.
count your many blessings
name them one by one
and it will surprise you
what the Lord
had done
count your blessings
name them one by one
count your blessings
see what God
had done
count your
blessings
name them one by one
count your many
blessings
see what God
had done
are you ever
burdened with a load of
care
does the cross seem heavy
you are called to bear
count your many
blessings
every doubt will fly
and you will be
singing as the days
go by
name them one by one
count your
blessings
see what God
had done
count your blessings
name them one by one
count your many
blessings
see what God
had done
when you look at others
with their lands and gold
think that Christ
is untold
count your many blessings
money cannot
buy
your reward in heaven
or your home on high
count your
blessings
name them one by one
count your
blessings
see what God
had done
count your blessings
count your many blessings
see what God
had done
so amid the conflict
whether great or small
do not be discouraged
God is
over all
count your many blessings
angels will
attend
help and comfort give you to your
journeys and
count your blessings
name them one by
one
count your blessings
see what God
had done
count your blessings
name them one by one
count your many
blessings
see what God
had done
All right
good morning
welcome to Sherriff Foundation Baptist Church
we take our bulletins and go through those
if you need a bulletin would you lift up your hand
my brother Ramon will bring you
a bulletin
this bulletin
is given to you by Harley Davidson
so just kidding
on her front cover we have the verse of the week
it says for as the earth bringeth forth her bud
and as the garden causeth
the things that are sown
in it to spring forth
so the Lord God will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth
for all the nations
Isaiah chapter 61 verse 11
I think Ryland's intention with that verse was
that spring is in the air
you know
unfortunately we all lost an hour of sleep last night
so it doesn't look like you're all springy this morning
but I would say that I'm probably there
with you
put some toothpicks in your eyelids today
and we'll try to get through it together
maybe go get an extra cup of coffee
a brood if you need to
or make some truck driver coffee back there
our service time is Sunday morning service
1030 am
this morning I'm going to be preaching about communion
and so we always do that once a year
I usually preach a sermon about it
so I'll be preaching about that this morning
and we will be going through a lot of Bible verses
so maybe that will keep you awake
or do the opposite
one of the two
that's going to have its intended purpose
this morning
and then Sunday evening we'll be in Genesis
chapter 17
we'll be preaching about circumcision
tonight
and then Thursday evening Bible study
we're going to be in 2nd John
so soul wanting times are listed down below
we had
we're going to have soul wanting today at 1 pm
and
so please make sure that brother Brandon
knows
that you're going to be going for sure or not
just kind of give him a heads up
so he can put the teams together
and let's see
brother brother
brother Blake
he's preaching down at pure words today
baptist church in Houston Texas
but brother Dylan my son-in-law
got
really sick him and the kids
and they've been all like puking
and all that kind of good stuff so
Blake wants us to pray that he
doesn't get sick so
please make sure you pray for brother Blake
and he doesn't want to because if he gets that
if he gets something like that he can't go on the plane
so that would be not good
so anyway
we'll have various soul wanting times throughout the week
so
just make sure that well this is the time of the year
when we can actually get out and it's warmer
and it's a lot better
when it's warmer today I don't know about today
but we'll still
go out there and knock the doors and go
on the highways and the hedges and try to get people saved
our regional times are listed
below with the names of the leaders there
we've had well you can just look at the
praise report and see all the
numbers there and
upcoming events we have the kids Spanish
class coming this Tuesday at
6pm
I have these big soul wanting push
Saturdays coming up one
is going to be on the 27th of March
and one is going to be
on the day before Easter
which is April 3rd and
I'm ordering you know I always order
extra invitations for the Easter
thing it'll have like a special it's just
like a special invitation and so
just invite someone to church you know everything's
starting to open up you know
kinda
and Washington is very slow at doing this
and Oregon and all that stuff but
things are going to start opening up people are going to
start wanting to go back to church so I
think that
it's going to be a good day
in God's house on Easter Sunday
I'm hoping for that and so just invite
somebody to church and
maybe those people get saved while they're here
so Annie Berea's baby shower
is at 3pm on the 27th
and it's registered at baby list
dot com that's correct right
baby list never heard of that but
hey you know
that's where they're registered so it's under your
name Annie? okay
so it's under Annie's name Annie Berea alright
and it's not two R's it's just one
is that right?
okay
I have a hard time with that one for
some reason but anyway
the Lord's Supper is going to be March 28th and so
we're going to that's why I'm preaching about it this morning
obviously a lot of you know what we believe
about the Lord's Supper but maybe some of you don't
and so that's why I like to preach
it every year and
so we do it the way our church
believes that it is right so
other churches can do it however they want but
I'm just going to kind of preach to you
about how we believe
it's supposed to be done here so
anyway
so Easter Sunday is April 4th
that's resurrection Sunday some people
get offended by calling it Easter I think that's
dumb but whatever
you can call it whatever you want
you can call it either one so
and then I'll be preaching
at steadfast OKC April 25th
and the Acoma
soloing trip is coming up and so I'm going to make a
sign up sheet for that really soon
but I kind of put the feelers out
to see who all is wanting to come to that you can
come to every day that it is
but I need to know like
how many adults how many
children how many days you're staying
so what dates you're staying
and so I need all that information
so you can either email
us or you can just put your name on the sign up sheet
that I'm going to make probably I'll make it
this week sometime but anyway
so
yeah it's going to be a great trip many of you know I went
up to Yakima on Wednesday and
rip the paint off the walls
and
preach the paint off the walls now
I told brother Rick
I was going to pastor Rick I was going to
preach the paint off the walls
he goes that's OK I used to be a painter
so I could fix it
so yeah it was an interesting trip
I mean we had a great great trip
in Spokane we had 23
salvations I think for both days
and we had a lot of people from our church that
came up and helped I really appreciate you guys coming
up there and I think we had
70 soul winners on
Saturday and
we had 70 or about
like 60 or so maybe
a little bit less on Sunday afternoon
I got cussed out by some
weird guy and
it was fun
it's always an adventure when you go
soloing right so let's see
we have so yeah and then so I went
up to Yakima I drove up there because
he while I was on the phone
with Pastor Rick that's when the guy was cussing me out
I didn't know where he was coming from and
that was really weird
but I couldn't
see where he was coming from and so I
was under a carport you know where apartments have the carports
where people park and I was like this voice
is like get out of here you're
soliciting you're not supposed to be here and I'm like
OK
Satan
and so when I walked out
I was like where is that coming from I was
soloing with brother Chad and he's like I think
it was from that window where the cat's out right there
and as soon as we all looked at the window at the same
time the guy like appears and the window
is like what are you looking at
you know it was like yeah and then he's just like
I think he used the F word
for every verb, noun, pronoun
adjective that he
possibly could and
he got me mad but anyway
that's the rest of the story I'll tell the rest of the story
after church if you want but
I just kind of finally just like what
he's like are you trying to fight me
no like what am I supposed to do
here he's like don't look at me
OK
I think I looked smaller from up above
in an apartment window but
anyway so it was
a great trip and
had lots of people there so
it was fun anyway
so the Yakima
soloing trip is we're going to do that
I'm going to preach I think
Wednesday night and brother Corbin I think is going to preach
Thursday night or vice versa brother Corbin's
coming and I think
some people from
Tucson and some people from faith for Baptist
Church and so
if you come if you can get yourself
there then hotels
are paid for all food
is paid for so if you're
looking for a vacation that might be the easiest
on your pocketbook that would probably be
the one so I know sometimes we
got a lot of stuff going on so it might be hard to choose
but that one's a good one to go
to if you want to come so
and we had we had
115 salvations there last year
so I'm hoping that more people come this year
and that we get more salvations
we'll do some commando
missions to White Swan and try to get the rest of that
town knocked out so
beware of dogs remember the tasers
if you saw the tasers you got to take that on the trip
but it's going to come fast
so we need to get these hotels
blocked out so that we have it
secured for the rest of the week so
so get that information to me as soon as you can
alright the Hawaii
trip is going to be
cancelled and I'll be talking to
I need to talk to the men after church
on the second service
after the second service tonight so
all men if you're a man
in this church then
we need to talk but
yeah that trip is going to be cancelled
and so
I'll talk to you more about that later so
anyway church camp
at Union Rogue might be cancelled also
so
we're not sure whether they're
going to Coronavirus out on us or what like
they did last year so
and then the Coronavirus rules are
no handshakes, hugging, keeping distance
when talking don't come
sick and then we're also
working on the Bible
memory challenge verse
it's John 3 14 through 19
this week John 3 16 is
probably the easiest low hanging fruit verse you'll
ever have because all of you should have
that memorized so
if you don't then you're not right with God
so I'm just
kidding and then special prayer for
this week so what's going on with the new building
is that I signed a letter of intent
for us to so now they're going to bring forth
the real lease
and that'll probably be sometime this week and we're going to get into
this new building so it's not
it's still 99.9%
sure but I mean they could
just pull out for whatever reason if they
wanted to
but I think that
yeah so I'm pretty sure
we're going to get it but just keep praying about that situation
keep praying for Pastor Messler
he's really in a situation
where he's got a sword in one
hand and a trowel in the other
he's been having to spend the night at the church because
every time he leaves the church people
come and steal things off the walls
and
people come and try to
they change the locks on the whole building so he had
to go and drill out all the locks
and then once he got all the ones done except
for the last one then he said hey you want me to come down and bring the keys
and so
I had three women shouting me down
when I was preaching and trying
to ask me questions and I had to tell them
women are to keep
silence at the church
so anyway
you know the men you know I was preaching
about Cora Dathan and Abiram and then like
their doppelganger women came in
so it was really weird
so we did
battle with the ungodly
so if it was guys we probably just would have thrown them out
but like you know it's kind of hard
to throw an old lady out with a walker you know
so it just isn't a good
look I'll just say that
so anyway
so we had to beat them with the scriptures amen
so
anyway so we're a family integrated church that means
the children and infants are welcomed during the church services
I think all the monitors
are fixed in the mother baby rooms and all that
stuff so please if
do not move televisions
to one room to another I forget who told me
that they did that but like
I think it was already fixed so
don't take it upon yourself to
fix stuff down there just let
the guys know that are actually
the ones that work on the equipment so
if you have any problems with that just let me know
I don't want you guys to be without sound down there
or anything like that so
but anyway you have that available
to you downstairs and
just the mother baby
rooms have gotten full this new building
it's going to change all that it's going to be
it's going to be awesome so
really looking forward to
getting into there but make sure
you're still locking the baby gates
on each side I know I say at every service but sometimes
I find them unlocked so just be
careful on those back steps
and use the handrails when you walk down there
also silence
your cell phones at this time
and please no food in the
assembly area make sure that you're
getting the escort if you're a single lady
or you're here with just your children without your
husband till you get a
now the bars are all back open again so it would be a
good time to start using that service
again don't be proud don't think you can
beat up like five guys at the same time ladies
I know you might be skilled in jiu-jitsu
but you know
men are just stronger than women so just
we want that to be something
that you actually utilize don't be embarrassed
or anything like that so
the text giving numbers there
the website for
donations online and
Tess Christian has
a birthday we haven't seen her here in a long time
it is her birthday we just want to say happy birthday
and then Eli
Lambert I don't see Eli
he must have known we were going to sing to him this
morning and Zakaya
how old are you going to be?
12
I have this thing where I think everybody's
still the same age as when we started the church
I don't know if you guys knew that or not like he's still 12
to me but
he's actually 16 so on the 20th
right all right well sing
happy birthday to yourself all right
let's keep it up
happy birthday
to you
happy birthday to
you
happy birthday God bless
you
happy birthday to
you
did your parents get you a car yet?
no? okay
I'd love to talk to them after the service
yes
amen congratulations
awesome that's great when the
kids get saved too amen that's
what it's all about so
well not all of it but it's a
great thing for the children to be saved in this church
and that's what we ultimately
want so if
you go to these repenting your sins churches
they get saved like 15 times so
and they come up to the altar
and they get baptized 15 times it really helps them
pad their numbers so anyway
and I think that's it
that's all for announcements
let's sing another song and
then we'll receive the offering
all right let's open our Bibles to Psalm 11
Psalm 11
on the first verse
In the Lord
put I my trust
how say ye to
my soul
flee as a
bird to your mountain
for lo the wicked
bend their bow
they
make ready
their arrow
upon the
stream that they
may privately
shoot at the
upright in heart
if the foundations
be destroyed
what can the righteous
do the
Lord is in his holy
temple
the Lord's throne is in
heaven his
eyes behold
his eyelids
try
the children
of men
the Lord tried
the righteous
but the wicked
and him
that loveth violence
his soul
hadeth
his soul
hadeth
upon the
wicked
he shall
rain snares
fire and brimstone
and horrible
tempest
this shall
be
the portion of
their cup
for the righteous
Lord
loveth righteousness
his countenance
doth behold
the upright
in the Lord
but I
my trust
may I
again sing everyone
brother Sean can you bless the offering for us please
Lord thank you so much
for this day
we thank you
amen
you
all right go ahead and open your bibles to
first corinthians chapter 11
first corinthians 11 if you don't have a
bible raise your hand and one of the ushers will bring you one
first corinthians
chapter 11
first corinthians 11 the bible reads
be ye followers of me
even as I also am of
Christ
now I praise you brethren
that you remember me in all things
and keep the ordinances
as I delivered them to you
but I would have you know
that the head of every man is Christ
and the head of every woman is the man
and the head of Christ is God
every man praying or prophesying
having his head covered
dishonereth his head
but every woman that prayeth or prophesyeth
with her head uncovered dishonereth
her head for that is even
all one as if she were
shaven
for if the woman be not covered
let her also be shorn
but if it be a shame for a woman to be
shorn or shaven let her be covered
for a man indeed ought not
to cover his head for as much
as he is the image and glory of God
but the woman is the glory of the man
for the man is not of the woman
but the woman of the man
neither was the man created for the woman
but the woman for the man
for this cause ought the woman
to have power on her head because
of the angels nevertheless
neither is the man without the woman
neither the woman without the man
in the Lord for as
the woman is of the man even so
is the man also by the woman
but all things of God
judge in yourselves is it comely
that a woman pray unto God uncovered
doth not even nature itself
teach you that if a man have
long hair it is a shame unto him
but if a woman have long hair
it is a glory to her
for her hair is given her for a covering
but if any man
seem to be contentious we have no
such custom neither the churches
of God now in this
that I declare unto you I praise you not
that ye come together not for the
better but for the worse
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
be also heresies among you
that they which are approved
may be made manifest among you
when you come together therefore into
one place this is not to eat the
Lord's Supper for in eating
everyone taketh before other
his own supper and one is hungry
and another is drunken
what have ye not houses to eat
and to drink in 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 for I have received
of the Lord that which I 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 due in remembrance of me
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 ye drink it
in remembrance of me
for as often as ye eat this bread and drink
this cup ye do show the Lord's
death till he come
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
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 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 ye come together to eat
tarry one for another and
if any man hunger let him eat at home
that ye come not together unto condemnation
and the rest will I set in order
when I come. Brother Alex
will you pray for us?
Amen, okay like I said in the announcements
I'm going to be preaching about
the doctrine of communion
I am going to be going through lots of verses
and hopefully you can keep up and hopefully
I can make it clear to everybody
there's a lot of things to cover this morning
but I think it's important
to know what we believe about that
there's a lot of new people in our church
and people that maybe you've done it
in different ways or whatever
I'm just going to teach you how I believe
the Lord's Supper should be done
and our church does it
different than other churches
so not like weird different
but just different different
anyway let's look at verse
turn to Luke chapter 22 before we get into
1 Corinthians
Luke chapter 22
I'm just going to read one verse out of there
and then I'll pray and we'll get going here
Luke chapter 22
look at verse number 1
Luke 22 verse number 1
the Bible says now the feast of unleavened bread
is called the Passover
let's pray Heavenly Father
we thank you Lord so much
and for the things that you did for us Lord
the perfect life
the horrible death that you died for us Lord
and the resurrection from the dead and from hell
Lord we just want to thank you Lord so much
and as we study this lesson this morning
I pray that our hearts would be stirred in us
to remember you Lord
and remember the things that you did for us
and have that on our hearts
as the coming weeks come
Easter and as we actually partake of the Lord's Supper
I pray you bless and fill me with your spirit
as I begin to preach in Jesus' name Amen
Okay so what we believe at
Schur Foundation Baptist Church
on the Lord's Supper is basically
just what I want to get across to you today
and why we believe what we believe
so the answer should always be
because that's what the Bible says
so any doctrine that we put forth at this church
it should always be because that's what the Bible says
it's not my own pet doctrine
it's not something I made up
or something that I just stole from somebody else
but it's what the Bible says
so that should always be why we teach stuff
if you're still in Luke chapter 21
look at verse number 7 it says
then came the day of unleavened bread
when the Passover must be killed
you're like Pastor Thompson why are you talking about the Passover
well because of this church we believe
that the Lord's Supper is a continuation of the Passover
from the Old Testament
and it says in verse 8
and he sent Peter and John saying
go and prepare us the Passover that we may eat
and so what's the context of this so far
well it's the Passover
so look at verse 11
it says and he shall say unto the good one of the house
the master saith unto thee
where is the guest chamber where I may eat the Passover
with my disciples
and he shall show you a large upper room furnished
there make ready
and they went and found as he had said unto them
and they made ready the Passover
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
so after telling his disciples all of this
and having them prepare the Passover
he says with desire of desire to eat this Passover with you
before I suffer
so what are they doing right here
they're eating the Passover right
so next he institutes what we call
the Lord's Supper or Communion
look at verse number 17 in Luke chapter 22
it says and he took the cup
and gave thanks and said take this
and divide it among yourselves
look at verse 19 it says
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
so here he institutes what we call the Lord's Supper
and why is it changed
well because they used to kill a Passover land
that represented a land without blemish
they drained it of all of its blood
they cooked it and they ate it
but now after Jesus dies on the cross
we don't need to kill a lamb
because the lamb has already been slain
and we don't need to have some representation
of that fact we know that the Lord Jesus Christ died
in the sins of the whole world
so that's why we wouldn't continue
you see these churches sometimes
they do Passovers with Jews
that's super weird that you would do that
I would not recommend doing that
Andrew Sluder had this video where he was like
we're doing the Passover
the Passover lamb has been slain
we don't need to partake of the lamb anymore
so what is Christ doing?
in 1 Corinthians when we read
for the context of the sermon
Paul makes people understand
what Christ did in the Passover
so he's telling them this is how Christ did it
in 1 Corinthians 11
and then we see here him actually doing it
and there's other chapters in the Bible
we could go to for it
but it says in verse 20
likewise also the cup after supper
saying this cup is the New Testament
by blood which is shed for you
so at this moment he changes the Passover
the next day he's going to die
as the Passover lamb
outside of the walls of Jerusalem
he's going to be crucified
and that changes everything
so no longer will the Passover be done
at least by people that actually believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ
which is the true God
not only does it represent the death of Christ
but a continuation of it
meaning he institutes it
and says to keep doing it
so he says this due in remembrance of me
so what are we supposed to do when we do
the Lord's Supper
it's a remembrance of what Jesus did for us
but it's also just like the Passover
was a solemn assembly
it's a solemn assembly for us here
we take it very seriously
there's not a bunch of goofing around
and joking around
who's all done the Lord's Supper here at our church?
we have not
so
we don't partake of the Passover
we don't kill a lamb
we don't sacrifice a lamb
look at 1 Corinthians 5
verse number 7
1 Corinthians 5
verse number 7
it says,
Purge out therefore the old leaven
that ye may be a new lump
as ye are unleavened
for even Christ, what?
our Passover is sacrifice for us
so the Passover
always represented Christ
it was always
a precursor and a picture
of what Christ was going to do
for us on the cross of Calvary
it says in verse 8, 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
so the elements that we use
in the Lord's Supper
is grape juice
and unleavened bread
which we cook fresh
before we do it
so you're not getting one of those
chalky pieces of
old store that's been
freeze dried for 25 years
that the church has had
who's had that before?
but also
so why are the elements like that?
well a lot of people think that we're supposed to use
alcoholic wine
to do the Passover
to do the Lord's Supper
but Jesus' blood
was perfect
it was sinless
why would you represent His blood
with alcoholic wine that's poison?
you wouldn't do that
and it doesn't even say
to use wine
it says I will not drink this fruit of the vine
so what's fruit of the vine?
grape juice
you think about when
the butler and the bread maker
the baker was going to get killed
and the butler
said he squeezed the grapes
into Pharaoh's cup
when he was talking about Joseph in prison
so if it was fruit of the vine
wouldn't it be squeezed fresh off the vine
like when you have grapes
if you squeeze them
juice is going to come out
so that's what we believe the elements are
and unleavened bread
is still a picture
of the sinless body of Christ
which was broken for us
so
understand this
we believe at this church that the Lord's Supper
is the New Testament
continuation of the Passover
we don't participate in Passover services
with any Jews or anything
those things are done away in Christ
we have
our own Passover
the continuation which is the Lord's Supper
that's what I believe
that's what I believe the Bible teaches
why did he institute it at that moment?
because he was changing it to that
that's what I believe
look at 1 Corinthians 11
where we started
with the Bible reading
1 Corinthians 11 verse 1
now obviously part of this chapter
is talking about
the length of your hair
women should have long hair
men should have short hair
look at what it says in verse 1
be followers of me
even as I also am
of Christ
so Paul's the apostle to the Gentiles
but he's also just an apostle
in general
and he's saying, hey look
we're going to do things the way
I do them
and that's because I'm following Christ
so be followers of me
even as I'm also a follower of Christ
if you go to church I would ask you
hey follow me as I follow Christ
but that's kind of what Paul's
basically saying here
look at verse 2 it says
now I praise you brethren that you remember me in all things
and keep the ordinances
as I delivered them to you
now this
so he's going to start talking about haircuts
and stuff and an ordinance is basically
an authoritative order or decree
so I believe
that there probably is multiple
ordinances in the Bible
and I know that there is
but here's the thing
when it comes to ordinances that picture
the death of Christ
or the blood of Christ or the death
burial or resurrection of Christ
which ones are
in the New Testament that we're commanded to do?
We're commanded
the Lord's Supper and baptism
and so those are the only two things
that would represent that
of ordinances that you would find in the New Testament
so cutting your hair
I'm not supposed to be up here with long hair
like Daniel Fusco
with dreadlocks and going
the way he talks
but
I'm supposed to have my hair cut short
well you say well what's short?
You know when your hair is long?
The Bible doesn't say
three quarters inches long
or anything like that
but you know when it's long
if my hair was down to here would you say it was long?
What about here?
You know what short is
you know what long is
when women have long hair
it's obviously to cover their head
so if you look at a woman from the back
and her head is covered
then she has long hair
so it's pretty obvious
but what he gets into
after he starts talking about this
ordinance of haircut
he's talking about the Lord's Supper
I'm not going to cover baptism today
but I am going to cover the Lord's Supper
and so
but I believe that there's two ordinances
that the church is supposed to keep
that represent the death
and the blood shed
which is the Lord's Supper, the death of Christ
the blood he shed for us
and then baptism is something that you do
after you get saved that represents the death
burial and resurrection of Christ
so
anyway
I believe here at this church
about the Lord's Supper
there are only two ordinances that we keep at this church
as far as
that represent that
and then
so let's see
I just want to make this disclaimer
also again
that if another church does the Lord's Supper
differently than we do
they're not my enemies, I'm not going to attack them
I don't think that that's right
this is an independent Baptist church
I know that we get accused of being this cult
that's all in lock step
with Pastor Anderson
if we don't believe what he believes
and we're out of the club or whatever
that could not be further from the truth
and so
we do and believe a lot of different things
not a lot of different things
but we believe things differently on some subjects
and so
it's basically, you know
but if you're in a Pastor Anderson fan club or something
or if you're in a Pastor Jimenez fan club
you're going to say
well hey I think we should do things the way they do it
but that's not an independent Baptist
is it?
and look
me and Pastor Jimenez agree on this subject
so
I don't have a problem with the way he does it
I don't have a problem with the way anybody does it
that's their pastor, that's what they do
but like here at this church
that's what we're going to do
and if you can't get behind that
then just don't come to it
you know, so
anyway, so
Paul, like in verse 23
we're going to skip down to verse 23 now
and Paul teaches
this is how Paul teaches us
to do the Lord's Supper
and it's exactly how Christ taught
the disciples to do it
so we just read those verses in
Luke chapter 22
but look at what he says in verse 23
in 1 Corinthians chapter 11
it says
for I have received of the Lord
that which also I
delivered unto you
so he's already taught them how to do this
and he received this teaching from who?
the Lord
that the Lord Jesus the same night
in which he was betrayed
took bread and when he had given thanks
he'd break it and said take, eat
this is my body which is broken for you
this do in remembrance of me
so he's basically just regurgitating
the same exact thing that we just read
in Luke chapter 22
after the same manner
also he took the cup and when he had supped
saying this cup is the New Testament
in my blood this do as
often as you drink it
in remembrance of me
for as often
as you eat this bread and drink
this cup you do show the Lord's
death till he come
now I want to just say this real quick
some people do the Lord's Supper
more than we do
we believe it's the New Testament
continuation of the Passover
how often do they do the Passover?
once a year right?
so that's what we believe
the continuation is that we continue to do it
once per year
that makes it special
that makes it a special remembrance
because if you're doing it every week like the Catholics do
I think they do it every service
which obviously the way they do things
and the way they believe about it
it's an abomination before God
to listen to a wafer cookie for you to eat
and they use
alcoholic wine
but Paul
clearly says we're going to do it
the way Jesus did it
so in this passage it's really clear
that Paul is instructing us that the Lord's
Supper is an ordinance that we are to continue
doing it
how often? as often as you eat this bread
and drink this cup
so let me say this
if people do it more than we do
again, I'm not against you
I'm not attacking you
I'm just saying that we believe at this church
that it's a continuation of the Passover
I know I keep repeating myself about that stuff
but I just want you to be clear on what we believe
so point number one, we practice the Lord's Supper
or communion because Jesus told us to
Paul told us to
he taught us how to do it
and so point number two
we do the Lord's Supper annually
so I'll prove to you why we believe this
or I'll attempt to prove that to you
and why do we believe that?
well again because it was only done annually
in the Old Testament as the Passover
but again
if someone else does it more
I don't have a problem with that
you do you
we'll do the way we do it here
so again
the Lamb represents the death of Christ
and the blood on the doorpost
represents us being covered by the blood of Christ
and so like
you know you think of the doorpost of your heart
where people
you know
that that represented the fact that
we have the blood on us
and that we
God will pass over us
and not destroy us like He destroyed the first born
and the children
in Exodus chapter 12
so turn to Exodus chapter 12
and look at verse number 1
the Bible says
I'll give you a second to turn there
Exodus chapter 12 verse 1
says the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron
and the land of Egypt saying this month shall be
unto you the beginning of months
it shall be the first month of the year
to you
speak unto all the congregation of Israel saying
in the tenth day of this month
they shall take to them
every man a lamb
according to the house of their fathers
a lamb for an house
so now
hold your place there because we're going to be flipping
back and forth I'm actually going to have you hold your place
in 1 Corinthians chapter 11
I'm going to pull a pass for a minute this morning
1 Corinthians chapter 11
keep your place in
Exodus chapter 12 or if you can flip back
to it really fast
but I'm going to have you turn to Numbers chapter 9 also
so every man was supposed to have
a lamb in
Israel to do the Passover
it was represented that house's lamb
now why wouldn't
each person have a lamb?
because each person could not eat a whole lamb
by themselves
so that makes sense
that you would have a lamb
for the size of the household that you
are partaking in
but they were eating the Passover
in their house
so by the size
of their family
now look at Numbers chapter 9 verse 1
it says the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai
in the first month of the second year
after they were come out of the land of Egypt
saying let the children of Israel
also keep the Passover at
his appointed season
so what was the appointed season?
it was supposed to be once a year
so this is the second year after they have come out
not the first year, it's the second year
in the fourteenth day of the month
at even, when did Jesus die?
at even, he shall keep it
in his appointed season
so the Lord was very specific
about when they were supposed to do it
the appointed season
so according to the rights of it
and according to all the ceremonies thereof
shall you keep it
so he's saying keep it like I told you to keep it
and that's what I'm saying to you today
that we should keep it the way the Lord
told us to keep it
and Moses spake unto the children of Israel
that they should keep
the Passover
so that's why I believe
that it's supposed to be once a year
because if it's the continuation of the Old Testament Passover
doesn't it make sense that you would do it once a year
why would you split it off
into every week
or three times a week
or once a month or once a quarter
you know, it was supposed to be done
at the appointed season
so there is like a
kind of a caveat to this though
like if some people had touched a dead body
or they were not ceremonially
clean
then they were allowed to have
kind of a makeup session
and so like last year when we had the coronavirus
and we were shut down during Easter
then we decided to just
make, you know, I think it was
after a month after we started back up
our regular services here in the building
then we just did like that makeup
Passover and I don't think that's wrong
you know, I think it's fine
so you're all unclean
you coronavirus
people, so anyway
so in verse
okay
yeah, so
so number one, why do we keep the Lord's
Supper? Because Jesus said to
number two, why do we keep the Lord's Supper
annually? Because it's in the
New Testament continuation of the Old Testament
Passover and it was done
annually. Number three
the Passover was done
collectively
Passover was done collectively
so we do the Lord's
Supper together as a congregation
because that's the example that you see
in scripture and you're like well
but the Passover, they did it in their house
yeah, but
we don't eat the lamb anymore
so let's
look back, so you're holding your finger
in Exodus
you should have a finger in 1 Corinthians
chapter 11
it says in verse 25
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 ye drink it in remembrance
of me. So ye
is that a plural term or is that
a singular term?
Okay, so this do ye
as oft as ye drink it in remembrance
of me. For as often
as ye eat this bread and drink
this cup ye do show the Lord's death
till he come. So now
flip back to
Exodus chapter 12, look at verse number three
Exodus chapter 12
verse number three
speak ye unto all the congregation of the children of Israel
saying in the tenth day of the month
they shall take to them every man
a lamb
according to the house of their fathers
a lamb for a house
but what do we not do anymore?
We don't take a lamb for a house
so
and why don't we do that? Because the Passover
has already been killed, right?
And here's the thing about this
the way that they did it
is that if this lamb represents
Christ and they're supposed to eat that whole lamb
they're not
supposed to leave anything left over and if anything
is left over they're supposed to burn it with fire
right? And not every person
could eat a lamb by themselves so it doesn't make sense
if you have a family of twelve
they probably had big families back then
that every single person including
all the children that were saved each had
a lamb. But here's the thing
you do have to have your own
personal lamb. You have
to make a decision to be
saved. You have to make a decision
to make the lamb
your savior. The lamb of God which is
the Lord Jesus Christ.
So look at verse number four
it says if the household
be too little for the lamb
let him and his neighbor next unto
his house take it according to the number
of the souls. Every man
according to his eating shall
make your count
for the lamb.
So it's for the number of the souls isn't that
interesting? So did Jesus die
for the sins of the whole world? Absolutely.
But he also died for each individual person here
and so that's why
that's the determining factor
could they eat the lamb
in one sitting? Now look at verse number
five it says your lamb shall be
without blemish a male of
the first year he shall take
it out from the sheep
or from the goats. So
what was the prerequisite? It had to be without blemish
because it represented the sinlessness
of Christ in a male
Jesus Christ of course was a male
and then it says and he shall keep it
until the fourteenth day of the same month
and the whole
assembly of the congregation
of Israel
the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
is that everybody?
Shall kill it
in the evening. So
this is also I believe a picture of the fact
that we all put Jesus on the cross
and that's why it says
the whole assembly shall kill it in the evening
and where did they kill it?
Outside the camp right?
But look at verse number seven
in Exodus chapter 12 it says
and they shall take of the blood
and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post
of the houses wherein they shall eat it
so each family had
the blood stricken on the
post obviously
and then what did God do when he saw
the blood on the door post
he passed over
that house and did not
destroy the first born
of the family
so that's a picture of when
God sees the blood
applied to our personal lives
that means that he's going to pass over
his wrath against us and we're
saved to the uttermost and we
cannot spend one second
in hell and so
that's what the representation
is picturing here
so the part of the Passover
we don't do together
is what?
The sacrifice of the Lamb
that is a personal thing between you and God
so when we do the elements
in church we pass those things out
but who does not get
the elements?
Unsaved people
people that are not
you know they're not saved
maybe the little children
it's an opportunity for you
to teach your children about salvation
I know that
if it's done correctly
that's a great opportunity to get your children
saved and to help them to understand
what the Bible says it takes to be saved
so go back to
1 Corinthians
chapter 5 or 7
actually I'll just read it
stay where you're at
so I'm going to read 1 Corinthians 5 and 7 again
I've already read it once
encourage out therefore the old leaven
that you may be a new lump
as you are unleavened
for even Christ our Passover
is sacrificed for us
therefore let us
keep the feast
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
so we are still keeping that feast
but our Passover
let us keep the feast
it doesn't say let you keep the feast
let us
not thee or thou or thine
it's saying let us
keep the feast
and it says in the unleavened bread
of sincerity and truth
so what element do we still use?
the unleavened bread
so that's what Jesus did
that's what we do
what did he do?
he handed out the cup
we eat the unleavened bread
so back in Exodus 12 it says
and they shall eat the flesh
in that night
roast with fire
and unleavened bread
and with bitter herbs
shall they eat it
eat not of it raw nor sodden
at all with water
but roast with fire
so we are talking BBQ here
it's not boiled
it's not any of those things
it's a great way that you had to eat
and prepare and roast
the lamb
and it says
his head with his legs
and with the pertinence thereof
so everything
it was a complete burnt offering
it was roast with fire
and ye shall let nothing of it
remain until the morning
that which remaineth of it
until the morning shall be burnt with fire
like I said this is a picture of salvation
and Christ what did he do?
he was roast with fire
when he went to hell for three days and three nights
and I know that not everybody believes that
but then why is it
specifically saying that it has to be roast with fire
every sacrifice
received was supposed to be roast
with fire like that
what does it represent if that's not what
it represents?
explain to me what that represents
good food standards
you have to
put the thermometer in it to make sure
that it was good enough to eat
that's the only thing I can think of
but I know that nothing is
coincidental or accidental in the Bible
why is when Isaac
about to be sacrificed
that he has them laid out
on wood
he's got the fire
he's going to kill him
and drain out his blood
and light the fire
that represents Christ
but he said God will make himself
a lamb for the burnt offering
and that's talking about God himself
so it's a picture of salvation
and with the Lamb of God
that blood applied to us
we will not be sent to hell
his wrath will pass over us
that's what the Bible teaches
now stay in Exodus
I'm going to just read for you
in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 22
Hebrews chapter 10 verse 22
says let us draw near with a true heart
and full assurance of faith
having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience
and our bodies washed
with pure water
so in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 22
it's saying that our hearts
have to be sprinkled with faith
right?
so it's faith that we're saved
in the shed blood of Christ
and so that's why it's saying
in Hebrews chapter 10 22
that we have to have the full assurance of faith
so Exodus chapter 12 verse 11
and thus shall ye eat it
with your loins girded
your shoes and your feet and your staff in your hand
and you shall eat it with haste
it is the Lord's Passover
skip down to verse 28
and the children of Israel went away
and did as the Lord had commanded
Moses and Aaron
so did they
and it came to pass that at midnight
the Lord smote all the first born
in the land of Egypt and the first born of Pharaoh
that sat on the throne
unto the first born of the captive
that was in the dungeon
and all the first born of cattle
and Pharaoh rose up
and that night he and all of his servants
and all of the Egyptians
and there was a great cry in Egypt
for there was not a house
where there was not one dead
and he called for Moses and Aaron by night
and said rise up and get you forth
from among my people
both ye and the children of Israel
as ye have said
also take your flocks and your herds
as ye have said and be gone
and bless me also
he was always asking him to bless him also
but anyway
and the Egyptians were urgent upon the people
that they might send them out
of the land in haste
for they said we be all dead men
so notice
when they were all together
that's when they partook of the bread
we'll see that here in a few minutes
look down at verse 34
that's where it's going to show us
and the people took their dough
before it was leavened
their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes
upon their shoulders
and the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses
and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver
and jewels of gold and raiment
so they ate the Passover in their house
but what did they do?
they took their dough
they took the bread
they went in haste
the bread by themselves in their house
is what they do
they took it out with them when they were all together
and it says
the Lord gave the people favor
on the side of the Egyptians
so they lent them such things as required
and they spoiled the Egyptians
and the children of Israel
journeyed from Ramses to Sukkoth
about 600,000 on foot
that were men besides children
so this is the whole congregation of Israel
together leaving the promised land
or not the promised land but Egypt
and it says
and a mixed multitude
went up also with them
and flocks and herds even very much cattle
and what's it say?
and they
baked unleavened cakes of the dough
which they brought forth out of Egypt
for it was not leavened
so how did the children of Israel partake of the unleavened bread?
the Exodus are an example of the Passover
what did they do?
they took it out with them
they didn't eat it in their house
they took it out with them
and then when they were all together
they baked the unleavened cakes of dough
which they brought forth out of Egypt
for it was not leavened
because they were thrust out of Egypt
and could not tarry
neither had they prepared themselves any victuals
so again, why would we take the Lord's Supper together?
well if it's a continuation of the Passover
and we're supposed to eat unleavened bread
why would you eat it in your own house by yourself?
you would partake of it with the people of God at the same time
that's what I believe the Bible teaches
and I believe that it teaches it in 1 Corinthians chapter 11
and I'll get there shortly
but they ate the lamb in private
at home, in haste
partaking of the lamb again is private
it's a picture of Christ and personal salvation
but the partaking of the broken body of Christ
is done together as a congregation
isn't that what it said?
so once they were all together
they ate the bread collectively
like we do the Lord's Supper
when we do it once a year
the only thing they did at home
was the one thing that we don't do anymore
in the New Testament
they ate the lamb at home
again, it's a beautiful picture of salvation
I believe
so I think it's very clear
but we can eat the bread together at church
but partaking of the lamb is a private thing
that's something that you do on your own
you have to accept the Lord Jesus Christ
by faith
personally
you don't get saved just because you're sitting in this church
children
you don't get saved just because you're part of the collective here
you get saved because you personally
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
so don't think that just because your parents are saved
that that makes you automatically saved
it's not true
but you'll have a lot of churches
like Calvinist churches
where they'll say, well everybody's elect
you know
and so they basically believe
because they're elect, their children are elect
so that's not how it works
that's why they baptize children
at presbyterian churches
because they think, well, if they're part of the elect
they might as well baptize them now
because eventually they're going to
have this magical thing happen to them
where they're drinking coffee and the Lord
comes and just saves them
he had to give them the faith or whatever
but
you're not saved just because you're here
you must receive the lamb on your own
and kids, you have to
make this decision on your own
you have to have the faith
to be saved
and once you understand
then you can make that decision for yourself
nobody can make that decision for you
your parents can't force you into it
nobody can force you into it
your friends can't pressure you into it
that decision is something that you don't understand
but you should try to understand
what the Bible says it takes to be saved
now some of you are like, this is going over your head
but I hope it doesn't go over your head
I hope you realize
that it's a personal decision for you
to be saved
you have to have faith on your own
nobody can get it for you
God doesn't just give you the gift of faith
you have to believe that on your own
based upon what the Bible says
and you go to a lot of doors with your parents
when they're given the gospel
but you shouldn't tune out, you should pay attention to what they're saying
because that's what we believe it takes to be saved
that's what the Bible teaches it takes to be saved
and so you children have to take
the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ
into your heart on your own
so that door post
has to have the blood applied for it
in those terms
those spiritual terms
but you have to call upon
the name of the Lord yourself and be saved
nobody can do that for you
turn to 1 Corinthians 10
keep your finger
well, I might be able to have you
take your finger out of Exodus here
yeah, I think you can
keep your spot in 1 Corinthians 11
anyway, 1 Corinthians 10 verse 15 says
I speak as to wise men
judge ye what I say
yeah, the apostle Paul is saying to judge him
you can't judge him
he just said judge me
anyway
it says judge what I say
the cup of blessing that which we bless
is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?
the bread which we break
is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
for we being many
are one bread
one body
we are all partakers of that one bread
you see the picture
that Paul has given us here
is that when we are all together as one body
and we are that one bread
we are all partakers of that one bread
so why wouldn't you do it
with everybody in the congregation?
that's what it's teaching
it's not talking about at home
is it?
it's together
and we at this church, that's what we believe
I think it's clear
I think it's clear that we eat the bread together
not separately at our own houses
turn to Deuteronomy 16
verse 5
Deuteronomy 16
verse 5
the Bible says thou mayest not sacrifice the Passover
within any of thy gates
which the Lord thy God giveth thee
but at the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose to place his name
there thou shalt sacrifice
the Passover at even
so what was it saying?
they're not supposed to do it in their own gates
they're not supposed to sacrifice the Passover
in their own gates
this is after the children of Israel went out
and were in the wilderness
it says but at the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose to the place
so
that's interesting
they weren't supposed to sacrifice it there
the sacrifice was made
with all the people
outside of their own gates
they partook of the suffering
outside the camp
just like Christ was suffering
outside in Jerusalem
he didn't get crucified in the city did he?
he got crucified outside the city
look at verse 7
it says thou shalt roast and eat it in the place
which the Lord thy God shall choose
and thou shalt turn in the morning
and go unto thy tents
so where was the sacrifice done?
was it done in their house?
no, it was done outside in the place
that the Lord thy God shall choose
and thou shalt turn in the morning
and then go into thy tents
they ate it in their tents
but they sacrificed it outside the camp
six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread
and on the seventh day
shall be a solemn assembly
to the Lord thy God
thou shalt do no work therein
so why do we do it collectively?
that's how it was done in the Bible
why do we do it yearly?
that's how it was done in the Bible
and if you believe
if I've convinced you that it's a continuation
of the Passover
that's how it was done in the Old Testament
the pictures, the showing of us
of how we're supposed to do it
so number one, why do we keep the Lord's Supper?
Jesus said to do that
Paul said to do that
number two, why do we keep the Lord's Supper annually?
because in the New Testament
it's a continuation of the Old Testament Passover
it was done annually
why do we do the Passover?
Point number three, the Passover was done collectively
or at least the bread
so number four, we need to do it correctly
so in this chapter
you have some verses
where the Apostle Paul is saying
and it might seem to you that he's saying
don't do it at church
but he's saying
you're doing it wrong
this is a corrective passage
look at 1 Corinthians 11 and 17
this is the Apostle Paul
correcting and telling people
they're doing something wrong
now in this that I declare unto you
I praise you not that you can't come together
not for the better
but for the worse
for first of all
when you come together in the church
I hear that there be divisions among you
and I partly believe it
and you know this church was messed up
in a lot of different ways
and so yeah he partly believes it
because he keeps hearing all this stuff
for there must also be heresies among you
that they which are approved
may be made manifest among you
so Paul is saying
there must be heresies among you
if there's division
then that means that there's heresies
because not everything is the same
you can't all believe different things about something
and it would all be true
just like all Bible versions aren't true
just like the NIV is not like the King James
so what Paul is saying to them
this is what you would call corrective passage
now we believe that
why do we read the Bible
so you can get the context
of what's going on here
Paul is saying follow me
do the ordinances as I showed you to do them
he gives the example of how Jesus did it
but he's also correcting them
on how they're doing it wrong
and then he's also going to tell them
how to do it right
that's how it works
but you can't just arrest the text
from the context
and just make it say whatever you want
that's how Bible teachers can get out of whack
but this is a corrective passage
don't take it out of context
don't arrest the text from its context
these verses are all together
teaching us this doctrine
so look at verse 20
it says when you come together
therefore into one place
this is not to eat the Lord's Supper
now someone might take that verse and say
well see they're not supposed to do the Lord's Supper in one place
but that's not what it's saying
he's saying that's not what they're doing
they're calling it the Lord's Supper
but that's not actually what they're doing
because that's why Paul shows them how to do it right
and he says I've already told you this before
look at verse 21
for in eating everyone taketh before
other his own supper
what are they doing?
it's a potluck gone wild
is what it is
you brought your own dinner with you
one is hungry, another is drunken
now when it says another is drunken
I don't think it's talking about someone being drunk on alcohol
what I think it's talking about
is someone just eating more food than they should have
they've drank more
drink than they should have
but that's not what the Lord's Supper is
when Jesus took the cup
he took a sip of it
and then passed it
he didn't go
hold on, refill
so the elements are supposed to be
not for you to get full
it's not some kind of thing where
you're just supposed to be eating all kinds of food
and it's just like love feast or whatever
what the modern perversions say
they come to your love feast
but anyway
1 Corinthians 11.22
what have you not houses to eat and drink in
or despise you 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 why is he saying that?
because they're doing the Lord's Supper wrong
some people are bringing their own
potluck style suppers
and they're hungry
and then another's drunk
and they've eaten too much
that's not what the Lord's Supper is
and so this is why he's saying
I praise you not
don't you have houses to eat in
so they were doing the Lord's Supper wrong
don't take your doctrine
from a corrective passage
that's what's going on here
he's correcting them and saying
when you're coming to the church to eat the Lord's Supper
that's not what you're doing
so it says in verse 23
so now we're going
from a corrective
passage to an instructive
passage in this text
and this is a safe passage
to get your doctrine from
what do we believe at this church?
why do we believe it?
because this is the corrective passage
that Paul is saying hey you were doing it wrong before
you made it a potluck
people were hungry, people were overeating
that's not what the Lord's Supper is
it's a special thing
it's something that you do together
but it's not like everybody is having a feast
it's elements that are brought forth
a certain amount
I don't give you a big whole thing
for each person to have their own
unleavened bread
giant piece of bread
it's torn up like the Lord Jesus tore it up
it's handed to other people
the cup is handed out to other people
it's not a tiny amount
but it's not also enough to get you full
so if that's why you're coming to the Lord's Supper
then you're coming for the wrong reason
first of all
and like if you're hungry
eat at home before you come
or eat in your van
or whatever
but the Lord's Supper when we do that
it's not something that's supposed to be done
as like some kind of
party and fellowship
and things like that
look at verse 23
it says
that the Lord Jesus the same night
in which he was betrayed took bread
so here's the instructive part
and when he had given thanks
he'd break it
so he thanked God for it
then he'd break it and said
take, eat, this is my body
which is broken for you
it's a representation of the broken body of Christ
this due in remembrance of me
what is it for?
what is the element for?
is it for you to get full?
it's a symbol of his broken body
now look at verse 25
it says after the same manner also
he took the cup
and 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 after the same manner
so he asked God
to bless the juice
and when he had supped
not guzzled
saying this cup
is the new testament in my blood
so it's something new
there's a new testament on the horizon here
and this do as often as you drink it
in remembrance of me
so what is the purpose of both the elements?
for us to remember the death
and the blood shed for us
and this is something that we do
once a year at this church
for as often as you eat this bread
and drink this cup
show the Lord's death
till he come
so it's a thing of remembrance for us
because you know sometimes we can get into
doing all the church work
and we can get into all the doctrine
and all this stuff but sometimes
it's good for us to remember what Christ did for us
and to take those things seriously
wherefore
whosoever shall eat this bread
verse 27
and drink this cup of the Lord
unworthily
the blood of the Lord
now I know people teach differently on this too
but who is Paul talking to right here?
is he talking to unbelievers
or is he talking to saved people?
he's talking to saved people isn't he?
so now
none of us are worthy to be saved
I understand that
but you can fall into
really wicked sins
and I think that that's what it's talking about
well it's also
I think it is talking about unsaved people
if you're not saved you shouldn't partake
that's what I believe
who's supposed to take the Lord's Supper at this church?
people that are saved, people that are baptized
if you're not saved or baptized
I don't think you should partake
why? because that's the order that God said to do
aren't you supposed to do things after the order
after the way that he said to do things?
so do you see people
the disciples in the book of Acts
they get people saved
and he said here's bread
how shall I eat this?
here's water
what doth hinder me to be baptized?
what do you see in the whole book of Acts?
people are getting saved
they get baptized
people get saved, they get baptized
they don't skip the baptism
and go right to the Lord's Supper
so we should do things decently
and in order
and so it says
I believe if you're not baptized
you shouldn't partake
so if you want to partake in the Lord's Supper
and you haven't been baptized
get baptized
we need to baptize some people in this thing
I think it costs a lot of money
let's get some people in there
we're a Baptist church
let's baptize some people
amen
if you don't think you're saved
I can talk to you after service
and we can re-baptize you
but look what it says
if it's not talking about us
look at verse 28
and so let him eat of that bread
and drink of that cup
so at some point before the Lord's Supper
you're supposed to examine yourself
and then eat of that bread
and drink of that cup
you need to examine yourself
and parents you are responsible
for your children
don't just let them partake
if they haven't been saved
and you're not 100% sure they're saved
or if they haven't been baptized
and some of you hold off
because we've all been to churches
where they're baptizing 3 year olds
and then they're not really saved
so I know that you
maybe you're just waiting
I waited with Remy
I waited with Remy until I understood
until he understood
that he was saved by faith alone
baptism doesn't wash away your sins
and when kids are young
they put those things together for some reason
and I don't know why but they just do
but even if you explain it to them
they say, yeah, it washes away my sins
no, it doesn't wash away your sins
so
don't let them partake
examine yourself
should you be partaking
if you haven't been baptized
don't partake
why? because in Acts 2 verse 41
it says, and they that gladly received his word
were baptized
and the same day were added to them
about 3,000 souls
and they continued steadfastly
breaking in bread
and in prayers
now that breaking in bread could be just eating together
but it's still down on the list
what's the first thing after you gladly
received his word? were baptized
so don't put the cart before the horse
don't partake in something
when you haven't even been baptized yet
that's all I'm saying
I'm not saying you're not saved
I'm just saying God has an order of things
we should do it that way
you're still in 1 Corinthians 11
and drinketh unworthily
eateth and drinketh damnation
to himself not discerning the Lord's body
so I think
if you haven't been baptized
obviously if you haven't been saved
and if you are
in some kind of gross, wicked
sin, you're committing adultery
you're extorting people
or whatever
then you shouldn't partake
because you drink
a damnation to himself
it's not talking about going to hell
it's talking about damnation to yourself
to your physical body
and why do I think that?
well, it says not discerning the Lord's body
for this cause
verse 30
for this cause, many are weak and sickly among you
so what happens?
well, you can get weak and sickly
not discerning the Lord's body
and you can also
and it says in many sleep
now notice where it says among you
this is talking to the church
this is talking to the church at Corinth
it's not talking about Judas
it's not talking about somebody else
it's talking about people in the church
so, for if we would judge
ourselves
we should not be judged
so what would that indicate to you?
that we have to judge ourselves
where we at?
what's our life like?
are there things that you need to confess to God
and get right? are there things that you've done
or talked badly about them
and your heart's not right before God
those are things that you should consider
that's why I preach it
before we do it
I'm going to give you some time
come to the altar
just kidding
but sometimes we have to do some searching
we have to stir ourselves up
in our minds
and just realize
hey, maybe I haven't been treating people right
maybe I need to apologize to this brother in Christ
maybe I'm doing things that I shouldn't be doing
that I need to repent of and stop
you know
and so when it says unworthily
I just think that if you're in gross wicked sin
just exclude yourself
because what's it say happens if you don't
many are weak and sickly among you
and many sleep
and what is that talking about, sleep?
it's not talking about you took a nap
it's talking about that you're dead
like dead as in
not dead in hell
if somebody goes to hell
if you're saved that's why it says sleep
it uses that euphemism so that we can understand
that God will kill you for this
so it's serious
God could kill you for this
God can make you weak and sickly
sometimes we're like
well why am I weak and sickly?
well maybe you took the Lord's Supper and you shouldn't have
if everybody drops out sick
the next week I'm going to know
you guys are wicked
I'm just teasing
don't be like that
don't be like Job's friends
it could just be legitimately they just got sick
but if someone
takes the Lord's Supper and drops dead in the middle of the service
then we'll know that person
shouldn't have taken it
so it's serious enough
to have a warning attached
like a warning label
don't do this unless
you want to get weak and sickly and die
so it's
warning people
because they're partaking unworthily
and that could be unsaved
that could be unbaptized
that could be in
really wicked sin
so look at verse 31
it says 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
so here's another clue
that it's talking about saved people
it's talking about people who are actually saved in the church
but when we're judged we're chastened of the Lord
does the Lord chasten false prophets?
No, because they're not His sons
so He might destroy them
and kill them and they're going to hell or whatever
but
this is talking about people that we
as Christians should judge ourselves
otherwise what we're chastened
of the Lord
that we should not be condemned with the world
so why would God make someone sick
and weak and sickly
and why would He make someone die
is this correctly?
Well because you're not judging yourself
and you're being chastened by the Lord
so that He won't have to condemn you with the world
so it says
wherefore, now look at this verse it's very important
verse 33
wherefore my brethren
who's it talking to?
wherefore my brethren
when you come together to eat
remember that
corrective passage where it says
don't come together to eat the Lord's supper
it's talking about
that they're doing it wrong
now He's saying when you do
do the Lord's supper right here
wherefore for this reason
my brethren
are you supposed to call someone
that's not your brother?
like when you say brother Sean
brother Brandon
or whatever
Paul's not going to call them his brother
if he's talking about a false prophet
so I know that Judas went out and hanged himself
betrayed Christ, he partook of the Lord's supper
and he shouldn't have done it
but
look
we can't do this test where you're like
watching to make sure
someone's not a false prophet if they
don't die during the Lord's supper
you know what I'm saying?
that'd be a weird way
to judge false prophets
it'd be a weird way to
judge people that creep in the church
I don't think that that's
what it's talking about
where we go
give everybody the Lord's supper
and then whoever dies I know they were a false prophet
that's
not what it's teaching here
it's teaching
that we
as believers
but it also could be
it could be people that are unsaved
but look, that's not a way
we shouldn't go false prophet hunting
with communion
because look
there's a billion Catholics
that take the Lord's supper every week
and do they drop dead and die?
the Mormons do the same thing
the Jehovah's Witnesses I don't know if they do
there's lots of churches where
people that are not saved are taking the Lord's supper
every week
they've got a roll of leavened bread in one hand
and they've got a box of franza
in the other
franza is like cheap
wino stuff
so they're doing
people are coming up and thinking
that's the Lord's supper when it's really not
so do they drop dead and die every week?
so you can't
use that as a litmus test
to test false prophets
I don't think that's right
that's going to put us in a bad position
so don't think that that's
oh they must be a false prophet they drop dead
no it could just be that they're just
eating the Lord's elements
unworthily
it could just be
that they weren't following the guidelines
that Paul put forth in this chapter
wherefore
my brethren
when you come together to eat
is it saying that you do come together to eat?
yes it is
tarry one for another
why is it saying to tarry one for another?
because maybe some people are getting their hearts right
right then and there
tarry
give someone a chance to make things right
before they eat
when you come together to eat
when it comes together to eat
what's it saying?
it's talking about the Lord's supper isn't it?
so not the wrong way
but the right way
not for a potluck calling it the Lord's supper
but the way it was intended to be
a solemn assembly
a self reflection
a self judgment
a partaking of the elements
not to get full but to show the Lord's death
isn't that what the Bible is teaching?
I think it's really clear
look at verse 34
and if any man hunger let him eat at home
that you come not together
unto what?
condemnation
and the rest will I set in order when I come
but didn't he explain
he gave us the corrective passage
but first he gave us what they were doing wrong
and so then he lines out
this is how you do it right
this is how your heart should be
if you judge yourself
then you won't be judged
many are sick and weak
and sleep
because
and again how can we talk about a false prophet
if it's saying many sleep?
right?
do false prophets sleep or do they die
and go right to the flames of hell?
they die and go right to the flames of hell
so it's talking about
Christians in this passage
so I don't know how you can not see that
but that's what the Bible teaches
in my opinion
so I think you should
resolve issues with brethren
as soon as you can
we've got two weeks
two weeks to get yourself right
two weeks to get your heart right
Matthew 5.21 says
well go ahead and turn there real quick
I'm almost done
Matthew 5.21
I'm just going to give you a few verses here
you have heard that it is said by them of old
but whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment
but I say unto you that whosoever
is angry with his brother without a cause
shall be in danger of the judgment
if we don't judge ourselves
or if we judge ourselves
then we won't be judged
right?
so if you're angry with your brother
or you hate your brother without a cause
without a reason
then you'll be in danger of judgment
so do you want to be in danger of judgment?
I don't think so
for if thou bring thy gift to the altar
obviously the altar is no longer in effect here
and thou remember'st that thy
brother hath ought against thee
leave there thy gift
before the altar and go thy way
first be reconciled to thy brother
so we should have a right
attitude to our brothers and sisters in Christ
what are the two things that God really
emphasizes in the New Testament
that we're supposed to love God and keep His commandments
and that we're supposed to
love our brothers
like we love ourselves
we're supposed to love each other
it's a new commandment that Christ
gave to love our brothers
so I would say
resolve your issues between you and God also
if you have some issues with God
it's been a long time since you
went to the prayer closet
to talk with the Lord
by yourself
Psalm 139 verse 23 says
search me O God
and know my heart
and know my thoughts
let God do a scan for you
you know you get these virus
scans on your computer if you have
a Macintosh or not a Macintosh
but the Microsoft
you know sometimes
we don't realize how bad we are
until we like take a look in the mirror
until we like do a self
check on ourselves and then ask God
to search your heart and
He's going to reveal to you the things
that you need to know the thoughts
and it says then see if there be
any wicked way in me
don't you want God to
bless you?
well if you want Him to bless you
then we need to make sure that our hearts are right before Him
it says then lead me in the way everlasting
1 John 1 8 says
if we say we have no sin
we deceive ourselves
if you're like here and you're like
I don't have any sin
I'm good
we deceive ourselves
it's kind of funny how we're really big
at self-deception aren't we?
as Christians we think we're
the cat's meow and then the next thing
you know
look if you think that you're puffed up
and you need to get right with God
if we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us
if we confess our sins
He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness you want to be right with God
confess your sins to Him
God will be faithful and just
to forgive our sins
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
if we say we have not sinned
we make Him a liar
and His word is not in us
so in conclusion
this is how we partake of the Lord's Supper
I thought I laid it out
the way that the Bible teaches it
why do we do it?
to get closer as a body of Christ
for self-reflection and examination
and remembrance
most importantly
for the Lord Jesus Christ
and the things that He did for us
His death
the breaking of His body
and the shedding of His blood
so point number one
why do we do the Lord's Supper?
Jesus commanded it
point number two we do it annually
because that's the example in Scripture
point number three we do it collectively
again because of the example
and point number four we do it correctly
we're trying to do it as correctly as we possibly can
if you have any questions about any of this
if you're just like, well Pastor Thompson
I have no clue what you're talking about
come talk to me and I'll be happy to help you
with anything that you're having problems with
when it comes to this doctrine
and honestly feel free to come talk to me anytime
after church is a good time to come talk to me
and I know we need to get going
so we've got 50 minutes before we're supposed to be out soul-wanting
so that's it
that's the teaching
and the doctrine of communion
let's pray
I pray that you'd help us as we go out soul-wanting today
help us to self-reflect Lord
and to realize
that we need to judge ourselves so that we won't be
condemned with the world
we won't be
need to be put to sleep Lord
or to be chastened by you
Lord I pray that you'd help us to be humble
and to go to our brothers and sisters in Christ
if we have issues with them
and work those things out just like you commanded us to do
and we'll give you the praise and honor and glory
for everything you do for us Lord in Jesus' name we pray
Amen
Burn it deep within me
Let your voice be heard
Millions grope in darkness
In this day and hour
I will be with you
Lord
Burn it deep within me
Let your voice be heard
Millions grope in darkness
In this day and hour
I will be with you
Lord
Burn it deep within me
Let your voice be heard
I will be your witness
Fill me with thy power
Set my soul afar
Lord
Set my soul afar
Make my life a witness
Of thy saving power
Millions grope in darkness
Waiting for thy word
Set my soul afar
Lord
Set my soul afar
On the second
Set my soul afar
Lord
For the lost in sin
Give to me a passion
As I seek to win
Help me not to falter
Never let me fail
Fill me with thy spirit
Let thy will prevail
Set my soul afar
Lord
Set my soul afar
Make my life a witness
Of thy saving power
Millions grope in darkness
Waiting for thy word
Set my soul afar
Lord
Set my soul afar
On the last
Set my soul afar
Lord
In my daily life
Far too long I've wondered
In this day of strife
Nothing else will matter
But to live for thee
I will be your witness
As you live in me
Set my soul afar
Lord
Set my soul afar
Make my life a witness
Of thy saving power
Millions grope in darkness
Waiting for thy word
Set my soul afar
Lord
Set my soul afar
Man, good singing. Thanks for coming out this morning
to our morning service. We'd like to see you out
this morning. Back here at 3.30
to hear some more prayers.
Brother Travis, we want to end this with a word of prayer.