WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 1 Corinthians chapter 10. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:11.460 We're going to take a break over the next two weeks, today and next week, from our exposition of John's Gospel account, 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:12.460 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.500 Participation in it to steady our souls in these types of times. 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:43.320 So, if you are curious why, this is why. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:49.939 Yesterday morning, I woke up at 2 a.m. and could barely swallow. 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:52.079 I had quite a sore throat. 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:56.219 I thought, perhaps I had strep, which doesn't seem to be the case. 00:00:56.260 --> 00:00:57.519 I'm feeling much better now. 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:04.439 Me and Ms. Susan were joking about needing to eat a Popsicle while I was up here talking with you. 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.939 The sustaining grace of a Popsicle to get me through the sermon. 00:01:08.299 --> 00:01:15.300 Hopefully, that won't be a challenge, but do bear with me if I need to mute my mic and give a little cough here from time to time. 00:01:16.300 --> 00:01:18.439 We do this kind of sermon series. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:27.020 We kind of hop around, and bit by bit, we answer a question about why we do what we do. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:34.319 We're a little different as a church, and there's some things that are unique about us, perhaps to every other fellowship, 00:01:34.579 --> 00:01:41.219 although most typically, the thing that we're explaining is something that the church has done for centuries, 00:01:42.039 --> 00:01:46.120 and we just find ourselves a little bit odd in our day. 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:50.320 Why we do what we do. 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:52.359 And then it follows. 00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:57.000 Why do we do what we do the way that we do what we do? 00:01:57.820 --> 00:02:01.800 And this time, I want to speak to you about our members gathering. 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:08.280 So we have two times that we gather on Sunday mornings, right? 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.020 If you remember here, you should know this. 00:02:11.300 --> 00:02:14.259 Maybe you're being reminded that we do this. 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:22.060 Presently, we are all participating in what we call the public gathering of the church. 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:31.379 That word gathering is the word that we use because it's the most biblical word to speak about the church. 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:37.560 The Greek word ekklesia, which is often translated to the word church, means gathering. 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:41.920 So when we're communicating this, we're communicating to our church. 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.460 This is when our church gets together. 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:53.719 We do all kinds of other things, meetings of various kind, which no one's required to come to. 00:02:53.860 --> 00:02:57.159 They're just other great things that we do together. 00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:04.420 But when the church, the gathering of God's people comes, this is when we come together. 00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:10.260 So this public gathering, but you also may have noted on your bulletin that there is a time, 00:03:10.259 --> 00:03:17.519 if you've never been with us before, that we gather before this time that we call our members gathering. 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:25.539 It is during this time, the primary thing that we're doing is taking the Lord's Supper together. 00:03:25.739 --> 00:03:28.500 We do this every single week. 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:35.879 So to understand why we do this, why we do what we do, and why we do what we do the way we do what we do, 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:38.399 that comes out of my mouth too easy. 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.659 We need to do that. 00:03:40.760 --> 00:03:46.560 We need to begin with an understanding of what we believe the Lord's Supper pictures 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.560 and what we believe about the nature of the church. 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:58.640 So I have two texts for our reading, and I'll depart from them for a bit, but then we'll come back to them. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:09.859 1 Corinthians chapter 10, verses 16 and 17, and then 1 Corinthians chapter 11, verses 23 through 29. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:11.739 So I'll read them both now. 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:19.720 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? 00:04:19.900 --> 00:04:24.340 The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 00:04:25.400 --> 00:04:32.319 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.519 And then chapter 11, beginning in verse 23. 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.759 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.439 that the Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, took bread. 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:46.439 And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.039 This is my body, which is for you. 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.620 Do this in remembrance of me. 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:55.659 In the same way also he took the cup after supper, saying, 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:58.260 This cup is the new covenant in my blood. 00:04:58.460 --> 00:05:02.100 Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. 00:05:03.020 --> 00:05:05.740 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, 00:05:05.860 --> 00:05:08.560 you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 00:05:09.580 --> 00:05:13.680 Whoever therefore eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:17.220 will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.379 Let a person examine himself then, 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:23.720 and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:27.600 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.600 eats and drinks judgment on himself. 00:05:31.260 --> 00:05:33.160 Join me in a word of prayer for our time. 00:05:34.580 --> 00:05:37.160 Father, we thank you for your word to us this morning. 00:05:37.280 --> 00:05:41.220 And as we consider this issue, 00:05:41.320 --> 00:05:43.800 we take up thinking about the Lord's Supper together 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:47.920 and thinking about why we celebrate it the way we do as a church. 00:05:48.580 --> 00:05:50.380 I pray that you would lead us in the truth. 00:05:50.379 --> 00:05:54.439 We humbly recognize that we need your help to do so. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.659 Not one of us is going to be helped this day 00:05:57.659 --> 00:06:00.699 apart from the powerful working of your spirit in our lives. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:02.139 And so we ask that you would do that. 00:06:02.819 --> 00:06:06.219 That you would broaden our vision for the Bible 00:06:06.219 --> 00:06:07.899 and for the church 00:06:07.899 --> 00:06:11.779 and for your great mercy to us in Christ. 00:06:12.159 --> 00:06:13.240 We pray this in his name. 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:14.719 Amen. 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:14.840 Amen. 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:20.260 We, as people, do a lot of eating. 00:06:21.220 --> 00:06:24.640 Eating is necessary to sustain our lives. 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:26.560 Stop eating for very long, 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:29.300 and you will not remain alive. 00:06:30.440 --> 00:06:32.660 It's ordinarily important to eat, 00:06:33.320 --> 00:06:35.040 but I bet you can't remember 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.400 much of what you ate this past week. 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:41.000 Maybe something that was particularly good 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.160 or maybe that hurt a lot when you ate it, 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:45.639 but you've probably forgotten 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:47.540 most of the meals you've had, 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.379 even recently. 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.000 We don't eat mindfully, 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.920 and frankly, that's okay. 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:57.279 You don't have to remember what you ate 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:59.240 for the food to do its job 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.220 of nourishing your body. 00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:04.839 If you've ever prayed this, 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:06.079 I have at times before. 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:07.459 I just think it's funny that we pray 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:09.139 that food would nourish our bodies 00:07:09.139 --> 00:07:10.180 because that's what it does, 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:11.800 with or without prayer. 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:14.399 Food nourishes our bodies. 00:07:14.459 --> 00:07:16.599 Some foods better than others. 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.219 But there is a meal 00:07:19.219 --> 00:07:22.699 unlike any other meal, 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:24.740 unique in every way, 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:26.860 a meal that is meant 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:29.899 to nourish our souls. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:34.439 This meal should always be eaten mindfully, 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:36.719 and the whole point of the meal 00:07:36.719 --> 00:07:38.939 is that we would remember it 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:41.100 and, more importantly, 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:43.879 all that it means. 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:46.560 As I walk throughout my week, 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:47.759 I want to think back 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.819 to the previous Lord's Day 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:51.100 and that meal 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:53.560 and everything that it signifies 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:55.060 for us. 00:07:56.420 --> 00:07:57.579 Some treat the Lord's Supper 00:07:57.579 --> 00:08:00.680 as a private, mystical experience 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:01.819 between them and God, 00:08:01.819 --> 00:08:04.060 or perhaps some sort of 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:06.779 small, devotional time. 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:08.759 But the Bible shows us 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:10.339 something far richer 00:08:10.339 --> 00:08:12.079 about this meal. 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:14.079 The Lord's Supper 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:16.019 is a corporate, 00:08:16.860 --> 00:08:17.639 covenantal, 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:19.800 gospel-proclaiming meal 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.639 that marks off the church 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.199 and strengthens 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:26.319 our unity in Christ. 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:28.980 It is significant. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:31.800 Today I want to show you 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:33.879 why the Lord's Supper matters 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.680 and why we dare not take it lightly, 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:39.519 why we do not take it 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:40.580 outside the context 00:08:40.580 --> 00:08:42.100 of a local church, 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:43.340 or should not, 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.720 and why we ought not neglect 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.480 to gather to take it. 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:52.080 We'll go back to our text 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:52.700 in 1 Corinthians, 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:54.139 but let's first look 00:08:54.139 --> 00:08:56.940 at the record of the institution 00:08:56.940 --> 00:08:58.480 of the Lord's Supper. 00:08:59.380 --> 00:08:59.940 You can find this 00:08:59.940 --> 00:09:00.620 in a number of places 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.220 in the Gospel. 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:02.920 Let's look at Luke chapter 22. 00:09:03.640 --> 00:09:04.960 This is verse 14 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.160 and following. 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:08.700 Luke records, 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:10.100 And when the hour came, 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.380 Jesus reclined at table 00:09:12.380 --> 00:09:15.500 and the apostles with him. 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:17.780 And he said to them, 00:09:17.780 --> 00:09:20.140 I have earnestly desired 00:09:20.140 --> 00:09:22.120 to eat this Passover with you 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.740 before I suffer. 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:25.399 For I tell you, 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:26.320 I will not eat 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.320 until it is fulfilled 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.240 in the kingdom of God. 00:09:31.060 --> 00:09:32.060 And he took a cup 00:09:32.060 --> 00:09:32.980 and when he had given thanks, 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:33.519 he said, 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:34.720 Take this 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.379 and divide it among yourselves. 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:37.779 For I tell you 00:09:37.779 --> 00:09:38.419 that from now on 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:39.220 I will not drink 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:40.039 of the fruit of the vine 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:41.480 until the kingdom of God 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:42.460 comes. 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:44.560 And he took bread 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:45.419 and when he had given thanks, 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:45.940 he broke it 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:46.620 and gave it to them, 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:47.060 saying, 00:09:47.460 --> 00:09:48.360 This is my body 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:49.580 which is given for you. 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:50.860 Do this 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:51.879 in remembrance 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:53.180 of me. 00:09:53.300 --> 00:09:53.860 And likewise, 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:54.500 the cup 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:55.340 after they had eaten, 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:55.800 saying, 00:09:55.899 --> 00:09:56.820 This cup that is poured out 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:57.200 for you 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:58.680 is the new covenant 00:09:58.680 --> 00:10:00.419 in my blood. 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:01.820 All of that should 00:10:01.820 --> 00:10:02.840 sound familiar to you 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:03.399 from our reading 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.620 from 1 Corinthians chapter 11. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.220 Paul is citing 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:08.800 this information, 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.019 the institution 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:13.060 of the Lord's Supper. 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:15.100 He has earnestly desired 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:16.340 to eat this Passover, 00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:17.940 this last supper, 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:20.260 before he would pay 00:10:20.260 --> 00:10:20.880 for the penalty 00:10:20.880 --> 00:10:21.960 of the sins 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:23.180 of the world. 00:10:24.180 --> 00:10:25.180 So the institution 00:10:25.180 --> 00:10:25.840 of the Lord's Supper 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:27.260 was the changing 00:10:27.260 --> 00:10:29.120 of the Passover meal, 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:30.800 which was a meal 00:10:30.800 --> 00:10:32.340 meant to mark out 00:10:32.340 --> 00:10:33.400 God's peeper 00:10:33.400 --> 00:10:34.780 under the Old Covenant 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:36.220 or Testament, 00:10:36.900 --> 00:10:38.180 and Jesus makes it 00:10:38.180 --> 00:10:39.100 into another 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:41.060 kind of meal. 00:10:42.060 --> 00:10:42.900 So to understand 00:10:42.900 --> 00:10:43.420 all of this 00:10:43.420 --> 00:10:44.140 a bit further, 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.080 we need to understand 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:47.980 something of the 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:49.000 Passover meal, 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:49.660 the significance 00:10:49.660 --> 00:10:51.680 of that meal. 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.120 The Passover originates 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:55.240 in God's great act 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.759 of redemption 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.120 for the people 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:58.600 under the Old Covenant, 00:10:59.420 --> 00:11:00.500 his deliverance 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:01.280 of Israel 00:11:01.280 --> 00:11:02.200 from slavery 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:03.400 in Egypt. 00:11:03.560 --> 00:11:04.379 I hope you're familiar 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:04.800 with this, 00:11:04.920 --> 00:11:05.980 but just in case you're not, 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.020 it's important for us 00:11:07.020 --> 00:11:08.160 to get this right. 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:10.240 In Exodus 12, 00:11:10.300 --> 00:11:12.180 after nine devastating plagues, 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:13.320 Pharaoh still refuses 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:14.340 to release the Israelites. 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:16.500 God announces a final 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:18.220 act of judgment, 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:20.480 the death of every 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.300 firstborn in the land 00:11:22.300 --> 00:11:23.240 of Egypt. 00:11:23.899 --> 00:11:25.080 There's a judgment 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:26.340 of death given. 00:11:27.540 --> 00:11:29.440 But he also provides 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:30.840 a means of substitution 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.399 and protection 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.200 for his people. 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.660 Each Israelite household 00:11:36.660 --> 00:11:38.480 is to take a lamb 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.320 without blemish, 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:41.840 a male a year old. 00:11:42.019 --> 00:11:43.000 Exodus 12, 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:43.940 and verse 5. 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:45.700 Kill it at twilight 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:47.600 and apply its blood 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:49.139 to the doorposts 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:50.200 and lintel 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:51.559 of their homes. 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:52.279 So either side 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:53.659 and above the door 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:54.659 of their homes. 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:55.940 Exodus chapter 12 00:11:55.940 --> 00:11:57.580 and verse 7. 00:11:58.679 --> 00:11:59.820 God declares 00:11:59.820 --> 00:12:01.460 in Exodus 12, 13, 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:04.060 the blood shall be a sign 00:12:04.060 --> 00:12:05.400 for you on the houses 00:12:05.400 --> 00:12:06.500 where you are. 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:08.580 And when I see the blood, 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:10.800 I will pass over you 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:12.040 and no plague 00:12:12.040 --> 00:12:12.980 will befall you 00:12:12.980 --> 00:12:14.780 to destroy you. 00:12:15.660 --> 00:12:16.639 That night, 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.500 the Lord struck down 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.600 all the firstborn 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:19.740 of Egypt, 00:12:19.920 --> 00:12:21.120 from Pharaoh's house 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.420 to the slave 00:12:22.420 --> 00:12:23.820 in the dungeon. 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:25.480 Exodus 12, 29, 00:12:25.920 --> 00:12:26.580 and 30. 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:28.200 But he spared 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:30.000 every Israelite home 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:30.700 covered 00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:32.160 by the blood 00:12:32.160 --> 00:12:33.960 of that lamb. 00:12:35.160 --> 00:12:36.100 The Passover then 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:38.120 was first and foremost 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:40.180 an act of divine salvation 00:12:40.180 --> 00:12:42.759 through substitution. 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.440 See, that lamb 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.000 was killed 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.100 in place of 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:47.320 the firstborn 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.020 and its blood 00:12:48.020 --> 00:12:48.900 marked out 00:12:48.900 --> 00:12:50.460 that reality. 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:52.800 That lamb died 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.159 in the firstborn's stead. 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:57.399 God commanded 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:58.419 that this meal, 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:00.120 this meal that they had 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.319 after they had done this, 00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:02.979 they hunkered inside, 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:03.979 they ate a meal, 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:05.219 there's some instructions 00:13:05.219 --> 00:13:06.159 given for the taking 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:06.779 of that meal, 00:13:07.379 --> 00:13:08.439 was to be celebrated 00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.959 every year 00:13:09.959 --> 00:13:11.759 as a memorial 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:13.620 of this redeeming work. 00:13:14.439 --> 00:13:15.899 Exodus 12, verse 14. 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.740 This day shall be 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.359 for you 00:13:18.359 --> 00:13:19.599 a memorial day 00:13:19.599 --> 00:13:21.079 and you shall keep it 00:13:21.079 --> 00:13:21.779 as a feast 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:22.339 to the Lord 00:13:22.340 --> 00:13:23.680 throughout your generations 00:13:23.680 --> 00:13:25.440 as a statute 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:26.780 forever. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:28.920 Each generation 00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:29.560 was to teach 00:13:29.560 --> 00:13:30.120 their children 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:30.759 the meaning 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:31.840 of the feast. 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.200 Exodus 12, 00:13:33.280 --> 00:13:34.399 verse 26 and 27. 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:34.980 When your children 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.620 say to you, 00:13:35.920 --> 00:13:36.980 what do you mean 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:38.660 by this service? 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:40.360 You shall say, 00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:41.680 it is the sacrifice 00:13:41.680 --> 00:13:43.220 of the Lord's Passover. 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:44.580 For he has passed 00:13:44.580 --> 00:13:45.080 over the houses 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.980 of the people of Israel 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:46.519 in Egypt 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:47.180 when he struck 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:47.820 the Egyptians 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:49.259 but spared 00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:51.200 our houses. 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.259 So the Passover 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:54.120 was not only 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.879 an act of deliverance 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.520 but also 00:13:56.520 --> 00:13:57.520 a defining 00:13:57.520 --> 00:13:59.020 identity marker 00:13:59.020 --> 00:14:01.000 for God's people. 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:01.740 They ate it 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:03.600 every single year 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.420 after that first 00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:06.280 Passover meal 00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:07.540 was taken. 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.100 It reminded Israel 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:11.120 that they were 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:12.820 a delivered people 00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:13.860 belonging to 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:15.580 a delivering 00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:17.040 God. 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:18.039 And that's 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:18.980 this meal 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.480 that Jesus 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.039 is having 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:20.740 with his 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:22.039 apostles. 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.699 Bobby Jameson 00:14:24.699 --> 00:14:25.679 wrote in his book 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.980 Understanding the Lord's Supper 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:28.039 quote, 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.899 the Passover meal 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.620 was a living 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.599 reenactment 00:14:30.599 --> 00:14:31.679 of Israel's redemption. 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.120 A memorial 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.759 that shaped 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.360 their identity 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:35.199 as the people 00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:36.339 whom God saved 00:14:36.339 --> 00:14:37.759 by substitution. 00:14:38.439 --> 00:14:38.939 End quote. 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.939 The Passover 00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.899 was to be celebrated 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.860 in homes 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:44.480 with family. 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.139 It's the way 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:45.819 it was originally 00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.560 done. 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.200 The very first 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:47.700 Passover 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.980 was a meal 00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:51.220 eaten in haste. 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.879 That's why 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:53.220 the unleavened bread 00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:54.740 with readiness. 00:14:55.020 --> 00:14:55.300 They were supposed 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:55.940 to be in their 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:56.900 clothes 00:14:56.900 --> 00:14:57.600 because they were 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.040 supposed to have 00:14:58.040 --> 00:14:58.900 deliverance 00:14:58.900 --> 00:15:00.879 in their minds 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.520 as they took 00:15:01.520 --> 00:15:01.920 the meal. 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.620 The next day 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.240 the Israelites 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:05.180 would march 00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:06.680 out of Egypt. 00:15:08.260 --> 00:15:08.820 So, 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:09.820 Jesus 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:11.500 at the Passover 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.480 the last 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.060 supper 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.879 takes these symbols 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.539 of the old 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.199 covenant meal 00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:17.879 the bread 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.959 and the cup 00:15:18.959 --> 00:15:20.179 and he 00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:21.319 shows them 00:15:21.319 --> 00:15:21.659 that he 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.759 fulfills them 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:24.279 in himself. 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:25.659 It's his body 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.299 and it's 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:27.799 his blood. 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.459 Just as Israel 00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:30.039 was redeemed 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:30.579 by the blood 00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:31.359 of a spotless 00:15:31.359 --> 00:15:31.699 lamb 00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:32.579 so now 00:15:32.579 --> 00:15:34.000 God's people 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.859 are redeemed 00:15:34.859 --> 00:15:35.779 by the blood 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:37.199 of his spotless 00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:38.379 son. 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:40.099 1 Peter 1 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.840 verse 18 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.379 and 19 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:43.360 The Passover 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.080 celebration 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.480 pointed forward 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.620 it's typological 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.700 it points forward 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:50.600 to a greater 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.840 deliverance. 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.779 It points 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:54.259 to Jesus Christ 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.560 the true 00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:56.840 and better 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.379 Passover lamb. 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:00.259 When John 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.620 the Baptist 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.240 sees Jesus 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:02.040 you may remember 00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:02.960 this in our study 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.700 of John 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.580 he declares 00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.220 John 1 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:05.960 verse 29 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:07.060 Behold 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:08.420 the Lamb 00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:09.060 of God 00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:10.180 who takes 00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.660 away 00:16:10.660 --> 00:16:11.280 the sin 00:16:11.280 --> 00:16:12.820 of the world. 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.639 And the Apostle 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.720 Paul explicitly 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.780 identifies Christ 00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:18.139 with the Passover 00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:19.360 sacrifice. 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.080 1 Corinthians 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.980 5 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.900 verse 7 00:16:21.900 --> 00:16:23.420 For Christ 00:16:23.420 --> 00:16:24.040 our 00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:25.280 Passover 00:16:25.280 --> 00:16:26.500 lamb 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:27.540 has 00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:29.259 been sacrificed. 00:16:30.800 --> 00:16:31.100 And 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:32.100 finally 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.560 at this 00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.100 last supper 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:34.800 the Passover 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:35.200 meal 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.220 we read about 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.600 in Luke 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.480 chapter 22 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.480 Jesus 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.379 reinterprets 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.759 the bread 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.220 and cup 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.780 to reveal 00:16:40.780 --> 00:16:41.800 their ultimate 00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.420 meaning 00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:44.320 and 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.780 he redefines 00:16:46.780 --> 00:16:48.140 the familial 00:16:48.140 --> 00:16:48.860 nature 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.940 of the meal. 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:50.960 You cannot 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.820 miss this. 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:52.960 He is not 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.640 having 00:16:53.640 --> 00:16:54.940 this meal 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:55.800 back with 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.560 his biological 00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.240 family. 00:16:57.660 --> 00:16:58.700 The very last 00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:59.280 one where he 00:16:59.280 --> 00:16:59.759 institutes 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.160 the Lord's 00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:00.320 Supper 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.440 he's having 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.960 with the 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.300 apostles. 00:17:03.660 --> 00:17:04.059 He's having 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.480 this meal 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.400 with his 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:07.000 followers. 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.059 So 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.440 this is the 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.019 background 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.220 and substance 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.279 of what we 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.720 are set to 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.559 consider today. 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.079 So 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:16.240 to further 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.980 our thinking 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.000 I'm going to 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.799 make five 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.880 statements about 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.000 the Lord's 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.180 Supper. 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.539 And this will be 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.940 back in 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.740 1 Corinthians 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:24.940 chapter 10 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.640 and chapter 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.759 11. 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.500 Five statements 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:28.259 about the 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.720 Lord's Supper. 00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.360 Number one 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:31.579 the Lord's 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:31.819 Supper 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:33.539 proclaims 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:34.639 the gospel. 00:17:35.179 --> 00:17:35.759 We've said 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.199 a bit about 00:17:36.199 --> 00:17:37.619 that already. 00:17:38.199 --> 00:17:38.740 Look with me 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.099 at 1 Corinthians 00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:41.019 11 and 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:42.459 verse 26. 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:43.919 There Paul 00:17:43.919 --> 00:17:44.419 says for us 00:17:44.419 --> 00:17:45.179 often as you 00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:46.059 eat this bread 00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.359 and drink 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:47.959 the cup 00:17:47.959 --> 00:17:49.259 you proclaim 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.579 the Lord's 00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.019 death 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:52.339 until he 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.939 comes. 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:55.079 Every time 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.899 we take 00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:56.740 the Lord's 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:56.939 Supper 00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:58.500 we're putting 00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:58.960 on a bit 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:00.080 of a play. 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.480 It's some 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.580 pageantry. 00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.400 It's a 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.140 visible 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:05.360 representation 00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:06.440 of the 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.820 gospel 00:18:06.820 --> 00:18:07.840 of Jesus 00:18:07.840 --> 00:18:08.279 Christ. 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.220 I'll add 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.480 it's a 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.160 Bible commanded 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.539 play. 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:10.860 We don't 00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:11.160 do other 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.460 kinds of 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.740 plays. 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.660 This we're 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.220 supposed to 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.920 do when 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.320 we come 00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:16.120 together. 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.240 We 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.380 proclaim 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.259 but what 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.019 is it that 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:21.240 we proclaim? 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.660 The Lord's 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.039 death? 00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.180 Until he 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.740 comes is 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.080 what Paul 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:25.600 says here 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.200 and that's 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.779 certainly 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.340 true 00:18:27.340 --> 00:18:28.220 but it's 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.680 not only 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.100 that. 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.220 We proclaim 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:31.240 his death 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.620 but there's 00:18:31.620 --> 00:18:32.480 some implicit 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.059 proclamation 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.920 happening here 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:35.120 as well. 00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:36.759 We proclaim 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.319 his 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.000 sacrificial 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.860 work but 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.880 also his 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.059 life. 00:18:43.340 --> 00:18:43.640 Thoughts of 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.120 his death 00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:45.480 cannot and 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.039 should not be 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.600 separated from 00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:47.160 thoughts of 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.519 his perfect 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.539 law-keeping 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.600 life. 00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:52.019 And we 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.559 proclaim his 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.799 resurrection. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.340 He's coming 00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:56.059 again so he 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.919 must be 00:18:56.919 --> 00:18:59.720 alive and 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.639 we proclaim 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:02.099 his second 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.419 coming because 00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:03.940 we are 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.700 proclaiming his 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.819 death until 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:08.319 he comes. 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.539 All of 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.059 those things 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.500 life, 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.019 death, 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.919 resurrection, 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.859 return. 00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.000 The supper 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.599 practiced 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:19.960 properly is a 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.419 visible 00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.480 sermon. 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.399 It's a 00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:22.759 visible 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.740 sermon. 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:25.339 proclamation 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.559 of the 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.980 gospel. 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:28.839 And notice 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.180 that Paul 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.559 says, 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.480 you 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.480 proclaim. 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.799 And we 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.059 do 00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:34.359 individually. 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.940 But more 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.460 importantly, 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.920 much more 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.359 importantly, 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.859 it includes 00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:41.079 the corporate 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.559 body. 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.519 Remember that 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.960 Paul is 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.620 writing these 00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:44.359 words to 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:46.380 a church. 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.359 He's referring 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:48.120 to the church 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:49.279 when he says 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.099 you. 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.019 If you are 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.480 part of a 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.700 church, 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.299 you're part 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:52.740 of that as 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.220 an individual. 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.640 But he's 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.039 talking 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.140 corporately 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:56.200 here. 00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.140 Clue to 00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:58.380 that, 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.740 if you go 00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.279 back to 00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.740 1 Corinthians 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.200 10, 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.880 verse 17, 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.400 he says, 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.880 because there 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.100 is one 00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.600 bread, 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.640 we who are 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.100 many are 00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:06.340 one body, 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.759 for we 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:08.019 all partake 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.559 of the 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:10.200 one bread. 00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.319 He's talking 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.960 about us 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.360 gathered 00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.840 together, 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.920 breaking 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.700 something that 00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.360 pictures 00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:16.200 Christ's 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.920 sacrifice on 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:18.860 our behalf. 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.620 If a little 00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.200 further proof 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.640 will help you 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.279 at this point, 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.279 you can look 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.800 at the language 00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:24.560 of the beginning 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:25.700 halfway through 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.200 the chapter 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.880 of Leaven. 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.180 Note the 00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.539 phrase, 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.340 when you 00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.420 come together. 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:30.980 He's talking 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.539 about this 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.920 meal. 00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:32.360 When you 00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.900 come together, 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.380 he repeats 00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:33.940 that phrase 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.200 in verse 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:36.539 17, 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.400 verse 18, 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.000 and then 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.259 finally in 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:41.000 verse 20. 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.460 So, 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.799 we proclaim 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.119 together, 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.940 as a local 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.500 church, 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.900 when we 00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.720 take the 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.319 Lord's 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.700 Supper, 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.400 by faith, 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:52.920 Jesus' 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.119 perfect life 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.640 grants us 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.539 righteousness. 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.119 By faith, 00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.440 Jesus' 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.420 death is 00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.019 sufficient 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.539 for our 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.519 forgiveness. 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.700 By faith, 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.079 Jesus' 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.740 resurrection 00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.319 is the 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.180 sure foundation 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.700 of our 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.079 hope, 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.559 and by 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.119 faith, 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.019 Jesus' 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.799 return 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.899 is the 00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.339 future 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.519 that we 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.279 long for. 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.919 Now, 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.279 we are not 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:18.079 given explicit 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:19.079 instruction about 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:20.039 how often 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.279 to do this. 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.319 We just 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.980 really like to 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.440 do it every 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.940 week because 00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.680 of all of 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.440 that that I've 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.139 just said. 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.000 What a good 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.899 thing to 00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.440 proclaim the 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.220 gospel in 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.220 this way and 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.019 the many other 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.480 ways that the 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.279 gospel can be 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.599 proclaimed as 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.159 often as we 00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:37.480 possibly can. 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:39.000 The Lord's 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.240 Supper 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.639 proclaims the 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:40.920 gospel. 00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:42.400 Number two, 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.180 the Lord's 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.460 Supper 00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:46.280 marks off 00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:47.600 the church. 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.000 Marks off 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.620 the church. 00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.820 1 Corinthians 00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:53.020 10, 16 00:21:53.020 --> 00:21:53.520 and 17. 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.040 I'm reading 00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:55.540 this before. 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:55.900 The cup 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.100 that we 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.480 bless, 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.100 the cup 00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:57.400 of blessing 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.600 that we 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:57.840 bless, 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.160 is it not 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.680 participation 00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.160 in the 00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.420 blood of 00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.800 Christ? 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:00.840 The bread 00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:01.080 that we 00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:01.360 break, 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.700 is it not 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.280 participation 00:22:02.280 --> 00:22:02.700 in the 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.140 body of 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.420 Christ? 00:22:03.520 --> 00:22:03.820 Because 00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.560 there is 00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.980 one bread, 00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.680 we who are 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.200 many are 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.200 one body, 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.580 for we 00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.340 all partake 00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:10.160 of the 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:12.240 one bread. 00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.140 The supper 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.819 is not only 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.400 vertical between 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.980 you and 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.360 Christ, 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.460 it is that, 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.740 but it is 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.779 also horizontal, 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.380 binding us 00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.700 together as 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:26.100 one body. 00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.640 When we 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:29.400 share one 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.740 loaf, 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.640 and hear me 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.100 at this point, 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.759 I don't think 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.000 that the 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.039 instruction must 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.539 be, a church 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.180 can be a size 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.400 that it 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:35.779 just doesn't 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.539 make sense. 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.660 We make 00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.340 gluten-free 00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:40.100 bread, 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.640 Katie Dome 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.019 does this 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.560 for us, 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:43.259 and for it 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.519 to cook 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.920 properly, 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.299 it has to 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.539 be done 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.140 in small 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.600 loaves, 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.080 so we 00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.519 have more 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.039 than one 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.799 loaf on 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.759 any given 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.960 Lord's Day, 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.680 even when 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:50.980 there's not 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.340 that many 00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:51.700 of us 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.600 here. 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.940 That's not 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.320 the point 00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.960 being made, 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.180 right? 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.480 We are 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.920 together 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.880 at a 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.860 meal, 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.320 is the 00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:58.580 point. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.060 When we 00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.620 do that, 00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.340 we declare 00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:01.259 that we 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.759 belong to 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.320 one Lord, 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.220 one faith, 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.360 one baptism, 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.220 one people. 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.860 This is why 00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.200 the Lord's 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.560 Supper is 00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.100 not a 00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.660 private 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.779 devotional 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.500 act. 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:13.220 You 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.240 could have 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.960 some juice 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.299 or some 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.779 wine and 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.140 some bread 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.200 by yourself 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.680 and it 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.220 not be 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.620 the Lord's 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:18.820 Supper. 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.140 It's not 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.560 how you're 00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:21.180 supposed to 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.620 do it, 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.500 but it 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.960 is a 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.980 church 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.160 act. 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.720 It's a 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.200 responsibility 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.720 given to 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.340 the church. 00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.960 In the 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.400 New Testament, 00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:30.880 the supper 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.960 is always 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.100 tied to 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.580 the gathered 00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.340 church. 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.000 We don't 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.640 have nearly 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.259 enough time 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.700 this morning 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.240 to unpack 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.180 everything that 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.680 could be said 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.460 about church 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.680 membership, 00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:42.779 but I 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.299 posit to you 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.680 in just a 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.380 few brief 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.060 moments that 00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.960 local churches 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.580 as a whole, 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.500 we're 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.560 congregational, 00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:50.980 are meant to 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.480 do the 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.420 careful work 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:54.039 of exercising 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.080 the authority 00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:56.299 of the keys 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.240 given in 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.900 Matthew chapter 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:59.560 16 and 00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:00.720 in chapter 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.320 18. 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:03.000 we are 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.799 to examine 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.759 professing 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.439 Christians 00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.179 professions 00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:08.980 and affirm 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.339 or deny 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.700 those 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.339 professions 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.579 for the 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.119 good of 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.639 those people 00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.139 making the 00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.579 professions 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.379 and for 00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.419 the glory 00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:16.879 of God. 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.879 So hear me 00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.240 carefully. 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.399 This is a 00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.359 work given 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.939 to the 00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:22.480 church. 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.240 If a 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.720 church says 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.759 something like 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.299 anybody who 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:29.379 calls X 00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:30.519 home 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.140 belongs here, 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.599 this kind 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.900 of thinking 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.480 has to fall 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.079 apart at 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.379 some point. 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.299 If somebody 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.960 showed up on 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.420 your front 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.700 door, 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.119 knocked on 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.299 the door, 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.839 you open it, 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.039 and they 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.240 said, 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.240 this is my 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.759 home, 00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.519 you'd go, 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.039 hmm, 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.740 who are 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.000 you? 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.279 You might 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.500 want to 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.960 assess to 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.180 see if 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.359 they're 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:47.980 actually 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.500 part of 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.619 your 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.220 family 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.059 or not 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.180 before you 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.079 welcome 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.500 them in 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.680 and give 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:53.960 them a 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.140 bed. 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.480 There may 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.720 need to 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.019 be, 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:56.059 some kind 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.259 of a 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.839 process 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.740 by which 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.220 that would 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.799 take place. 00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:01.379 Not because 00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.339 we're 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.099 unkind, 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.299 but because 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.980 we care 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.539 about the 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.279 souls of 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.940 people. 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.839 We want 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.519 people who 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.099 are professing 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.619 faith in 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.539 Christ to 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.339 have confidence 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.059 of that 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.960 profession. 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.480 And so we 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.119 come together 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.720 as Christians 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.299 with trembling 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:18.279 and much 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.160 begging for 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.680 grace to 00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.059 help to 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.400 see if 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.960 professions 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.879 are in 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.259 fact 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.539 credible. 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.440 careful, 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.539 careful 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.960 examination 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.700 for the 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.000 good of 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.220 those 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.740 people 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.740 and for 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.079 the glory 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.539 of God 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.859 that the 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.200 church 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.940 would not 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.680 be full 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.299 of people 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.139 who say 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.359 they're 00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.799 Christians 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.779 and act 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.579 like 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.960 devils. 00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.480 Baptism 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.019 is the 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.460 admitting 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.039 sign. 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.480 Welcoming 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.139 people into 00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.700 the church. 00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.700 We believe 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.500 as far as 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.059 we can 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.379 that you 00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.779 are in 00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.279 fact 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.119 a 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.639 professing 00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.359 Christian. 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.700 You are 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.319 in the 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.720 faith. 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:52.920 It's 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.079 the 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.579 admitting 00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.059 sign 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.360 or the 00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.079 welcoming 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.259 sign. 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.480 The 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.860 Lord's 00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.200 Supper 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.140 is the 00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:59.079 renewing 00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.620 sign 00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.079 or the 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.799 keeping 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.600 sign. 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.400 Yes, 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.400 you 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.720 belong. 00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.960 We welcome 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.600 people in 00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.759 through the 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.480 ordinance of 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.940 baptism. 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.279 We keep 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.720 them and 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.480 in some 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.259 sad and 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.680 unfortunate 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.620 cases 00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.339 dismiss 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.880 them 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.980 through 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.819 the 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.259 family 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.079 meal 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.059 we call 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.220 the 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.579 Lord's 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.799 Supper. 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:22.200 We like 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.639 the term 00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:24.119 ordinance 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.559 when referring 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.039 to baptism 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.440 and Lord's 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.619 Supper 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:25.980 as it's 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.879 from a 00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.139 Latin 00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.659 verb 00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.299 ordinare 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.359 which means 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.559 to put 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.839 in order. 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.159 What are we 00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.740 ordering? 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.200 We're marking 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.159 off the 00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.599 local 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.779 church's 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.740 boundaries. 00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:39.740 Who 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.240 belongs 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.839 and who 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.359 doesn't 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.359 belong. 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.039 Right? 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.059 In a 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.480 caring 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.379 way. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:46.839 Right? 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.779 Not trying 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.019 to be 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.799 exclusive 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:50.159 but the 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.919 claims of 00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.339 the gospel 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.799 are 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.720 exclusive. 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.299 Right? 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.139 You are 00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.619 either in 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.180 Christ or 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.500 you are 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.879 not and 00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.099 we want 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.319 to be 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.799 careful 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.980 about who 00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.899 we believe 00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.879 is and 00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.379 isn't. 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.319 The Lord's 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.500 Supper 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:04.119 then is 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.559 about 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.359 individual 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:06.059 assurance 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:08.200 but also 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.940 others 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:11.139 assurance. 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.299 It's 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.940 about 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:14.139 church 00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:15.440 membership. 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.500 it is 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.039 the meal 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.740 that marks 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.360 off the 00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.840 people who 00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.400 belong to 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.700 the new 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.080 covenant 00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.500 the 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.480 visible 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.420 church. 00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.160 As an 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.480 anecdote 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.080 my 00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:28.200 sweet 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.700 wife's 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.080 family 00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.980 has always 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.240 spent 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.580 Friday 00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:30.960 evenings 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.320 together. 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.660 When her 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.960 grandparents 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.460 were alive 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.720 it was over 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:32.920 at her 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.240 grandparents' 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.580 house. 00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.000 They 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.340 continue 00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.720 to do 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:34.920 this. 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.180 I 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.440 think 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.600 that 00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:35.799 this 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:35.940 is 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.059 going 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.100 to 00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.200 be 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.299 a 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.600 tradition 00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.840 that 00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.340 continues 00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.120 on. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.320 And 00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:39.000 everybody 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.700 in the 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.019 family 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.360 is 00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.200 expected 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.840 to be 00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.440 at this 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.180 family 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.460 meal. 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.100 Are we 00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.360 always 00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.600 there? 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.000 No. 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.599 Sometimes 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.959 things 00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:46.659 come up 00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.819 that can't 00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.259 be avoided. 00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:49.539 But you 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.779 should be 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.019 there if 00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.319 you can 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.740 be there. 00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.480 And if 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.939 you can't 00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.199 be, 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.139 everyone's 00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.399 going to 00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.139 know why. 00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.099 The answer 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.559 can't just 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.159 be because 00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.419 I didn't 00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.939 feel like 00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.259 it this 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.539 time. 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.639 I'm a 00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.379 good son-in-law. 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.419 There's a 00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.219 reason given 00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:03.539 to my 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.959 mother-in-law 00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.919 why I'm 00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:06.319 not there. 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.000 She's very 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.619 kind about 00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:07.959 the whole 00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:08.219 thing. 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.539 If I 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.859 just need 00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.359 some rest 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.919 she gets 00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.179 it. 00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.119 But it 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.439 can't be 00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.699 because I 00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:12.139 just don't 00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.779 want to 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.959 this time. 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.219 It's a 00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:15.599 good and 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:15.919 healthy 00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.819 expectation. 00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:17.859 And I'm 00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.599 grateful for 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.939 the way we 00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.500 grow as a 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.199 family as I 00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:20.539 go and 00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.879 participate in 00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.619 these meals on 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.779 Friday evenings. 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.459 It's analogous. 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.099 Not perfect, 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.319 but it's 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.099 analogous. 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:30.099 it's a faith 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.000 family meal. 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.000 That's why 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.759 if you've 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.119 been with 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.279 us in 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.659 our members 00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.419 gathering, 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.539 we invite 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.819 baptized 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.359 believers, 00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:42.079 members of 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.459 Christ's 00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:44.399 church to 00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.899 partake. 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.459 Whether it's 00:28:45.459 --> 00:28:46.139 this church or 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.740 you're a guest 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.219 and you're a 00:28:47.219 --> 00:28:48.159 member of a 00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:48.779 gospel preaching 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.859 church. 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.059 It's not 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.619 about, 00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.699 the point is 00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:54.219 not exclusion, 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.279 it's about 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.279 clarity. 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.399 clarity. 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.599 It's about 00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.240 clarity. 00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.759 The supper is 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.879 a sign of 00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:02.339 belonging. 00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.440 It says, 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.339 these are the 00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.799 people, 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.059 as far as we 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.240 can, 00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.940 fraily, 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.259 right, 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.720 we don't do 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.180 it perfectly, 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.839 but these are 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.059 the people 00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.639 who belong 00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.700 to Jesus. 00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.480 The Lord's 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.700 Supper 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.619 marks off 00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.619 the church. 00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.440 Thirdly, 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.859 very briefly, 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.899 the Lord's 00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.139 Supper 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.420 nourishes 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.100 the faith 00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:25.100 of believers. 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.480 We could 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.120 talk on 00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.400 and on 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.780 about this, 00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.040 but I 00:29:27.040 --> 00:29:28.040 think most 00:29:28.040 --> 00:29:29.400 people have 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.700 some 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.300 understanding 00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.460 of this 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.700 already. 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.700 I've read 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:33.840 to you 00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.160 before, 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.680 1 Corinthians 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.020 10, 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.420 16, 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.840 and 17, 00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.160 you can 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.440 look at 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.759 it there 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.420 if you 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.720 would like 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.380 to once 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.740 again. 00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:40.460 The bread 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.720 and the 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.020 cup 00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:41.800 don't 00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.680 change 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.740 substance, 00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:45.240 but they 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.259 are signs 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.140 that 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.940 strengthen 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.820 faith, 00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.220 just like 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.740 a wedding 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.039 ring reminds 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:53.220 a spouse 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.159 of the 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.460 covenant 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.240 that they 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.799 have made. 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.119 It's a 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.319 symbol. 00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.720 I'm wearing 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.240 a silicone 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.119 one right 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.779 now because 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.099 the one 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.379 that my 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.759 wife gave 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.019 me on 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.359 our wedding 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.339 day got 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.759 lost in 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.000 the bottom 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.599 of a lake 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.519 in a 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.179 desk drawer, 00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.099 and I 00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.899 wear a 00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.179 silicone 00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.619 ring. 00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.500 It's a 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.720 different 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.139 ring, 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.460 but it 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.000 means the 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.899 same thing, 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.460 and it 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.200 reminds me 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.439 of the 00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:14.779 commitment 00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:16.000 that I've 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.319 made to 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.539 her. 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.480 In that 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.599 same way, 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.819 they're 00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.700 symbolic 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.419 for us. 00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.700 When you 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:22.960 eat the 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.200 bread, 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.599 you are 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.339 reminded 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.779 Christ's 00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.139 body was 00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.399 broken 00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:27.779 for me, 00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.559 more 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.019 importantly, 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.720 for us. 00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.899 When you 00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.240 drink the 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.539 cup, 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.819 you are 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.319 reminded 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.240 Christ's 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.720 blood was 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.919 shed 00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:36.240 for me, 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.399 more 00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.819 importantly, 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:39.339 for us. 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.960 When you 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.399 take it 00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:41.740 with your 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.259 brothers and 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.659 sisters, 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.039 you are 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.679 reminded 00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:45.419 Christ's 00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.039 salvation 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.960 has 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.500 united us 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.759 as a 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.140 divine 00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.799 reality, 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.240 we are 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.079 united 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.660 because of 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.420 what Christ 00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.519 has 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.940 accomplished. 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.599 This meal 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.059 is meant 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.859 to feed 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.819 our faith, 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.480 to re-anchor 00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.180 us in 00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.599 grace, 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.460 to strengthen 00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.799 our assurance 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.420 that Jesus 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.420 truly is 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.619 enough. 00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.400 The Lord's 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.539 Supper 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.119 nourishes 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.740 the faith 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.700 of believers. 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.480 Fourth, 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.940 the Lord's 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.160 Supper 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.339 calls us 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:16.159 to 00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:17.299 self- 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.859 examination. 00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.119 Look in 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.980 chapter 11 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.839 of 1 Corinthians 00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:22.099 27, 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.679 28, 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.559 and 29. 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.720 Whoever 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.139 therefore 00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.759 eats the 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.159 bread or 00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.599 drinks the 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.859 cup of 00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.199 the Lord 00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.679 in an 00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.319 unworthy 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.779 manner 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.119 will be 00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.599 guilty 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.259 concerning 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.740 the body 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.159 and blood 00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.579 of the 00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.879 Lord. 00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.059 Let a 00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.299 person 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.859 examine 00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.279 himself 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.539 then, 00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.099 and so 00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.619 eat of 00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.019 the bread 00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.439 and drink 00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:36.699 of the 00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:37.000 cup. 00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:37.699 For 00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:37.939 anyone 00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.559 who eats 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.220 and drinks 00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.599 without 00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.240 discerning 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.799 the body 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.319 eats 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.159 and drinks 00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.779 judgment 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.819 on 00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.259 himself. 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.960 I 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.460 reject 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:48.200 altogether 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.899 that what 00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.319 Paul is 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.899 calling us 00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.259 to in 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.420 these 00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.759 verses 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.480 is 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.559 self-scrutiny 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.379 concerning 00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.279 the failing 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.079 of the 00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.559 previous 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.420 week 00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.200 or 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.899 months. 00:31:59.619 --> 00:31:59.899 Some 00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.139 churches 00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.440 take the 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.579 Lord's 00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.660 Supper 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.019 once a 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.200 year 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.519 or 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.139 year. 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.000 If we 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.160 were 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.539 capable, 00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.299 if, 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.720 and we're 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:05.980 not, 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.339 if we 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.799 were capable 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.539 of sorting 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.879 through 00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.779 every detail 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.099 of the 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.379 week, 00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.160 we would 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.859 still fail 00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.359 to realize 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.319 every action, 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.299 every misplaced 00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.759 emotion, 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.659 every 00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.500 solid 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.119 intention. 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.659 It's just 00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:17.740 not possible. 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.559 You are 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.240 more sinful 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.700 than you 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.500 realize. 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.419 You can't 00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.799 take an 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.139 honest 00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.639 assessment 00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.139 of it 00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.519 all and 00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.939 repent of 00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.359 every 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.740 little 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.659 minutia. 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:26.919 It's 00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.200 not 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.339 possible. 00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.000 Should we 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.399 repent 00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.980 when taking 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.240 the 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.539 supper? 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.759 Of 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.179 course. 00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.439 Because 00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:34.960 there is 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.859 plentiful 00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.639 mercy for 00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.559 sinners found 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.879 in the 00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.460 completed work 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.819 of Jesus 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.299 Christ. 00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.639 We should 00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.240 be moved 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.819 to repentance 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.279 as we 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.819 think about 00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.839 the gospel 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.259 and its 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.720 benefits 00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.819 to us. 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.619 You should 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.179 be repenting 00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:47.000 all the 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.639 time. 00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.339 Repentance 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.859 and faith, 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.319 repentance 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.439 and faith. 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.000 It's an 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.500 opportunity, 00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.259 another one, 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.659 to do 00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.619 that very 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.259 thing. 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.579 But Paul 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.279 is not 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.119 saying that 00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.399 you are 00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.799 meant to 00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.439 determine 00:32:59.439 --> 00:33:00.679 whether your 00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:01.460 performance 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.399 warrants 00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.599 the reward 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.559 of the 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.839 supper. 00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.279 That is not 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.599 what's being 00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.319 communicated here. 00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.799 And sadly, 00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.439 that's what's 00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:09.059 been taught. 00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:12.200 there is a 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.059 particular issue 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:14.139 he is 00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.839 speaking to 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.819 and I 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.319 say to 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.579 you that 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.919 the call 00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.299 for self 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.659 examination 00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.559 is more 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.599 stark when 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.399 the actual 00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.119 context is 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.480 considered. 00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.339 This 00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.899 self 00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.279 examination 00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.659 thing, 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.240 I am not 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.759 dismissing 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:25.879 it. 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.200 It's 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.700 important. 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.139 We 00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:28.019 should be 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.839 self 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.359 examining, 00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:31.419 but is 00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:31.639 it a 00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.379 work when 00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.839 we realize 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.859 the context 00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.299 of what 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.599 Paul is 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.119 talking about 00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.379 here. 00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.300 So what's 00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:36.620 happening 00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.320 in this 00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:38.240 church? 00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:38.540 We need 00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:38.860 to go up 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.040 a little 00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:40.280 bit in 00:33:40.280 --> 00:33:40.660 the text 00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:40.960 of verse 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.420 17. 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.240 He says, 00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.420 But in 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.900 the following 00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.620 instructions, 00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.780 I do not 00:33:45.780 --> 00:33:46.660 commend you, 00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.760 because when 00:33:47.760 --> 00:33:48.180 you come 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.660 together, 00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.800 it is not 00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.160 for the 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.620 better, 00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.740 but for 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.480 the worse. 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.720 For in 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.080 the first 00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.360 place, 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.640 when you 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.840 come 00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.200 together 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.580 as a 00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:55.940 church, 00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:56.380 I hear 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:56.680 that there 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:56.820 are 00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.360 divisions 00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.800 among 00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:58.140 you, 00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:58.880 and I 00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.140 believe 00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.440 it in 00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.780 part, 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.100 for there 00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.520 must be 00:34:00.520 --> 00:34:00.940 factions 00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.280 among 00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:01.460 you, 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.700 in order 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.200 that those 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.480 who are 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.780 genuine 00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:03.240 among you 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.580 may be 00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.080 recognized. 00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.700 When you 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:05.860 come 00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.240 together, 00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.260 it is 00:34:07.260 --> 00:34:07.800 not the 00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:08.079 Lord's 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.280 Supper 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.800 that you 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.119 eat. 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.119 For in 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.559 eating, 00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.099 each one 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.760 goes ahead 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.059 with his 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.760 own meal, 00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.680 one goes 00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.140 hungry, 00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.900 another 00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.460 gets 00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.180 drunk. 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.300 What? 00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.619 Do you 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.059 not have 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.760 houses to 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.119 eat and 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.599 drink in? 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.640 Or do you 00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:22.500 despise the 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.860 church of 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.300 God and 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.000 humiliate 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.360 those who 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.519 have 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.960 nothing? 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.360 What shall 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.780 I say 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.220 to you? 00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.119 Shall I 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.539 commend 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.940 you in 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.300 this? 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.920 No, 00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.000 I will 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.460 not. 00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:34.639 It's 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.519 on the 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.940 heels of 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.300 that, 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.860 that he 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.240 is talking 00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.880 about this 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.880 self-examination. 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.179 So, 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.320 to our 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.679 best guess 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.039 what's going 00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.460 on here 00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.820 is that 00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.539 slaves who 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.840 are getting 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.559 off of 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.599 their work 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.360 later than 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.000 others 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.119 are not 00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.659 being waited 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.000 for. 00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.400 People are 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.039 going ahead 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.619 without them. 00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.300 They're eating 00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.260 the meal. 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.820 They're drunk 00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.300 and others 00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.659 are having 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.960 to do 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.440 without. 00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.599 And he's 00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.840 saying to 00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:56.960 them, 00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.940 that is not 00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.320 the Lord's 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.440 Supper 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.900 because it's 00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.400 not being 00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.800 done 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:01.340 in 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.900 unification 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.780 with 00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.160 others. 00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.519 And his 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.120 words are 00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:06.120 strong, 00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.760 strong words. 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:07.900 So, 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.340 it's in 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.039 that context 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.640 that he 00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.519 then says, 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.380 whoever 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.760 therefore 00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.240 eats the 00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.519 bread or 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.880 drinks the 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.120 cup of 00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:13.360 the Lord 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.760 in an 00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.320 unworthy 00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.820 manner 00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.740 will be 00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.280 guilty 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:17.760 concerning 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:19.260 the body 00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:20.400 and blood 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.440 of the 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.840 Lord. 00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.500 So, 00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:24.220 what's the 00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.780 worthiness 00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.260 that's supposed 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.680 to be going 00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.100 on here? 00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.500 It's a 00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.700 mindfulness, 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.260 it's a 00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.840 proper 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.760 orientation 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.400 toward 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.039 the 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.639 church, 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.139 the 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.500 people, 00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:32.800 the 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.180 local 00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.480 church, 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.740 those 00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.019 people 00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.220 that 00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.460 you 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.940 know 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.300 that 00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.440 were 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.039 bought 00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.519 by the 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.880 body 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.380 and 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.740 blood 00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.780 of 00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.160 Christ. 00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.880 So, 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.059 let's 00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.420 examine 00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.200 ourselves 00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:44.539 and then 00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.940 eat of 00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.260 the bread 00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.320 and drink 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.579 of the 00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:46.880 cup. 00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:47.820 For 00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.280 anyone who 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.900 eats and 00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.260 drinks, 00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.760 verse 29, 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.160 without 00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:50.940 discerning 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.740 the body, 00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.240 whose 00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.880 body? 00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.639 Not 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.940 your 00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.400 body, 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.260 he's 00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.500 talking 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.780 about 00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.320 that 00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:57.300 body, 00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.639 the 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:57.980 body and 00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.240 blood of 00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.700 Christ that 00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.119 purchased 00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.500 the 00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.280 church. 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.440 drinks 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.460 judgment 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.400 on 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.820 himself. 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.160 And 00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.860 there's a 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.180 temporal 00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:06.579 judgment 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.260 going on 00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.740 in this 00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:07.960 day, 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.500 1 Corinthians 00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.800 11, 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.260 verse 30, 00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.599 that is 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.160 why many 00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.500 of you 00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.139 are weak 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:12.139 and ill 00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:13.340 and some 00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.880 have died. 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:15.820 This 00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.099 kind of 00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.760 carelessness 00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:18.500 for the 00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.900 church. 00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.440 You 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.840 cannot 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.480 feast 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.539 on the 00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.920 grace of 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.380 Christ 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.380 and refuse 00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:26.079 to extend 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.119 grace 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.519 to others. 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.559 Christ, 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.880 the 00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.179 Lord's 00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.480 supper 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.659 ought to 00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.039 be bringing 00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.259 us 00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.679 together, 00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.360 helping us 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.119 to recognize 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.739 the unity 00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.280 that is 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.199 ours in 00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.300 Jesus. 00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.460 This is 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.820 a unity 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.199 that we 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:40.039 must work 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.960 to maintain, 00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.420 Paul tells 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.619 us in 00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.000 Ephesians 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.659 chapter 4. 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.900 So the 00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.340 context of 00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.780 the Corinthian 00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.360 church is 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.440 far removed 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.960 from us. 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.920 I don't 00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.519 really doubt 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.940 anybody in 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.119 the room 00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.559 is guilty 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.219 of what 00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.619 was going 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.219 on in 00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.239 the life 00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.559 of the 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.019 Corinthian 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.059 church. 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.320 So what 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.980 are we 00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.639 to consider 00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.179 in our 00:36:58.179 --> 00:37:00.039 self-examination? 00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.420 Are you 00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.860 rightly 00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.920 thinking about 00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.900 the church 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.259 when you 00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.039 come together 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.500 to take 00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.139 this meal? 00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.820 Blood-bought 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.519 people of 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.059 Christ. 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.400 Are you 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.500 unified 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.320 with the 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.619 body? 00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.139 Do you 00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.759 harbor any 00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.699 unresolved 00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.880 conflict? 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.699 I'll say 00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.059 right now 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.380 to you, 00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.739 you don't 00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.099 have to 00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.460 like 00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.880 everybody 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.179 who's a 00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.460 member of 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.799 the church, 00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.099 but you 00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.519 have to 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.960 love them. 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.559 We 00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.000 cannot 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.619 avoid 00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.000 those 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.460 commands 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.300 in the 00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.579 scripture. 00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.320 We have 00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.740 to work 00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.179 through 00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.240 hard 00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:31.240 issues 00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:32.599 together. 00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.760 Next week 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.199 I told you 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.420 that we're 00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.079 taking a 00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.579 break from 00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.240 John's 00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.579 gospel, 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.500 and we're 00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.639 going to 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.000 talk about 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:40.099 reasons to 00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.019 and reasons 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.880 to not 00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.599 leave a 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.960 church, 00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:43.840 and then 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.260 the right 00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.820 and wrong 00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.159 way to 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.699 go about 00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.940 doing it. 00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.699 And you 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.280 better believe 00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.619 I'm going 00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:48.960 to talk 00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.320 about 00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:50.039 relationship 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.840 as a 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.519 major part 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.119 of what 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:53.019 we have 00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.559 to say 00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:55.159 do you 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.519 harbor 00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.619 unresolved 00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.840 conflict 00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.340 when you 00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.659 come and 00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:58.960 take 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.400 the Lord's 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.599 Supper? 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.159 Is the 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.940 truth of 00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.659 the gospel 00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:05.840 orienting you 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.799 toward others 00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.960 the way 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.420 that it 00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.099 ought to 00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:10.179 orient you 00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.980 to them? 00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.579 Right? 00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.460 Beloved, 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.559 we shouldn't 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.960 consider each 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.699 other anymore 00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.619 by the flesh, 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:20.079 by the spirit, 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.239 precious people, 00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.340 bought by the 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.679 blood of 00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.159 Christ. 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.779 We should 00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.199 have such 00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.000 humility 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.679 towards 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:27.159 one another. 00:38:28.379 --> 00:38:28.719 And then 00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.159 let me ask 00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.739 you lastly, 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.440 do you 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.819 even come 00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:33.139 to the 00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.359 family meal? 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.779 Do you 00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.399 come and 00:38:36.399 --> 00:38:37.039 participate 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:38.699 in this 00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.000 meal? 00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.139 Now I 00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.239 know that 00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.619 a car is 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:41.859 not going 00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.179 to start 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.399 some 00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.759 mornings, 00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.899 a diaper 00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:45.579 is inevitably 00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.899 going to 00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.460 blow out, 00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.839 there are 00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.539 some reasons 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.799 not to 00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.239 be here. 00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.859 take a 00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.599 family vacation 00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.359 from time 00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:54.319 to time. 00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:56.179 But we 00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.799 had a busy 00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.439 Saturday, 00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.859 it's not a 00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.319 good reason 00:38:59.319 --> 00:38:59.919 not to show 00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.559 up at 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.739 10 o'clock. 00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.559 Beloved, 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.879 it's not 00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:03.339 that early. 00:39:04.439 --> 00:39:05.019 It's not 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.479 that early. 00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:05.959 You can 00:39:05.959 --> 00:39:06.579 make it. 00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.479 And hear 00:39:08.479 --> 00:39:08.899 this with a 00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.199 great deal 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.659 of kindness, 00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.059 I'm just 00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.579 not a person 00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.099 who's late 00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.539 to things, 00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:11.879 I don't 00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.399 like being 00:39:12.399 --> 00:39:12.759 late to 00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.199 things. 00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.479 It's not 00:39:15.479 --> 00:39:15.779 a pet 00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.139 peeve of 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.479 mine when 00:39:16.479 --> 00:39:16.779 people are 00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.059 late to 00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.279 things, 00:39:17.339 --> 00:39:17.559 so don't 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:17.819 hear me 00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.519 being unkind 00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.099 towards you, 00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.099 but if you 00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.500 have a hard 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.000 time getting 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.340 here by 00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:21.699 10, 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.280 then we 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:22.619 start at 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.119 930. 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:26.139 Set that 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.579 time on 00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.059 your clock, 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.699 that's when 00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.179 you're supposed 00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.759 to be here, 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.199 and then you'll 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.599 show up on 00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.800 time, 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:29.980 and it'll 00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.300 be so 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.699 great, 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.800 because there's 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.219 a group of 00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.619 people, 00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.980 we can't 00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.739 wait forever, 00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.780 time has to 00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.159 start, 00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.460 but who loves 00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.780 you, 00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.519 and wants 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.900 you at the 00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.599 family meal. 00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.259 We want 00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:41.679 you to come 00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.219 and proclaim 00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.940 with us all 00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.599 that Christ 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.960 has done on 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.599 our behalf. 00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.559 It's an 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:48.400 important time, 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.019 for us to 00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:50.559 be together. 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:52.619 The 00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.199 supper is 00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.259 not just 00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.840 a look back 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.099 to the 00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.480 cross, 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.659 but also 00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.559 a look around 00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.259 you to your 00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:59.119 fellow believers, 00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:01.059 and it's a 00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.920 look ahead 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.360 to the 00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:02.960 marriage supper 00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.400 of the 00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.639 Lamb. 00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.019 This will 00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.199 be the 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.539 fifth and 00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:06.280 final point. 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.659 The 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.980 Lord's 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.239 supper 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.519 points us 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:11.539 to the 00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:11.880 future. 00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.960 Again, 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.659 verse 26 00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.079 of chapter 00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.440 11, 00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.019 as often 00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.300 as you eat 00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.599 this bread 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:16.900 and drink 00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.259 the cup, 00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.940 you proclaim 00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:19.000 the Lord's 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.380 death 00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:20.320 until he 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:20.700 comes. 00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.300 The 00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.599 supper 00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.460 looks 00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.539 forward. 00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.700 It's a 00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.360 foretaste 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.720 of the 00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.159 feast to 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.480 come, 00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.240 the day 00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.840 when faith 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.179 becomes 00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.559 sight, 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.159 when we 00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.619 sit with 00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.000 Christ 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.460 at the 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.900 marriage 00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.460 supper 00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.619 of the 00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:32.900 Lamb. 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.559 Every 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.039 Lord's 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.280 supper 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.780 whispers, 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.240 he's coming 00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:37.700 back, 00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.039 he's coming 00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.599 back. 00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.579 Every 00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.240 broken piece 00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.720 of bread 00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:43.300 and poured 00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.659 cup 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.179 declares, 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.679 this story, 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.399 it isn't 00:40:46.399 --> 00:40:47.079 over. 00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.319 Hold 00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.679 on, 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.319 hope, 00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:50.279 he will 00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.859 accomplish 00:40:50.859 --> 00:40:51.839 all that 00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.119 he has 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.519 promised. 00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.359 In that 00:40:54.359 --> 00:40:54.719 sense, 00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.259 every time 00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.619 we come 00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:55.859 to the 00:40:55.859 --> 00:40:56.179 table, 00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.219 we are 00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.659 training 00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:57.919 our 00:40:57.919 --> 00:40:58.799 appetites 00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.440 for 00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.119 eternity. 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.980 We are 00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.539 reminding 00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.219 our hearts 00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.699 that this 00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.199 world's 00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:04.559 pleasures 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:04.839 are 00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.440 temporary, 00:41:05.879 --> 00:41:06.299 but that 00:41:06.299 --> 00:41:07.019 Christ's 00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.379 kingdom 00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:08.839 is forever. 00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:10.899 Revelation 00:41:10.899 --> 00:41:12.000 chapter 19, 00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.639 verse 6 00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.299 and following, 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:13.619 then I 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.500 heard what 00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.739 seemed to 00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:14.980 be the 00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.579 voice of 00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.000 a great 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.559 multitude, 00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.099 like the 00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.559 roar of 00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.199 many waters 00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.799 and like 00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:19.460 the sounds 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.159 of mighty 00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.699 peals of 00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.019 thunder, 00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.940 crying out, 00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:23.139 Alleluia for 00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.719 the Lord, 00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.319 our God, 00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:24.940 the Almighty 00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.900 reigns. 00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.559 Let us 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.400 rejoice and 00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.099 exult and 00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.759 give him the 00:41:28.759 --> 00:41:29.099 glory, 00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.839 for the 00:41:29.839 --> 00:41:30.659 marriage of 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.239 the Lamb 00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.940 has come, 00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:32.619 and his 00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:33.259 bride has 00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:34.199 made herself 00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:35.119 ready. 00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.519 And the 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:37.039 angel said 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.379 to me, 00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.239 write this, 00:41:38.819 --> 00:41:39.480 blessed are 00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.980 those who 00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.519 are invited 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.339 to the 00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.659 marriage 00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.019 supper. 00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.420 of the 00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.679 Lamb. 00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.000 The 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.279 Lord's 00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:45.440 Supper 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.319 points us 00:41:46.319 --> 00:41:46.619 and we 00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:46.960 need to 00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.139 be 00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.739 pointed 00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:49.199 to the 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.480 future. 00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:51.920 So why 00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.099 do we 00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.299 do what 00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.679 we do 00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:53.199 and why 00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.379 do we 00:41:53.379 --> 00:41:53.559 do what 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.859 we do 00:41:53.859 --> 00:41:54.400 the way 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:54.799 that we 00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.259 do what 00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:56.199 we do? 00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:57.239 It is 00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.639 commanded 00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:59.359 for our 00:41:59.359 --> 00:42:00.940 good and 00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.279 God's 00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:02.699 glory that 00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.000 we would 00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.920 remind one 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.519 another of 00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.500 the gospel. 00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:06.199 We remember 00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:07.259 together Christ's 00:42:07.259 --> 00:42:07.500 life, 00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:07.779 death, 00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.319 resurrection, 00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:10.019 and return. 00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.339 Who 00:42:11.339 --> 00:42:12.000 belongs? 00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.599 church. 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.859 We declare 00:42:14.859 --> 00:42:16.799 together who 00:42:16.799 --> 00:42:18.639 belongs to 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.139 Christ. 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.400 And I'll 00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:20.819 say to you, 00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.259 if you're a 00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:21.519 guest, 00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:21.900 we would 00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.299 love for 00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:23.480 you to 00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:23.759 become a 00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.099 member of 00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.539 this church 00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.980 and join 00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.000 us at 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.460 this meal. 00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.239 We remind 00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:28.619 one another 00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.219 of God's 00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:30.119 abundant 00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:31.480 grace. 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.199 We are 00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:33.500 nourished and 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.099 strengthened 00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:35.699 together in 00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.119 faith. 00:42:36.819 --> 00:42:37.759 We remind 00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.279 one another 00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.880 of our 00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.960 unity in 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.400 Christ. 00:42:41.060 --> 00:42:42.560 We examine 00:42:42.560 --> 00:42:43.860 and we 00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.180 reconcile. 00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.040 And we 00:42:47.040 --> 00:42:47.500 remind one 00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.860 another of 00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.580 our future 00:42:49.580 --> 00:42:50.600 glory. 00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.720 We long 00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:54.060 together for 00:42:54.060 --> 00:42:54.600 his return. 00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.760 So if you 00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.380 are in Christ 00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.940 and part of a 00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.600 local church, 00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.940 join your 00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.800 faith family at 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.480 the table with 00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:03.460 great joy. 00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.500 Do not come 00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:07.039 privately but 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.579 corporately. 00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:09.400 Come not in 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.500 despair but in 00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:12.079 faith because 00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.599 the supper 00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:14.199 tells you that 00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:15.360 the cross still 00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.960 speaks, grace 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:19.079 still reigns, 00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:20.480 and the king 00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.760 is coming 00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:22.139 again. 00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:23.420 Let's pray 00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.719 together.