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 If you are looking in a pew Bible, page 958, 1 Corinthians 11, 17 to 34, Paul's teaching

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 on the Lord's Supper.

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 Let us read together.

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 But in the following instructions, I do not commend you, because when you come together,

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 it is not for the better, but for the worse.

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

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 among you.

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 And I believe it in part.

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

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 recognized.

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

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

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 One goes hungry, another gets drunk.

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 What?

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 Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?

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

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 What shall I say to you?

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 Shall I commend you in this?

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 No, I will not.

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 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when

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 He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,

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 this is my body which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 In the same way also, He took the cup after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant

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 in my blood.

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

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

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 He comes.

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 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will

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 be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

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 along with the world.

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

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

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 be for judgment.

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

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 Well, this morning we're considering the Lord's Supper.

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 On the surface, it may seem like a fairly straightforward church topic, not quite as controversial as

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 last week's passage on head coverings, or the next three chapters on spiritual gifts, including

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 prophecy and speaking in tongues.

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 But at many points in church history, the Lord's Supper has been a matter of intense controversy.

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 Churches have debated and divided over such questions as these.

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 How often should we celebrate the Lord's Supper?

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 Daily?

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 Weekly?

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 Monthly?

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 Quarterly?

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 Once a year?

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 How should we understand the relationship between the bread and wine, or grape juice,

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 and the body and blood of Christ?

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 Do they actually become the body and blood of Christ?

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 Are they just symbolic reminders, or is it something in between?

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 Who should receive the Lord's Supper?

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 Another question.

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 Only the members of a particular church, all baptized believers, only those who've confessed

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 their sins.

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 What about believers who keep on sinning?

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 Some of you may know that Jonathan Edwards was thrown out of his church where he had been

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 the pastor because of a controversy over who should and who shouldn't receive communion.

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 Now, despite the many controversies surrounding the Lord's Supper in church history, it's

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 still one of the most distinctive and universal Christian practices, along with baptism.

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 Every Christian church, except for the Quakers and the Salvation Army, celebrates the Lord's

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 Supper in one form or other.

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 And if you think about it, it's sort of unusual.

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 If you're not a Christian, or if you weren't raised going to church, can you remember the

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 first time that you observed a communion service or encountered a group of Christians who are

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 eating bread and drinking wine or juice that represented for them the body and blood of Jesus,

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 who was crucified 2,000 years ago?

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 You might have…

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 I mean, maybe you thought, that seems really weird.

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 It's almost grotesque.

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 In the ancient Roman Empire, when Christianity was spreading and Christians were persecuted

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 and the church had to meet in secret, some people started spreading rumors completely with

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 no factual basis that Christians were cannibals, eating human flesh and drinking human blood.

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 The rumors were completely false, but you might understand how when Christians couldn't

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 publicly defend themselves, the rumors kept on spreading.

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 And yet, despite the rumors and the weirdness on the outside, and despite the controversies

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 on the inside, Christians have continued to gather and celebrate and even treasure and

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 eagerly anticipate the Lord's Supper, week by week, month by month, year by year.

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 So, this morning we want to look at the Lord's Supper.

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 What's it all about?

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 Why does it matter so much?

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 How can we approach it rightly?

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 This is the longest passage in the New Testament that gives teaching on this topic, and I want

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 to look at it under three headings.

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 First, the problem in Corinth, verse 17 to 22.

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 Second, the pattern from Christ, verse 23 to 26.

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 And third, practical applications.

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 Now, unlike my last sermon, the third point is not the shortest, and the first point is

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 not the longest.

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 Anyway, all right, going on.

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 First, we're just going to plow ahead.

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 The problem in Corinth, verse 17 to 22.

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 Now, in Paul's mind, this was a pretty serious problem that was going on.

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 If you look back at verse 2 of this chapter, Paul said,

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 I commend you or I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions

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 even as I delivered them to you.

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 Verse 17, he says, though, in the following instructions, I do not commend you.

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 Verse 22, shall I commend you in this?

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 No, I will not commend you.

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 Paul wasn't happy.

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 He said, when you get together, it's not for the better, it's for the worse.

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 So, what was going on?

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 Well, verse 18 says, when you come together, there were divisions.

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 Paul already expressed his dismay over divisions in the church.

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 Chapters 1 through 4, some divisions focus around specific leaders.

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 Here, the divisions seem to focus around class and social status.

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 We'll see that in a minute.

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 Now, verse 19 might seem a bit confusing.

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 What does Paul mean by that?

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 I think he means the divisions aren't good in themselves, but they're also part of God's

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 plan to show who truly belongs to him, who is genuine and who's not.

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 But verses 20 and 21 actually show us some of what was going on.

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 Paul says, when you come together, it's not the Lord's Supper that you eat.

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 Each one goes ahead with his own meal.

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 One goes hungry.

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 Another gets drunk.

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 Now, how does that make any sense?

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 What was going on?

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 Four things, context, that will help us understand.

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 First, the early church normally met in the homes of believers.

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 There were no dedicated church buildings for at least two or three hundred years.

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 And mostly in the houses of wealthier believers who had larger houses so they could accommodate

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 more people.

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 Second, when the early church gathered, they regularly shared meals together.

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 We see this in Acts, where it says the believers gathered to break bread together.

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 This was also typical of religious societies and social clubs in the ancient world.

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 You'd often gather in the evening at somebody's house, eat a meal, perhaps sing a hymn or share

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 a toast in honor of the God you are worshiping, perhaps listen to a speaker and engage in conversation

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 long into the night.

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 Early Christian church meetings weren't far from that.

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 But when Christians gathered together, they shared what we know as what we call the Lord's

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 Supper, eating bread and drinking from a cup, remembering Jesus' body and blood and His death

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 on the cross as part…but it was part of a larger fellowship meal.

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 So, that's part of what's going on here.

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 So, third factor, the dining room of a typical Roman house was too small to fit everyone.

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 Normally, they would have three couches on three walls.

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 It was called a triclinium, a room with three walls, and there would be about nine people

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 who could fit in there, maybe 15 or 20 in a big, big house could fit in the dining room.

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 Most people would be out in what they called the atrium or the courtyard.

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 That could fit maybe 30 to 50 people.

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 It was, you know, not as comfortable.

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 There weren't all these comfortable couches to recline on, but that's where most people

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 would be.

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 And now, here is the most important factor.

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 At a typical dinner party in the ancient world, the host would treat people differently

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 based on their social status and their relationship to the host.

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 So, typically, if you were a well-to-do host in Corinth, public official in town perhaps,

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 you might invite your other friends from City Hall who also happen to be Christians, and

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 you'd seat them in the dining room on the nice couches.

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 And the other people, the day laborers, the slaves, the freedmen, would stand outside in

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 the courtyard.

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 Maybe people who you didn't know so well think, well, okay, I don't know who they are.

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 It was sort of like most airplanes today.

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 There was first class where you get a full gourmet meal, a comfortable seat, and you're

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 weighted on hand and foot, and there's coach, where you're stuffed in there, and you get

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 peanuts or pretzels, and one cup of soda on the three-hour flight.

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 One Roman writer described a dinner party as follows.

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 The best dishes were set in front of the host and a select few, and cheap scraps of food

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 before the rest of the company.

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 He had even put the wine into tiny little flasks divided into three categories.

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 One lot was intended for himself and for us.

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 He was one of the privileged folks.

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 Another for his lesser friends, and the third for his and our freedmen, that is, former slaves.

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 And this was very common.

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 It was the expected pattern in that society.

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 As a host, you would treat people differently based on their relationship to you and their

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 status in society.

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 And when the Corinthian church gathered together, it seems a similar pattern prevailed.

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 Perhaps the privileged ones were invited into the dining room.

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 The poor Christians were kept outside in the courtyard.

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 Perhaps the privileged folks who had more flexible schedules arrived earlier, ate the best food

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 first, and by the time the poor people got off work at the end of the day, because they

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 had longer work hours, there was hardly any food left over for them.

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 And that would make sense of why Paul says in verse 21, each one goes ahead with his own

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 meal, and why he tells them in verse 33, wait for each other.

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 Although that verse could also mean simply share with one another.

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 Now, Paul was absolutely outraged.

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 As you can see in verse 22, do you despise the church of God and humiliate or dishonor those

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 who have nothing?

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 What shall I say to you?

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 So, this was the problem in the Corinthian church.

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 When they gathered to share meals and the Lord's Supper, the privileged Christians were

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 somehow dishonoring the poor Christians.

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 Now, before we go on to the second section, let me make two brief asides.

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 Number one, Paul assumes that the church is called to be distinct from the surrounding

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 world, the culture in which we live in.

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 The behavior that ticked Paul off was not unusual.

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 It was normal in broader Corinthian society.

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 But Paul's assumption is the church is called to live by a different standard.

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 It's countable to reflect the values of God's kingdom and not the values of this present age.

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 Second, notice that in this chapter, Paul speaks differently to issues of gender and class.

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 Now, our society tends to put gender, race, class, and sexuality as all in sort of one big category.

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 And some people think either you're a traditionalist and you want to affirm distinctions in all those

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 areas and you end up privileging some people over others, or you're progressive and open-minded

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 and you want to break down those categories.

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 But the Bible's view is far more nuanced.

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 In last week's passage, Paul reminded the Corinthians that their new freedom in Christ

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 shouldn't erase all gender distinctions.

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 God made us in His image as male and female.

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 No one is superior or inferior.

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 But we are distinct and different.

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 And that's part of God's good design.

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 It's a reflection of His glory.

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 It will last into eternity.

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 So, in the church, Paul says we should honor one another by celebrating both our gender distinctions

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 and our interdependence.

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 But Paul's attitude towards social class is very different.

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 And the Bible's attitude is also very different.

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 If you go back to Genesis 1 and 2, God made human beings in His image.

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 Male and female, God did not make human beings with the rich and the middle class and the poor.

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 It's just not in the creation narrative.

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 And in the Old Testament, there are not some laws that apply in a certain way to rich people

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 and other laws that, you know, if you…

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 In the Old Testament, if you commit the same crime, it doesn't matter what status you have,

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 you have the same punishment, which was not the case in any other ancient society outside of Israel.

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 If anything, what you see is that God has a particular concern for the poor and vulnerable

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 and protecting people who otherwise wouldn't be protected.

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 Now, obviously in this world, some people will have more money or more education or more social power than others.

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 That's simply a fact.

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 But what Paul is saying here, according to Paul and according to Jesus,

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 that's not part of your core identity.

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 And that should make no difference, absolutely no difference, in how you are treated in the church.

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 If you're a CEO of a company, if you're a graduate of Yale, if you're earning six figures,

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 you shouldn't be treated any differently than someone who has an eighth grade education

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 and works as a janitor or works in retail or who's disabled.

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 Jesus chose fishermen with no formal education to be His disciples, some of His disciples.

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 And Paul says, don't despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing in this world.

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 world.

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 Don't ignore them.

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 Don't marginalize them.

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 Don't push them to the side.

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 In chapter 1, Paul said, God chose people who are low and despised in this world,

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 even things that are not.

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 People who are nobodies in the eyes of the world to bring to nothing things that are

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 so that no one might boast in the presence of God.

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 Paul says, God intentionally chose all kinds of people,

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 including people who have nothing in this world to belong to Him and be eternally rich

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 and show the riches of His glory.

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 Paul says, how would you dishonor people whom God has chosen?

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 So that's the Corinthian problem.

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 Second, Paul shows us the pattern from Christ, verse 23 to 26.

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 Now, in order to address this Corinthian problem, Paul takes them all the way back to the pattern

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 of Christ, the words of Jesus Himself.

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 This is the longest recounting of any episode from the Gospels in all of Paul's epistles,

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 so it's pretty significant.

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 It indicates that, excuse me, Paul considered the Lord's Supper to be quite important.

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 It was one of the teachings or traditions that he had delivered to them when he taught them in person

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 and founded the church.

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 It was also a regular pattern when Christians gathered together,

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 recorded in three of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

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 Now, the main point Paul wants to drive home in this middle section is that when we celebrate the

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 Lord's Supper, we remember and proclaim Jesus' self-giving death on our behalf.

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 Verse 23, Paul says,

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 The Lord Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper on the night He was betrayed.

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 And that word betrayed can also be translated handed over.

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 It's actually the same word that's translated delivered earlier in that sentence.

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 Now, we know that Jesus was handed over or that He was betrayed by Judas,

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 who was present at the Last Supper, received the bread.

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 From Jesus' hand.

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 And then went out and handed Him over to His enemies.

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 But Paul also uses the same word in Romans chapter 8, verse 32.

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 He says,

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 God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up, handed Him over in love for us all.

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 And the same Greek word is used in the Greek version of Isaiah 53, where it says,

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 The Lord gave Him up for our sins.

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 So, you see, it's not just that Judas handed Jesus over, but it was also the plan of God the Father to give up His Son.

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 Not in betrayal, as Judas did.

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 Not in hatred and in darkness, but in love for us and in faithfulness to His plan.

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 But what Paul wants to point out is that Jesus wasn't just betrayed by Judas,

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 or He wasn't just the instrument of God the Father's will.

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 He willingly gave His own life.

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 Jesus freely gave His own life in love for us.

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 He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and freely gave it to His disciples.

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 Now, when Jesus did that, He was acting as the host of a Passover meal.

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 And that was what the host was expected to do at the beginning of the meal.

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 The host would take bread, unleavened bread, give thanks to God who had provided it,

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 break it, and give it to those who were present.

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 But then Jesus said,

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 This bread signifies my body, which I will offer willingly up to God in thanksgiving,

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 and give on your behalf when I die on the cross tomorrow.

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 You see, during Passover, they ate only unleavened bread.

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 It was called the bread of affliction, the bread of suffering,

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 because the people of Israel had left Egypt in haste.

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 In other words, their salvation had come only through suffering.

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 That's what they remembered by taking that bread.

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 And Jesus was saying,

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 Your salvation will come only through My suffering,

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 through My body, which is for you.

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 Offered in your place and on your behalf.

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 And in the same way,

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 Jesus took the cup after supper and freely gave it to His disciples,

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 saying,

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 This cup is the new covenant in My blood.

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 Again, at Passover, the Jewish people remembered,

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 not just how they had left Egypt,

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 but they remembered how God in His covenant faithfulness

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 had spared them from His judgment.

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 Each family was instructed to kill a lamb

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 and put some of the blood over the front door of their house.

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 And God had promised,

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 When I see the blood, I will pass over you,

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 and no plague shall befall you to destroy you.

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 And when Jesus gave that cup to His disciples,

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 He's saying,

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 It's My blood that will cover you.

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 It's My blood that will rescue you from the judgment of God.

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 It's My blood that I will shed that will bring you into the new covenant

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 that Jeremiah had promised.

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 One day, I will make a new covenant, the Lord says.

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 I will be your God, and you will be My people.

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 You will all know Me, from the least to the greatest,

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 for I will forgive your iniquity

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 and remember your sin no more.

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 And back in chapter 5 of 1 Corinthians,

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 Paul wrote,

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 Christ, our Passover Lamb,

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 has been sacrificed.

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 Let us therefore celebrate the festival.

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 See, the Passover festival was an annual remembrance

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 of what God had done for Israel,

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 and Jesus said,

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 Just as the people have eaten the Passover

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 in remembrance of God saving them from slavery in Egypt,

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 eat this bread,

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 and drink this cup in remembrance of Me.

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 Now, when the Bible talks about remembering,

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 it doesn't just mean thinking in our minds

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 about something that happened in the past.

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 Remembering biblically means identifying

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 with what happened in the past.

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 It's saying, that's part of my story too.

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 I wouldn't be here today without it.

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 That's how the Israelites were supposed to treat the Passover.

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 Exodus 13, Moses says,

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 When you come into the promised land,

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 and everything's going great for you,

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 every year when you celebrate the Passover,

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 you shall tell your child,

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 It is because of what the Lord did for me

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 when I came out of Egypt.

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 Now, this is the people, generations later,

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 who are living in the promised land.

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 They didn't physically come out of Egypt.

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 Right?

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 Except, I guess, in the body of their ancestors.

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 You want to use that line of reasoning.

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 Right?

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 Which is an ancient form of thinking.

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 But the point is,

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 when we look back at what Christ did on the cross,

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 when we eat the bread and drink the cup,

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 in remembrance of Him,

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 we're saying,

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 He did it for me.

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 He saved me by what He did way back then.

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 And I wouldn't be here today without it.

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 And I can come to the table of the Lord

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 because He rescued me.

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 And I now belong to God's family

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 because of what He did on the cross.

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 But the Lord's Supper isn't just where we receive

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 assurance of Jesus' love for us individually.

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 It's also where we celebrate our unity with one another

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 in the body of Christ.

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 Back in chapter 10, Paul said,

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 because there's one bread,

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 we who are many are one body.

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 Because we all eat of the one bread.

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 We eat together from a common table

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 in honor of our common Lord,

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 who is both our host and our feast.

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 That's what the Lord's Supper is about.

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 Remembering and identifying with Jesus

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 self-giving love

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 and His sacrifice for us.

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 See, Paul wanted the Corinthians to see

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 that the way they were celebrating

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 their Lord's Supper

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 was far out of line

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 with the pattern that Christ had given.

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 Paul says,

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 if you're celebrating the Lord's Supper,

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 even if it's being held in your home,

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 you're not the host.

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 Jesus Christ is the host.

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 You are the servants in His household.

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 So you have no authority to decide

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 who gets first-class treatment

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 and who gets second-class treatment

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 and who gets ignored

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 based on who your little clique of friends is

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 and who you want to please

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 and who has power and wealth and status

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 in this world.

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 Jesus Christ doesn't consider

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 any of those things

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 when He looks at people

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 and welcomes them into His family.

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 He welcomes all

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 who come to Him

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 in repentance and faith.

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 He willingly gave His body and blood

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 on the cross completely

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 for all who had come to Him.

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 And He graciously invites them

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 to feast at His table

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 and Paul says,

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 that's how you should treat one another.

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 According to Christ,

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 remembering that He is the host,

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 that when we gather together as a church,

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 whether we're celebrating

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 the Lord's Supper

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 in the more formal way that we do it,

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 or whether we're having a meal together

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 down in the Fellowship Hall,

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 or whether we one day combine the two

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 like the Corinthians did,

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 who knows,

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 we can think about it.

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 Paul says,

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 treat one another

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 as Christ has treated you.

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 So that's the pattern from Christ.

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 How does that apply to us today?

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 This is our third and final section.

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 Verse 27 to 34.

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 Now, there are two paragraphs.

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 Verse 27 to 33.

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 27 to 32.

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 And 33 to 34.

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 They both begin with the same word.

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 Translated, therefore, in verse 27,

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 and so then in verse 33.

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 And within each of these paragraphs,

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 there's one central command.

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 Verse 28 and verse 33.

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 Examine yourselves

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 and wait for each other,

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 or share with each other.

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 So let's focus on these two commands

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 as we consider some practical implications

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 for our community.

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 So I'm going to shift a little bit

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 from focusing on ancient Corinth

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 to focusing on us as a church today.

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 So first, examine yourself, verse 28.

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 Now, that command is sandwiched between two warnings.

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 Verse 27 warns against eating and drinking

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 in an unworthy manner.

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 Verse 29 warns against eating and drinking

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 without discerning the body.

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 Now, in the context,

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 the meaning of Paul's warning was clear.

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 Some people were eating and drinking

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 in a manner unworthy of the Lord,

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 gorging themselves

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 while others in the body of Christ,

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 even those in their local church,

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 were going hungry.

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 They were eating and drinking

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 without discerning the body,

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 that is, without recognizing rightly

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 their brothers and sisters

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 in the body of Christ

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 and treating them as such.

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 Paul says,

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 examine yourselves.

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 And he warns

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 that the consequences of not doing so

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 are very serious.

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 Verse 27,

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 you will be guilty

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 concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

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 Verse 29,

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 you are eating and drinking judgment

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 on yourself.

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 Verse 30,

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 that is why many of you

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 are weak and ill

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 and some have died.

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 Yikes.

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 We need to figure out

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 what's going on here.

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 Now, verse 30,

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 let me try to explain this a little bit.

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 There are two errors

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 that we can fall into

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 regarding sickness and sin.

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 Okay?

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:07.220
 Some people have said

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 that all sickness

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 is caused by some kind of sin

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 or lack of faith.

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 This teaching can be

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.440
 particularly confusing

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 and devastating

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 to people who are sick

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 and don't get well.

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 It also doesn't make sense

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 of many Bible passages.

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 For example,

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 why would Paul tell Timothy,

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 stop drinking only water

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 and use a little wine

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 because of your stomach

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 and your frequent illnesses

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 if his illnesses

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 were due to sin

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 or a lack of faith?

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 Other people react

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.700
 against this view

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 and say

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 there is no connection

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 between sickness

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 and sin

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 in the New Testament.

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 And I think most of us

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 at Trinity

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.960
 would probably tend

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 to say something like this.

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 If you get sick,

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 right,

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 that's,

00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:54.100
 right,

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 we don't immediately

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:56.700
 think of a connection

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 with sin.

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 But then we have trouble

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.660
 with passages like this

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 because it's pretty clear

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 Paul discerned

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 whether it was

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 a prophetic insight

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 or whether he just knew

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.620
 more information

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 than we do.

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 he discerned

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 a connection

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 between

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 the unhealthy divisions

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 in the Corinthian church

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 and the physical illnesses

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 and even premature death

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 that some of the believers

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 had experienced.

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.980
 Now,

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 how do we understand this?

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 I think we need to understand it

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 in light of Hebrews 12.

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 Hebrews 12 says

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 God disciplines His children

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 for our good.

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 And sometimes

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.640
 that discipline

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 takes the form

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 of painful correction.

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.319
 Now,

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.480
 we should not assume

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.059
 the Bible does not teach

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.019
 that every sickness

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.159
 is caused by

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.679
 some kind of sin

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.659
 or lack of faith.

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.899
 But,

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:52.220
 I think physical sickness

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.019
 should cause us

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.240
 to examine ourselves.

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.379
 Isn't it true

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:56.980
 that sometimes

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.039
 God uses sickness

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.980
 to humble us

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.679
 in our pride

00:30:59.679 --> 00:31:02.659
 or to make workaholics

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.799
 like me

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:05.319
 take a Sabbath rest?

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:08.079
 or to call us

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.899
 back to Himself

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:11.720
 when we've become

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.319
 distracted

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.039
 by the riches

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.919
 and worries

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.639
 and cares

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.359
 of this life?

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.759
 Or to reconnect us

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.039
 to the body of Christ

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.960
 and let other people

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.480
 help us

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:24.399
 when we've isolated ourselves

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:25.159
 and wouldn't want to ask

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:26.000
 for help on our own?

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.500
 Paul says

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:33.599
 we should examine ourselves

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:37.419
 and see that sometimes

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.319
 that's what God

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.000
 might be doing

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.919
 but not

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:42.659
 assume that that's

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.099
 what's going on

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.619
 all the time.

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.359
 So,

00:31:44.459 --> 00:31:45.019
 Paul's warning is

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.039
 examine yourselves

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.619
 so that your community

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:49.259
 won't be judged

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.919
 by the Lord.

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.679
 That means

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.339
 sort of disciplined

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.859
 by the Lord

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.359
 but remember

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.819
 when the Lord

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.719
 judges us

00:31:54.719 --> 00:31:55.240
 in the way

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.259
 the word is used here

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.639
 He's disciplining us.

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:59.399
 He's not condemning us.

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.420
 He's not

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:02.300
 ultimately destroying us

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:03.759
 if we belong to Christ

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:05.060
 but that's

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:06.400
 but He's warning us

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.480
 and correcting us

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.600
 even through a painful process.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.019
 Paul says

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.060
 if you would examine yourselves

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:11.100
 you would avoid the pain.

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.420
 You'd avoid some pain

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:15.340
 if you would examine yourselves.

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.200
 Now,

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.840
 so that's sort of the warning.

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:21.019
 Let's go back

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:24.259
 to the command

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.220
 examine yourself

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.580
 and let me give

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.960
 a few practical applications.

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.920
 Two do's

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:30.660
 and two don'ts.

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.460
 First,

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:36.580
 when we come to the Lord's table

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.120
 do

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.900
 examine

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:41.460
 your relationship

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.160
 with the Lord

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.680
 and your relationship

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.160
 with others

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.140
 in the body of Christ.

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.019
 Now,

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.440
 if you're here

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.320
 if you're not a Christian

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:49.940
 if you don't identify

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.960
 with Christ at all

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.140
 then

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.200
 please don't take

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.940
 the bread and the cup

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.200
 when they're passed around.

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.480
 We're not trying

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.700
 we're not meaning to

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.840
 exclude you.

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.680
 We're glad

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.100
 that you've come

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.779
 to join us.

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.059
 It simply wouldn't

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.900
 be authentic.

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.680
 It simply wouldn't

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.519
 be a right

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:08.039
 it's an act

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.140
 that has a spiritual meaning.

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.120
 It means

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:11.140
 I'm trusting in Christ

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:12.779
 and I want to be loyal

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.180
 to Him.

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.700
 If you've been

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:17.299
 but use the time

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.640
 when we pass out

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:18.940
 the bread

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.680
 and pass out the cup

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.259
 to consider

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.799
 the message

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.420
 of Christianity

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.220
 to ask yourself

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.380
 what's holding me back?

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:26.500
 why don't I

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.560
 identify with Christ?

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.460
 What's hindering me

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.200
 from doing that?

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.100
 Take the time

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.300
 for

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:34.820
 to ask yourself

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.600
 those questions.

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.440
 But

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.980
 maybe you have

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:42.580
 previously identified

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.340
 as a Christian

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:45.180
 perhaps you grew up

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.820
 in the church

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:47.360
 but

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.200
 you may

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.960
 but you're living

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.740
 in what the Bible

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.200
 calls

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.620
 unrepentant sin.

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.699
 Now that means

00:33:53.699 --> 00:33:54.759
 there's some area

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.479
 of your life

00:33:55.479 --> 00:33:56.679
 where you are refusing

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:58.659
 to confess

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.539
 your sin

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:01.059
 and ask

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.959
 for God's help

00:34:01.959 --> 00:34:02.879
 to move forward

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.739
 in a godly way.

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:06.019
 Or maybe

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.679
 there's someone

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.819
 in the body of Christ

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.420
 with whom you have

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.599
 an unresolved conflict

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.559
 and you're refusing

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.039
 to do your part

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.599
 to seek

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.500
 reconciliation.

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.859
 Maybe you've hurt

00:34:15.859 --> 00:34:16.779
 someone in the past

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.699
 and you know it

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.839
 but you haven't

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.440
 asked forgiveness.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:21.440
 Maybe you've been

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.200
 wronged and hurt

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.900
 and maybe you need

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.539
 to either overlook

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.179
 and forgive

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.519
 or lovingly confront.

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.920
 Paul says

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.039
 examine yourselves.

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.480
 If that's you

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.039
 when you come

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.800
 to the Lord's table

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.860
 Jesus invites you

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.500
 to come to Him

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.119
 as you are

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.400
 and open your hands

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.380
 and receive from Him

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.539
 the grace you need

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.320
 to do

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.460
 what He's calling you

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.099
 to do.

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:45.019
 But there is a warning.

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.179
 If you have

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.960
 every intention

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.760
 of continuing

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.520
 in unrepentant sin

00:34:50.520 --> 00:34:52.220
 and don't want

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.640
 God's help

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.520
 to turn away from it.

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.700
 If you are

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:57.320
 refusing to

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.740
 deal with

00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:00.340
 a conflict

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:02.500
 and you're

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.820
 continuing

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.660
 in strife

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.140
 and discord

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.960
 with your neighbors

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.640
 Paul says

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.040
 don't eat

00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:08.660
 the Lord's Supper.

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.920
 That would be

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.500
 hypocritical.

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:12.420
 Paul says

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.340
 examine yourselves.

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.360
 Take a second look.

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.840
 Take an honest look.

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.540
 So we should

00:35:19.540 --> 00:35:20.420
 examine ourselves

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.760
 as to our

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.140
 relationship

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:21.760
 with the Lord

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.520
 and with others

00:35:22.520 --> 00:35:22.920
 in the body

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.320
 of Christ.

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.240
 But second

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.340
 don't

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:27.120
 fall into

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.740
 morbid

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.800
 and despairing

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.560
 introspection.

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.500
 Some of you

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.680
 may be keenly aware

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.840
 of your own sins

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.100
 and failures

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:37.900
 from the past.

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.520
 Maybe you're

00:35:39.520 --> 00:35:40.080
 struggling with

00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:40.920
 sinful desires

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.300
 and habits

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.820
 in the present.

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:46.440
 when you look

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.220
 at verse 27

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.100
 and verse 28

00:35:48.100 --> 00:35:50.220
 you might think

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.740
 I should never

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.500
 receive communion

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:53.300
 because I will

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.019
 never be worthy

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:56.039
 and when I take

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.600
 an honest look

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.460
 and examine myself

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.120
 I only see

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:58.500
 how great

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.320
 my sin is.

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.800
 Well if that's you

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:03.620
 listen to the words

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.300
 of John Calvin.

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.400
 He says

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.220
 if you are serious

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:08.240
 in your intention

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:10.480
 to aspire to

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.500
 the righteousness

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.119
 of God

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:13.139
 to seek

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.840
 to live a holy life

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:16.920
 and if humbled

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.739
 by the knowledge

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.440
 of your own

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.139
 wretchedness

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:20.760
 you fall back

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.500
 upon the grace

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.099
 of Christ

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.699
 and rest upon it

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.179
 be assured

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.260
 that you are a guest

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.300
 worthy of approaching

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.920
 this table

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.860
 for faith

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.920
 even if imperfect

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:32.619
 makes the unworthy

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.539
 worthy.

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.199
 Jesus said

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.940
 anyone who comes

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.360
 to me

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.820
 I will never

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.500
 drive away.

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.280
 Come to me

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:42.480
 all who are weary

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.760
 and burdened

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:46.960
 not just by our burdens

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.220
 but also by our sins

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:49.519
 come to him

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:51.080
 he says

00:36:51.080 --> 00:36:51.940
 I'll give you rest

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:55.360
 to come

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.340
 take

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.060
 and eat

00:36:57.060 --> 00:36:59.400
 receive his grace

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.640
 ask him for the help

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.220
 that you need.

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.019
 You know

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.660
 maybe you've fallen

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.660
 into serious sin

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:08.360
 maybe you've had

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.120
 a terrible week

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:11.199
 the solution

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.579
 to that

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.339
 is don't stay

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:13.000
 in the dark

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:14.259
 come into the light

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:15.059
 confess your sin

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.559
 to the Lord

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.900
 repent

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.859
 and receive

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.380
 his promise

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.900
 of forgiveness

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.980
 find a mature

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.679
 brother or sister

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.239
 in the Lord

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:21.339
 and confess your sin

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.799
 to them

00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:22.500
 and ask them

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.279
 to pray for you

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.920
 so that you can be

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.940
 healed and made whole

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.859
 according to James 5 16

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:28.980
 ask the mature

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.460
 Christians

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.519
 for accountability

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.400
 and wisdom

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:32.059
 and support

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.940
 as you're seeking

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.819
 to follow Christ

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.440
 and fighting

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.219
 against temptation

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:37.420
 don't try to fight

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.820
 the battle

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.360
 alone

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.119
 so first

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.820
 do examine

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.400
 ourselves

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.480
 second

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.059
 don't

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:46.659
 fall into despair

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.639
 third

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.920
 do let the body

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.599
 of Christ

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:51.019
 play its proper

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.519
 role

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:53.019
 in the self-examination

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.519
 process

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.860
 now verse 28

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.380
 Paul says

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.139
 let a person

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.200
 examine himself

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.260
 he's talking about

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:59.900
 an individual believer

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.420
 here

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:02.559
 but in other passages

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.700
 such as

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.720
 1 Corinthians 5

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:06.399
 and 2 Corinthians 2

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:08.119
 Paul teaches

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.699
 that the church

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.379
 as a whole

00:38:09.379 --> 00:38:10.500
 and its leaders

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.299
 in particular

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.859
 have a responsibility

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.859
 to discern

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:15.519
 as far as we can tell

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.539
 who belongs

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.199
 to Christ

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.619
 and therefore

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.299
 should take

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:19.599
 the bread

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.159
 and the cup

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.980
 and who doesn't

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.119
 and shouldn't

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:25.219
 and the normal way

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.719
 that the church

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:27.299
 publicly proclaims

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.699
 that you belong

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.639
 to Jesus Christ

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.939
 is by baptizing

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:31.539
 them

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.619
 that person

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.239
 and receiving them

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:35.059
 into what we call

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.819
 church membership

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:37.400
 so

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:39.159
 if

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:40.239
 for some reason

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.880
 you normally

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.619
 take communion

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.519
 but you haven't

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.159
 been baptized

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.000
 in any way

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.739
 shape or form

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:46.519
 you should be baptized

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:48.400
 because it doesn't

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.099
 make sense

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:50.519
 to take one

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.739
 and not the other

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:54.119
 now I know

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:55.980
 baptism seems

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.739
 a lot more

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.359
 intimidating

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:58.880
 than

00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:00.440
 just taking communion

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.039
 when the trays

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.739
 are passed around

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.859
 you can take

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.179
 the bread

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.579
 and the cup

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:03.979
 and nobody

00:39:03.979 --> 00:39:04.519
 will notice

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.699
 but if you get

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.099
 up here

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:07.079
 and get all wet

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:08.119
 in front of everybody

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.879
 everybody's going

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:09.439
 to see you

00:39:09.439 --> 00:39:11.239
 and some of you

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.659
 are anxious

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.139
 because you see

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.779
 people who stand

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.059
 up here

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.899
 and give eloquent

00:39:13.899 --> 00:39:14.659
 testimonies

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.519
 of the Lord's

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.419
 work in their lives

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:17.179
 that speech

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.939
 is optional

00:39:17.939 --> 00:39:20.839
 let me make

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.519
 that clear

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:24.099
 what's essential

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:25.279
 is to obey

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:25.779
 the command

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.319
 of Jesus

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:27.899
 to be baptized

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.579
 in the name

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.119
 of the Father

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.939
 and of the Son

00:39:29.939 --> 00:39:30.899
 and of the Holy Spirit

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:33.900
 and when you're

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.860
 standing up here

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:36.539
 it's

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.579
 you're

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:39.720
 God's affirming

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.280
 his promise

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.760
 to you

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.220
 in front of

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:41.880
 everyone else

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.780
 you don't have

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.420
 to just sort of

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.820
 hide in the

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.800
 corner of the church

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.360
 and always sit

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.940
 behind a pillar

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:50.920
 right

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:53.019
 he welcomes you

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:54.119
 as a child

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.920
 whom he loves

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:57.039
 he's cleansed you

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.780
 from your sins

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.800
 that's what baptism

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.500
 proclaims

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.920
 and represents

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.860
 and celebrates

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.960
 so baptism

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.539
 is a wonderful

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.079
 thing

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.420
 don't miss out

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:06.840
 if you haven't

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.360
 been baptized

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.780
 but you believe

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.280
 in Christ

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.719
 come and talk

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.320
 to one of the elders

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.059
 we'd love to help

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:12.619
 you prepare

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.519
 for baptism

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.559
 if you're in the

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.980
 youth group

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.980
 talk to Pastor Nick

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:19.780
 on the other end

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.739
 if for some reason

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.840
 you're a baptized believer

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.519
 in Jesus Christ

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.199
 but for some reason

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.900
 you have stopped

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.500
 taking communion

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.480
 please come and talk

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.280
 with one of the elders

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:28.320
 again whatever the

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.720
 reason is

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.280
 we want to help

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:29.820
 you work through

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:31.640
 that and pursue

00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:32.300
 Christ in whatever

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:33.019
 way you need to

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:34.460
 so don't just

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.320
 don't just work

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:36.060
 through that alone

00:40:36.060 --> 00:40:36.920
 we want to help

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.160
 you

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:39.740
 so do examine

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.240
 yourself

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:41.460
 don't despair

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.940
 do let the body

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:43.519
 of Christ have

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.340
 its proper role

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.980
 fourth

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.940
 don't miss

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.680
 Paul's main

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.220
 point

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:48.720
 by fixating

00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.900
 on later church

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.560
 controversies

00:40:50.560 --> 00:40:51.340
 over the Lord's

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.560
 Supper

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:53.460
 now two of the

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.059
 main concerns

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.799
 that have divided

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.699
 churches over the

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.539
 centuries are these

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.519
 one how often

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.699
 should we do it

00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:00.099
 and two

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:01.199
 how do we understand

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.940
 Christ's presence

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.659
 in the elements

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:04.239
 Paul here

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:04.960
 and the New Testament

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.480
 generally

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.440
 does not seem

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.539
 particularly concerned

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.299
 to define a precise

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:10.380
 answer to either

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.579
 of those questions

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:14.099
 as to the question

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.759
 of frequency

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:16.299
 there's simply

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:17.440
 no explicit command

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.259
 in the New Testament

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.820
 Paul says

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:20.579
 as often as you eat

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:22.500
 this bread

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.380
 and drink the cup

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:25.579
 the principle

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.279
 seems to be

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.159
 regularly

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:29.759
 some churches

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.319
 do it weekly

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:30.880
 some churches

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.519
 do it monthly

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.539
 should we celebrate

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.119
 it more often

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.480
 at Trinity

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.880
 maybe

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:35.880
 we are today

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:37.219
 maybe we'll continue

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:39.059
 doing it a little

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.500
 more often

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.159
 than once a month

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.679
 we'll see

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.980
 we certainly

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.799
 won't do it less

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.960
 if you're concerned

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.480
 about that

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:46.699
 I think if anything

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.779
 our general tendency

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.819
 is to undervalue

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.619
 the Lord's Supper

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:50.340
 rather than overvalue

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.039
 it

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.980
 there are problems

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.779
 on both sides

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:57.940
 but Paul is also

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.480
 not particularly

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.940
 concerned

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.699
 to define

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.500
 how Christ

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.980
 is present

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.759
 in the Lord's Supper

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.400
 now if you want

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.860
 an answer

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:04.079
 here's a brief answer

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.900
 is the bread

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:06.000
 the physical body

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.759
 of Jesus Christ

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.299
 no

00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:08.840
 Jesus bodily

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.799
 ascended into heaven

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:10.579
 and he is seated

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.259
 at the right hand

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:12.000
 of God the Father

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.940
 but is Jesus Christ

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:15.000
 really present

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:16.380
 when we eat the bread

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.119
 and drink the cup

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:18.519
 you bet he is

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.759
 he promised to be

00:42:19.759 --> 00:42:21.219
 by his Holy Spirit's

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.579
 power

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:23.639
 and he's here

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:24.300
 to nourish

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:25.099
 and strengthen

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.179
 and gladden

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:27.539
 and unite our hearts

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.980
 so that we can love him

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:30.139
 and worship him

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:31.340
 with joy

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:33.079
 and live for him

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:34.860
 with abandon

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:36.579
 if you want a good

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.260
 explanation

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:39.220
 excuse me

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:40.579
 if you want a good

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.099
 explanation

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.780
 of how it all works

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.940
 read the chapter

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.620
 in Calvin's

00:42:44.620 --> 00:42:45.200
 Institutes

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.099
 Calvin's right

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.200
 on almost everything

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:48.280
 not quite

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.040
 okay

00:42:50.040 --> 00:42:51.980
 but you don't have

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.660
 to understand

00:42:52.660 --> 00:42:53.440
 exactly how

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:54.019
 the Lord's Supper

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.400
 works

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:55.240
 it's like medicine

00:42:55.240 --> 00:42:56.480
 you don't have

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.040
 to understand

00:42:57.040 --> 00:42:57.840
 all the chemical

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.360
 mechanics

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.400
 for the medicine

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:00.160
 to make a difference

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:00.780
 you do have

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.340
 to take it

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.340
 and follow

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:03.340
 the doctor's orders

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:04.420
 Jesus said

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.380
 take the medicine

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:07.019
 receive it

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.600
 with repentance

00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:08.280
 and faith

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:09.100
 and it'll help

00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:10.000
 you grow in love

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:13.120
 but don't miss

00:43:13.120 --> 00:43:14.220
 Paul's main point

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:17.099
 by focusing on

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:19.500
 such controversies

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:21.239
 Paul's main point

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:21.639
 is a point

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:22.199
 that has been

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.959
 neglected

00:43:22.959 --> 00:43:24.579
 through much

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.339
 of church history

00:43:25.339 --> 00:43:28.059
 Paul says

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.799
 taking the Lord's

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:29.279
 Supper together

00:43:29.279 --> 00:43:30.359
 should push us

00:43:30.359 --> 00:43:31.779
 should shape

00:43:31.779 --> 00:43:32.719
 our relationships

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:34.239
 with each other

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:35.419
 in the body

00:43:35.419 --> 00:43:35.939
 of Christ

00:43:35.939 --> 00:43:36.659
 in particular

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.939
 it should push us

00:43:37.939 --> 00:43:38.459
 towards

00:43:38.459 --> 00:43:40.119
 embodying

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:41.379
 the self-giving

00:43:41.379 --> 00:43:42.179
 generosity

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:43.639
 that Jesus

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:45.900
 has displayed

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.719
 and given

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:47.339
 to us

00:43:47.339 --> 00:43:48.599
 when we take

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:49.000
 the bread

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.539
 and take

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.960
 the cup

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.960
 we celebrate

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.599
 Christ gave

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.339
 himself for us

00:43:53.339 --> 00:43:53.739
 and we had

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:54.179
 nothing

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.900
 to commend

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.219
 ourselves

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:55.819
 to him

00:43:55.819 --> 00:43:57.659
 and Paul says

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:58.339
 be careful

00:43:58.339 --> 00:43:59.219
 make sure

00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:00.019
 you honor

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.799
 the people

00:44:00.799 --> 00:44:01.379
 who are your

00:44:01.379 --> 00:44:01.859
 brothers and

00:44:01.859 --> 00:44:02.500
 sisters in Christ

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.279
 who have nothing

00:44:03.279 --> 00:44:04.039
 to commend

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:05.000
 themselves to you

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:07.639
 who have

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:09.079
 little status

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.779
 in the eyes

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.359
 of this world

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:11.059
 who aren't

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.940
 your close friends

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.799
 who you think

00:44:12.799 --> 00:44:13.500
 might be a little

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:13.900
 weird

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:15.159
 but they're

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.539
 your brother

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.000
 or sister

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.699
 in Christ

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.639
 honor

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:18.800
 and welcome

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.500
 them

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:22.460
 because Christ

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.260
 is the host

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:23.860
 here

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:26.300
 and we live

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.900
 by his

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.739
 rules

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:29.559
 and the only

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:30.039
 distinction

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:32.280
 that is made

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:34.500
 is based on

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.239
 your relationship

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:35.699
 to him

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:39.099
 and Christ

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.539
 says we're

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:40.659
 one in the

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:41.340
 body of Christ

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:45.340
 John Christ

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:45.579
 Christ

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:46.519
 the fourth

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.100
 century preacher

00:44:47.100 --> 00:44:47.579
 said this

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:47.880
 he said

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.340
 do you wish

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:48.820
 to honor

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 the body

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 of Christ

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:51.940
 he lived

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:52.600
 in a society

00:44:52.600 --> 00:44:52.920
 where there

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:53.180
 was sort

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:53.660
 of a high

00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:54.480
 church view

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:55.140
 of the Lord's

00:44:55.140 --> 00:44:55.320
 supper

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.280
 he says

00:44:56.280 --> 00:44:56.640
 do you wish

00:44:56.640 --> 00:44:56.980
 to honor

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 the body

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 of Christ

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 don't

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 ignore him

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 when he

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 is cold

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 and naked

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 do not

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 pay him

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 homage

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.079
 in the

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 church

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:03.640
 building

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 only to

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:04.860
 neglect

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.079
 him

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 outside

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:07.039
 he who

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 said

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 this is

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 my body

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 take and

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 eat

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 in remembrance

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:09.599
 of me

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 is the

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.319
 same one

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 who said

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 whatever

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 you did

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 to the

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 least

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 of my

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 brothers

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 and sisters

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 you did

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 also to

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 me

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 so honor

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 him

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 with this

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 honor

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 which he

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 himself

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 has ordained

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 spending

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 your wealth

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 on the

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 poor

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 honor

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 your

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 brothers

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 and sisters

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 let us

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 honor one

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 another

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 by sharing

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.759
 with one

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 another

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.819
 by being

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 generous

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 as Christ

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 has been

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:32.519
 generous

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.000
 to us

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 may the

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:33.840
 Lord's

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:33.940
 supper

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.380
 shape

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.900
 us

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 as we

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:37.079
 reflect

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.280
 on

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.619
 Christ

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 generosity

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 to us

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 may it

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 reflect

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 may that

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:44.760
 be the

00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:45.039
 outcome

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:45.680
 for us

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 let me

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:50.480
 close with

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 a challenge

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.980
 from a

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 modern

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:53.579
 commentator

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:54.160
 on 1 Corinthians

00:45:54.160 --> 00:45:54.780
 Richard Hayes

00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:55.079
 he says

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 as long as

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:55.800
 some

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:56.220
 Christians

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 go hungry

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 the Lord's

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:58.700
 supper

00:45:58.700 --> 00:45:59.140
 should call

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 us to

00:45:59.440 --> 00:45:59.720
 share

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 our bread

00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:00.539
 with those

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 in need

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:02.300
 somehow

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:02.680
 we have

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:02.900
 made

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 the Lord's

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:03.539
 supper

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:04.000
 into a

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.240
 tidy

00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:04.659
 right

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.379
 disconnected

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 from real

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 eating

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 and drinking

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 consequently

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 it is

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 hard

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 for many

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 economically

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 comfortable

00:46:10.659 --> 00:46:11.079
 Christians

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 to envision

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:12.259
 the connection

00:46:12.259 --> 00:46:12.779
 between the

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:13.399
 Lord's table

00:46:13.399 --> 00:46:14.000
 and the

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.279
 needs of

00:46:14.279 --> 00:46:14.719
 the poor

00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:15.939
 to discern

00:46:15.939 --> 00:46:16.379
 the body

00:46:16.379 --> 00:46:16.799
 means to

00:46:16.799 --> 00:46:17.159
 perceive

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:17.739
 the connection

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.139
 between

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.739
 ourselves

00:46:18.739 --> 00:46:19.139
 and our

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.599
 brothers and

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:19.859
 sisters

00:46:19.859 --> 00:46:20.459
 in Christ

00:46:20.459 --> 00:46:21.259
 if we

00:46:21.259 --> 00:46:21.579
 discern

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.959
 the body

00:46:21.959 --> 00:46:22.319
 rightly

00:46:22.319 --> 00:46:22.699
 we will

00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:23.099
 express

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.319
 our

00:46:23.319 --> 00:46:23.599
 oneness

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.159
 in Christ

00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:25.139
 by sharing

00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:25.500
 what God

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:25.859
 has given

00:46:25.859 --> 00:46:26.119
 us

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.799
 to eat

00:46:26.799 --> 00:46:27.559
 and drink

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.799
 with joy

00:46:28.799 --> 00:46:29.779
 let us

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:30.000
 pray

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:32.079
 Lord we

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.539
 thank you

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:33.659
 that by your

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.099
 grace you

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:34.659
 welcome us

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:34.940
 to come

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.179
 to your

00:46:35.179 --> 00:46:35.480
 table

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:36.619
 we pray

00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:36.920
 that we

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.500
 would receive

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:38.559
 the bread

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:39.019
 and the cup

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.779
 with joy

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:41.079
 as we

00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:42.019
 proceed to

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.279
 take it

00:46:42.279 --> 00:46:42.519
 now

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:43.679
 in Christ's

00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:43.900
 name we

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:44.139
 pray

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:44.960
 amen

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:49.000
 well now

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.599
 since you've

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:49.860
 heard about

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.260
 the Lord's

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.400
 supper

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:50.740
 now we

00:46:50.740 --> 00:46:51.099
 get to

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:52.440
 take it

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:53.820
 and receive

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:54.039
 it with

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.179
 strength