he has done, 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:31.059 at the cross, 00:10:31.059 --> 00:10:33.479 that we can be saved. 00:10:37.239 --> 00:10:38.159 And there's more. 00:10:38.979 --> 00:10:41.039 Jesus has a little bit more to say. 00:10:42.959 --> 00:10:44.059 I am the gate. 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.479 Whoever enters through me will be saved. 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:48.379 This is all one sentence in the original. 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:50.659 And they will come in, 00:10:50.899 --> 00:10:51.739 and go out, 00:10:52.099 --> 00:10:53.719 and find pasture. 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:57.279 Now we might have been tempted, 00:10:57.460 --> 00:10:59.000 if before Jesus said that part, 00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:01.240 to think that being in the fold, 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:04.080 means entering into the kingdom of God, 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:06.720 or into heaven. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.259 But that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.100 when we hear what Jesus says, 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:12.320 right after this. 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.899 Whoever enters through me, 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:14.779 will be saved, 00:11:14.980 --> 00:11:16.139 and they will come in, 00:11:16.180 --> 00:11:17.120 and they will go out, 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:19.100 and find pasture. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.639 We don't go out of the kingdom of God, 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:23.519 or out of heaven, 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:24.279 once we're in. 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:26.620 It doesn't even make sense. 00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:29.379 I think this kind of goes back, 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:30.840 to the question I asked earlier. 00:11:31.460 --> 00:11:32.259 If you're a sheep, 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:33.740 do you want to be in the fold, 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:35.559 or out of the fold? 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.620 In the pen, 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:37.480 or out of the pen? 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:38.919 Well, 00:11:38.939 --> 00:11:40.080 it depends on the situation, 00:11:40.199 --> 00:11:40.659 doesn't it? 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:43.519 And Jesus captures both senses. 00:11:44.620 --> 00:11:46.539 If we enter through him, 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:48.220 we are saved, 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:49.159 from the real danger, 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:49.899 that we are in, 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:51.620 and we become, 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:52.840 one of his sheep. 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:55.139 And once we are his, 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:55.860 then, 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:57.980 we live out the rest of our lives, 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:59.000 under his care. 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:01.519 They will go in, 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.740 and they will go out, 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.220 and find pasture, 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.340 means that we will be, 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.620 well taken care of. 00:12:07.439 --> 00:12:08.799 And that we will live, 00:12:09.079 --> 00:12:10.360 the peaceful, 00:12:10.579 --> 00:12:11.559 and happy life, 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:13.220 of, 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:15.019 those who are sheep, 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:15.799 of the good shepherd. 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:17.679 He will lead us, 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:18.539 He will guide us, 00:12:18.599 --> 00:12:18.899 He will, 00:12:19.579 --> 00:12:20.099 so to speak, 00:12:20.219 --> 00:12:21.000 take us out, 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:22.459 to feed us, 00:12:22.599 --> 00:12:23.659 to care for us, 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:25.019 to provide for our needs, 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:27.039 to see that we have, 00:12:27.079 --> 00:12:28.439 everything we need in life. 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.099 Do you hear what Jesus is saying? 00:12:33.939 --> 00:12:35.779 It's not just to save you, 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:36.439 from danger, 00:12:36.839 --> 00:12:38.059 from punishment, 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.479 that I am here. 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:40.899 Yes, 00:12:40.939 --> 00:12:41.859 I am here for that, 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:43.379 but I'm also here, 00:12:43.379 --> 00:12:44.899 to give you life, 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:46.560 the good, 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:48.060 well cared for, 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:48.980 kind of life, 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:50.220 that God wants, 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:51.879 for all of his people, 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:53.240 for all of his sheep. 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:56.060 As Jesus will say, 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:56.919 in the next breath, 00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:58.180 verse 10, 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:00.740 life to the full, 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:03.539 life abundant. 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.539 One of the lies, 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.580 that the devil wants you, 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:09.159 to believe, 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:11.580 is that if you come to Jesus, 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:13.139 and go through the gate, 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:15.060 that you will forfeit, 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.320 all that is good in life, 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:18.279 and you will become like a prisoner, 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:19.440 in that sheep pen, 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.860 locked up, 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:22.180 for eternity. 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:24.899 Not so. 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:27.639 Those who are saved, 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.919 through Christ, 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:29.980 will go in, 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:31.060 and go out, 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:32.519 and find pasture, 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:34.399 good land, 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:35.279 to graze in. 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.659 God will take care of you, 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.519 and you will find, 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:40.200 the free, 00:13:40.420 --> 00:13:41.399 and joyful life, 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.779 that you most deeply long for, 00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:45.480 in Christ, 00:13:45.579 --> 00:13:46.699 and under his care. 00:13:47.939 --> 00:13:48.340 Listen, 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:51.120 the so-called freedom, 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:52.819 of being outside, 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:54.079 of the flock of Christ, 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:55.240 is no freedom at all. 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.779 Being outside, 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.959 of the flock of Christ, 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:00.000 is dangerous. 00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:02.579 It's like being on death row. 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.939 Or as Jesus said, 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.879 back in chapter 8, 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.559 it's slavery. 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:10.599 Those who sin, 00:14:10.719 --> 00:14:11.919 are slaves to sin, 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.599 he said. 00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.419 But, 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:15.719 if the Son, 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.879 sets you free, 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.159 you will be free indeed, 00:14:19.599 --> 00:14:20.819 truly free. 00:14:22.219 --> 00:14:23.519 The devil has been telling, 00:14:23.599 --> 00:14:24.279 the same lie, 00:14:24.359 --> 00:14:25.439 since the Garden of Eden. 00:14:26.479 --> 00:14:27.759 That God just wants you, 00:14:27.859 --> 00:14:28.739 to be his subjects. 00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:30.599 But that he doesn't really, 00:14:30.599 --> 00:14:31.859 want you to be happy. 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:34.399 Or to have a, 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:36.000 an abundant life. 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.580 A satisfied life. 00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:40.080 It's a lie. 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.460 Jesus doesn't just want us, 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:44.480 locked up in his pen for life. 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:46.500 He wants us to go in, 00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:47.180 and go out, 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:48.220 and find pasture, 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.080 to live our lives out, 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.800 in fullness, 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:52.200 under his care. 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.279 To lead us. 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.500 To give us, 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.700 that full life. 00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.400 He wants that, 00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:00.600 for every one of his sheep. 00:15:01.640 --> 00:15:02.420 Including you. 00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:06.560 This is the good news of Jesus. 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:08.680 Not just that he came, 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:10.060 to save us from punishment. 00:15:10.900 --> 00:15:12.080 He did do that. 00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:13.379 And it's a wonderful gift. 00:15:13.900 --> 00:15:14.759 But also that, 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.780 he came so that, 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.860 we might have life. 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.879 And have it to the full. 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:21.320 That we might be truly, 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:22.160 happy, 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:23.080 and satisfied. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.560 As only God can do, 00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:26.580 for the human heart. 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.480 For you and for me. 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:30.140 It's for both, 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.860 salvation, 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:31.560 and, 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.140 life. 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.220 That Jesus came. 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.280 It's for both, 00:15:37.940 --> 00:15:39.180 that he went to the cross, 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:40.680 and suffered, 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.100 and died. 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.860 And that's what we want to remember today. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.020 As we come to the Lord's table. 00:15:49.660 --> 00:15:50.720 We do this every month. 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:54.379 We remember that for us to be saved, 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.000 and to have life, 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.180 there was a great cost. 00:15:57.700 --> 00:16:01.200 Jesus' body, 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:02.620 broken. 00:16:04.140 --> 00:16:05.860 His blood spilled out, 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:08.440 for us. 00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:11.060 A horrible death. 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.780 Horrible suffering. 00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:16.279 So that we could be saved, 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.720 and have life, 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:20.159 with him, 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:21.159 and with the father, 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.000 forever. 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.720 And so we want to take a few minutes, 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:27.419 to quietly reflect on that, 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.159 this morning. 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.600 We're going to put some music on, 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.279 in a minute here. 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:34.439 And it'll be an opportunity for you, 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:36.299 just to quietly pray in your heart, 00:16:36.699 --> 00:16:37.919 to reflect on what Jesus, 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.919 has done for you. 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.120 going to the cross, 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.659 for you, 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:44.539 to reflect on your relationship with him. 00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:52.659 After we've had a few minutes to do that, 00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.459 Rod will come, 00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:56.819 and he will serve the bread, 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.439 and the cup. 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:01.020 And if you are trusting in this good news of Jesus, 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.240 if you have come to him, 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.660 and gone through him, 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.200 the gate, 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:07.440 and are in the fold of God, 00:17:08.080 --> 00:17:10.299 then I invite you to partake with us this morning. 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.299 This table's for you. 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.340 If you haven't done that, 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:15.220 I would encourage you to abstain. 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:19.420 And we'll wait until everyone has been served. 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:22.200 And then once we have all been served, 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.539 we'll give thanks, 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.440 and eat, 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.079 and drink together. 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.220 Amen. 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.279 Amen. 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.279 Amen. 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