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 Have you ever thought about how everywhere we go, we're surrounded by symbols?

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 Some of you may have come in this morning and you saw a police car or a police officer,

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 maybe a star on the side of the car.

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 Some of you may have had an up-close personal picture when you got stopped for speeding.

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 That happens sometimes.

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 Most married people in this room, you look down, you see a symbol, this wedding ring.

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 Look over here, you see the symbol of that flag.

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 I hope that when you came in this morning, you saw these trays here

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 and thought about what they contained, the symbol of bread, the symbol of that cup.

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 That's what we're going to be looking at this morning.

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 You know, some of these symbols, we just know.

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 Maybe we're taught growing up, we know how to treat them,

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 how to show respect or how not to disrespect them.

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 For example, that flag.

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 There's a lot of different ways to show respect in terms of the place it's displayed,

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 the way that it's folded, the way that it's even disposed of when it's worn out.

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 Do you know, though, how to treat the symbols of the Lord's Supper with respect?

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 Do you know how to observe the Lord's Supper in a way that will truly honor the Lord

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 who has given us this ceremony?

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 The Apostle Paul explains in great detail for us 1 Corinthians chapter 11,

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 what the Lord's Supper is all about, how not to disrespect it,

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 how to prepare ourselves even for observing it.

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 I want you to look with me this morning in 1 Corinthians chapter 11.

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 We're not going to look at the whole chapter,

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 but the section dealing with the Lord's Supper is in verses 17 through 34.

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 The first section I just want to summarize for you,

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 that's where Paul condemns the abuse of the Lord's Supper.

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 17 through 22.

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 Have you ever thought that the longest section in the New Testament related to the Lord's Supper,

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 what gives us the actual details of how Jesus instituted it,

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 the earliest details written in Scripture,

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 it's in the context of a church that abused it,

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 that didn't take it seriously.

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 That's what verses 17 through 22 is actually condemning.

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 See, the Lord's Supper in the church at Corinth,

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 took place as a part of a church-wide meal,

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 what we might call a covered dish supper.

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 That was fine.

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 That was not the problem.

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 The problem in that church was there were some wealthy, affluent members,

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 and they brought good dishes.

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 You know, they brought probably pork tenderloin.

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 No, they wouldn't have brought that.

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 Some of them were Jewish.

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 It would have offended them, wouldn't it?

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 They brought good food.

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 That's what they had at home.

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 That's what they were used to.

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 And they brought their well-filled baskets,

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 and they spread it out for one another

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 and absolutely offended the poorer,

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 less affluent church members

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 who did not have food like theirs,

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 or maybe not enough at all.

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 And so instead of coming together and observing the Lord's Supper

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 in a way that would honor the Lord

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 and bring them together as a church family,

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 focusing on what Jesus had done for them,

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 the way they observed it,

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 it divided the church.

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 It caused hard feelings.

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 And Paul actually condemns it as dishonoring to the Lord,

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 and he calls them on the carpet for it.

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 In fact, he says in verse 20,

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 we're in 1 Corinthians chapter 11,

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 that what they were doing was so far from what Jesus intended

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 that it did not even deserve to be called the Lord's Supper.

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 Look at it.

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 When you come together,

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 it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat.

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 This is here for us to understand.

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 There's a way to come here as members of the church

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 and do it all wrong.

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 Dishonor the Lord

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 and not in any way bring us together as a church family

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 with a singular focus on what Jesus has done for us.

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 We need to observe this meal.

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 We need to do what we're doing this morning

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 in a way that will honor the Lord Jesus for sure,

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 but also unite us in our common faith,

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 trust, confidence in who Jesus is

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 and what He did for us when He died on the cross.

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 Paul explains the way that we need to go about this

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 by telling us how Jesus instituted it

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 in verses 23 through 26.

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 I want you to pause that for just a moment.

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 We're going to come back to it and read it

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 as we actually observe or take in these elements.

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 Let's look at really the lengthiest section.

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 Verses 27 through 34,

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 where we are warned to seriously prepare

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 to observe the Lord's Supper.

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 Paul's writing to a church that had all kinds of issues

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 and he tells them,

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 you can do it right.

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 Even you can do it right,

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 he's telling these people.

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 But it applies to us today.

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 We need to observe the Lord's Supper

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 the way that would most please the Lord

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 and he tells us, beginning in verse 27,

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 read it with me.

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 Whoever therefore eats the bread

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 or drinks of the cup of the Lord

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 in an unworthy manner

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 will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

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 Let a person examine himself then

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 and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

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 For anyone who eats and drinks

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 without discerning the body

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 eats and drinks judgment on himself.

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 That is why many of you are weak and ill

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 and some have died.

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 You may be reading a translation that says,

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 and some have fallen asleep.

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 Paul likes to use that way

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 of describing death for Christians.

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 Verse 31,

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 but if we judged ourselves truly,

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 we would not be judged.

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 But when we are judged by the Lord,

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 we are disciplined

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 so that we may not be condemned

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 along with the world.

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 The Lord's Supper is a serious time.

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 It's a serious time for us

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 as Pickens First Baptist Church this morning.

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 We are warned here

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 not to do this in an unworthy way.

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 What's he talking about?

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 Look at verse 27,

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 the word unworthy.

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 In the context,

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 that refers specifically

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 to the division

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 that was taking place

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 in that church

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 that I told you about at the beginning.

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 But I want you to think about

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 why there was division.

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 Why did some of those church members

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 exclude others?

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 There was pride for sure.

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 There was selfishness.

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 There was just plain selfishness and greed.

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 There was prejudice.

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 No, it wasn't racial prejudice.

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 Socioeconomic.

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 They were class conscious.

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 Bottom line is,

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 these church family members,

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 they didn't love one another.

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 They didn't treat the whole family

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 like members of the family.

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 They just weren't acting like God's children.

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 They were not loving one another

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 as brothers and sisters are supposed to.

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 I know brothers and sisters,

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 some of y'all got in a fight

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 before you left home this morning.

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 Some of you probably got in a fight

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 in the car.

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 Come in here.

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 Some of you,

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 parents threatened you.

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 I can remember being,

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 I'll use the word back in my day,

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 whipped with a belt with my mother

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 like this from behind.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 a lot of times,

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 don't love one another

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 or don't act like they love one another.

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 But you know,

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 deep down,

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 your brother or your sister,

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 they are special.

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 They've got the same blood

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 flowing through them.

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 And you may some days fight

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 and try to kill one another,

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 but don't let somebody

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 outside the family do that.

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 You'll take up for them.

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 Because the family

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 is supposed to be tight.

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 They're supposed to be real love.

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 And deep down,

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 you know what I'm talking about.

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 Well, that is supposed to be

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 how we feel about one another.

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 We have a common Father.

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 We have a common Lord.

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 We're partaking of a common meal

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 that focuses on

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 what our Lord has done for us.

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 And so we need to examine ourselves.

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 We need to make sure

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 that we are not guilty of pride.

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 Maybe not in relation to one another,

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 but in any way.

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 You know, this is a warning

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 about coming to the Lord's table

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 in an unworthy way.

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 That could apply to any unconfessed sin.

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 Anything that you're refusing

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 to obey God about,

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 that is a hindrance

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 to your coming into His presence

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 and observing this Lord's Supper

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 in a way that would please Him.

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 None of us, we know this,

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 none of us are worthy truly

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 to observe the Lord's Supper.

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 But God has acted in grace

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 in sending His Son to die for us.

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 Jesus willingly,

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 out of mercy and love,

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 gave up His life

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 to pay the penalty for our sins.

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 We can come to the Lord's table

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 in a worthy way,

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 trusting in Jesus Christ

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 for our salvation

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 and humbly seeking God's help

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 to love one another

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 like real brothers and sisters.

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 It's important,

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 as we observe this meal this morning,

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 that we examine ourselves

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 right now

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 before we partake of it.

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 To come to the Lord's table

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 with unconfessed sin

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 or listen to this,

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 a casual, flippant,

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 I don't give a rip attitude.

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 It's important,

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 the attitude that we come this morning,

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 understanding

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 that these elements,

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 this bread and this cup,

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 that symbolizes

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 the Lord Jesus' body

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 and His blood.

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 It symbolizes Him

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 and giving His life

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 for us.

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 This is one time

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 when you come to church

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 that you really and truly

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 need to be serious,

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 you need to be focused,

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 you need to be thinking

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 about who Jesus is

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 and what He's done

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 and desire by your attitude

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 to honor Him,

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 to thank Him

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 as you partake

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 of this meal.

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 If you don't,

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 if you refuse to,

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 it's like bringing judgment

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 upon yourself

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 according to verse 29.

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 Look at it.

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 For anyone who eats

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 and drinks

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 without discerning the body

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 eats and drinks

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 judgment on himself.

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 That could be referring,

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 probably is referring

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 to the body there,

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 not the body of Christ,

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 but the church body.

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 He is writing here

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 specifically to this church

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 over the way they're

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 mistreating one another,

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 the divisions that are happening.

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 But the point is,

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 we've got to judge ourselves,

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 examine ourselves,

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 look closely at ourselves.

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 Is there anything

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 that would hinder us

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 from real fellowship

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 with the Lord

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 and with one another?

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 In the Corinthian church,

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 this judgment included

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 sickness and even death

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 according to verse 30.

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 Now the truth is,

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 God does not often

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 discipline His people

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 this severely.

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 That's why many of us

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 are here this morning.

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 Right?

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 If God judged

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 all of our sin

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 like He did occasionally

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 in the New Testament,

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 we wouldn't survive either.

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 But God takes sin seriously.

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 So seriously that at times

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 He made examples.

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 In Acts 5,

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 a man by the name of Ananias

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 and his wife Sapphira,

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 they were killed

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 because they lied

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 to the Holy Spirit.

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 There were people

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 who so abused

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 the Lord's Supper,

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 so dishonored God

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 by their attitude

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 or actions,

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 the guy either

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 inflicted them

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 with sickness

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 or just killed

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 them outright

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 to make a point.

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 Severe discipline.

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 But let's not overlook

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 the fact that today,

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 right now,

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 God still

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 takes sin seriously

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 and He does discipline

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 His children,

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 us,

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 when we need it.

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 That's because

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 He loves us

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 according to Hebrews

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 chapter 12.

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 Look,

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 for the Lord disciplines

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 the one He loves

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 and chastises

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 every son

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 whom He receives.

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 God disciplines us

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 for our good.

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 He disciplines us

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 to correct us,

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 to bring us back

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 to Himself.

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 Sometimes to keep us

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 from doing worse

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 to ourselves.

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 The best way

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 to avoid God's discipline,

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 verse 31,

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 is to judge ourselves.

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 The word judge

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 here carries out

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 the idea

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 of serious

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 self-examination.

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 One way you can avoid

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 God's discipline

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 is to examine yourself.

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 Look at yourself

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 in light of God's Word.

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 Right now,

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 let's just take some time.

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 Ask God to help you

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 to seriously

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 examine yourself

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 just like we're told

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 here in verse 28.

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 If you need to confess

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 sin to God right now,

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 do that.

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 Just tune me out

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 and just agree

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 with God

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 about what He's

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 convicting you about.

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 Change your mind

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 about it.

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 Turn from it.

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 If you're a Christian

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 trust that Jesus

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 paid the penalty

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 for that sin,

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 ask God

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 to forgive you

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 right now.

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 It could be

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 that your problem

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 is not between

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 just you and God.

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 It could be

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 your problem

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 is with someone else.

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 You see,

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 that was going on

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 in the church

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 at Corinth.

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 And if you're

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 out of fellowship

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 with another Christian,

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 and let's think about it

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 as this passage

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 is talking about it,

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 in particular,

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 somebody in this church,

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 you need to ask God

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 to show you

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 what you need to do

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 in order that you

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 and that person

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 can be reconciled.

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 Now,

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 it may be

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 that you already know

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 it's obvious

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 something's been said,

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 something's been done.

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 there's no doubt.

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 You know what you need

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 to say or do

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 to initiate

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 the reconciliation process.

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 But if you know

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 somebody's got something

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 against you,

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 there is a problem,

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 you don't know

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 what it is.

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 Ask God

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 to give you the wisdom

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 to know how to approach

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 that person

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 to try to find out

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 what it is

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 so that you can

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 be reconciled

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 with them.

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 You know,

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 the Scripture

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 is real clear.

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 If we will confess

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 our sins,

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 God will forgive us.

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 Scripture says

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 in 1 John 1, 9,

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 if we confess our sins,

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 He is faithful and just

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 to forgive us

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 of our sins

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 and to cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 You can be forgiven.

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 Scripture is also clear

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 that we have a responsibility

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 to live at peace

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 with all people,

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 at least as far

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 as we're concerned.

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 Look at what Paul said

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 in Romans chapter 12

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 and verse 18.

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 If possible,

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 so far as it depends

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 on you,

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 live peaceably

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 with all.

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 Sometimes it's not possible.

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 Sometimes something happens

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 and you want to make it right

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 but somebody's written you off.

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 You so offended them,

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 you so wronged them

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 that they don't want

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 to forgive you.

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 They don't want to listen

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 to your apology.

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 If that's the case,

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 you can't do anything

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 about it.

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 The Scripture is clear

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 if possible.

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 So far as it depends

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 on you,

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 live peaceably with all.

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 But you do what you can do.

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 You make sure

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 that the problem's not

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 your unwillingness

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 to reconcile.

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 As we observe the Lord's Supper

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 this morning,

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 every Christian

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 is invited to participate.

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 You do not have to be

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 a member of this church.

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 But the Scripture

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 is clear

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 that only Christians

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 who are seeking to live

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 in fellowship with the Lord

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 and their fellow Christians

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 should participate.

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 So with that in mind,

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 let's look now

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 at how Jesus intends

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 for us to observe

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 the Lord's Supper

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 in verses 23

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 through 26.

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 In verses 23

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 and following,

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 Jesus tells us.

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 Paul is telling us

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 what the Lord

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 revealed to him.

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 Look at it.

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 Verse 23.

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 For I received

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 from the Lord

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 what I also delivered

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 to you,

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 on the night

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 when he was betrayed

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 took bread

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 and when he had given thanks

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 he broke it

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 and said,

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 This is my body

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 which is for you.

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 Do this

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 in remembrance of me.

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 Jesus took the bread

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 and said that.

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 He held up the bread

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 and said something.

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 He held up the bread

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 and said,

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 This is my body.

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 What he meant was

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.759
 that the body,

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.559
 the bread represents

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 or symbolizes

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:49.099
 his body.

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.700
 Jesus was not saying

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.339
 that the bread

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:54.379
 was literally his body

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:56.519
 or actually became

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.319
 his body.

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 That's the Roman

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.539
 Catholic Church's

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:02.960
 incorrect teaching.

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 What they call

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.099
 the doctrine

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:06.899
 of transubstantiation.

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 That the bread

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.220
 and the wine

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.299
 actually turns

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.299
 into the body

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.460
 of Jesus.

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 To be honest with you,

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.000
 that's just ridiculous.

00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:18.220
 That's not what

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.380
 Jesus meant.

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 It's not what

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.500
 Jesus means now.

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.160
 When Jesus

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.079
 instituted the Lord's Supper,

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.180
 he was standing

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.440
 beside them

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.200
 with them.

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 And when he took bread

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 and said,

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.440
 This is my body.

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 They all knew

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:36.420
 Jesus is standing there.

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 The bread

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 symbolizes

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.259
 his body.

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.420
 The cup,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.420
 the wine

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.880
 in it

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.100
 symbolized

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:48.360
 his blood.

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 No one

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.519
 had any confusion.

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.580
 It's like Jesus

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.640
 giving other

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.580
 analogies.

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 He talked about

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 I am the door.

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 You think

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.799
 anybody

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.680
 who actually heard him

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.259
 thought he would

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.019
 thought of himself

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:03.319
 as a real literal door?

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.500
 He said,

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.460
 I am the vine.

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 Did people think

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.259
 he was actually

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.839
 a literal vine

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.660
 growing somewhere?

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.259
 No.

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 We understand

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.879
 symbols.

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 That's what

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.319
 Jesus

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.579
 was saying.

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 He's speaking

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.559
 figuratively.

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 this is my body,

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 he says,

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 which is for you

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 or given

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 for you,

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.299
 it says in Luke 22,

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.139
 19.

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 He's describing

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 giving his life.

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 He's describing

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 dying

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:37.659
 for us.

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 The scripture

00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:40.119
 says it real clearly.

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.159
 In the presentation

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.919
 of the gospel

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 presented in

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.679
 1 Corinthians 15,

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.960
 Christ died

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.079
 for our sins

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 according to the

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.379
 scriptures.

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 He gave his body,

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.280
 he gave his life

00:21:51.280 --> 00:21:52.400
 for us.

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 And then,

00:21:53.260 --> 00:21:54.300
 do this in remembrance

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.760
 of me

00:21:54.760 --> 00:21:55.800
 calls for us

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 to carefully

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 reflect,

00:21:59.060 --> 00:22:00.000
 think deeply

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.660
 about

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:02.820
 what the Lord

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.480
 has done

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.320
 for us.

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.120
 We must never

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:07.000
 fail when we come

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.660
 to the Lord's table

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:09.020
 to make much

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:09.760
 of

00:22:09.760 --> 00:22:11.720
 his death

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:13.760
 for our sins.

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.100
 I mean,

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.880
 this is the basis

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.920
 for our salvation.

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 God accepts us

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 because Jesus

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 paid the penalty

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 for your sins.

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 You think of it

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 personally.

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 As you take that bread,

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 just a few minutes,

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 you're going to be

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 holding it in your hand.

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 You think about the fact,

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 Jesus gave his life

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 in order to save you.

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 Think to yourself

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 as you hold it.

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 Jesus gave his life

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 in order to save me

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 from the penalty

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 of my sin,

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 which is eternal death,

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 which is eternal

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 separation from God

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 in hell.

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 That's how much

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 he loves you.

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 That's how much

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 our Heavenly Father

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 loves us

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 to send Jesus

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 to do that.

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 Let's prepare.

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 Let's pray together now.

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 Would you join with me?

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Absolutely.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Jesus

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 is

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 a

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 Christ.