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 As you have figured out by now, we are not using microphones today.

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 We did that so that we could relieve some of our hardworking volunteers on Good Friday.

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 So if you can't hear me, please come a little closer.

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 The passage for today is 1 Corinthians 11, 17-34.

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 Chapter 11, verses 17-34 of the first letter to the Corinthians written by Apostle Paul.

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 This comes after Romans, if you're looking in your Bibles, before 2 Corinthians.

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 I'm going to read it out loud for us before we start.

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 But in the following instructions, I do not commend you.

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 Because when you come together, it is not for the better, but for the worse.

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 For in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you.

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 And I believe it in part.

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 For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

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 When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat.

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 For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal.

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 One goes hungry, another gets drunk.

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 What?

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 Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?

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 Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing?

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 What shall I say to you?

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 Shall I commend you in this?

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 No, I will not.

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 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.

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 And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my body which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 In the same way also he took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

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 Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.

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 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

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 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

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 Let a person examine himself then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

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 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

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 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.

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 But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.

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 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

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 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

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 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you come together, it will not be for judgment.

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 About the other things, I will give directions when I come.

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 The word of the Lord.

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 We've been going through a series through the book of 1 Corinthians, and so this is really the next passage in line,

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 which happens to fit perfectly with Good Friday, really, and Monday, Thursday, and Good Friday.

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 And whether we like it or not, as we live, we face reminders of our socioeconomic class.

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 Wherever we go, we see this.

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 I have a portable office, so that means oftentimes throughout the week I'm working at various cafes.

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 And when I sit down to work at the Dunkin' Donuts on 3rd Street, I usually see townies.

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 People that have been living in East Cambridge for generations.

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 People who have been around for a long time.

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 I see blue-collar workers and pink-collar workers.

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 Manual laborers and those in the service sector.

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 Many of them are older.

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 Baby boomers.

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 The Generation Xers.

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 I almost always, whenever I'm there, see homeless people going in and out of the Dunkin' Donuts as well.

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 Now, if I take a few minutes walk down Cambridge Street and then go to Curio Cafe,

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 or to Loyal Nine, both on Cambridge Street, you see a whole different crowd.

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 They tend to be younger, X-annials or millennials.

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 And they're almost, all of them are almost invariably well-dressed.

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 Better dressed than me, at least.

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 And they tend to be white-collar workers.

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 They have their laptops up, a lot of them.

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 They're having meetings.

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 And they have drink and food in hand that costs almost twice as much as it costs in Dunkin' Donuts.

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 You never see homeless people at one of those cafes.

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 Socioeconomic distinction is visible in many places we go and in many ways.

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 And this has been true throughout human history.

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 Including in the Greco-Roman world where Paul and the Corinthians lived.

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 One particular example of that that's relevant for this passage is a typical Greco-Roman dinner party.

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 Dinner parties were thrown by wealthy members of the society.

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 So they would be these wealthy patrons.

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 And they would invite everybody that's around them.

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 But they would, the host, the wealthy host would seat the members of their own high class

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 in this special room, the best room called a tree clinium.

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 And then they would be in plain view of all the others who were made to sit in the crowded atrium.

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 That's where we get the word atrium.

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 And the guests in the tree clinium were treated to the gourmet foods and premium wines.

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 While the guests in the atrium were served inferior foods and wine.

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 The church, however, was supposed to be different.

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 Acts 2, 44 to 46 tell us that in the early church,

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 all who believed were together and had all things in common.

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 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all as any had need.

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 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes,

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 they received their food with glad and generous hearts.

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 This is a quotation from Acts 2.

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 The church was meant to be a people brought together by Christ,

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 not by their social standing.

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 Unfortunately, the practice of their pagan neighbors had seeped into the Corinthian church.

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 So Paul roundly rebukes them in this passage.

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 And this passage serves as a helpful corrective to us as well,

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 to all of our tendencies to form cliques and factions that we prefer.

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 So first, Paul addresses the divisions in the church in verses 17 to 22.

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 And then he speaks of the death of the Lord in verses 23 to 26.

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 And then finally, he talks about the discernment of the body in verses 27 to 34.

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 That will be my outline as I go.

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 The divisions in the church, death of the Lord, discernment of the body.

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 And his main point is that instead of perverting the Lord's Supper

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 by assimilating the Greco-Roman practice,

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 Christians ought to partake worthily of the supper

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 by discerning the body of the Lord.

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 I know that seems a little abstract,

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 but it will become clear what I mean by that as we go through this passage.

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 Paul begins by stating the problem,

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 the divisions in the church in verses 17 to 18.

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 And at the beginning, if you might recall from the beginning of chapter 11, verse 2,

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 Paul said that now I commend you

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 because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions

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 even as I deliver them to you.

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 So Paul was there recognizing, acknowledging that

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 in some of the matters pertaining to the public worship of the church,

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 they were preserving the traditions that Paul passed down to them.

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 So he says, I commend you.

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 But here in verse 17, regarding the matter of the Lord's Supper,

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 Paul says explicitly that he's not commending them.

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 There's nothing to commend about what they're doing in the Lord's Supper.

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 So he says, in the following instructions,

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 I do not commend you because when you come together,

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 it is not for the better but for the worse.

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 The word come together occurs five times in just this passage,

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 and it's the semi-technical way of referring to the church's public worship.

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 So like when we're gathered here on Friday or when we're gathered on Sunday,

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 when we come together, that's what Paul is talking about.

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 When the church gathers together for worship,

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 there should be mutual exhortation and edification,

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 building one another up.

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 It should be for the better.

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 But instead, when the Corinthians gathered, it was for the worse.

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 And the reason for this is given in verse 18.

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 Four, in the first place, when you come together as a church,

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 I hear that there are divisions among you.

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 If you've been with us through the series,

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 you recognize that the Corinthians are quite the divisive bunch.

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 Paul had to rebuke them earlier in chapter one

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 because they were dividing into factions based on the different leaders that they follow.

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 Some people said, I follow Paul.

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 Some people said, I follow Apollos.

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 Some people said, I follow Cephas.

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 But Paul told them there should be no divisions among them.

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 And Paul appears to have heard a similar report of their abuse of the Lord's Supper.

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 And so he says, also, I hear that there are divisions among you.

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 And how Paul responds to this report,

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 this bad report that he hears about the Corinthian church is really helpful for us.

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 Because sometimes when we hear a bad report about someone,

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 it's tempting to jump to conclusions

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 and to form judgments in our minds and to start to critique them.

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 But Paul shows us a better way.

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 He says at the end of verse 18,

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 And I believe it in part.

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 By saying that he believes the report in part,

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 Paul's acknowledging that his informants are not disinterested observers.

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 He believes them in part because he has deemed that they are credible,

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 but nevertheless he recognizes the need to hear the Corinthians' perspective.

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 So he bridges that gap by saying,

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 I believe it in part.

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 One of the wisest principles in the American criminal justice system

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 is that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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 Whenever you hear a bad report about another believer,

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 or in a church or a ministry,

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 presuming guilt is an unhelpful practice in the legal courts as well as in our own hearts.

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 As Proverbs 18, 17 says,

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 The one who states his case first seems right

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 until the other comes and examines him.

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 So when after then a serious consideration,

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 you conclude that the issue is weighty enough to be addressed,

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 don't turn then immediately to others to tell them about it,

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 but instead turn first to the person that is directly involved.

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 Confront them.

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 Address them.

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 That's exactly what Paul does here.

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 I hear that there are divisions among you,

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 and I believe it in part.

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 Then Paul addresses the issue directly with them.

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 And Paul believes this not only because he has heard it from a credible source,

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 but because also there's a theological reason for divisions and factions within the church.

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 So look at verse 19.

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 For there must be factions among you,

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 in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

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 Isn't that an interesting thing to say?

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 In Matthew 10, 34 to 37, as well as 24, 9, 13,

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 Jesus taught that his life, his person, and his work, his message, will be polarizing.

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 They would divide the world into two camps.

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 Those who follow him, believe him, and confess him,

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 and those who reject him and refuse him.

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 And similarly, in the parable of the weeds that he told in Matthew 13,

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 he taught that in the church,

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 there will be both wheat, which are the people of God that are planted,

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 sown with the seeds of the gospel,

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 as well as weeds, those who don't belong to God.

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 So in every local church, in the whole universal church,

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 there are both true believers and non-believers.

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 There's both wheat and weeds.

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 And because of this, even when there are divisions in the church,

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 Paul notes that even through that,

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 God is working out his sovereign purposes.

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 Because the divisions of the church,

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 when people choose to divide and form factions,

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 or leave the church as some do,

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 it reveals those who are genuinely God's,

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 those who are committed to God and committed to his church.

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 And so that's why the word genuine means approved by testing.

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 Even these divisions are means that God uses in the people of God

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 to prove them as genuine.

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 So then having explained how he came to understanding,

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 to learn of these divisions,

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 and why he feels the need to address them about it,

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 Paul then hits the problem head on in verses 20 to 21.

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 Follow with me, verses 20 to 21.

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 When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat.

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 For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal.

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 One goes hungry, another gets drunk.

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 Paul draws a deliberate contrast between the Lord's Supper,

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 on the one hand, in verse 20,

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 and his own meal, right, in verse 21.

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 So the Lord's Supper is called the Lord's Supper

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 because it is the supper that belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 The Lord Jesus Christ presides over the table.

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 He is the host of this dinner, of this supper.

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 And it is commonly to be shared with all believers,

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 Jews and Gentiles, men and women,

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 freedmen and slaves, rich and poor, black and white.

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 But instead of having this common supper of the Lord,

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 the wealthier factions of the Corinthian church

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 were going ahead with their own meals.

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 They were not having the Lord's Supper.

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 They were having their own meals.

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 This is, some of the context of the original setting

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 helps to understand what's going on

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 because in the early church, unlike us,

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 people partook in communion in the context of a full meal.

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 So they would have, of course, the bread and wine,

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 but it would be in the context of a full meal

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 with all the other things that go with it.

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 So they would usually gather in the home

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 of one of the wealthier members of the church,

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 mainly because their house was bigger

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 and could accommodate more people.

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 And believers brought foods, they brought funds,

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 they brought prayers to all share commonly

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 with those who are at the Lord's Supper.

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 But in this situation of the Corinthians,

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 instead of sharing their sumptuous fare

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 with the rest of the church,

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 the wealthier members were going ahead

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 with their own meals.

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 The food that they brought,

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 which were presumably better in both quantity and quality,

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 they were having it, keeping it for themselves

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 and going ahead and eating it

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 before anyone else can get to it.

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 This abuse was so bad that the result was

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 one goes hungry, another gets drunk.

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 Paul's not necessarily concerned

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 about people getting drunk per se,

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 although that's also a problem.

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 He's trying to contrast the two images.

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 On the one hand, people are going hungry

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 because there's nothing to eat.

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 On the other hand, they have had so much to eat

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 and drink that they're drunk at the Lord's Supper.

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 That's the contrast that Paul is drawing.

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 And you can hear Paul's indignation,

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 the horror with which he rebukes them in verse 22.

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 What?

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 Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?

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 Or do you despise the church of God

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 and humiliate those who have nothing?

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 What shall I say to you?

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 Shall I commend you in this?

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 No, I will not.

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 If you're going to eat your fill of gourmet foods

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 and fine wine,

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 do it in your own house,

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 is what Paul's saying.

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 This is not your own private meal.

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 This is the Lord's Supper.

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 So why must you profane the Lord's Supper

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 by humiliating those who have nothing?

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 Generally speaking,

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 everywhere in the world,

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 the poor among us face discrimination.

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 Money takes you places.

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 It gives you leverage

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 and connections.

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 But the poor

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 are daily reminded of their lower socioeconomic status.

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 And they must bear the haughty condescension

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 of the social elite.

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 They're cut off from the best education,

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 best services,

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 best products,

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 best opportunities,

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 and best foods

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 that our society has to offer.

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 But not so in the church.

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 Sunday morning,

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 as well as all the other times

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 when the church is gathered together,

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 should be the least segregated hour

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 of this country.

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 Because when Christ died for us on the cross,

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 He leveled the ground

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 because all must come to Him as sinners

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 to be saved.

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 That's why Galatians 3.28 says,

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 There is neither Jew nor Greek.

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 There is neither slave nor free.

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 There is no male or female.

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 For you are all one

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 So when we partake

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 in the Lord's Supper,

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 every believer

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 that comes to the table

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 as a sinner

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 in need of a Savior

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 should have their full fill.

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 Because God's grace

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 doesn't run out.

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 Because God's grace

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 is sufficient.

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 You don't need to be wealthy

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 to come to Christ.

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 You don't need to be intelligent

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 to come to Christ.

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 You don't need to look good

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 to come to Christ.

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 You don't need to be successful

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 to come to Christ.

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 This is the scandalous message

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 of the cross of Jesus Christ.

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 That there is none

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 who does good in this world,

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 not even one,

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 as Psalm 14.3 says.

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 And all, therefore,

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 without distinction,

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 must humble themselves

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 before Christ

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 and believe in Him

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 for salvation.

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 That's what Good Friday

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 is all about.

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 The Corinthian believers

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 had lost sight of this,

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 so Paul reminds them

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 about the death

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 of the Lord.

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 That's my second point.

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 In verses 23 to 26.

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 It's a passage

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 that we recite

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 every Sunday

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 when we celebrate

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 the Lord's Supper.

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 For I received

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 from the Lord

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 what I also delivered

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 to you,

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 on the night

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 when He was betrayed

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 took bread,

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 and when He had given thanks

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 He broke it and said,

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 this is my body

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 which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance

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 of me.

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 In the same way,

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 also He took the cup

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 after supper,

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 saying,

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 this cup is the new covenant

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 in my blood.

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 Do this as often

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 as you drink it

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 in remembrance of me.

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 For as often

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 as you eat this bread

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 and drink the cup,

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 you proclaim the Lord's death

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 until He comes.

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 Wonderful passage.

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 Paul uses the language

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 of delivering

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 and receiving,

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 receiving and delivering

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 again later

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 in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 And that's the technical way

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 He refers to

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 the faithful transmission

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 of the teaching of Christ.

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 He's saying that

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 what He received

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 from the Lord Jesus Himself

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 about this Lord's Supper,

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 He passed on,

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 transmitted faithfully

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 to the Corinthian church.

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 And when Jesus instituted

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 the Lord's Supper,

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 it was during His last supper

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 with His disciples.

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 That fell on the Thursday

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 of the week of Jesus' death,

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 so that would have been yesterday.

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 That's what some people

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 call Maundy Thursday.

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 This last supper

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 is recounted in Matthew 26,

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 all the Gospels really,

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 and it was a traditional

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 Jewish Passover meal.

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 When the Old Testament

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 people of God,

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 Israel,

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 was enslaved in Egypt,

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 God delivered them

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 with mighty signs.

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 And the greatest

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 among those signs

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 was the sign

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 of the Passover,

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 which is recorded

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 in Exodus 12.

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 At that time,

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 because Egypt was oppressing

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 the nation of Israel,

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 and the nation of Israel,

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 God called them

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 His firstborn son

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 in Exodus 4.22.

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 And because they were

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 oppressing the firstborn son

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 of God,

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 the nation of Israel,

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 God struck down

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 all the firstborn

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 in the land of Egypt,

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 both man and animals.

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 But God spared

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 the Israelites,

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 who, following

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 His instructions,

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 slaughtered a lamb

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 without blemish.

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 So that's a way

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 of redeeming

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 the firstborn son

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 that they sacrificed.

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 They sacrificed instead

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 a lamb without blemish.

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 They ate it,

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 and then smeared its blood

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 on the doorposts

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 and the lintels

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 of the houses.

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 When the Lord God

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 came in judgment

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 over Egypt,

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 He saw the blood

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 daubed on the doorposts

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 and lintels,

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 and He passed over

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 His people.

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 Now,

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 the unblemished

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 Passover lamb,

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 which ransomed

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 God's people

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 on that day,

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 is what points

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 to the blameless

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 lamb of God,

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 the Passover lamb,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That's why John 1.29

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 describes Jesus

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 as the lamb of God

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world.

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 That's why Paul said

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 earlier in chapter 5,

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 verse 7,

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 that Christ,

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 our Passover lamb,

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 has been sacrificed

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 because Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 shed His blood

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 for our sake.

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 We are forgiven

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 of our sins

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 and adopted

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 as the sons of God.

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 Because Christ,

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 the Passover lamb,

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 died as the ransom

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 price for us.

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 We all,

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 sons and daughters,

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 have been freed

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 from our slavery

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 to sin.

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 That's why,

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 if you actually studied

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 the accounts

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.140
 of the Last Supper

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 in Scripture,

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 this is really fascinating.

00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:25.100
 There is no mention

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.539
 whatsoever

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.740
 of the Passover lamb,

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:28.420
 which is strange,

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.700
 because the centerpiece

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.539
 of the Passover meal

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.840
 is the Passover lamb.

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 Yet when you study

00:21:32.800 --> 00:21:33.220
 the accounts

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.900
 of the Last Supper,

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.080
 which was the Passover meal,

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 there's no mention

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:37.080
 of the Passover lamb.

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.440
 Why is this?

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 Because Jesus

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 is the ultimate

00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:42.680
 Passover lamb.

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 And the focus

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.160
 should not be

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.820
 on that lamb

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.660
 of the Old Testament,

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 but the new lamb

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.100
 of the new age.

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:51.519
 The Passover lamb

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.039
 of the Exodus

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.159
 cannot in reality

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:54.139
 atone for the sins

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 of God's people.

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 It merely pointed

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 to the ultimate reality

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:58.019
 of Jesus Christ,

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 who would die

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 as the atoning sacrifice

00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.779
 for our sins

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 on the cross.

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 And because of this also,

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.859
 that Jesus chose

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.519
 the bread

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.139
 rather than the lamb

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:10.159
 as a sign

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.919
 that would facilitate

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.719
 people's remembrance

00:22:11.719 --> 00:22:12.480
 of him in the ages

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 to come.

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 That's why he says here,

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 the Lord Jesus,

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.439
 on the night

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:15.939
 when he was betrayed,

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.839
 he took bread.

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.179
 And when he had

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:18.659
 given thanks,

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.180
 he broke it

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.420
 and said,

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.640
 this is my body

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.500
 which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.080
 of me.

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.740
 Jesus is using

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.920
 metaphorical language,

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.440
 of course,

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.040
 in this.

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 Scripture nowhere

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.519
 says that

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.920
 the consecrated bread

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:33.279
 becomes or gets

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.420
 transformed into

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:36.220
 the actual physical

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.820
 body and blood

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.240
 of Christ.

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.300
 He nowhere says that.

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.720
 The bread

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.600
 which can be easily

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.640
 broken is a fitting

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.220
 representation

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.560
 of the body of Christ

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:44.140
 which was broken

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.600
 for us.

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 And because Christ

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.620
 chose the bread

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:48.600
 which was a part

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.519
 of the regular diet

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.919
 of the people

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:50.719
 in this day and age

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 instead of the lamb

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.859
 which was part

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.659
 of a special

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.639
 annual meal

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.359
 of the Passover,

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.740
 the church took

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.199
 that to mean

00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:57.579
 that they should

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.199
 celebrate this

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:58.839
 whenever they

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.599
 gathered together

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.599
 and broke bread

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.299
 together.

00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:02.740
 And because of that

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.500
 communion became,

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.179
 the Lord's Supper

00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:05.599
 became a regular

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.500
 practice as we see

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.259
 in Acts 2

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.459
 and as we see

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:09.319
 even here in this passage

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.919
 because he says,

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.980
 as often as you

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.599
 eat the bread

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.240
 and drink the cup,

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.119
 you proclaim the

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.539
 Lord's death

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.099
 until he comes.

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:15.079
 As often as,

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.299
 that suggests

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.980
 frequency.

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.339
 This is why

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.960
 we celebrate

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.539
 the Lord's Supper

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.379
 whenever we gather

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.319
 together on Sundays.

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.639
 But in addition

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.220
 to the bread,

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.779
 Jesus also chooses

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.399
 the wine

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.419
 to represent his body,

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.279
 the fruit of the vine.

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.799
 Verse 25 says,

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.579
 In the same way

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.579
 also he took the cup

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.179
 after supper

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:33.559
 saying,

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.059
 This cup is the new

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.899
 covenant in my blood.

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.960
 Do this as often

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.579
 as you drink it

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.759
 in remembrance of me.

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.039
 Our covenant

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.019
 is just the,

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:42.079
 it's kind of a,

00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:42.819
 you can think of it

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:44.019
 as a cross between

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.059
 a contract

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.200
 and a relationship.

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.619
 It has a legal

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.319
 binding force

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.200
 like a contract

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:52.439
 but it's relationally based.

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.220
 It's based on love

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.779
 like a relationship.

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.179
 That's the kind

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:57.659
 of relationship

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.559
 that God established

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.659
 with his people.

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.759
 It's called a covenant.

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:04.500
 And God established

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.839
 the covenant

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.980
 with Old Testament,

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.819
 in the Old Testament

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.960
 with his people Israel

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.939
 but that covenant

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.599
 was broken

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.279
 by his people.

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.799
 And in Jeremiah 31

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.720
 31 to 33

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.700
 God promises

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:16.099
 to bring about

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.079
 a new covenant

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.119
 that can never

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.940
 be broken.

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.379
 And in Exodus 24,

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.579
 8 when that old covenant

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.440
 was forged

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.240
 and when it was made

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.000
 Moses,

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.879
 the mediator

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.680
 between God and men

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.319
 at that point

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.000
 he took a sacrifice

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.879
 oxen's blood

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:31.000
 and he sprinkled it

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.700
 on God's people

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:33.220
 to ratify that covenant.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.419
 But in the new covenant

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.720
 Jesus stands

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.359
 on a mountain

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:39.639
 of Calvary

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.440
 just as Moses

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.859
 was standing

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.299
 at the mountain.

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.740
 He's the mediator

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.759
 between God and men

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.619
 and he,

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.819
 instead of sprinkling them

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.779
 with the blood

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.419
 of animals,

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.339
 he sprinkles

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.980
 his people

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.700
 figuratively

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.139
 with his own blood

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:52.319
 for cleansing.

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.399
 He pays for

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.359
 our iniquities,

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.839
 our sins

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.000
 with his own life.

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.759
 That's what Hebrews

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.919
 10, 1922 says.

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.159
 He says,

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.879
 By the blood

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.440
 of Jesus

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.519
 our hearts

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.500
 are sprinkled

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.839
 clean

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:04.220
 from an evil conscience.

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.059
 Why?

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:06.779
 Because it's impossible

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.319
 for the blood

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.039
 of bulls and goats

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.919
 to take away sins.

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:11.180
 Only the blood

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.960
 of the Son of God

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.500
 can take away sins.

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:13.759
 So,

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.800
 all in all

00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:15.700
 the Lord's Supper

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.080
 like Good Friday

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:18.140
 is about the death

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.920
 of the Lord.

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.360
 That's why twice

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.840
 in verses 24 to 25

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.600
 Jesus says,

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.820
 Do this in remembrance

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.900
 of me.

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.820
 And Paul summarizes

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.400
 the significance

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.920
 of the Lord's Supper

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.400
 in 26

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.039
 by saying

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.180
 it is the proclamation

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.680
 of the Lord's death

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:33.039
 until he comes.

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.480
 So,

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.640
 until the second coming

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.000
 of Christ,

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.940
 until he returns

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.620
 to redeem

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.460
 all creation

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.920
 and consummate

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.900
 our salvation

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.220
 until that day

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.039
 when Christ returns.

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.259
 Every time we gather

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.960
 to worship together

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.580
 and every time

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.759
 we break bread together

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.059
 in the Lord's Supper,

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.299
 we are proclaiming

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.220
 the Lord's death.

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.180
 But the Corinthians,

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.580
 the rich Corinthians,

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:56.100
 by humiliating

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.980
 the poor Christians

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:58.320
 at the Lord's Supper,

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.180
 they were negating

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.200
 the very unity

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.180
 of the people of God

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.200
 that Christ brought

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.580
 about by his blood.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.059
 And so,

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.879
 because of that,

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.759
 they were profaning

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.599
 the Lord's Supper.

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.720
 For this reason,

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.159
 in verses 27 to 34,

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.019
 Paul calls

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.740
 the Corinthian church

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.259
 to discern the body.

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.919
 That brings me

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:16.199
 to my final point,

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.419
 the discernment

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.879
 of the body.

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.859
 Paul says in verse 27,

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.119
 Whoever, therefore,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.960
 eats the bread

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.839
 or drinks the cup

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.299
 of the Lord

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.799
 in an unworthy manner

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.039
 will be guilty

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.339
 concerning the body

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.259
 and blood of the Lord.

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.559
 Whoever partakes

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.460
 in the Lord's Supper

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.679
 in an unworthy manner

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.660
 and the Corinthians

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:35.400
 selfish behavior

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.080
 certainly falls

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.920
 under that category.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.299
 Whoever does that

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.039
 will be guilty

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:40.680
 concerning the body

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.840
 and blood of the Lord.

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.900
 This verse proves

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.460
 in my mind

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.820
 that the Lord's Supper

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.920
 is not a hollow ritual,

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:50.019
 that it's not

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:52.060
 an empty reenactment.

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.640
 That's why Paul wrote

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.920
 that this is a participation

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.160
 in the blood of Christ

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.080
 earlier in chapter 10.

00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:01.519
 When we eat the bread

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.399
 and drink the wine

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.379
 or grape juice

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.000
 in our case

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.500
 of the Lord's Supper,

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:08.159
 there's a whole other reason

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:09.399
 why we're using grape juice.

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.480
 I can explain that to you later

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.579
 if you have questions about it.

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:14.379
 But when we eat the bread

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.939
 and drink the wine,

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.379
 we're really spiritually

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:18.119
 participating in the body

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.859
 and blood of Christ.

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:21.059
 That's why we also refer

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.720
 to the Lord's Supper

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.460
 as communion.

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:25.039
 It's an old word,

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.460
 communion,

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.140
 but it means

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:27.559
 to have fellowship with,

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:30.420
 to commune with,

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.880
 to participate in.

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.140
 That's what we do

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.779
 when we partake

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.259
 in the Lord's Supper.

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.680
 It's certainly symbolic,

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.860
 but it's not merely symbolic.

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.559
 There is spiritual substance

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.799
 in the Lord's Supper.

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.880
 Christ is really present

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.960
 at the Lord's Supper

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.720
 through His Spirit

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.259
 and we really participate in Him

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.220
 as we partake

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.880
 in that sacrament.

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.900
 And that's why

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.720
 Christian theologians

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.360
 of the past

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.779
 have historically described

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.460
 the sacrament

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.140
 of the Lord's Supper

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:55.680
 as both a sign

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.940
 and a seal.

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.560
 I don't know if you guys

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.220
 know what I mean by that,

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:01.220
 but a sign signifies something.

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:03.820
 It represents Christ's sacrifice

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.540
 on our behalf.

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.080
 But a seal,

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.440
 it secures

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.900
 and it assures,

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.240
 it marks,

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.300
 so that's,

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.880
 because it serves as a seal,

00:28:13.020 --> 00:28:14.180
 when we partake in it,

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:15.259
 it marks us

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.200
 as God's own people.

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.560
 It assures us,

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.740
 it increases our faith

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.580
 and gives us assurance

00:28:19.580 --> 00:28:20.520
 of the fact

00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:21.340
 that we are in fact

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:23.500
 participating in Christ.

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:26.940
 You could kind of compare it

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:29.100
 to what happens

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.520
 at a wedding,

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.720
 and most of you

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.220
 have probably been

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.560
 to a wedding.

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.280
 When you go to a wedding,

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.280
 a man vows

00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:35.900
 to love and cherish

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.320
 the woman

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.080
 until death

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.740
 do them a part.

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.440
 And then,

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.800
 he places the ring

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:42.080
 on her finger

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.140
 as the sign

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.259
 and seal

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.460
 of the vows

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.380
 that he just made.

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.920
 The ring

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.740
 attests

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.759
 to the husband's

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.520
 love and commitment

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.639
 and assures

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.639
 her of it.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.460
 It represents

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:57.059
 and ratifies

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.639
 their union.

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.460
 So,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.839
 similarly,

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.039
 in the worship service

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.900
 and our corporate context

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.680
 when we gather together,

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.779
 if the sermon,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.139
 what I'm doing now,

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.900
 the preaching

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.420
 of the word,

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.799
 is like

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.940
 the wedding vow

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.019
 where the gospel

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.460
 of Christ's love

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.680
 is proclaimed to us,

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.619
 the supper

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.539
 is the sign

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.299
 and seal

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.500
 of that proclamation.

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.279
 The sermon

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.359
 is the preached word,

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.839
 the supper

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:20.500
 is the pictured word.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.900
 In the sermon,

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.960
 we hear the gospel.

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.980
 In the supper,

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.019
 we see

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.160
 and smell

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.160
 and touch

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.140
 and taste

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.880
 the gospel.

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.279
 In this way,

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.019
 the Lord's Supper

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.980
 is a means

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.839
 of grace

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.859
 to God's people

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.900
 to strengthen

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:37.099
 them in their faith

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.900
 and help them

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.460
 to experience

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.240
 greater communion

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.539
 with Christ.

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.519
 For that reason,

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.660
 when we partake

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.400
 in the Lord's Supper

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.500
 unworthily,

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.180
 flippantly,

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.319
 pridefully,

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.339
 selfishly,

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.379
 we sin

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.419
 against Christ

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:54.939
 himself

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:57.299
 who is spiritually

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.779
 present

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:59.339
 in the Lord's Supper.

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.839
 And that's why

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.379
 Paul says

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.200
 in verse 28,

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.500
 let a person

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.740
 examine himself

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.079
 then

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.119
 and so eat

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.059
 of the bread

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.579
 and drink

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.359
 of the cup.

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.480
 Paul uses

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.319
 the same word

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.000
 examine

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.099
 which also means

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.759
 to test

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:14.460
 in 2 Corinthians 13.5.

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.619
 Examine yourselves

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.179
 to see whether

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.059
 you are in the faith.

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.519
 Test yourselves.

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:20.740
 When we partake

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.480
 in the Lord's Supper,

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.519
 we should examine

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.920
 ourselves.

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.379
 Do I really know

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.119
 that this is

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.680
 participation

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.460
 in the Lord's

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.160
 body and blood?

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.119
 Have I truly

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.779
 renounced

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.480
 my sin

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.559
 and myself?

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.039
 And have I

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.859
 truly submitted

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.720
 my life to Christ

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.220
 and to live

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.180
 in full submission

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.599
 and obedience

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.019
 to Him?

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.180
 Now,

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.940
 when we do

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.539
 Lord's Supper,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.400
 I don't want that

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.019
 to dissuade

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.480
 all of you

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.119
 from coming up.

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.079
 this does not

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.579
 mean that you

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.099
 have to have

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.759
 had a sinless

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.519
 week in order

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.139
 to come up

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.639
 and partake

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.039
 in the Lord's

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.279
 Supper.

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.719
 Christ Jesus

00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:56.459
 came into the

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.099
 world to save

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.500
 sinners.

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.299
 He said

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.739
 in Luke 5.31-32,

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.399
 those who are

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.119
 well have no

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.559
 need of a

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.919
 physician,

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.619
 but those who

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.179
 are sick.

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.919
 I have not

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.639
 come to call

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.159
 the righteous

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.119
 but sinners

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.779
 to repentance.

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.899
 Christ invites

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.799
 sinners to

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.239
 His table.

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.700
 grace is

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.440
 dispensed to

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.120
 us freely

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.640
 so we can

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.240
 come without

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.660
 pay,

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.019
 we can

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.599
 come without

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.579
 price and

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.140
 eat at

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.640
 His table.

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.940
 But we

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.500
 must come

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.279
 acknowledging

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.160
 our sins

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.720
 as sinners,

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.920
 humbling

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.660
 ourselves before

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.120
 God and

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.759
 clinging to

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.220
 Christ.

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.140
 That's the

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.059
 only condition

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.940
 upon which

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.519
 we can come

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.140
 approach that

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.660
 table as

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:36.960
 sinners.

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.400
 And there

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.799
 are dire

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.599
 consequences for

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:41.880
 those who

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.460
 partake in the

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.799
 Lord's Supper

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.620
 without examining

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.099
 themselves.

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.420
 It says in

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.200
 verses 29 to

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.500
 30,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.700
 For anyone

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.559
 who eats and

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.099
 drinks without

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.680
 discerning the

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.700
 body eats and

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.740
 drinks judgment

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.380
 on himself.

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.660
 That is why

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.400
 many of you are

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.640
 weak and ill and

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.759
 some have

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.200
 died.

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.099
 Verse 29

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.220
 parallels verse

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.880
 27.

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.359
 So to eat and

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.059
 drink without

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.660
 discerning the

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.460
 body is to

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.339
 eat and drink

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.380
 in an unworthy

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.759
 manner.

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.880
 When we

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.480
 partake in the

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.920
 Lord's Supper,

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.359
 we need to

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.000
 know what we're

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.440
 eating and

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.779
 drinking,

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.359
 that it

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.140
 represents Christ's

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.680
 body and blood

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.440
 sacrificed for

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.700
 us.

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.400
 That's what it

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.660
 means to

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.539
 discern the

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.920
 body.

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.299
 If we eat and

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.900
 drink without

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.920
 discerning the

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.400
 body, we

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.220
 dishonor the

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.700
 Lord and

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.539
 incur his

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.200
 discipline.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.860
 Apparently,

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.640
 some of the

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:24.980
 Corinthian

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.940
 believers had

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.880
 become weak

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:28.160
 and ill and

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.900
 some had even

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.340
 died.

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.380
 And Paul

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.180
 teaches and he

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.019
 understands this

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.160
 prophetically that

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.319
 that was due to

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.039
 their abuse of

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.620
 the Lord's

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.900
 Supper.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.200
 Of course,

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.759
 that doesn't mean

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.539
 that anytime you're

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.059
 sick, it's because

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.559
 you're abused of

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:40.779
 the Lord's

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.000
 Supper.

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.539
 He's just saying

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.240
 in that specific

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.839
 case of the

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.720
 Corinthians, their

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.799
 abuse led to

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.819
 actual illnesses

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.039
 and even death.

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.140
 Paul continues in

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.359
 verses 31 to 32,

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:52.059
 but if we judged

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.779
 ourselves truly, we

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.680
 would not be judged.

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.539
 But when we are

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.500
 judged by the Lord, we

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.240
 are disciplined so

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.000
 that we may not be

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.920
 condemned along with

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.359
 the world.

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.160
 There's a series of

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.359
 word plays throughout

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.819
 this passage that all

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.619
 relate to the Greek

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.579
 word for judgment.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.420
 The word judgment

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.819
 occurs twice in English

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.779
 in verses 29 and

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.079
 34.

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:11.599
 The word judge is

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.579
 repeated three times

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.879
 in verses 31 to 32,

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:15.019
 as well as the word

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.519
 discerning in verse 29

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.619
 and the word condemned

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.419
 in verse 32.

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.980
 They're all variations

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.559
 of the same Greek

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.460
 word, the same root

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.619
 word in the Greek.

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.980
 That means judge.

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.960
 And so Paul's,

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.939
 through these word plays,

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.179
 Paul's drawing kind of

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:30.619
 three tiers of

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:32.099
 judgments for us

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.639
 to understand.

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.319
 And the first type of

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.119
 judgment is our

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:36.139
 judgment of ourselves.

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:38.179
 If we judge ourselves

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.759
 truly, we will not be

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.060
 judged.

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.160
 That means we need to

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.519
 discern the body,

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.480
 examine ourselves,

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.680
 and judge ourselves

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.740
 when we partake in the

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.220
 Lord's Supper.

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:48.060
 But if we neglect to do

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:50.460
 so, God will judge us.

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.180
 That's the second tier

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.519
 of judgment.

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.080
 This is the second

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.640
 meaning of the word

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.440
 judge, and it refers

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.560
 to God's discipline.

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.380
 It says in verse 32,

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.480
 but when we are judged

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.200
 by the Lord, we are

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.180
 disciplined so that we

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.360
 may not be condemned

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.480
 along with the world.

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.620
 God's discipline is an

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:07.039
 expression of His grace

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.320
 because by judging us

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.599
 in this way, God

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.779
 corrects us and

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:13.599
 sanctifies us so that

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.759
 we may not be condemned

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:16.000
 along with the world.

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.820
 That condemnation is the

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.800
 third type of judgment.

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.340
 It refers to God's

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.199
 final judgment.

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.539
 So what Paul's teaching

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.940
 us here is that God's

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.579
 present judgment of us

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:27.599
 mercifully corrects us

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.679
 so that we do not stray

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.699
 further and are condemned

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:31.179
 by God's final judgment.

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:33.159
 God's present judgment

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.519
 spares us from His

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.400
 eternal judgment.

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:37.579
 But we can be spared

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:39.720
 of both by judging

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:41.160
 ourselves, by discerning

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:43.340
 the body, by partaking

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.940
 of the Lord's Supper

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.119
 after examining ourselves.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.500
 But I don't think we

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.760
 have yet exhausted the

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.700
 meaning of the phrase

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.519
 discerning the body.

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.340
 The Lord's Supper has

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.160
 two directions.

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.740
 First is a vertical

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:56.139
 direction because we

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.160
 commune through the

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:58.099
 Lord's Supper with

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:59.360
 Christ and through

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.220
 Christ with the

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.820
 triune God.

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.500
 That's the vertical

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.039
 orientation.

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.619
 Secondly, the Lord's

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.079
 Supper has a

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.340
 horizontal orientation.

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:08.420
 That's why we relate

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.840
 to one another.

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:10.159
 We commune with one

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:11.259
 another in the members

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.840
 of the church.

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.480
 And that's why it was

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.739
 such a blatant abuse

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.639
 of the Lord's Supper

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.900
 that the Corinthians

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:18.079
 were humiliating other

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.840
 members of the church

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.539
 at the very table.

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.579
 So likewise then,

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.699
 the idea of discern the

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.840
 body applies in two

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.460
 directions.

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.480
 Discerning the body

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.460
 means discerning the

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.500
 body of Christ.

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:30.779
 The body and blood of

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.860
 Christ represents Him

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.640
 and His sacrifice.

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.880
 And then secondly,

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.760
 it means to recognize

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:36.160
 the body of Christ,

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.760
 namely the church,

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:39.120
 the people of God.

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:40.280
 And there are several

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.280
 clues in the text that

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.980
 indicate that Paul

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.039
 intends this second

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.340
 meaning for this word

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.800
 as well.

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:46.320
 Because in chapter 10

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.360
 verse 17, he already

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.200
 made the connection,

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.480
 chapter 10 verse 17,

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.260
 he already made the

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.340
 connection between the

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.780
 bread that we eat at

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.900
 the Lord's Supper and

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.740
 the body of Christ,

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.220
 the church.

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.079
 He said,

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.139
 because there is one

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:59.039
 bread, we who are many

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.099
 are one body.

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:02.259
 For we all partake of

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.940
 the one bread.

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:05.059
 The church constitutes

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.840
 the one bread, one body

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:08.059
 of Christ because we

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:09.380
 partake in the one bread

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.400
 of the body of Christ.

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.799
 In addition, immediately

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.880
 after this passage, as

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.039
 we will see in the coming

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.659
 weeks, Paul says in 1

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:18.360
 Corinthians 12 that just

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.920
 as a body has many

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.579
 members but is one, all

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.319
 members of the body,

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.039
 though many are one

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.380
 body, so it is with

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.960
 Christ.

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:28.000
 For in one spirit, we

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.480
 were all baptized into

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.400
 one body.

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.940
 Jews or Greeks, slaves

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.940
 or free, and all were

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:34.380
 made to drink of the

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.200
 one spirit.

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.820
 So the church, the

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:38.280
 people of God, us that

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.860
 are here, we are

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.579
 Christ's body.

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:44.619
 And that's why even

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.400
 though four times

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.480
 throughout verses 26 to

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.059
 28, Paul mentions both

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:50.019
 the bread and the cup to

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.860
 refer to the body of

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:53.619
 Christ, in verse 29, he

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.559
 deviates from this

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.280
 pattern to simply

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.240
 say the body.

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.900
 Because I think he wants

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.700
 us to understand the

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.600
 dual meaning, not just

00:36:59.600 --> 00:37:01.200
 the body of Christ, the

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.300
 Lord, but the church as

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.519
 well, Christ and the

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.820
 church.

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:06.680
 And it is to this latter

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.820
 aspect of discerning the

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.820
 body of Christ, the

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.340
 church, that Paul returns

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.000
 in verses 33 to 34.

00:37:12.660 --> 00:37:13.660
 Follow with me, verses

00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:14.680
 33 to 34.

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:17.559
 So then, my brothers, when

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.739
 you come together to eat,

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.460
 wait for one another.

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.599
 If anyone is hungry, let

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.179
 them eat at home, so that

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.419
 when you come together, it

00:37:25.419 --> 00:37:26.759
 will not be for judgment

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:28.819
 about the other things I

00:37:28.819 --> 00:37:29.940
 will give directions when I

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.159
 come.

00:37:30.899 --> 00:37:32.000
 The Greek word that is

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.099
 translated here as wait

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:35.000
 has a broad range of

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:36.159
 meaning, and it means to

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:37.419
 await eagerly.

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:40.059
 It means to receive

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.919
 favorably.

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.900
 It means to welcome.

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.440
 So Paul is basically

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.420
 telling the wealthier

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.639
 Corinthian members of the

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.860
 church to extend

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:51.760
 hospitality to the poorer

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.740
 members of the church.

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:56.740
 To include them, share with

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:58.460
 them, welcome them.

00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:00.780
 And as he admonishes them,

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.840
 he reminds them that they

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:04.920
 are all brothers and

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.500
 sisters.

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:08.039
 In the Greek, like in

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:09.760
 Spanish, when you want to

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.820
 say brothers and sisters,

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:12.220
 you use the plural form of

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:12.980
 the masculine noun.

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:14.420
 So brothers includes

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.559
 brothers and sisters.

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.860
 So the sisters are

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:20.119
 implied in the noun

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.360
 brothers, and it's

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.420
 significant that Paul

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:23.960
 addresses them in this

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.780
 way as brothers and

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.099
 sisters.

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.619
 Because the Jewish

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.099
 Passover meal, which is

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:29.260
 in the background of the

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:31.539
 Lord's Supper, was

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.599
 traditionally a family

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.360
 affair.

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.039
 The head of the

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:37.019
 household presided over

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.579
 the table, and they

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.519
 broke bread together.

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:42.539
 But Jesus violated this

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:44.579
 paradigm when at the

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.820
 Last Supper, he called

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:47.360
 his disciples out of

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.579
 their respective families

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:50.320
 and presided over the

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.759
 table himself as the

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:53.000
 head of the new family

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.380
 that he was forming, the

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.179
 family of God.

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.139
 And that's why he says

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:58.099
 in Matthew 12, 50,

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.539
 whoever does the will of

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:01.960
 my father in heaven is my

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.960
 brother and sister and

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.340
 mother.

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:06.179
 So then the Lord's Supper is

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:08.360
 a family meal, with Christ as

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.980
 the head of the household

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.840
 presiding over it.

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:11.300
 It is the meal of the body

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:12.260
 of Christ, which is the

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.079
 family of God.

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:14.539
 And just as brothers and

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:16.019
 sisters don't choose each

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.740
 other, but are related to

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:19.519
 one another by virtue of

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.800
 their common parents, we

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:23.039
 have been brought together

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:25.519
 into God's family, not by

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.039
 shared interest or race or

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.200
 ethnic background or

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:32.300
 political persuasion, gender,

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:34.079
 age, or socioeconomic class,

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.960
 but by virtue of having the

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:38.400
 same God as Father, by

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.500
 virtue of having the same

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:42.599
 Lord Jesus, by virtue of

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.779
 having the same Spirit

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.599
 indwelling us.

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:47.079
 That's what unites us and

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:49.460
 brings us into the family of

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:49.739
 God.

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.840
 So let me ask you, brothers

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:53.900
 and sisters in Christ, are

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.199
 you welcoming and receiving

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.719
 one another?

00:39:55.719 --> 00:40:00.759
 Do you wait eagerly for one

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.039
 another?

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:05.799
 Undoubtedly, you will have

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:07.419
 natural affinities with some

00:40:07.419 --> 00:40:10.039
 members and not others, but we

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:12.939
 cannot, for that reason, exclude

00:40:12.939 --> 00:40:15.119
 one another and form cliques and

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:17.239
 factions, divisions in the

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.539
 church.

00:40:19.799 --> 00:40:21.679
 Such divisions have no place in

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:23.480
 the family of God, especially in

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.539
 our corporate worship context, but

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:27.320
 also more generally in our

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.079
 relationships with one another.

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.679
 Think about this.

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:33.420
 We have to be, take care to be

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:35.099
 sensitive toward one another's

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.579
 needs, the different family

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:38.440
 situations, the different

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:40.780
 financial situations, the

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:42.159
 different personalities and

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:44.719
 temperaments, and we must seek to

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:46.139
 accommodate one another.

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:49.599
 A few practical examples on

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:51.039
 Resurrection Sunday, when we

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.460
 celebrate the resurrection of our

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:55.579
 Lord, if you have a family to

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.940
 share the day with, a biological

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:59.460
 family to share the day with, and

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:03.380
 to eat sumptuous meals with, but

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.619
 you know of singles in the

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:06.019
 church who don't have family,

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:07.980
 biological family to go to, to

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:10.420
 eat with, invite them into your

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.740
 family.

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:14.059
 Invite the family of God into your

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.679
 biological family to share the

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:15.880
 meal.

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:22.880
 When you're going out to eat with

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.880
 the group from the church, if

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.119
 the group from the church after

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:26.160
 the worship service, if there's a

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:28.780
 student or a poor postdoc whom you

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:30.960
 know can't afford it and therefore

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:33.619
 is not going, offer to buy the meal

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.079
 for them.

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.780
 Accommodate them.

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:42.059
 When you're planning on an outing that

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:44.680
 would exclude families with kids,

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:49.379
 think about how you can accommodate

00:41:49.379 --> 00:41:52.919
 them in the future, or even offer to

00:41:52.919 --> 00:41:54.299
 babysit for them in the future so that

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:55.500
 they can go on such an hour.

00:41:58.319 --> 00:41:59.659
 Welcome one another.

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.719
 Receive one another.

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:04.579
 Accommodate one another.

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:08.119
 And by this all people will know that

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:10.559
 you are my disciples if you have love

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.920
 for one another.

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:16.480
 If you are not yet a follower of

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:19.940
 Jesus Christ, that Good Friday and the

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:21.420
 Lord's Supper, which we just learned

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:23.920
 about, confronts you with two realities

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.799
 that you must face.

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:27.739
 On the one hand, you have to recognize

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:28.519
 that you're a sinner.

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.440
 We all are.

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:34.440
 We were created to live for God, yet in

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:36.799
 our unbelief we live for ourselves

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:38.200
 without any reference to God.

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.800
 The true God.

00:42:40.580 --> 00:42:42.519
 We are so sinful, in fact, that Jesus

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:45.640
 had to die for us as the atoning

00:42:45.640 --> 00:42:47.019
 sacrifice for our sins.

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:48.900
 To pay the penalty of our sins.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:50.980
 Our sins were so grave, and the penalty

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:53.440
 so severe, the eternal Son of God

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:54.500
 had to die for us.

00:42:54.740 --> 00:42:55.440
 We're sinful.

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:56.200
 We're sinners.

00:42:57.200 --> 00:43:00.580
 On the other hand, we are reminded that

00:43:00.580 --> 00:43:04.940
 God so loves us, that Christ willingly,

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:09.119
 gladly, gladly, joyfully died for us.

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:14.360
 And to be a Christian is to know and

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:18.039
 feel simultaneously our deep unworthiness

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:21.679
 and the deeper worth that God has

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:23.099
 nevertheless imputed to us.

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:26.260
 It means to know simultaneously that

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:30.659
 we are sinful, but that God is gracious

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:32.500
 and merciful.

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:38.380
 Jesus said, this is my body, which is for you.

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:44.860
 The phrase for you captures the idea of

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.619
 substitution.

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:49.420
 He died in our place.

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:51.719
 He died on our behalf.

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:55.039
 That man nailed to the cross 2,000 years ago

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:58.039
 on Good Friday with blood pouring down

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:59.000
 all over his body.

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:01.159
 That man with the crown of thorns on his

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:01.480
 head.

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:04.920
 That man who is parched, who is suffocating

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.179
 on that cross.

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:09.119
 That man who is alone, condemned, and

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:10.379
 rejected by all.

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:13.679
 That man bearing the full weight of sin

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.399
 on his shoulders.

00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:16.420
 That man should have been you.

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.980
 That man should have been me.

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:26.639
 But Christ took our place.

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:32.019
 He was condemned so that we could be justified.

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:36.260
 He was rejected so that we could be accepted

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:36.840
 by God.

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:42.300
 He died so that we might live and have eternal life.

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:52.100
 All the righteousness, the joy, and heaven, and abundant life,

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:56.060
 and salvation that Christ has won for you

00:44:56.060 --> 00:44:59.280
 can be yours tonight when you believe in Jesus.

00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:04.100
 But how can you take hold of it?

00:45:06.100 --> 00:45:08.480
 In John 6, 54, Jesus tells us that

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:11.780
 whoever feeds on the flesh and drinks my blood

00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:14.820
 has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

00:45:15.540 --> 00:45:17.180
 You need the Lord's Supper.

00:45:18.640 --> 00:45:21.860
 But partaking in the Lord's Supper apart from faith

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:23.880
 in Jesus Christ will do you

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:25.180
 zero good.

00:45:27.640 --> 00:45:29.059
 Because in that same passage

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:30.140
 in John 6, 40,

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:32.440
 Jesus explains that everyone who looks

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:34.800
 on the Son and believes in him

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:36.120
 should have eternal life,

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:38.120
 and I will raise him up on the last day.

00:45:38.160 --> 00:45:40.220
 Notice the close parallel between those two verses.

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:42.340
 The end result is the same.

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:44.380
 Eternal life and resurrection at the last day.

00:45:44.640 --> 00:45:46.039
 But the way you get there

00:45:46.039 --> 00:45:47.720
 is different in those two verses.

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:49.780
 On the one hand, verse 54,

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:51.720
 it says you get there by feeding on Jesus

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:53.919
 flesh and drinking his blood.

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:56.019
 But then in verse 40, it says you get there

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:59.279
 by looking on the Son and believing in him.

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:01.199
 Those are conceptual parallels.

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:05.519
 Feeding on Jesus' flesh and drinking his blood

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:07.679
 are metaphors for looking on the Son

00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:09.899
 and believing in him.

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:11.939
 That's why Augustine,

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:14.359
 a 4th century Christian theologian, wrote,

00:46:15.099 --> 00:46:17.619
 believe and you have eaten.

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:22.299
 We eat Christ's flesh and drink his blood

00:46:22.299 --> 00:46:24.599
 by looking on him and believing in him.

00:46:24.839 --> 00:46:26.299
 And if we eat and drink the elements

00:46:26.299 --> 00:46:27.559
 of the Lord's Supper without faith,

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.599
 it would be ineffectual.

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:35.819
 So, we will partake in the Lord's Supper after this.

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:39.980
 As we do it, partake it with faith.

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:43.059
 That we partake in the spiritual reality

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:44.659
 of our union with Christ

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:45.799
 and his death and resurrection.

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:49.739
 So will you believe in Christ today?

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:53.739
 Will you believe that his sacrifice

00:46:53.739 --> 00:46:56.719
 is totally sufficient for your salvation today?

00:46:58.319 --> 00:47:00.699
 Will you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:03.599
 and will you give your life to him today?

00:47:05.259 --> 00:47:06.759
 I pray that all of you will.

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.819
 Let's pray together.

00:47:07.819 --> 00:47:07.879
 Amen.

00:47:15.919 --> 00:47:18.459
 There is no greater love than this

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:20.119
 that a friend lays down his life

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:22.800
 for a friend.

00:47:31.380 --> 00:47:36.800
 No gods of any of the world's religions

00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:43.820
 have ever taken flesh,

00:47:43.820 --> 00:47:47.640
 become a human being

00:47:47.640 --> 00:47:49.220
 to live among us,

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:51.240
 to take on our sin,

00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:53.360
 and then to die for us,

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.580
 to save us.

00:47:55.120 --> 00:47:56.680
 You are the good friend

00:47:56.680 --> 00:47:58.120
 who laid down your life for us.

00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:00.640
 You are our savior.

00:48:02.660 --> 00:48:04.280
 And God, I pray that you would grant

00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:06.460
 every single person

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 sitting in this auditorium

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 right at this moment,

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 grant them the gift of faith

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 so that they might believe

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 and have eternal life.

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 God, we desire them

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 more than anything else.

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 That they might share with us

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 in this life we have,

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 the joy we have,

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 the salvation we have.

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 Please, Lord.

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 And Lord, won't you please

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 shape us, your people,

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 the church,

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 so that we exemplify

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 to the watching world

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 that radical unity

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 and sacrificial love

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 that you have taught us,

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 that you have commanded us.

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 Strengthen us by your spirit

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 so that we might live that way.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.