The Lord's Supper: Remember, Proclaim, Examine Yourself

Now people were saved the same way as they are saved in the New Testament. Romans four tells us that Abraham received the righteousness of god because he believed the promise of god. It was always by faith. It's always been by faith, and it will continue to be by faith. So even those that were under the old covenant received the righteousness of god not because they went and did a bunch of good things, righteous works, but because they believed god's promise. Same thing today. To be saved, I must believe god's promise of salvation but the old covenant, the sacrifices of the old covenant especially could never remove sin. [00:24:48] (38 seconds)  #SalvationByFaith

But one of the things that we have to be careful of, and maybe this is just a cop out, so I'll acknowledge that, is that we really have to take this with a with a level of soberness and seriousness that most people don't. To most, it's just a ritual. In fact, some see it as a means of grace. If I take the cup and I eat the bread, then I'm gonna receive more grace from God. Like, it's gonna it's gonna do something for me. It's something mystical in the elements. No, my friends. What are we doing? We're remembering and we're proclaiming. It's not just you and I thinking back. It's you and I actually proclaiming something. And part of that as a body is proclaiming that we truly are his body and that we have taken and done the work of examining ourselves so that we don't eat or drink unworthily. [00:48:39] (52 seconds)  #CommunionIsRemembrance

Now Jesus chose this moment to institute the lord's table. He took what was really an ancient and tradition, a one that was forward looking, and he is establishing a memorial that will be past looking. Right? It'll be rearward looking. It'll be something we look back on and celebrate. The Passover certainly look back on what god did but it was also forward looking And you'll notice about the lord's table. There is a forward looking element to it as well. But it comes Jesus here now revealing himself as the ultimate Passover lamb. The ultimate Passover lamb. Right? [00:21:07] (45 seconds)  #UltimatePassoverLamb

We we are forgetful folks, aren't we? I mean, we there's a reason why there are memorials and why there are certain holidays so that we what? Remember, even our own country has a memorial day, has a Veterans Day, right? So that we might not forget. In fact, I think in The UK, it's called Remembrance Day, literally, so that we remember the sacrifice. The lord knowing how we would need to be reminded. Ain't that ain't that crazy that you say, how could we ever forget? But actually, first Thessalonians says that there are those who have forgotten that they were purged from their old sins. It is possible to forget. It is possible to let it just become a faint distant memory. [00:35:32] (49 seconds)  #RememberTheSacrifice

That's a step of faith, and faith is just trusting. It's just trusting. It's trusting God. God and and faith requires you to take the hands off the wheel. It's not faith if you're 10 and two, and that's hard. It really is hard. I 've been pondering that truth, the idol of control. It really is an idol for for many of us. We gotta control it. We know the need of the outcome. And I know for me, when I see control that I'm giving it, right, worship, it's when I'm feeling anxious or frustrated because things aren't turning out like I wanted them to or I hope they would. [00:13:20] (36 seconds)  #LetGoTrustGod

I love the start of, especially, like, Abraham and Isaac. Right? They go up to, the mount, and they, there to offer a sacrifice. And, of course, Abraham is asked what? Where's the lamb? And prophetically, Abraham says this, the lord will provide himself a lamb. And certainly, he has through the lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, the ultimate Passover lamb whose sacrifice delivers us from the bondage of sin. The bondage of sin and death. Now, the Passover delivered the Israelites from what? The bondage of Egypt. The slavery of Egypt. But his blood delivers us from our sin. [00:21:51] (47 seconds)  #LordProvidesLamb

If you've been coming on Wednesday nights, brother Greg's done a great job just going through the tabernacle, the furniture, and how it was constructed. And and last week, he talked about that on that day of atonement, the high priest would come in and he would take the blood and he would bring it into the holy of holies, and he would then sprinkle it, and it would be there that, right, there would be a covering, not a full permanent covering, but a covering not just for the sin of the people, but even for the sin of that high priest. Jesus Christ is that permanent covering. In the Old Testament, the life of the flesh is in the in the blood. The life of the flesh is in the blood. [00:32:52] (43 seconds)  #PermanentAtonement

Now that's gotta be a pretty sorry state of a church that when a church gets together, it's actually for the worst. I mean, really, a church should come together and as a result, the church is bettered. The church turns away, you know, more like Jesus. But Paul says, it's actually the opposite for you guys. When you come together, it's actually worse. Now, notice he doesn't tell them to stop meeting. That's interesting, isn't it? A lot of people say, well, was the church, bunch of hypocrites. I'm not gonna go to church anymore. Well, guess what? You need to get right, and you need to help your church get right. And you need to if you can't, you need to find a church that will be right. Amen? [00:41:40] (34 seconds)  #GetRightNotQuit