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Good evening and welcome to Verity Baptist Church.
Please have everyone find their seats and grab their songbooks.
And we're going to start the service off singing number 22,
Are You Washed in the Blood?
Please find your seats and grab your songbooks and turn to page number 22,
Are You Washed in the Blood?
Page number 22.
And let's go ahead and sing it out on that first verse.
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Page number 22 on the second verse.
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
When the bridegroom cometh, will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansion's bride
and be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Let's sing it out on the last verse.
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin
and be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean.
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Are you washed in the blood,
in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Great singing. Welcome to Verity Baptist Church
in the Wednesday evening Bible study.
Let's open up in a word of prayer.
Father God, thank you so much for this church, Lord.
Thank you for these people who come out here
in a Wednesday evening to serve you.
I pray that our singing would glorify you, Lord.
I pray that you'd bless the service
and I preach you to come.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
All right, turn to your new song books, page number 227.
Page number 227.
We're going to sing Saved by the Blood, page 227.
Saved by the Blood, and let's go ahead and sing that out
on that first verse.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Now ransom from sin and a new work begun.
Sing praise to the Father and praise to the Son.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Saved, saved.
My sins are all part and my guilt is all gone.
Saved, saved.
I'm saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Page 227 on the second verse.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
The angels rejoicing because it is done.
A child of the Father joined there with the Son.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Saved, saved.
My sins are all part and my guilt is all gone.
Saved, saved.
I'm saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
The Father He's making, His will it was done.
Great price of my pardon, His own precious Son.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Saved, saved.
My sins are all part and my guilt is all gone.
Saved, saved.
I'm saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Now you guys are singing really, really good tonight, but we can sing a little bit better on the last.
Let's sing like you're happy to be saved by the blood.
On the last verse.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
All hail to the Father, all hail to the Son.
All hail to the Spirit, the great three in one.
Saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Saved, saved.
My sins are all part and my guilt is all gone.
Saved, saved.
I'm saved by the blood of a crucified one.
Great singing.
Amen. All right. Well, we welcome you to this very special midweek service here at Verity Baptist Church.
We are so glad that you are with us and we'd like to go ahead and take a moment and go through some announcements real quickly.
If you need a bulletin, just raise your hand and one of our ushers can get one for you.
If you need a bulletin, just put your hand up and we will get one for you.
The verse this week, Psalm 16 and 11, that will show me the path of life and my presence is fullness of joy.
At thy right hand, there are pleasures forevermore.
And that's a good verse there. We like that.
If you open up your bulletin, you'll see our service times.
Of course, Sunday morning service 10 30 a.m.
Sunday evening service 6 p.m.
And then Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 p.m.
And of course, this is a special week.
It's the week of Easter, so we have all sorts of special things going on.
We want to remind you that we are a family integrated church.
What that means is that children and infants are always welcome in the service.
We do not separate children from their parents for any reason.
However, we have mother-baby rooms and daddy rooms available for your convenience.
If you have a child that's been distracting during the service,
so if you need some privacy, we would encourage you to use those rooms as needed.
If you need to be baptized, you can let us know on your communication card as well.
Just check off on the back that you'd like information about baptism and we'll follow up with you in regards to that.
If you look at the announcements and upcoming events, of course, today is our Lord's Supper service.
This is a very special service we do once a year here at Radio Baptist Church,
and we are glad that you are here for that.
And then, of course, this Sunday is Easter, so we just want you to remember several things.
First of all, of course, we want you to be here for Easter service on Sunday morning,
and it's the biggest Sunday of the year for all churches,
and we want you to, of course, be a part of our Easter service.
We're going to have special music from the VBC Choir and Orchestra.
We'll have Cadbury eggs that will be given out to the kids after the service.
And then we've got some special things going on in regards to outreach and soul winning and bringing people to church.
First of all, you should have in your bulletin three of these Easter cards.
We want you to use these cards.
If you haven't used them already, we want you to use these cards in the next several days.
Maybe make a goal of giving one out a day and invite somebody to the Easter service.
Maybe it's a friend, a coworker, a neighbor, a family member,
or maybe it's just a perfect stranger, someone you meet just out and about,
but people are looking for a church to go to on Easter Sunday,
and we want them to come here, of course.
We want to encourage you to invite somebody for the Easter service.
It's also the grand opening service of our new buildings.
We want to do that.
And then, of course, we have a soul winning push this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
so we want you to be a part of that,
and we'd love for you to participate.
Thursday at 6 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m.,
and then, of course, our big Saturday morning soul winning rally at 10 a.m.
We want you to be a part of all of those, one of those, two of those, all three of those.
That would be great if you could help us with that.
Of course, we want to go out and preach the gospel to anyone who's interested,
but we also want to invite people to our Easter service.
We do want to ask for you soul winners who have some of our Easter invitations
in the trunk of your car or whatever,
if you could bring those with you when you come to the soul winning time
so that we can get those put out, put in the hands of soul winners,
and we can get that situated.
As we look at the announcements there, of course, we have our next generation youth rally
coming up on April 9th and 10th, so be in prayer about that.
Homeschool group, they've got PE class on Thursday, April 4th,
and the choir practice are done,
although I think the choir might be practicing in the morning.
Ladies, on Sunday morning, ladies weight loss and accountability group,
they meet every Wednesday at 6 15 p.m.,
and they meet in my wife's office, so just be aware of that.
And there's other things there for you to look at.
Please don't forget to turn your cell phones off,
or place them on silent during the service
so that they're not a distraction to anybody.
Right now would be a good time to check your phone,
make sure it's on silent or vibrate or something like that.
We don't want it to go off during the preaching,
and especially during the Lord's Supper,
so if you could help us with that, we'd appreciate it.
If you look at the back of the bulletin, birthdays and anniversaries
for the month of March.
This week, yesterday on March 26th, was Ms. Rachel Wheeler's birthday,
and tomorrow, March 28th, is Pastor Matthew and Ms. Tan Stuckey's anniversary.
On March 29th, Ms. Emma Pendleton's birthday, March 29th.
Matthew Wacholczyk has a birthday, March 29th.
Brother Keith and Ms. Katie Rosenberg have an anniversary this week,
on March 29th as well.
And of course, we've got the praise report,
money matters, all those things are there for you to look at.
Please help us with the children,
making sure that they're not going in the upstairs areas,
and that they're not running up and down these steps.
We would appreciate the help with that.
And we're not going to, I'll just announce this now,
we've already given out all the prayer sheets,
so there's no more prayer sheets to give out.
But tonight, we're going to hand out the prayer sheets,
want you to take those prayer sheets home,
and of course pray for the church family.
But we're not going to go through a prayer time tonight,
just because the focus tonight is the Lord's Supper,
so we'll give the majority of the evening to that.
But we do want you to take the prayer sheet,
and of course pray for the church family at home.
And I think that's it for all of the announcements.
So we're going to go ahead and take our songbooks,
and let's go to page number five in your hymn book,
and we're going to sing
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, page number five,
and we're going to go ahead and sing it out on the first.
When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the prince of gold
read thine, my righteous king,
I count the cross
and pour contempt on all my part.
Good, sing it out.
It's page number five,
When I survey the wondrous cross,
we're going to sing it out on the second.
Four minutes, Lord,
that I should most
save in the death
of Christ my God.
All the vain things
that draw me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood,
safe from His head,
His hands, His feet.
Sorrow and love
flowing on down,
did ever touch love.
Sorrow means
more thorns come close,
so rich a crown.
Good, sing it out.
On the last
were the whole realm
of nature mine,
that were a present
far too small.
Love so amazing,
so divine,
demons my soul,
my life, my all.
Amen. Good singing.
We'll have the guys come up
and help us with the offering
at this time.
And let's go ahead and bow our heads
and have a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, Lord,
we do love you.
We thank you for allowing us
to gather together tonight.
Lord, we pray that you
bless the offering,
the gift and the giver.
We ask that you'd bless
the time set aside
for the preaching of your word.
And then, of course,
the Lord's Supper tonight.
We ask that you would
be with us
as we go through
the Lord's Supper
and as, of course,
as we remember the death
and sacrifice
of our Lord and Savior.
Lord, we ask that you'd
bless this evening.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
piano plays softly
Please open up to Hebrews 10.
Hebrews chapter number 10.
If you do not have a Bible,
please raise your hand
and I know you can
read your Bible.
Hebrews chapter number 10.
Hebrews 10.
We read verses 10 through 18.
Hebrews 10 verses 10 through 18.
Hebrews 10 beginning
verse number 10.
By the which will,
we are sanctified
through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all.
And every high priest
standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes
the same sacrifices
which can never
take away sins.
But this man,
after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins forever,
sat down on the
right hand of God,
from henceforth expecting
till his enemies
be made his footstool.
For by one offering
he hath perfected forever
them that are sanctified.
Whereof the Holy Ghost
also is a witness to us,
for after that
he had said before,
this is the covenant
that I will make with them
after those days,
saith the Lord.
I will put my laws
into their hearts
and in their minds
while I write them,
in their sins
and iniquities
while I remember no more.
Now where remission
of these is,
there is no more
offering for sin.
Let's pray.
Heavenly Father,
thank you for this evening.
God, I thank you for your word,
for our church.
I ask you please give us
all tender hearts
to the message tonight.
And I say please
be the pastor.
Please strengthen him
and fill him with spirit.
We love you.
In Jesus' name,
pray.
Amen.
All right,
we're there in Hebrews
chapter number 10.
And of course,
tonight is a very
special night.
It's the night of
our Lord's Supper,
our communion.
And this is something
that we do here
at Verity Baptist Church
once a year
on the Wednesday night
before Easter of course.
On Sunday morning,
on Easter Sunday,
we will be celebrating,
every Sunday morning
we celebrate it,
but on Easter Sunday especially,
the resurrection
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And tonight,
we want to remember
the sacrifice
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
the death
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And of course,
we happen to be
going through the book
of Hebrews right now anyway.
And we actually just finished
Hebrews chapter number 10.
And I thought
since I would normally preach
just a short challenge
tonight that before we
go into Hebrews chapter 11
that we would just look
at a few verses
from Hebrews chapter 10 tonight.
And again,
my goal for tonight
is to preach
a very short sermon
because I want to give time
to the Lord's Supper
and that's the focus
for tonight.
But there are some
things in this chapter
that we can highlight
regarding of course salvation,
regarding the death
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
which is what we're remembering
when we partake
of the Lord's Supper.
I'd like to just point out
for you just a couple
of lessons
from this very well-known
phrase that you find
in Hebrews chapter 10
in verse number 10.
The Bible says this,
by the which will
we are sanctified
through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ.
And I want you to notice
this little phrase
once for all,
once for all.
And of course,
we sing the hymn
once for all,
O sinner receive it.
And I'd like to just give you
a couple of thoughts
regarding this little phrase
once for all.
And they're taken
from the text here
this evening.
If you're taking notes,
and I do encourage you
to take notes,
like I said,
we won't be very long tonight,
but if you'd like to take
a couple of notes
on the back of your course
the week there's a place
for you to do that,
the first thing
I'd like you to notice
is the first lesson
we can take
from this phrase
once for all.
The phrase once for all
Christ is the only sacrifice
for sin.
That's what's being
stated here.
Tonight we're going to
symbolically remember
the sacrifice of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
We will take bread,
and it will be broken.
It will represent the body
of the Lord Jesus Christ
as it was broken.
We will take juice,
and it will be poured,
and that will represent
the blood of Christ
as it was shed on the cross
for our sins.
And what we are
symbolically remembering
tonight is that the sacrifice
of the Lord Jesus Christ
was the only sacrifice
needed for sin.
The phrase once for all
means that Christ
is the only sacrifice
needed for sin.
And of course if you
look at verse 10 there
the last part of verse 10
says once for all.
And then verse number 11
says this
and every priest
standeth daily.
And this is the
what we've been learning
in the book of Hebrews
there's this compare
and contrast situation.
And Paul is saying
that the sacrifice
through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ
was once for all.
That's the statement.
And then he compares that
and contrasts that
to verse number 11
and every priest
standeth daily
ministering and offering
oft times the same sacrifices
which can never
take away sins.
And we actually notice it.
One sacrifice for sins.
What was needed
for the salvation of mankind?
What was the needed
for the salvation of our souls?
What was needed
for salvation to be offered
to humanity?
What was needed
was one sacrifice
for sins forever.
The Bible says
but this man
after he had offered
one sacrifice
for sins forever
sat down on the right hand
of God
from henceforth
expecting till his enemies
be made his footstool.
Notice verse 14
for by one offering.
The emphasis
is that it was
once for all.
One sacrifice for sins.
Forever.
By one offering
he had perfected
forever them
that are sanctified.
So what we learn is this.
That once for all
means that Christ
is the only sacrifice
for sin.
Now there's a couple
of applications
that I'd like to make
and I know you know these
but it's good for us
to be reminded
of these things
and they are this.
The fact that
there is no other
sacrifice for sin
is telling us
that salvation
cannot be earned.
Today there are
many religious people
who have this idea
that yes Jesus died
on the cross
for my sins
but if I'm gonna
go to heaven
I have to also
repent of my sins.
I also have to
get baptized.
I also have to
go to the
confessional booth.
I also have to
speak in tongues.
I also have to
go on a missionary trip.
I also have to
whatever background
whatever religion
that they happen
to find themselves in
they're often trying
to add actions
and works
and an earning
of salvation
but if they understood
once for all
means
you don't have
to do anything.
The all
and once for all
means
it covers everyone.
Salvation is
available for everyone
and therefore
it does not
have to be earned.
There is no
other sacrifice
for sin
but the Lord
Jesus Christ
and that's the
only sacrifice for sin.
You're there
in Hebrews chapter 10.
Flip back to
chapter 9 if you would.
Hebrews chapter number 9
and look at
verse number 13.
Hebrews chapter 9
and verse 13.
The Bible says this
for if the blood
of bulls and of goats
and the ashes
of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean
sanctify it
to the purifying
of the flesh.
Look at verse 14
how much more
shall the blood
of Christ
who through the
eternal spirit
offered himself
without spot to God
purge your conscience
notice the words here
from dead works
to serve
the living God.
Today there are
many people
who are trusting
their works
and they'll say
well I'm trusting in
Jesus but you just
can't live however
you want.
I'm trusting in Jesus
but you also have to
and whenever somebody
tries to add something
to salvation
then they do not
understand this phrase
that it's once for all.
That's all you need.
The sacrifice of Christ
once for all
means that Christ
is the only sacrifice
needed for sin.
But there's another
application that
I'd like to make.
Not only does
once for all
mean that there is
no other sacrifice
for sin means that
salvation cannot be earned
but it also means
once for all
meaning that Christ
is the only sacrifice
for sin
not only does it mean
that there's no
other sacrifice for sin
but it also means this
that there has never
been any other
sacrifice for sin.
And again
this is something
and this might not
be a big deal to you
but today there are
many people out there
who call themselves
dispensationalists
and they'll say
well yeah
we're in the
dispensation of grace
and today
salvation is by grace
to Jesus Christ
but there was a time
when people
worked their way to heaven
when people
kept the laws
and that's what
got them to heaven
where they would
sacrifice literal animals
and that would be
their atonement
for their sins.
But is that what
the Bible says?
Notice there in
Hebrews chapter 10
look at verse 1
the Bible says this
for the law
having a shadow
of good things to come
and not the very
image of the thing
notice these words
can never with
those sacrifices
which they offered
year by year
continually
make the comers
there unto perfect.
So not only
does the phrase
once for all mean
that Christ is
the only sacrifice
for sin
and not only can
we take away
from that
that there is
no other sacrifice
for sin
I mean if Christ
is the only
sacrifice for sin
then there is
no other sacrifice
for sin
there's no other
sacrifice you have
to make
there's no other
thing you have
to do
there's no other
all
once for all
but it also
tells us that
there has never
been any other
sacrifice for sin
salvation has
always been by grace
there are no
people say
well we're under
the dispensation
of grace
and they used
to be under
the dispensation
of the law
the Bible says
that Noah
found grace
in the eyes
of the Lord
and the truth
is this that
anyone who has
ever been saved
has been saved
by the grace
in the Lord
Jesus Christ
those sacrifices
could never
with those sacrifices
can never
with those sacrifices
which they offered
year by year
continually
make the
comers there
unto perfect
so we see that
once for all
means that Christ
is the only
sacrifice for sin
there is no other
sacrifice for sin
salvation cannot
be earned
by any good work
look if you're
here tonight
and you say
I showed up
for communion
because I need
to go to hell
you don't even
understand what
communion is
because if you
think that
the taking
of something
or the ritual
of something
or the doing
of something
is what's going
to get you
to heaven
then you do not
understand that
salvation is
through the Lord
Jesus Christ
once for all
now should we be
baptized to show
that we believe
on the Lord
Jesus Christ
and to show
and have an
external showing
I believe
I believe that Christ
died on the cross
for my sins
that his blood
was shed
that his body
was broken
for my sins
should we do that
absolutely
but we do that
because we're
saved
not in order
to get saved
so there's no
other sacrifice
for sin
salvation cannot
be earned
and there has
never been any
other sacrifice
for sin
salvation has
always been
by grace
there's a second
thing I was
working on
the sound
and I was
having them tweak
it a little bit
and to me
it sounds like
it might be
a little loud
but can you
help me with
that and I
don't have
the ability to
be telling you
guys to tune
things so just
pay attention
if it seems a
little loud tweak
it please
I would appreciate
your help with
that the second
thing I'd like
you to notice
tonight is not
only that once
for sin
so not only does
once for all
mean that Christ
is the only
sacrifice for sin
but once for all
also means that
we only need
one sacrifice for
sin and what do
I mean by that
what I mean by
that is that
this phrase
once for all
teaches us
and this is not
the only place
where it teaches
us this
where the Bible
teaches this
this is all
throughout the
Bible but it
teaches us this
that salvation
is forever
there's no other
work that needs
to be done
Jesus did it all
He did it all
for all
but the once
means this
that once you
have it
you don't
have to get
it again
you're not
going to lose
it and need
to regain it
once you have
it it's once
for all
it's forever
notice there
Hebrews 10
and verse
number 12
Hebrews 10
12 says this
but this man
again Christ
is one
sacrifice
for sin
forever
that's what
salvation is
a sacrifice
for sins
forever
the Bible says
forever
sat down on
the right hand
of God
from henceforth
expecting that
his enemies
be made
his footstool
verse 14
for by one
offering
he hath
perfected
notice the word
here
forever
them
that
you're forever
saved
once you're
saved
you're always
saved
whatever you
want to call
the eternal
security believer
it's this
it's eternal
life
it's forever
it's once
for all
Jesus called
salvation birth
he said
marvel not
that I said
unto you
you must be
born again
and he says
just like
there's a
physical birth
there is a
you must be
born again
and in the same
way that an
individual is
only born
physically
one time
you're only
born again
spiritually
one time
you don't need
to be born
again
and again
salvation is
forever
once for all
once saved
always saved
one sacrifice
for sins
forever
you say
what do I need
to be saved
what do I need
here's what you
need
one sacrifice
for sin
forever
that's it
and that sacrifice
is the Lord
Jesus Christ
salvation is forever
once saved
always saved
and once you
are saved
you don't
need to get
saved again
look at verse 15
Hebrews 10 and verse 15
where for the
Holy Ghost
also is a witness
to us
for after that
he had said
before
this is the covenant
Lord
I will put my laws
into their hearts
and in their minds
will I write them
notice verse 17
and their sins
and iniquities
will I remember no more
that's salvation
salvation is that
God has chosen
to forget
to not remember
to not dwell
on our sins anymore
he says
and their sins
and iniquities
will I
remember no more
like verse 18
now where
remission of these
is
now that's
a fancy
theological
way to say
when the
Bible says there
in verse 18
where remission
of these
is
what that means
is
where salvation
is
when somebody
has been saved
when somebody
has put their
faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ
they have come
to Christ
in faith
understanding that
they are a
sinner
and they cannot
save themselves
through the work
of the Lord Jesus Christ
it's one sacrifice
four sins
forever
when somebody
believes that
and receives that
and accepts that
then the Bible says
verse 18
now where
remission of these
is
notice it
there is
no more
offering
for sin
so what does that mean?
it means once you're saved
you're always saved
it literally means
where remission
of these
is
once you're saved
there is
no more offering
for sin
you never have to
get saved again
you never have
to be saved again
when you've
been saved
you never have
to get saved again
you say why
would the writer
of Hebrews say that
he says that
because once you're
saved
you're always saved
it's one
sacrifice
four sins
forever
and look the person
who says
oh no
you can lose
your salvation
that is no
you have to earn
your way to heaven
it's the same thing
just on the
different side
of the coin
the person who says
I have to work
my way to heaven
I have to do
certain things
in order to
go to heaven
I have to get
baptized
I have to take
communion
I have to live
a good life
I have to turn
over a new leaf
I have to go
to church
I have to put
money in the
offering plate
I have to repent
of my sins
and please don't
trust in the
Lord Jesus Christ
their trust is in
those things
that is no different
than the person
who says
oh I'm saved
by grace
but if I
don't do those
things
or if I do
something really
bad
if I get
backslidden
if I steal
if I
whatever
if I do
something
that's not
good
then God's
going to take
away my
salvation
in themselves
because
just like
this other
person
they're saved
as long as
they
this person
is saved
as long as
they
and what
they don't
have is this
one sacrifice
four sins
forever
what they
don't have
is the
once for all
salvation
because once
for all
teaches us
that Christ
is the only
sacrifice for sin
and if Christ
is the only
sacrifice for sin
then there is
no other
sacrifice for sin
salvation
does not
need to be
earned
does not
need to be
worked for
does not
need to have
anything
accompany it
he paid
for it
all
and
salvation
being
Christ
is the
only
sacrifice for
sin
also teaches
always been
and will
always be
by calling
upon the
name of the
Lord
once
for all
teaches us
that we
only need
one sacrifice
for sin
one saved
always saved
or like the
apostle Paul
wrote it
who I believe
wrote the
book of Hebrews
one saved
no more
need
to be saved
because once
you're saved
you're always
saved
go back to Hebrews chapter 9
I'll just show you a couple of verses
and we'll finish this up
like I said I didn't want to preach very long tonight
I'd like to give time to the Lord's Supper
but I do
always want to take some time to open up the word of God
and be challenged from the word of God
Hebrews 9 and verse 11 says this
but Christ
being common high priest
of good things to come
by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle
not made with hands
that is to say
not of this building
neither by the blood of
goats and calves
but by his own blood
he entered in
and once into the holy place
notice it
how many times?
once
once for all
once into the holy place
notice his words
having
obtained
I'd like you to notice these two words
eternal
redemption
once for all
eternal
redemption
for us
so I hope
if you're not saved this evening
that you'll get saved
that you'll put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
once for all
realizing that
that means that Christ is the only sacrifice for sin
that's all you need
and once for all means
we only need one sacrifice for sin
the Lord Jesus Christ
let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Heavenly Father
Lord we do love you
and Lord we just want to
praise you
and remember tonight as we take some time to
participate and partake of the Lord's Supper
let us be clear of what salvation is
salvation is not
eating a piece of bread
it's not drinking from a cup
salvation is one sacrifice for sins forever
once for all
eternal redemption
help us to know that, help us to understand that
and help us
to celebrate tonight
as we remember the death of our Savior
the great sacrifice
help us to remember
what he did to give us this once for all salvation
and then Lord I pray you'd help us celebrate on Sunday
as we celebrate the resurrection
that though he died he did not stay dead
he died to pay for our sins and he rose to prove
that he was who he said he was
we love you
in the matchless name of the Lord Jesus Christ
we pray, Amen
At this time we're going to go ahead and partake of the Lord's Supper
and I will step down and meet you at the table
Alright, well as we get started tonight for the Lord's Supper
I would like to begin by giving you just a couple of instructions
and some things as we get ready
we are going to at this time participate of course in the Lord's Supper
and I want to say this
that this should be a reverent time
this should be a serious time
this should be a somber time
it's going to take us some time
to pass out the juice and the bread
we've got I think about 250 people here tonight
praise the Lord for that
and so while we wait to get things situated
I don't want you to spend your time chatting or on your phone
there should be a time that we take to pray
to prepare our hearts
to remember the sacrifice of our Savior
so this should be a reverent time
and I would ask that you would try to minimize distractions
as much as possible
try not to be talking
try to not get up if possible
I realize if you have little babies and things like that
you may need to get up
but we want to try to minimize distractions
we want this to be a reverent time
if you've not taken the Lord's Supper with us before
I'd like to just give you some instructions
what we're going to do
is we're going to pass out both the bread and the cup
you will receive both bread and cup before we begin
so please do not drink of the cup or eat of the bread
until you are instructed to do so
we want to do the Lord's Supper in the same order and fashion
that the Lord Jesus Christ did it
and for that reason we're going to follow very closely
the pattern given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ
so you will have both bread and cup in hand
before we actually partake of the Lord's Supper
and we want you to be aware of that
once everyone has been served
both the bread and the cup
then what we will do is we'll read a scripture
in regards to the bread
I will then pray a blessing for the taking of the bread
and then we will partake and eat of the bread together
after that I will read a scripture in regards to the cup
then I will pray a blessing on the taking of the cup
and then we will partake of the drink and of the cup together
and then we will end exactly as the Lord Jesus Christ ended
on that first Last Supper
with the singing of a hymn
before we are dismissed
I'd like you to just be aware of what we're going to do
and how we're going to do it
and just one last thing regarding the Lord's Supper
and it is this
let me just read this portion of scripture here for you
the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 11 and verse 27
this is in regards to Communion
the Apostle Paul giving instructions to the church at Corinth
he says this
wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread
and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily
shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord
the Apostle Paul gives instructions to be careful
about not eating, participating of the Lord's Supper unworthily
this is obviously an ordinance that should be done by believers
if you're not saved
this is not something that you should participate in
but I do want to say this
in verse 28 he says
but let a man examine himself
and so let him eat of that bread
and drink of that cup
the Bible says let a man examine himself
so here at Radio Baptist Church
because the Bible says that a man should examine himself
that a person should examine himself
we have chosen to not police the Lord's Table
we do not require people to be members of our church
we do not require you to give us some testimony
before participating in the Lord's Supper
we expect you
like the Apostle Paul teaches to examine yourself
and to make sure that you're in the faith
and of course the Lord's Supper is open to our church family
and to any brothers and sisters in Christ
that want to participate
but we do not police the Lord's Table
we allow for Christian liberally
like the Apostle Paul taught
let a man examine himself
and so let him eat of that bread
and drink of that cup
we are going to begin by passing out the cup
and the bread tonight
let me just read from the first Lord's Supper
from the Last Supper
in Luke 22 verses 14 through 18 the Bible says this
and when the hour was come
he sat down and the twelve 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 anymore eat thereof
until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God
and he took up 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 we are going to begin to hand out the cups
we will actually pour the juice
I've been to many churches and Lord's Supper ceremonies
where the juice is never actually poured
but we take a moment at our church to actually pour the juice
because the pouring of the juice is actually the symbolism
it's symbolic of the shedding of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ
we will pour out the juice and then we will begin to hand out the cups
I would like to instruct you
this is the first time we've done the Lord's Supper in this building
so we may have to adjust some things as we go
but I would like to ask that if you are able to hand out the cups
to the people maybe in the center of your row
without taking the tray as the guys come through
they'll be holding the trays without taking the trays from them
if you could help us, if there's people in the center of your row
that aren't able to get to it, if you would help them get cups
we would appreciate your help with that
but at this time we'll begin to hand out the cup
you
the Bible says in Luke 22 19
it
and
saying this is my body which is given for you
this do in remembrance
of me
at this time we'll begin to break the bread
and to hand it out
and we want to ask that you would please
as the men come by
to go ahead and take the bread basket
from them and pass it down the row
to the end of the row
if you could help us with that
thank you
you
as it was broken and beaten
for us
we are thankful
thank you
to be sacrificed
on our behalf
in Jesus
name we pray
amen
speak
the
apostle
this after the same manner also he took the cup when he asked up saying this cup
is the New Testament in my blood this do ye as often as you drink it in
remembrance of me and what I'd like to do is to pray a blessing on the cup
tonight to give thanks and then we will drink of the juice together let's
bow our heads Heavenly Father Lord we do thank you for what this cup
represents the shedding of the blood of our Savior the Bible says without
the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins and Lord we thank you
that we can participate in this Lord's Supper tonight because it means that
the blood of Christ the blood of God was shed on our behalf Lord we thank
you for salvation we thank you for sending your son to die on the cross
for our sins the great sacrifice of salvation in Jesus name we pray the
Bible says this for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you do
show the Lord's death till he come in Matthew 26 and verse 30 at the
conclusion of the first Lord's Supper the Last Supper the Bible says this
and when they had sung in him they went out into the Mount of Olives so
like us to finish tonight by singing a hymn together if you would let's take
our song books and go to page number 19 and we're going to sing there is a
fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins and sinners plunge
beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains page number 19 and let's
go in to sing it out on the first
Oh
Good, page number 19, sing it out, On the second, the dying thief rejoiced to see that
there was a mountain in his day.
There may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away,
wash all my sins away, wash all my sins away.
Oh, though vile as he, wash all my sins away,
On the third, ye near dying lamb, thy precious blood,
shall never lose its power, till all the ransomed church of God
be saved to sin no more, be saved to sin no more,
be saved to sin no more, till all the ransomed church of God
be saved to sin no more.
Like a great choir singing out on the fourth,
e'er since by faith I saw the street,
thy flowing wounds applied.
Redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die, and shall be till I die,
and shall be till I die.
Redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die.
Good singing out on the last,
then in an over sweet earth song,
thy power to save,
when this pointless spring's damring done,
lie silent in the grave,
lie silent in the grave.
When this pointless spring's damring done,
lie silent in the grave.
Amen. Well, I want to thank you for being with us tonight.
And of course tonight we are remembering the death
and the sacrifice of our Savior.
I want to encourage you to be with us on Sunday morning,
on Easter Sunday, because He is risen,
and He did not remain in the grave,
and we want to of course celebrate that as well.
Let me just give you a couple of concluding instructions
or announcements, and then we'll pray and be dismissed.
Of course this Sunday is our Easter service,
and it's also the grand opening of our church facility here.
So we want to encourage of course all of you to be with us
on Sunday morning for that, and have a great day.
We have special music from the choir and the orchestra.
We want to encourage you to invite someone,
bring someone with you on Sunday.
Easter Sunday is the easiest time to bring a guest to church.
So invite somebody, you make good use of those cards,
bring somebody with you, either someone you know
or someone you don't know, invite someone.
And I want to encourage you to be with us
for the soul winning push on Thursday at 6 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m.,
and then of course our big soul winning rally at 10 a.m.
I want to encourage you to be here,
and if you say, I don't have any friends,
I don't have anybody I can invite, all right, well let's go soul winning,
let's go find someone, and invite them to church
and bring them, of course preach the gospel.
So I encourage you to be here, and of course be in your place on Easter.
I think I've announced this already,
but we did something this year we've never done before.
We sent 47,000 mailers out for an Easter service.
We literally sent a mailer to every home in Natomas.
I don't know what that will do.
I don't know that we'll ever do that again,
but I want to encourage you to be here.
We're going to have all 400 chairs out.
Be here early, be on time, find your place,
be ready to help, be helpful, and to be friendly,
and we appreciate you, of course.
I'd like to end with a word of prayer, and then we'll be dismissed.
Heavenly Father, Lord, we do love you.
We thank you for our church and just the great spirit,
the great attitude.
Lord, we do thank you for this somber night
that we can reflect on the great sacrifice,
the great payment for our sin, for eternal redemption of our souls.
Lord, I pray that you'd help us to be in our place on Easter Sunday
to celebrate the resurrection.
Help us, Lord, to see many people saved this weekend.
I pray that you'd bless the soul-winning push,
there'd be many soul winners that would take the time
and make the time to go out soul-winning on Thursday at 6
and Friday at 6 and Saturday morning at 10.
Lord, we pray that you'd bless those mailers that we sent out,
and not only pray that you would use them to bring guests to our church, Lord,
but that you would bring the right people,
people that would get saved and that would submit themselves
to the authority of the word of God.
Lord, we ask that you would bless our church, continue to help our church.
We thank you for salvation.
We thank you for sending your son to die on the cross for our sins.
In the matchless name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
God bless you. You are dismissed.
We pray that you would bless us.
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