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 When you hear the word communication or communicate,

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 what primary form of communication comes to your mind?

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 As a preacher, when I think about communicating,

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 I think first communicating with words.

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 But symbols are a major form of communication in today's world,

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 everywhere we go.

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 There's some kind of symbol that we immediately recognize.

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 It communicates something to us.

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 For an example, you see that sign?

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 When you especially have to go,

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 that's one of the most important signs you'll ever see when you're out in public.

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 I thought about when we were on vacation this week,

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 I used to never think about things like this,

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 but I thought for some reason, what if Lisa or I got sick?

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 Look at this next symbol.

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 I actually looked for that symbol because I had no idea where a hospital was at Myrtle Beach.

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 I guess that's a sign of getting older, to even think like that.

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 But you know what that sign means.

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 Here's a very powerful symbol coming up next.

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 That's the symbol of champions.

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 The symbol of winning.

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 And we're not going to put any other symbols up there.

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 Tim Mullis better not have messed up this slideshow.

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 We're very familiar with symbols.

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 When you walked in this morning, as I mentioned earlier,

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 and you saw this table set up,

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 you knew what that meant.

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 We're going to observe the Lord's Supper.

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 But this table set up the way it is,

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 is not really the biblical symbol of the Lord's Supper.

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 This is how we in our church,

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 and a lot of Baptist churches set it up,

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 but every church doesn't.

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 The real symbols of the Lord's Supper

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 are the bread and the wine,

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 or the bread and the cup, as you see there.

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 But to be more precise,

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 Paul says that it's when we eat this bread

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 and drink the cup

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 that we are proclaiming the heart of the gospel,

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 the Lord's death.

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 Look at it.

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 For as often as you eat this bread

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 and drink the cup,

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 you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

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 Let's look at that first.

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 As we observe the Lord's Supper this morning,

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 we, we're proclaiming the gospel.

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 We are symbolically proclaiming the message

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 that Jesus died for our sins.

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 The Lord's Supper proclaims the Lord's death.

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 Look at it.

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 We're in 1 Corinthians 11

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 for just about all the scripture

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 we're going to look at today.

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 Beginning in verse 23,

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 Paul writes,

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 For I received from the Lord

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 what I also delivered to you,

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 that the Lord Jesus,

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 on the night when He was betrayed,

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 took bread,

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 and when He had given thanks,

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 He broke it and said,

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 This is my body, which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 In the same way also,

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 He took the cup after supper,

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 saying,

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 This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

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 Do this as often as you drink it

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 in remembrance of me.

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 For as often as you eat this bread

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 and drink the cup,

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 you proclaim the Lord's death

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 until He comes.

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 The Lord's Supper proclaims

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 the Lord's death

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 with two symbols.

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 The bread symbolizes His body,

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 which was nailed to the cross.

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 The cup symbolizes the Lord's blood

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 that was shed from the cross.

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 Jesus intends

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 that whenever His people gather together

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 to observe this meal,

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 He intends for us to think deeply

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 about how His death on the cross

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 benefits us personally,

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 individually,

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 if we're Christians.

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 In a few moments,

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 we're going to pass out the bread

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 and the little cups.

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 When you take that piece of bread

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 in your hand,

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 I want you to think about

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 what it symbolizes,

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 what Jesus said,

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 This is my body,

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 which is for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 Jesus wants us to think of the bread

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 as a symbol,

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 not literally His body,

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 but as a symbol

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 of His body

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 that was nailed to the cross.

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 When you take that bread,

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 when you put it in your mouth,

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 Jesus said,

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 You do this in remembrance of me.

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 And then,

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 when we take the cup,

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 think about what Jesus says

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 it symbolizes.

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 This cup is the new covenant

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 in my blood.

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 Do this as often as you drink it

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 in remembrance of me.

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 I know that most people in this room,

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 you have observed the Lord's Supper

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 many times in your life.

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 Don't let it be routine today.

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 Don't just go through the motions

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 and think about what you're going to do

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 this afternoon or next week

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 or what you forgot to do

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 before you came to church this morning

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 or anything like that.

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 Think about

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 Jesus' death on the cross

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 was to pay the penalty

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 for my sins.

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 Let that sink in.

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 Think,

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 when Jesus was hanging on the cross,

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 He suffered the pain of hell.

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 He suffered the pain of hell

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 which is being separated from God

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 more than anything else.

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 He suffered the pain of hell

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 so that we would not have to.

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 Make it personal.

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 He hung on the cross

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 being separated from God,

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 suffering spiritually,

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 emotionally,

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 as well as physically.

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 He died so that I would not have to experience

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 eternal separation from God.

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 We know this is true

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 because this is one of the things

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 Jesus said from the cross.

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 Look at it.

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 My God, my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 When you read,

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 most of the time,

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 Jesus referring to God,

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 He refers to God as His Father.

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 Jesus enjoyed close fellowship

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 with the Father at all times

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 except there on the cross.

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 As He became our sin bearer,

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 God unleashed His wrath on Jesus.

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 Jesus did not experience

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 close fellowship with the Father

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 as He hung on the cross.

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 He experienced hell,

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 being cut off from the Father,

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 which is why He cried out

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 referring to Psalm 22,

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 My God, my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 Jesus suffered

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 so that we would not have to.

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 And after He had suffered

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 the penalty for sin in full,

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 it was over.

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 And one of the last things He said was,

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 It is finished.

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 It was a cry of triumph.

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 He had paid the penalty

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 for our sins in full.

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 It is finished.

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 If you are not a Christian,

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 you need to hear this and understand,

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 salvation is available to you right now

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 if you'll admit your need,

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 turn from your sin,

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 and trust Jesus as your Savior.

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 Commit your life to Him

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 as your Lord now.

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 When we observe the Lord's Supper,

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 we are first and foremost

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 proclaiming the Lord's death

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 on the cross for our sins.

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 But that's not all we're doing this morning.

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 That's not all the Lord's Supper proclaims.

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 Look next.

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 The Lord's Supper proclaims

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 the necessity of Christian commitment.

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 I want you to listen to that.

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 The Lord's Supper,

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 what we're doing this morning,

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 it also sends forth this message.

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 It's not enough just to believe intellectually in Jesus.

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 We've got to be committed to Him.

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 Look at how it goes on.

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 Paul in 1 Corinthians 11.

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 For whoever, therefore,

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 eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord

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 in an unworthy manner

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

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 Let a person examine himself then

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

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 Paul wants us to understand

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 the importance of having a right relationship with the Lord

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 when we take the Lord's Supper.

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 Look at it again.

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 He first issues a warning.

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 This is a warning to Christians,

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 a warning to people in the church.

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 Whoever, therefore,

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 eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord

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 in an unworthy manner

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

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 As Paul was writing to the Corinthians

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 here in this section,

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 Paul is very upset

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 because of the lack of unity in this church.

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 They're divided.

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 They're at one another's throats.

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 And it's because of personal selfishness,

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 personal pride.

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 And so he's telling them,

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 do not come to the Lord's table

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 with such attitudes.

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 Don't come to the Lord's table

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 full of sinfulness,

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 selfishness,

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 self-centeredness,

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 arrogance.

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 Don't come to the Lord's table

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 looking down your nose

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 at one of your brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 Don't come to the Lord's table

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 in these such unworthy manners

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 because if you do,

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 you are abusing,

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 failing to honor the Lord's death.

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 That's his warning.

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 Then he makes a plea.

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 Verse 28,

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 let a person examine himself then

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 and so eat of the bread

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 and drink of the cup.

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 We come to this.

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 It's a time of self-examination.

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 Our observance of the Lord's Supper

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 is always a serious matter.

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 I want you to understand

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 by taking the bread and the cup,

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 you are making a public statement

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 of your ongoing faith in

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 and commitment to Jesus

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 as your Savior and Lord.

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 I want you to understand that.

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 When you take that bread

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 and you take that cup,

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 you are saying

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 that you are not only a believer in Jesus,

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 but you are committed to him

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 to live in life his way,

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 not your way.

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 You're saying by being here

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 and participating in this meal

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 that Jesus Christ makes a difference

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 in your life today.

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 Wayne Grudem describes

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 what taking the Lord's Supper means

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 in a very good way.

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 Look at it.

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 He says,

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 As I take the bread and cup for myself,

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 by my actions,

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 I am proclaiming,

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 I need you and trust you,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 to forgive my sins

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 and give life and health

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 to my soul.

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 The only way we can say that

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 or something like that

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 and mean it

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 is if we truly know

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 and love Jesus

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 and are committed to living a life

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 that pleases him.

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 So I want to ask you,

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 do you know and love

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 Jesus Christ?

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 Are you counting on him?

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 His death on the cross

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 paid the penalty for your sin.

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 Do you understand

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 that's why,

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 how you are accepted by God?

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 None of us are in and of ourselves

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 in what we do or don't do.

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 It's Christ who makes us right with God.

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 He's the one who makes us worthy

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 of being called children of God.

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 If you don't know him,

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 call upon him now to save you.

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 Scripture says,

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 whoever calls on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 That applies to you.

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 But are you also committed to Christ right now?

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 Most people in this room

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 are professing Christians.

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 Is he the Lord of your life?

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 Is he the number one person

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 that you want to please?

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 And we talked about this

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 several weeks ago.

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 If we're normal people,

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 we want to please several

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 other people in our life.

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 I mean, hopefully,

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 if you're any kind of man or woman,

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 you want to please your spouse.

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 Most parents,

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 not in every way,

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 but in a lot of ways,

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 want to please their children.

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 Believe it or not,

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 a Christian young person

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 does want to please their parents.

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 In fact,

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 a lot of children

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 want to please their parents

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 or meaningful,

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 significant adults in their life,

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 whether they're Christians or not.

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 But as you think about

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 the person in your life

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 that you want to please,

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 that you put forth the effort to please,

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 is the Lord at the top of the list?

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 Is he truly what that word means?

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 Is he your Lord?

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 If you've drifted away,

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 you know you're a Christian,

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 you know that you love him,

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 but maybe your commitment's

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 not where it used to be.

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 Or maybe it's not that you drifted,

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 you've just rebelled about something.

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 If God's convicting you about that,

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 come back to him.

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 Humble yourself.

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 Confess your sin.

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 Renew your commitment to Christ

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 as your Lord now.

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 I know there's a lot of people

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 in this room.

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 You walked in this morning

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 and you saw we're going

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 to observe the Lord's Supper

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 and it excited you

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 because you truly love the Lord.

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 You are committed to him.

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 None of us,

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 no one person is perfect.

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 But there's people

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 in this room right now,

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 there's nothing you're refusing

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 to be faithful to God about.

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 You love him,

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 you're wanting to please him,

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 you want him to show you

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 how more and more

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 you can please him.

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 If that's true for you,

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 let this be a time

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 of true fellowship

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 with your Lord.

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 Thank him for what he's done

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 for you.

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 Express your love,

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 your commitment to him

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 as we go through this

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 symbolic

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 presentation

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 of the gospel.

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 After I pray,

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 I want us all

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 just to spend a few minutes

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 preparing personally

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 to observe the Lord's Supper.

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 After I pray,

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 the musician's going to play

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 through a couple of verses

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 of the song

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 just sort of to give us

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 some little time

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 to not be distracted

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 but prepare ourselves

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 personally.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father,

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 help all of us

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 right now

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 to understand

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 how we should,

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 how we need

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 to respond to you

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 in order to be prepared

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 to observe

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 the Lord's Supper

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 in a way

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 that will please you

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 and not show

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 dishonor

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 to the Lord.

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 So we're just

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 in an attitude of prayer.

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 Let's just all

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 prepare ourselves

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 for the Lord's Supper.

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 for the Lord's Supper.