You would find a seat, grab a hymnal, turn to our first hymn, number 31, "He Lives."
Hymn number 31, 3-1, "He Lives."
Hymn 31, "He Lives" there on the 1st.
I serve our risen Savior, he's in the world today, and the voice of Jesus Christ is with me.
Heavenly Father, we just thank you again for another opportunity to gather together this evening.
I pray that for this service, everything would be done decently and in order as always,
and that you would just help us have a reverential view to the sacrifice of your Son.
Lord, I just pray that all our hearts would be knit together and our minds on your Son
and His sacrifice as we go through this message, through our singing, and as we go our separate
ways after the service.
These things we pray in Jesus' name.
Amen.
For our next hymn tonight, turn if you would to 34, "I know that my Redeemer liveth."
Hymn number 34, 3-4, "I know that my Redeemer liveth."
34, there on the 1st, "I know that my Redeemer liveth on the earth, and shalt spake it, and
come."
Good evening.
Please do raise your hand.
I just want to say thanks to everyone who helped out a lot with the serving and cleaning.
It was just a great Easter, very thankful to be the pastor of this church and to have
you all as church members.
It was a great Sunday indeed.
On the front of our bulletin is Galatians chapter number 1 verse 16.
Everyone keep working hard on those Bible memory passages there.
On the inside of our bulletin you'll see our service times listed.
Sunday morning at 10.30, Sunday evening at 4.30, and our Wednesday evening Bible studies
at 7 o'clock.
Below that all of our soul winning times are listed there.
And all those meet here at the church building except for Tuesdays.
So get in touch with Brother Eric if you'd like to make it to that one.
Below that is the nursing home ministry schedule and our year to date statistics for salvations
and baptisms.
And hey, we got one on the baptism ticker there, so praise the Lord for that.
On the right side we do have our upcoming events.
May 16th through the 18th is the King James Conference Sure Foundation Baptist Church.
May 31st we are teaming up with Steadfast and doing a soul winning marathon in Durant,
Oklahoma.
And definitely encourage you guys to make it out.
You know these things usually start at about 9 a.m. so if you do want to come you can expect
a pretty early morning on Saturday.
Or if you want to do it like me I get a hotel the night before and so I'll be staying the
night in Durant Friday evening.
If you want to just save yourself from doing that super early feel free to do the same
thing.
June 28th is our fellowship day Tinker Air Show at the Air Force Base here in town followed
by June 29th Brother Ben Naim from Steadfast Baptist Church preaching for us.
August 27th through the 31st is the Fire Breathing Baptist Fellowship and I heard last night
that Pastor Corbin Russell is going to be preaching there I didn't know that so that's
really exciting.
He is a great pastor and you're definitely going to enjoy his sermon as well I'm sure.
October 6th through the 11th is the Bahamas Mission Trip.
Also below that we do have again our mega soul winning marathon results.
We did have 15 salvations yesterday and for all of the churches that were participating
in this marathon there was a total of 779 salvations in a single day.
So praise the Lord for that.
That is really exciting and man if you are not a soul winner you should definitely get
involved.
You will not regret it.
I mean just the joy of winning someone to Christ is something you will get addicted
to and definitely want to encourage everyone to preach the gospel.
We do have a visitor card there if you're new with us we'd love it if you could fill
that out.
And on the back side we do have our prayer list and some information about giving this
evening like I said is the Lord's Supper service so we're gonna be preaching about that this
evening and then partaking of the Lord's Supper as a church family and after that we have
a ton of leftovers.
Please stay and eat, please take some food home, please eat this food all right.
We don't want it to go to waste we've got a lot of food and so just make note of that
please.
That's gonna be it for announcements.
Let's go to our third song.
Third song this evening number 21 what a wonderful savior.
Hymn number 21 2 1 what a wonderful savior.
21 there on the 1st.
Christ has mercy on me what a wonderful savior.
The offering plates are being turned if you would to Matthew chapter number 26.
Matthew chapter 26.
Good evening Matthew 26.
The Bible reads and it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings he said unto
his disciples he know that after two days is the feast of the Passover and the Son of
Man is betrayed to be crucified then assembled together the chief priests and the scribes
and the elders of the people unto the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas
and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety and kill him.
But they said, "Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people."
Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper there came unto him a woman
having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at meat.
But when his disciples saw it they had indignation saying, "To what purpose is this waste?
For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor."
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, "Why trouble ye the woman?
For she hath wrought a good work upon me.
For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there
shall also this that this woman hath done be told for a memorial of her."
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priest, and said unto
them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?
And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying
unto him, Where wilt thou, that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover?
And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time
is at hand, I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples.
And the disciples did, as Jesus had appointed them, and they made ready the Passover.
Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, That one of you shall betray me.
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord is
it I?
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall
betray me.
The Son of man goeth, as it is written of him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son
of man is betrayed.
It had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? and he said unto him,
Thou hast said.
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it
to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it,
for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of
sins; but I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
And when they had sung in hymn, they went out unto the Mount of Olives; then saith Jesus
unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night; for it is written, I will
smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet
will I never be offended.
Jesus said unto him, Barely I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou
shalt deny me thrice.
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Likewise also said all the disciples, Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called
Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, See ye here, while I go, and pray yonder.
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and
very heavy.
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death, Tear ye here and
watch with me.
And he went a little further, and fell on his face and prayed, saying, O my father,
if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.
Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could
ye not watch with me one hour?
Watch and pray, they enter not into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
And he went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my father, if this cup may
not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
And he came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest.
Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude
with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Now that he betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same
as he, hold him fast.
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master, and kissed him.
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?
Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
And behold, one of them, which were with Jesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his sword,
and struck a servant of the high priests, and smote off his ear.
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place, for all they that take
the sword shall perish with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more
than twelve legions of angels?
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
In the same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords
and staves, for to take me?
I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples forsook him and fled; and they that had laid hold on Jesus led him
away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace and went in and sat with the
servants to see the end.
Now the chief priests and elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus
to put him to death, but found none; yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found
they none.
At the last came two false witnesses, and said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy
the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
And the high priest arose and said unto him, Answers thou nothing?
What is it which these witness against thee?
But Jesus held his peace, and the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee
by the living God, that thou tell us whither thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said, Nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall you see the
Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy.
What further need have we of witnesses?
Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
What think ye?
They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him, and others smote him with the palms of
their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ; who is he that smote thee?
Now Peter sat with thou in the palace, and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also
was with Jesus of Galilee.
But he denied before them, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were
there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
And again he denied with an oath, saying, I do not know the man.
And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou art
one of them, for thy speech bereithy.
Then again then began he to curse, and to swear, saying, I know not the man, and immediately
the cock crow.
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow thou shalt
deny me thrice.
And he went out, and wept bitterly."
That's about our heads for prayer.
Father God in heaven, we thank you for this day, and sending your Son to pay for our sins,
the ultimate sacrifice, unless that you would help us to do that every day, to pay attention
to your word, to fulfill our past and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The title of my sermon this evening is The Lord's Supper.
The Lord's Supper.
And this is something that's not preached about too often, because this is something
that's generally done at Baptist churches once a year, and that's our take on it as
well.
It's something that we're going to do once a year around Easter time, but I've never
taught on this before.
I don't know when last time this congregation has heard a subject or a sermon on this subject,
so we're going to learn some doctrine about it this evening.
Number one this evening, The Lord's Supper is the New Testament version of the Passover.
If you've read the whole Bible cover to cover, you're familiar with that word, the Passover,
it was an Old Testament observance, and the Lord's Supper, or communion, is basically
the New Testament version of that Old Testament Passover, I'll show that to you in Matthew
chapter 26 verse 17, the Bible says, "Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread,
the disciples came to Jesus saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee
to eat the Passover." And so you have to realize that at the time where Jesus is walking
this earth and teaching his disciples, they are still in the Old Covenant at that time
because the New Covenant, the New Testament began with the death of Jesus Christ. So here
they're going to be observing the Passover, but what's interesting when we go on and read
how they observed the Passover, they did not do it in the way that you read in the Old
Testament. They do it in the way that we now observe it as the Lord's Supper, but that's
to show that this is kind of a replacement, that he's instituting something new. It's
the New Testament version of the Passover. Look at verse 18, and he said, "Go into the
city to such a man and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand, I will keep the
Passover at thy house with my disciples." And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed
them, and they made ready the Passover. So it's just really clear here, the Bible is
being very repetitive, that Jesus and his disciples are going to observe the what? The
Passover. But like I said, it's not carried out in the exact same way as in the Old Testament.
Let's remind ourselves a little bit of that. Go to Exodus chapter number 12, Exodus chapter
number 12. We're not going to read the whole thing for the sake of time, but just to remind
you in Exodus 12, God would basically have every family of the children of Israel take
a lamb of the first year and that lamb had to be an unspotted lamb. It had to be a perfect
lamb without blemish. They would kill it on the 14th day of the feast of unleavened bread.
So the feast of unleavened bread lasted not just one day. It had 14 days and on that 14th
day is when they would observe the Passover where this would happen on look at verse number
nine it says eat not of it raw nor sodden at all with water but roast with fire his head with his
legs and with the pertinence thereof when each family would get a lamb what they had to do was
they had to roast it in fire and of course this pictures the fact that the lord Jesus Christ
was our burnt offering by going to hell and thank god he wasn't left in hell his soul was not left
in hell his body didn't see corruption but if his soul wasn't left somewhere it implies that it was
there at one point and so even in the old testament the old testament Passover it was a picture of
the coming lamb of god that was going to be that burnt sacrifice for us by going to hell look at
verse number 10 it says and ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning and that which
remaineth of it until morning ye shall burn with fire so this Passover lamb when it was eaten they
were supposed to eat all of it they weren't supposed to leave any of it just to sit there
unto the morning and I think part of it is a picture of how Jesus's flesh was not going to see
corruption and also how Jesus was just the complete sacrifice so it's not like you take a little bit
of the lamb and then you had to do something it was like no you're going to not leave any part of
the lamb remaining just like Jesus is a complete sacrifice he died for our sins when we put our
trust in him he completely washes away our sins there's not like some extra part that we have to
do with our good works or anything like that it says in verse 11 and thus shall ye eat it with
your loins girded your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hand and ye shall eat it in haste
it is the lord's Passover so they're eating this lamb and I cut a picture that they're standing up
they've got shoes on their feet they've got staff in their hand and they're supposed to eat it really
quickly that's what it means with haste so it's not like they're just leisurely enjoying a good meal
they're not having a barbecue here they're not having a cookout let you know in between services
we had that barbecue we were just hanging out and we were just eating leisurely and just enjoying
ourselves but when they were to eat the Passover it was to be done in haste why well because this
isn't a party this is picturing something very serious this is you know picturing something else
it's not necessarily just oh let's have a good time let's have fun what's it picturing look at
verse 12 for i will pass through the land of egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the
land of egypt both man and beast and against all the gods of egypt i will execute judgment i am the
lord if you remember moses and aaron constantly were going up to pharaoh saying hey let us go let
us do sacrifice unto our god let my people go and pharaoh was constantly refusing god would then send
plagues upon egypt pharaoh would kind of relent for a while let them go and his heart would be
hardened he changed his mind and just over and over god kept pouring out all these plagues upon
egypt and this is kind of the coup d'etat here the really big plague that comes where he's going to
pass through the land and he's going to kill all the firstborn of egypt but verse 13 says this
and the blood shall be to you for a token that means like a picture upon the houses where you are
and when i see the blood i will pass over you and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you
when i smite the lamb of egypt so they were to put blood on the doorposts of their house and when
god sees the blood he passes over them he does not execute that wrath that judgment upon them and of
course this is a picture of how the unsaved those who are not trusting in christ the wrath of god
abides on them and they have a punishment coming their way and the only way to escape that is to
have the blood of the lamb of god applied to you then when god sees the blood of jesus christ applied
to your account he passes over in judgment you're not in danger of wrath you're not in danger of death
which is hell and so this was a very physical real thing that was happening that pictures a
spiritual truth as well verse 14 says in this day shall be unto you for a memorial and ye shall
keep it a feast to the lord throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance forever so notice the words that have been being used here token memorial ordinance why
because all of these things are a picture of something else and the old testament Passover
is not the end all be all it is a picture of the true Jesus Christ that lamb is a picture of the
true lamb of God Jesus Christ and even in the old testament it was constantly telling you this is a
picture this is a token this is an ordinance but it's so funny today how the judaisers want to get
so focused in on the old testament feasts and ordinances and all that when these things were a
picture even at that time go to if you would first grandians chapter number five while you're turning
they'll read for you revelation 1 5 the bible says and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness
and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth unto him that loved us
and washed us from our sins in his own blood so the blood of the lamb on the doorpost is a picture
of the fact that we are washed from our sins we are saved from wrath by the blood of Jesus Christ
look at first grandians five verse seven it says purge out therefore the old leaven that you may be
a new lump as ye are unleavened for even christ our Passover is sacrificed for us see the new testament
very clearly says Christ our Passover we will not be observing the old testament Passover anymore
to do so would be blasphemous and you got these Judaizers you got guys like Andrew Sluder I don't
know if anyone knows who that is in here he's kind of a famous ruckmanite dispensationalist
and I remember a few years ago he was online bragging and celebrating about the fact that he was
keeping the old testament Passover but how stupid is that to take the old testament Passover when
the Bible says that Christ is our Passover all of those things were a picture of the Lamb of God
who guess what he already came Christ is our Passover he is the true Lamb of God go to if you
would back to Matthew 26 Matthew chapter number 26 John 129 says the next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him and saith behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world see Jesus
Christ is the true Lamb of God so keep in mind at the beginning of Matthew chapter 26 he's like hey
we're gonna go eat the Passover go prepare the Passover let's do the Passover but as we're gonna
read in these next verses what he's gonna do is not even close to what Exodus chapter 12 is he's
instituting something new here Matthew 26 verse 26 and as they were eating Jesus took bread and
blessed it and break it and gave it to the disciples and said take eat this is my body and he took the
cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the
new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins but i say unto you i will not
drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when i drink it new with you in my father's
kingdom so it's very clear here that this is the new testament version of the old testament
Passover but it is a little bit different here there's no lamb that's being slaughtered there's
no blood that's being shed of an animal there's now this unleavened bread and this pure wine that's
picturing the body and blood of the lord Jesus Christ go to if you would first Corinthians chapter
number 11 first Corinthians chapter number 11 and you know if you read more about the Passover you
understand that it was something that was done once per year which is why we choose to observe
this ordinance once per year as well there's some churches that do this literally every single week
there's some churches that do it at just random times throughout but if we're going to follow the
pattern of the Bible the Old Testament Passover was done once a year when was it done it was done
around or I'm sorry in the New Testament when was it done around the time that Jesus died so that's
why we do it the week of Easter number two this evening the Lord's Supper is a church ordinance a
church ordinance and that's a word we don't really use that often but an ordinance is just a picture
of something a token an ordinance a picture that's what the Lord's Supper is it is simply a picture of
something 1st Corinthians 11 verse number 25 says this after the same manner also he took the cup
when he had supped saying this cup is the new testament in my blood this do ye as oft as you
drink it in remembrance of me so notice it's symbolic when we drink of it when we partake of
the Lord's Supper why do we do it we do it to remember the Lord Jesus Christ it's a picture
of that and just like of another ordinance think about baptism baptism is also just a picture it
pictures a lot of things when you're standing up in the in the water it pictures Jesus being on the
cross when you go underneath the water it pictures him being buried when you come up it pictures the
resurrection of Jesus Christ it also pictures how you want to now walk in newness of life
so that's what baptism is it's a picture it's a ordinance baptism does not save you obviously
these cardinal ordinances do not save you taking of the Lord's Supper does not save you all right
Catholics taking the sacrament is not going to take you to heaven it is simply a picture now
you're in first corinthians 11 make sure you keep your place there throughout the rest of
the sermon but if you've read the book of first corinthians the whole book paul is constantly
giving correction to the church at Corinth because the church at Corinth just has a bunch of things
wrong he's constantly just rebuking them and just correcting a bunch of issues of what they have
and that's kind of what's happening in first corinthians 11 when it comes to the Lord's
suppers that they're doing it wrong and he's going to correct them and kind of tell them some of the
things that they're doing wrong look at verse number 17 it says now in this that i declare unto
you i praise you not that you come together not for the better but for the worse he's saying you
guys are doing this wrong you are not coming together correctly this is bad there's some
issues there's some correction that needs to be done verse 18 says for first of all when you come
together in the church i hear that there be divisions among you and i partly believe it for
there must also be heresies among you that they which are approved may be made manifest among you
so first of all he's saying all right you guys are coming together there's some major issues here
one of those issues is that there is divisions among you and where there's division there is
heresy because you can't both be right when you disagree on doctrine one person's right and it's
like these big major doctrines we need to make sure that we are non-negotiable on those things
that we are together in unity things like the deity of christ look jesus is god and we cannot
allow division in this church on major doctrines if someone comes to this church and they don't
believe one of the major tenets of the faith will be gracious with them will give them time to learn
as long as they're not trying to convert people to their wickedness but look we need to have unity in
this church we need to all believe that jesus is god we need to all believe that salvation is by
faith alone we all need to believe that you cannot lose your salvation okay because we can't both be
right on that someone thinks they could lose their salvation we think that you're eternally secure
that's not like oh agree to disagree no that's a major big deal and when there's divisions like
that there is a guaranteed fact that there's heresy involved and so we have to make sure
that we're on the same page on these major items verse 20 says this when you come together therefore
into one place this is not to eat the lord's supper he's saying what you guys have been doing
the way you guys have been doing things what you've been calling the lord's supper is not the lord's
supper you guys have not been doing it correctly how do i know that that's what he's saying because
he's going to go on and give detailed examples of how they're doing it wrong notice what it says
for in eating everyone taketh before other his own supper and one is hungry and another is drunken
they're kind of turning it into a party they're turning it into an irreverent event and the lord
supper it's not about just filling your belly with as much of the unleavened bread as you can and just
drinking as much of that delicious juice as you can no it's a reverent time that is picturing the
death of the lord jesus christ and these guys are like acting like it's supper they're just taking
their own supper then he says what in verse 22 have you not houses to eat and to drink in it's
like look if you're hungry eat a meal at home but the lord supper is not about filling your belly
it's not about having a party it says or despise ye the church of god and shame them that have not
what shall i say to you shall i praise you in this i praise you not so he's angry that they are like
desecrating the lord supper they are making light of it he's like you're despising the church of
god the way that you're doing this this is wicked verse number 23 let's look at some of the symbolism
here it says for i have received of the lord that which also i delivered unto you that the lord jesus
the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he break it and said
take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me what are we talking
about we're talking about how the lord's supper is an ordinance meaning it is a picture it is a
symbol of something and what is the bread a symbol of it's a symbol of a couple things
one of the things that symbolizes is the broken body of our lord jesus christ you know it symbolizes
the brutal death that jesus christ endured he did not have a quick you know an easy execution or
something like that you know we gotta remind ourselves jesus was crucified which is literal torture
that's what it is crucifixion is just torture and we don't have this in our society this isn't
something that we're used to seeing or even hearing about so some of you may not even know
or understand how excruciating and barbaric crucifixion is so i just typed into grok ai i
just asked what is the cause of death when someone is crucified because when jesus was put on the
cross it wasn't the nails that went through his hands and feet that just killed him right it's
not like you just put a nail through your hand and you just die there was a prolonged process
of torture that he endured this is what grok ai said it said crucifixion was a brutal and
deliberately prolonged method of execution so it was created to take a long time for the person
to die it was created to torture human beings designed to maximize suffering and the cause of
death typically resulted from a combination of physiological factors based on historical accounts
medical analysis and studies of crucifixion here are the primary causes of death so i'm going to
get into why people actually physically die when they're crucified and as i'm reading this think
about our savior think about the lord jesus christ what he endured to pay for your and for my sins
primary cause of death asphyxiation crucifixion often led to death by asphyxiation victims were
nailed or tied to a cross with arms outstretched causing the body to hang in a position that made
breathing difficult and in the case of jesus we know he wasn't tied he was nailed to the cross
they put the nails through his hands and through his feet and his arms are stretched out and you
know his body weight with gravity is like crushing him down and it makes it hard for him to breathe
it says to breathe the victim had to push up with their legs to relieve pressure on their chest and
diaphragm allowing the lungs to expand so when jesus is on the cross with with every breath that
he takes he's he's got the nails through his hands and his feet and he's got to push his body weight
up just to get a breath meaning that the nails that are driven through his feet all that pressure
all the broken blood vessels all the gore that's exposed from those nails he's having to push up all
of his weight on top of those nails just to allow his lungs to expand i mean this is torturous it's
terrible to think about just to get a breath but then it says this effort was exhausting and as the
victim weakened they could no longer push up leading to hypoventilation which is inadequate
breathing so you know you're going up and down just with every breath and the wound is getting
bigger you're getting weaker and weaker your body's not able to do it anymore you're not able to get
enough oxygen leading to asphyxiation it says the result was a build-up of carbon dioxide in the
blood and oxygen deprivation causing respiratory failure now how long does it take for this to
happen i mean because it already sounds painful it already sounds horrific but it says depending on
the victim's strength and condition asphyxiation could take hours to days i mean what a brutal
instrument of torture that was created just sick disgusting minds that came up with something like
this but you know that's where our savior was killed was on a cross and this is the death that
he endured and he was put on this cross after already receiving a ton of physical abuse
already getting whipped and scourged and beaten and mocked and all that stuff you know so he was
already weak when he got on the cross then he's got to go through this terrible excruciating
experience where with every breath he's got to push on those nails up to get a breath and coming
back down go to mark chapter number 15 mark chapter number 15 now it said that it would take hours to
days well how long did jesus endure the cross i believe that he was on the cross for about six
hours six hours and you know if you've ever endured pain seconds feel like days sometimes
when you're in extreme pain and here jesus i believe endured the cross for six hours let me show
you why i think that mark 15 verse 25 it says and it was the third hour and they crucified him
generally the jewish calendar the day would start at 6 a.m with sunrise so when it says that he was
crucified on the third hour i believe that that is about 9 a.m that's about three hours after the
beginning of daylight so keep that in mind he started he was crucified at 9 a.m verse number
33 of the same chapter notice what it says and when the sixth hour was come so six hours from
6 a.m what time would that be that would be noon that would be 12 p.m there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour you know i find it interesting what is noon like just from a science
perspective what is noon noon is when the sun is at its highest point in the sky and at noon when
the sun should be at its highest point in the sky there was darkness why because what was really
lifted up was not the sun it was the son the son of god was lifted up instead of the sun that day
it was the hour of darkness and so jesus was lifted up on the cross so he had been on the cross at
that time since 9 a.m look at this verse verse 34 it says and at the ninth hour nine hours from six
a.m that would make it three p.m making it six hours says and at the ninth hour jesus cried with
a loud voice saying eloy eloy lama sabachthani which is being interpreted my god my god why has
thou forsaken me and some of them that stood by when they heard it said behold he calleth elias
and one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink saying
let alone let us see whether elias will come down will come to take him down and jesus cried with a
loud voice and gave up the ghost so from the third hour to the ninth hour third hour he's crucified
the ninth hour he gives up the ghost that make his time on the cross six grueling hours i can't even
fathom going through crucifixion for six grueling hours but you know that's why it's good to have
services like this for us to just spend some time thinking about just the intensity of the sacrifice
that jesus did for us and the amount of love that he had for us that he was willing to endure the
cross you know this is i'm just saying as as a man here like i wouldn't be brave enough to do it i
wouldn't be strong enough to do it there's no way but you know jesus christ he endured the cross for
us what a great love he showed us then it says contributing factors hypovolemic shock severe
blood well uh sorry severe blood loss from scourging which jesus endured nail wounds which he had or
other injuries caused hypovolemic shock where the body couldn't circulate enough blood to maintain
organ function scourging which is common before crucifixion damaged skin and muscle leading to
significant fluid loss and shock so you have to understand that with every breath he's taking
every time he's lifting himself up higher on the cross he's enlarging the wounds in his body he's
losing more and more blood by the hour and just from a physiological standpoint i'm sure
especially towards the end of his crucifixion that he had entered this state of hypovolemic shock
which if you've ever seen someone in this state they shake they have a lot of trembling and they
have extreme weakness they have some confusion oftentimes and you know that's had to that has
to have been what the last hours of jesus christ life was on the cross experiencing this terrible
torture and then it says this dehydration and exposure victims were exposed to the elements
sun heat or cold without food or water leading to severe dehydration so i mean think about just
just even standing exposed to the elements for that long would be horrible not to mention the
fact that jesus was naked not to mention the fact that he's being mocked on top of that scourged
on top of that extremely dehydrated no food says cardiac complications the extreme stress pain
and fluid loss could trigger cardiac arrhythmias or heart failure nails driven through the wrists
and feet caused severe nerve damage and unrelenting pain contributing to shock the prolonged strain on
muscles and joints led to exhaustion and systemic failure then it says romans sometimes broke the
victims victims legs to hasten death by preventing them from pushing up to breathe leading to rapid
asphyxiation so sometimes what the romans would do is since the person being crucified they're
having to like push up on those nails every time they take a breath they would just break the person
's legs so they have no strength to push up anymore and they would choke they would die a much
quicker death but you know jesus he did not have any of his legs broken he did not break any of
his bones i'll read for you psalm 34 verse 20 the bible says he keepeth all his bones not one of them
is broken so sometimes the romans would just get things done end the suffering for the person by
breaking their legs and they would choke they would asphyxiate quickly no jesus didn't get that he sat
there and endured the cross for six brutal agonizing hours just every breath laborious every
breath painful every breath having to stand upon your wounds it's it's incomprehensible for me to
even think about you know it's just the the love of christ is truly untellable i i i lack the words
to explain the love of christ but i think when you picture what he went through it could help you
understand it a little bit more also the bread not only does it picture the fact that his body was
broken and that he endured a very brutal death it also pictures the sinlessness of jesus christ why
because in the old testament they used unleavened bread it's the feast of unleavened bread and leaven
in the bible is a picture of sin go to john chapter number six and as you're turning there
first chrithians five six says no you not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump purge out
there for the old leaven that you may be a new lump for even christ our Passover sacrificed for
us so we use unleavened bread for the Lord's Supper because leaven is a picture of sin which
is just yeast so we don't use like sourdough bread or anything like that has to be unleavened why
because Jesus Christ was sinless Jesus Christ was perfect John chapter number six says this in verse
32 then Jesus said unto them verily verily I say unto you Moses gave you not that bread from heaven
but my father giveth you the true bread from heaven for the bread of God is he which cometh
down from heaven and giveth life unto the world and they said unto him Lord evermore give us this
bread and Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst you know this is a great reminder of the truth of
eternal security that you can never lose your salvation why because if you partake of Jesus
Christ if you partake of the bread of life the Bible says you will never hunger he completely
satisfies it's not like well you're satisfied for a couple days until you sin again and then
you're hungry again no when you partake of the bread of life you'll never hunger again when you
partake of Jesus look at verse 54 it says who so eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal
life and I will raise him up at the last day now of course we do not believe that when we partake
of the Lord's Supper that the bread becomes the literal flesh of Jesus Christ or that the wine
becomes the literal blood of Jesus Christ you say why are you even saying that well because that's
what Catholicism teaches transsubstantiation is what they call it where they teach that when you
partake of the bread that it's transforming in your mouth into the literal flesh of Jesus Christ
which is disgusting and blasphemous and cannibalistic and same thing with his blood
you take of the wine and it transforms and becomes the literal blood of Jesus Christ
now of course this is blasphemous because Hebrews 10 10 says by the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all Jesus's flesh was broken once Jesus
was sacrificed for our sins one time and when we break this bread this evening we are not consuming
the literal flesh of Jesus we are picturing of what he did for us one single time he's not
constantly being crucified for us his flesh isn't constantly being broken for us it happened once
and tonight we do this in remembrance of his body breaking for us now what about the symbolism of
the wine go to first crinthians 11 first crinthians chapter number 11 verse 25 it says in the same
manner also he took the cup when he had supped saying this cup is the new testament in my blood
this do ye as oft as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as he eat this bread and drink
this cup you do show the lord's death till he come now of course the very obvious symbolism here is
that the wine pictures the blood of christ and just like the bread pictures the the sinlessness of
christ and the fact that it's unleavened we too believe that the pure wine the pure fruit of the
vine is picturing the sinless blood of jesus christ you know it wouldn't make any sense for us to take
the lord's supper with an alcoholic beverage which is literally leavened it's literally fermented
with yeast it's like the feast of unleavened bread is supposed to picture the sinlessness of christ
why would we sit here and take a drink alcohol that the bible says is the poison of of excuse me
dragons the bible says and use this to picture the blood of the lord jesus christ like this would be
wicked yet again the catholic church which you know just spoiler just about everything that the
catholic church does is wicked just about everything that they teach is the opposite of what the bible
teaches and what do they like to do they like to picture the lord's blood with satan's drink alcohol
and it's just a weird system too because there the clergy is just constantly partaking of the lord
supper with every person that comes up and that guy is getting drunk he has to be getting drunk
he's just pounding all that alcohol the whole time like it's just madness like this is a cult
this is a bad religion obviously stay away from catholicism but go to if you would ephesians chapter
number one ephesians 1 you know we ought not to minimize the importance of the shed blood of
Jesus Christ because some people like John MacArthur has made light of it over the years
saying that the blood of Christ is kind of just symbolic it's not really necessary for salvation
it's not really a big deal but Ephesians 1 7 says this in whom we have redemption through his blood
the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace we needed the shed blood of Jesus
Christ to be saved it's a requirement we are saved through his blood also go to Hebrews chapter
number nine not only does it picture the blood of Christ I believe that the wine and the blood of
Christ it's a picture of things changing from the Old Testament to the New Testament why do I say
that as you're turning to Hebrews 9 1st Corinthians 11 25 says this cup is the New Testament in my
blood why is it that he's going to do the Passover he's like let's do the Passover let's prepare for
the Passover let's do the Passover but then when he does it it's not like the Old Testament Passover
because this is the institution here of the New Testament he's like this cup is the New Testament
in my blood and some things are changing with the death of Christ look at Hebrews 9 verse 16
for where a testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the testator
for a testament is of force after men are dead otherwise it is of no strength at all while the
testator liveth and you know i think sometimes people can get confused on this because when
you're opening your bible it says new testament matthew chapter number one and of course i have
no problem with that makes sense because you know matthew covers what the death of jesus christ but
what you have to actually realize is that during jesus's ministry when he's walking this earth
before he has died the new testament has not commenced yet it has not started yet when did
the new testament begin it began with the death of jesus christ and so when he's showing this
you know this wine in the cup he's saying this is the new testament in my blood we are about to
enter the new testament and so also when we partake of the wine we're partaking and we're
thinking about the fact that jesus changed us from the old covenant to the new covenant look at verse
18 it says whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood saying everything in
the first testament everything in the old testament it was dedicated with blood and was the blood of
those animals what was saving people no it was always a picture of the lamb of god jesus christ
verse 19 it says for when moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law
he took the blood of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled
both the book and all the people saying this is the blood of the testament which god have been
joined unto you moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the
ministry and almost all things are by the law purged with blood and notice without shedding of
blood is no remission it was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in heaven should be
purified with these referring to animal sacrifices but the heavenly things themselves better sacrifices
than these for thousands of years the sacrifices were taking place the shedding of blood of bulls
and of goats and of bullocks all these things was taking place it was dedicating the altar was
dedicating the books it was dedicating the instruments of sacrifice and all these things
were necessary why because it was a picture of jesus christ to come and now hey in this cup we're
changing from the old testament to the new testament because everything that's come before me was a
picture of the true that's about to happen the real lamb of god is about to shed his literal blood
his physical blood for the remission of sins of the world and let's read verse 23 again it was
therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens what's the patterns of things in
the heavens the earthly tabernacle the earthly temple is a pattern or a figure of the true
in heaven it says that those patterns should be purified with these the animal sacrifices
but the heavenly things. So the heavenly temple or the heavenly tabernacle with better sacrifices
than these. So the blood of Jesus Christ was applied to the altar in heaven. That was the true
blood of the Lamb of God in the holiest of holy places. Go back to 1 Corinthians chapter number 11.
So we see it's an ordinance. It's a picture. It's a picture of the body of Christ. It's a picture of
his brutal death. It's a picture of his sinlessness. It's a picture of his blood that was shed for us.
It's a picture of changing from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Number three this evening,
let's talk about the requirements to partake of the Lord's Supper. Verse 26 says, "For as often as
he eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." What are we doing
this evening when we partake of the Lord's Supper? We are showing the Lord's death. That's why I
believe it is required that we make this an extremely reverent time. That we take this time
extremely seriously. We realize we're not just enjoying a snack. We're not just drinking a nice
beverage here this evening. This is a serious thing that is showing the death of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Then it gives some warnings here. In verse 27, "Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread
and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But
let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup." The Bible
tells us to examine ourselves before we partake of the Lord's Supper to ensure that we are not
partaking of the table of the Lord unworthily. Now stay there and listen to this verse in 2nd
Corinthians 13.5. The Bible says, "Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith." So
we have an example in 2nd Corinthians where Paul tells people to examine themselves and what are
they examining about themselves? Examining if they're safe and you know one way that you could
partake of the Lord's Supper unworthily is if someone who is unsaved partakes of the Lord's
Supper. And so let me just make it super clear. If you believe salvation is by works you should not
partake of the Lord's Supper this evening. If you think you can lose your salvation you should not
partake of the Lord's Supper this evening because you are not saved. You need to put all of your
trust in Jesus Christ and his finished sacrifice on the cross and believe that once you're saved
you're always saved. That is the definition of someone who's saved. You know additionally
keep your place there and turn back a few pages to 1st Corinthians 5. He talks about examining
yourself, making sure you're not partaking of the Lord's Supper unworthily. Notice what it says in
verse 7. "Purge out therefore the old leaven that you may be a new lump as ye are unleavened. For
even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators yet not all together with
the fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must
he needs go out of the world but now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is
called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an
extortioner with such and one no not to eat I also believe that partaking of the Lord's Supper
unworthily is if a saved person was involved in 1st Corinthians chapter 5 type sins now this just
makes logical sense why because we're partaking of the Lord's Supper together as a church are we not
but yet there's certain people who if they're guilty of these sins should not even be allowed
in church so if someone is partaking of sins that should get them kicked out of church they
shouldn't even be in church therefore this dead church should not be partaking of the Lord's Supper
and so I'm not going to police the Lord's table I'm not going to sit here say you got any secret
sins in your life like examine yourself but this is not a game this is very serious and if someone
does partake of the Lord's Supper unworthily the Bible warns us that bad things can happen
go back to first Corinthians 11 notice what the Bible says it says in verse 29 for he that eateth
and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lord's
body for this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep you know that means many are
dead many people are sick many people are having health problems many people are weak many people
are dead for partaking of the Lord's Supper unworthily I am coming to you once again trying
to get you to fear God I know that's kind of been a controversy lately you know should we fear God
yes you should fear God I'm here to tell you today that if you partake of the Lord's Supper
unworthily you could get sick you could become weak you could get all these problems yay you
could die so this is a very serious issue if you're not saved if you're not 100 sure that
you're saved if you're too young to even understand the gospel or if you're secretly
involved in these sins that I don't know about because obviously if I knew about them we wouldn't
even allow that person in church you know you should not partake of the Lord's Supper if that's
the case it says in verse 31 for if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged but when we are
judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world wherefore my
brethren when you come together to eat tarry one for another see some people would say like oh coming
together as a church we shouldn't have the Lord's Supper together as a church it should be something
that's done separately but notice the beginning of first Corinthians 11 he's saying when you come
together this is not to eat the Lord's Supper here's all the things that you're doing wrong
then he gives them a bunch of corrections he gives them a bunch of warnings on how to do it
then verse 33 he says wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry one for another so
he wants them to do it right it's not that he doesn't want us to come together and partake in
the Lord's Supper together it's just that he wants us to make sure we're doing it right that
we're observing it reverently that we're doing it in observance of Christ not to fill our bellies
not to have a party and that we're not doing so unworthily and if any man hunger let him eat at
home if you're hungry tonight wait till after the Lord's Supper we got plenty of barbecue for you
but don't partake in Lord's Supper unworthily just because you're hungry that you come not together
unto condemnation and the rest will I set in order when I come 1st Corinthians 5 8 says therefore let
us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth we need to make sure this evening that we are partaking of
the Lord's Supper as a church in sincerity and in truth so at this time I'm going to go ahead and
pray and then we're going to begin the Lord's uh the Lord's Supper portion of the service as I'm
praying uh if we'd have the musicians come up Lord we thank you for this portion of the service we
thank you for your word and for the doctrine on this issue we thank you for the death of your son
who endured such a terrible death for us thank you for loving us enough to send us your son I pray
that as we partake of the Lord's Supper this evening that we would take things seriously
that we would do things decently in order and that we would bring honor and glory to your son
Jesus Christ thank you for this great Easter weekend at Anchor Baptist Church I pray that
you would also bless everyone as we go our separate ways this evening in Jesus name we pray amen all
right so at this time I'm gonna give people some instructions and we will partake of the Lord's
Supper as a family as a church family this evening now I'm gonna turn to a few verses for you guys
this evening you won't have to turn to these with me but I'm just gonna read for you again
first Corinthians 11 verse 26 says for as often as he eat this bread and drink this cup you do show
the Lord's death till he come whosoever wherefore whosoever shall eat of this bread and drink of this
cup unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord but let a man examine himself
and so let him eat bread and drink of that cup for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lord's body you know there's a lot of
Baptist churches that practice something that's known as closed communion where they teach that
in order to partake of the Lord's Supper as a church that you have to be not only saved we of
course believe that but you have to be a baptized member of that church and they will not allow
anyone else to partake of that you know the Bible says let a man examine himself and so I'm not going
to sit here and police the Lord's table or force you to not partake or anything like that but of
course I will just warn you what the Bible says that you need to be saved you need to not be
partaking of these first Corinthians five sins and of course what are we doing we're showing the Lord's
death till he comes so you know this evening we want this portion of the service to be very
reverent we are a family integrated church we believe in being very gracious and long suffering
with the you know noise of the children all those things absolutely but just for this one evening I
would like to ask that if the kids do get loud that you take them out of the service and I've
instructed the ushers to make sure that if ladies do have to leave the surface or even go out to
make sure that we give them the bread and the juice so you're not going to be forgotten but we
would just like it to be reverent at this time please no talking or texting obviously and what
we're going to do is we're going to pass out the cup and the bread you're going to receive both
before we partake so as the ushers are handing you the bread and the wine this evening don't just
partake of it as soon as you get it wait for instruction together and we will do it together
Luke chapter number 22 verse 14 the bible says and when the hour was come he sat down and the
12 apostles with him and he said unto them with desire i have desired to eat this Passover with
you before i suffer for i say unto you i will not eat any more thereof until it be fulfilled in the
kingdom of god and he took the cup and gave thanks and said take this and divide it among yourselves
for i say unto you i will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of god shall come
at this time i'm going to pour the juice picturing the shed blood of lord jesus christ
and i'll have the ushers come forward and pass this out number 22 verse 19 and he took bread
and gave thanks and break it and gave unto them saying this is my body which is given for you
this do in remembrance of me this time i'll begin breaking the bread and as this bread is passed out
be in thought about the sacrifice of jesus christ and his bodily sacrifice for us says for i received
that which also i delivered unto you that the lord jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took
bread when he had given thanks he break it and said take eat this is my body which is broken for you
this do in remembrance of me let's have a word prayer where we thank you for the sacrifice of
jesus cross of jesus christ on the cross for our sins thank you for him enduring the pain that he
suffered we remember sufferings that he went through this evening think about brutal death
that he died we thank you so much gave us your son to do that for us that we could have the gift of
eternal life as we partake of this bread think of and honor your son say we pray amen you may
partake first christen days 11 25 the bible says after the same manner also he took the cup when he
had stopped saying this cup is the new testament in my blood this duty is off as you drink it
in remembrance of me let's have a word of prayer lord we thank you for the shed blood of jesus
christ the bible says without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins thank you for his
sacrifice as we partake of wine this evening lord honor and think of the shedding of the blood of
your son jesus christ lord we love you do you see me pray amen we may partake just like how the lord
ended his last supper with the singing up in him the bible says in matthew 26 verse 30 and when they
had sung in him they went out into the mount of olives that's how we're going to end the service
this evening where the camera is going to come lead us in song number 27, song number 27.