Exploring the Dimensions of the Lord's Supper

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "I love this time of year, like, because we get to be outside, right? It's not too hot, so hot that you're like, I have to run from air conditioning to air conditioning. And it's not so cold that you just don't really enjoy it. And I love it. However, as I can feel in my throat this morning, I always have to take allergy meds this time of year in order to love being outside. But I love being outdoors. And so last weekend, my family and I, we went to near Asheville, up in the mountains, and we spent time there hiking, like mountain biking, checking out waterfalls, just running around." [30:43]( | | )

2. "Have you ever felt like that? Have you ever, like, had been so experienced something with all of your senses and you were able to just, like, be present there? Like, maybe you don't love the mountains and so you don't really connect with that, but you love listening to the ocean and you can just be on the beach and you can feel the sand and hear the ocean. And you can feel the waves and feeling the breeze at the beach. Or I've seen people at art exhibits, museums, where they'll sit and they'll stare at art for just hours. And they'll just catch every dimension of it. And they can just get totally lost in this artwork." [34:44]( | | )

3. "So let's apply this to Integrity Church today. How can we look around? When you approach the table, think about this. Think about, is there anybody you're not right with? Ask yourself, have I wronged anyone? Have I sinned against anybody? Is there anybody in my life who's in need? Is there anyone I need to share resources with? Is there anyone I need to go to? Anyone I need to come alongside?" [49:56]( | | )

4. "The gospel is not get your act together, clean yourself up, and then when you're really nice and good, and your hair is neat and tidy, then come to church and take communion and experience God's love. No, the gospel is the other way around. The gospel is when you're a wreck, when you're in addiction, when you are in chains, you're coming out of a divorce, or you're in the aftermath and the carnage of your sin, your mistakes, your flaws. When you're empty, when you're chasing after idol after idol in an empty, vain pursuit, God chases after you in Jesus." [01:09:37]( | | )

5. "God has designed our body in such a way that the best way, the most fulfilled way to live is to follow him. Now, that's not to say that God doesn't use pain. God uses pain. He uses illness, even trauma, to transform us to be more like him. That doesn't also mean it's always discipline, though. God refines us. By the experiences that we have, in ways that are not just disciplining us. He's a whole lot bigger than just discipline. He uses all kinds of things to refine us to become more like him, to become more like his son, to follow his son." [01:12:58]( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "Paul does not mean you have to be worthy to take communion. You don't have to get your act together and make sure you're all neat and tidy in order to take the bread and the cup. I mean, the point of communion is that you are not worthy. The point of communion is that Jesus takes your place. His body breaks for you. His blood pours out in your place. He takes your sin, your shame, your guilt, all of that, your judgment. He takes all of that because you are not worthy, but he chases after you and loves you." [01:08:12]( | | )

2. "So the fourth facet, the fourth dimension, the fourth element of Lord's Supper is this outward dimension, recognizing we're called to show Christ, to follow Christ to the cross by how we live and how we take communion together. The fifth facet, if you're taking notes, comes from that same verse. The fifth dimension, the fifth facet is looking forward until he comes again. Look at the end of verse 26. Paul writes, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes, until he comes." [01:03:42]( | | )

3. "When you get together, you do this. Of all things, here's what you do. Bread and cup in remembrance of me. Looking back, we remember the communion is about Jesus. Communion is about the fact that God is not far off, that God steps into human history in the person of Jesus. God puts humanity on. He puts clothes on. He incarnates himself. He steps in and he reaches out and he rescues. Jesus redeems, chases after broken people, and he saves. If you're here today and you don't know Jesus, he's after you this morning." [55:54]( | | )

4. "So when we take communion, we examine ourselves. We look inward. You probe yourself. You introspect. You look inward. You take back all the layers, all the distractions, the to-do list, the things that you're thinking about what you need to do later today or this week or next month or the different meetings you have, the community group happening coming up soon or whatever those things. You take all of those distractions away. You get all of that out of your mind and you focus and you listen to the Spirit of God and you ask the Spirit to expose sins in your life, to expose those areas in your life where you're not in line with the bread in the cup, where you're not in line with the gospel, where you're not in line with what Jesus is all about." [01:08:12]( | | )

5. "So be reconciled, look around, see where you may have someone who's something or you've sinned against somebody, go and be reconciled to them. Your communion involves a community of believers. It's not simply the connection between you and God. I mean it is that as well, but it's not simply that. It involves the entire church body and actually it involves more than just our church, but it involves the entire church universal, the church everywhere. So look around and as much as is possible for you, be reconciled to those who you might have something against. Dwell on that, think on that facet of looking around." [51:26]( | | )

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