back to index2015-10-15 Study of 1 Corinthians Part 2 Week 11
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Okay, so let's take a look at our passes tonight. 00:00:10.840 |
Let's take a look at our passes for tonight here. 00:00:13.340 |
Let's see, it says in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. 00:00:19.240 |
And it reads, "But in giving this instruction, 00:00:23.680 |
"I do not praise you, because you come together 00:00:28.300 |
"For in the first place, when you come together as a church, 00:00:47.000 |
"for in your eating, each one takes his own supper first. 00:00:54.200 |
"Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? 00:01:20.520 |
"In the same way, he took the cup also after supper, 00:01:23.100 |
"saying, 'This cup is a new covenant in my blood. 00:01:26.520 |
"'Do this as often as you drink in remembrance of me. 00:01:30.280 |
"'For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, 00:01:32.920 |
"'you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 00:01:37.480 |
"'or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner 00:01:40.140 |
"'shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 00:01:54.960 |
"'For this reason, many among you are weak and sick 00:02:04.320 |
"'But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord 00:02:07.140 |
"'so that we will not be condemned along with the world. 00:02:11.860 |
"'when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 00:02:17.040 |
"'so that you will not come together for judgment. 00:02:20.700 |
"'The remaining matters I'll arrange when I come.'" 00:02:25.000 |
and ask for the Lord's blessing on our study tonight. 00:02:28.480 |
Father God, I thank you so much for your grace. 00:02:35.960 |
If there's any of us who are feeling weak or tired 00:02:38.680 |
from the weeks, I pray, God, that you would strengthen us. 00:02:47.440 |
through the busy weeks, persevere through our own fatigue. 00:02:51.600 |
I also pray, God, that you would continue to inspire us. 00:02:58.040 |
show us what it means to live for the sake of your glory, 00:03:09.360 |
Okay, so I hope you guys had good discussion in your tables. 00:03:20.360 |
And in looking at this passage, I ask you this question. 00:03:25.200 |
Apostle Paul is obviously displeased, to say the least. 00:03:34.160 |
"Because you come together not for the better, 00:03:51.640 |
some of the problems and sin in this passage. 00:03:54.240 |
Circle the words and phrases and identify the problem, okay? 00:03:58.320 |
So real quick, can some of you guys just throw out, 00:04:02.640 |
so throw out the various sins and problems that you see. 00:04:21.120 |
People just running and getting a bunch first. 00:04:33.760 |
Okay, shaming those who have nothing, shaming the poor. 00:04:47.040 |
Now if you were to take those multiple things 00:04:49.400 |
he's mentioning, saying, "Oh, you guys are doing this 00:04:57.680 |
or at least a focal point to which he's getting at 00:05:21.880 |
Yeah, there's definitely a whole lot of selfishness there 00:05:23.920 |
when you see the people going out and getting things first, 00:05:28.000 |
"Man, if you wanted just to do things for yourself, 00:05:39.840 |
which I guess you could say even a cause of it, 00:05:53.680 |
- Okay, having no reverence for the Lord's Supper. 00:06:33.160 |
So, in one way, you can look at all the stuff 00:06:41.320 |
or some of you guys are running down the aisle. 00:06:44.680 |
I told you guys, I think I shared a story one time 00:06:50.240 |
and this was hilarious, because I went with my buddy, 00:07:08.360 |
the pastor at the front would hold a huge loaf, 00:07:15.440 |
the pastor breaks the piece of bread for you, 00:07:17.400 |
and then you're supposed to dip it in the cup, 00:07:24.880 |
"Hey, we're opening up the communion, now come down," 00:07:29.400 |
Mainly it was 'cause we were bored out of our minds, 00:07:32.760 |
We came running down, and then the guy in front of me, 00:07:35.440 |
he went first, he grabbed it, he dipped it, he ate it, 00:07:40.320 |
And what I did was, I just grabbed the bread and ate it, 00:07:42.560 |
and I got to the cup, and I was like, "What do I do?" 00:07:47.920 |
and the pastor shoved my hand out of the way, 00:07:53.320 |
He just got rejected from my first communion. 00:08:19.960 |
"They're acting naive, they're acting like kids. 00:08:24.000 |
"running to the dinner table, some of them are first, 00:08:26.240 |
"they're just selfish," which they are, which is true. 00:08:41.880 |
but for the worse, that word for the worse in Greek, 00:08:46.880 |
is a word that represents moral wickedness, okay? 00:09:09.320 |
So the first major problem that he's seeing here 00:09:13.020 |
is not simply, "Man, you guys just are a mess. 00:09:29.040 |
Now, the second thing, as I guess almost a result of that, 00:09:34.040 |
you notice from the entire passage that we read, 00:09:38.520 |
there is another problem, like a big problem, 00:09:50.360 |
So the second blank really played in divisions. 00:10:09.340 |
takes it upon himself to talk about division in the church 00:10:14.760 |
"We cannot have division as a body of Christ." 00:10:18.320 |
And if you remember back even from chapter one, 00:10:21.660 |
Apostle Paul desired us to be of the same mind. 00:10:27.920 |
What's very interesting is when he says in the passage, 00:10:45.760 |
why Apostle Paul believes that there are divisions. 00:10:56.280 |
the division that's taking place in the church. 00:11:11.080 |
And I just want you guys to think about it a little bit. 00:11:22.940 |
And for those of you guys who are in BCC class, 00:11:59.460 |
by the fact that they're called out by God and for God. 00:12:02.060 |
And so he's saying, "You guys, by nature, are the church, 00:12:09.020 |
And so Apostle Paul is making a huge point here 00:12:13.460 |
that this, again, is not a small problem, but a big one. 00:12:17.820 |
So, in thinking about this for a moment here, 00:12:23.240 |
I guess, take a moment to think about the church 00:12:32.980 |
And then I'm gonna introduce an interesting thought, okay? 00:12:37.860 |
that the church and Corinth, they're digressing, 00:12:43.980 |
they are divided, and there's irreverence for the Lord, okay? 00:12:48.980 |
In verse 19, he makes an interesting statement. 00:12:54.300 |
He says, "For there must also be fractions among you, 00:13:04.420 |
And here is an interpretive challenge for us, 00:13:07.860 |
because I'm making the point, look how bad it's going. 00:13:13.760 |
They're irreverent towards God, and there's fractions. 00:13:18.980 |
"For there must also be fractions among you," 00:13:35.300 |
and let's observe some of the phrases that are there, okay? 00:13:55.700 |
which, again, as a church, there shouldn't be. 00:14:00.760 |
So perhaps this, again, this verse in verse 19, 00:14:06.680 |
believes there's fraction because of this, right? 00:14:16.160 |
And there's a question as to, what does he mean by must? 00:14:24.760 |
"No doubt there have been differences among you." 00:14:37.440 |
saying, like, of course there are, you're human, 00:14:45.040 |
What's a possible interpretation of this verse? 00:14:48.000 |
But then we notice that there is a purpose clause, 00:14:50.640 |
in order, okay, in order, which shows purpose, 00:15:08.000 |
The first one, is he giving a statement of reality? 00:15:13.700 |
Where there are people, you're gonna have drama. 00:15:16.200 |
And where there is drama, you're gonna have people 00:15:29.280 |
Is this a statement that division is a natural cause 00:15:41.160 |
Is this an issue where people want to become evident, 00:15:48.000 |
Or letter E, the division exists so that the truth 00:15:51.640 |
about the spiritual nature of men would be known. 00:15:54.660 |
What do you guys think is a proper interpretation 00:16:12.200 |
about the spiritual nature of men would be known. 00:16:14.760 |
- Okay, interesting, and why do you like that one? 00:16:30.520 |
and the outcome is that those who are genuine 00:16:40.520 |
that the church is a mixture of people who are genuine 00:16:48.760 |
and people who are not genuine, the weak and the terror. 00:16:56.760 |
there'll still be some mixture until the end, 00:16:59.160 |
but there will be divisions that separate some of them. 00:17:06.400 |
So David is focusing on the second part of the verse 00:17:10.800 |
to help us interpret the verse appropriately, right? 00:17:16.080 |
so sometimes certain things help us to understand it 00:17:22.920 |
that latter half of the verse tells you a purpose 00:17:32.040 |
it's kind of hard to tell if you just think of like, 00:17:47.360 |
I kind of don't like the NIV translation of that. 00:17:49.800 |
It's like, hey, no doubt, of course, you know? 00:17:53.840 |
it is this idea that in a church that's striving for unity, 00:18:15.920 |
and the fact that there is division is bad, okay? 00:18:34.400 |
And from that, I think there's something to be learned. 00:18:42.900 |
what can be learned from something like that? 00:18:45.480 |
I think about sometimes how I react to divisive people, okay? 00:18:49.740 |
I think about how I react to divisive people, 00:18:56.280 |
of that element of whether it be immaturity, wickedness, 00:19:05.120 |
What I'm saying is, I get kinda convicted by that passage 00:19:10.760 |
because how I react to that spiritual individual, 00:19:18.680 |
and then I go like clamber and I go do all this stuff, 00:19:26.880 |
And I think there's something to be learned from that 00:19:44.040 |
the division, the heartache, and sometimes the pain 00:19:52.660 |
sometimes I'm like, "Ugh, why is there a drama?" 00:20:03.620 |
a sense of immaturity, we see the unspiritual, 00:20:19.320 |
how come you guys come running over like you're hungry? 00:20:23.480 |
And how come you guys aren't thinking about the poor? 00:20:39.280 |
And that's what I'm talking about when I say, 00:20:44.620 |
Divisions exist, and temptation and causes of division exist. 00:21:04.480 |
the irreverence and the kind of wickedness that's brewing. 00:21:11.660 |
but then he also shows that in the context of all things, 00:21:33.960 |
because it's good practice for you to try to summarize that, 00:22:05.880 |
"And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 00:22:11.780 |
"In the same way, he took the cup also after supper, 00:22:14.460 |
"saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. 00:22:17.800 |
"'Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. 00:22:21.640 |
"'For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, 00:22:24.540 |
"'you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.'" 00:22:30.040 |
My question to you that I had you guys discuss was, 00:22:33.200 |
from this passage, what is the purpose of the communion? 00:22:38.200 |
Why don't you guys share what you guys discussed? 00:23:12.140 |
I think God recognizes we are forgetful people. 00:23:22.360 |
and the gathering of people that we break bread 00:23:27.400 |
And the thing about it is God knowing mankind so well, 00:23:32.560 |
Can you guys turn your Bibles to Exodus chapter 12, 00:23:42.480 |
is the inauguration of the great, great feast, 00:23:48.840 |
the thing to be remembered for the generations to come, 00:24:01.660 |
we'll take a look at the Passover as a memorial 00:24:11.960 |
Jarena, can you read verse 11 through 13, please? 00:24:19.960 |
and with all your tea and your saffron and your milk, 00:24:27.800 |
but may I have the choice of all the firstborns 00:24:43.240 |
You have, did you read all of verse 13 already? 00:24:47.640 |
- So when I see the blood, I will pass it over to you, 00:24:57.440 |
I wanna recall to your memories what's happening in Egypt. 00:25:07.840 |
they're put to work carrying the heavy stones of Pharaoh, 00:25:18.680 |
and then he starts to bring down miraculous plagues, 00:25:21.240 |
everything from cutting off their water source 00:25:55.000 |
it's not just Egyptians that are being judged by God. 00:26:01.460 |
It reminds us that the wrath of God is upon everyone. 00:26:22.880 |
When you guys come home after a long day at work, 00:26:43.120 |
It's kind of like, okay, everybody gather together. 00:26:55.280 |
And what needs to happen is you need to escape. 00:26:59.560 |
But your only way of escape is to have the blood cover you. 00:27:14.000 |
And so, I just want you guys to jot this down, 00:27:17.880 |
that this meal of the Passover was a very dramatic scene. 00:27:27.260 |
the head of the house, the host of the ceremony, 00:27:33.040 |
and they would have four different cups of wine. 00:27:39.520 |
and then he would pass it around to everybody. 00:27:47.080 |
they would eat bitter herbs dipped in the fruit sauce, 00:27:54.780 |
Turn in your, as you are in Exodus chapter 12, 00:28:08.480 |
and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord. 00:28:12.780 |
you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance." 00:28:22.720 |
can you read for us verse 24 to 28, chapter 12 of Exodus? 00:29:18.140 |
"What in the world are we doing with this ceremony? 00:29:26.460 |
that God passed over us because of the sacrifice of the Lord. 00:29:40.180 |
Okay, so the spelling in the front part of hallelujah, 00:29:43.700 |
that little song that they would sing would be the halal. 00:29:46.740 |
And it essentially comes from Psalm 113 through 118. 00:29:51.380 |
And after they start singing the beginning portion 00:29:55.020 |
of this song, they would take the bread, break it, 00:30:01.420 |
And then after the third cup is passed around, 00:30:04.540 |
the host, or the head of the home, would bless everybody, 00:30:10.020 |
and the fourth cup is to celebrate the coming 00:30:12.300 |
of the kingdom, and they would drink to this. 00:30:19.820 |
if you think about the drama of that whole celebration, 00:30:26.500 |
That's a pretty long, like, series of things to do, 00:30:33.820 |
even in the Old Testament, as their Passover, 00:30:39.880 |
And then I sometimes think about this question, 00:30:43.060 |
why, perhaps for some of us, that celebratory aspect 00:30:48.060 |
of the communion or what we partake in is not there? 00:30:53.540 |
I wonder if we feel that same sense of, like, 00:31:02.140 |
I deserve to be judged, I deserve to die there in Egypt, 00:31:05.180 |
I deserve to either be left there as a slave, 00:31:07.780 |
die in the devices of the pagans and the enemies of God, 00:31:12.420 |
or I myself deserve to die by the angel of death. 00:31:23.940 |
And so it's supposed to signify for the people of God 00:31:27.060 |
that kind of deliverance, a supreme deliverance 00:31:33.980 |
which there was no way to escape except for blood. 00:31:42.020 |
when he's sharing this meal with his disciples, 00:31:54.180 |
and that's when Jesus Christ, in taking the cup, 00:32:03.360 |
a fulfillment of exactly what it's supposed to represent. 00:32:15.320 |
that whole act of taking the cup of the blood, 00:32:21.800 |
were supposed to remember, we are to remember. 00:32:24.400 |
It's not just an issue of calling back facts. 00:32:31.000 |
that we practice in our day of the communion, 00:32:34.240 |
that we might relive it, that it might affect us, 00:32:37.920 |
that we might be just engrossed in this idea. 00:32:41.300 |
God has passed over me through the blood of Christ. 00:32:48.800 |
Remember his work of healing and ministry of teaching. 00:33:01.320 |
celebrates the permanent and spiritual victory 00:33:04.800 |
that is the ultimate deliverance from God's wrath. 00:33:20.440 |
as the way they're approaching the communion. 00:33:23.440 |
But before we move on, there is an element of the communion 00:33:29.200 |
What is the second purpose or another purpose 00:33:33.800 |
Okay, so there's memory of the new covenant is blood. 00:33:45.420 |
So, I'm gonna wrap that up together with remembering. 00:33:49.240 |
Remembering the sacrifice, remembering the new covenant. 00:33:53.920 |
And there's an element in simply just remembering 00:33:56.520 |
all that Christ has done and his promises to us. 00:34:01.040 |
But what's another aspect of the purpose of the communion? 00:34:20.480 |
here, he mentions this starting from verse 26. 00:34:27.160 |
"and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death 00:34:32.360 |
And there's, just in that short little phrase, 00:34:35.720 |
One, you're proclaiming his death on the cross, 00:34:40.200 |
that you are caught up in it, that you're identified by that. 00:34:43.680 |
But then he says, "You proclaim that until his coming." 00:34:52.600 |
And the reason why that's important is because 00:34:55.640 |
for you guys who've been here at Berean long enough, 00:35:07.920 |
received the Lord, and that you proclaim his name. 00:35:11.960 |
Because that's what you do when you take part in that. 00:35:17.920 |
you are participating in that fellowship of communion, 00:35:21.800 |
you are proclaiming also, this is what I believe. 00:35:25.480 |
You're proclaiming to not just the congregation, 00:35:29.680 |
This is the one whom we trust and believe, okay? 00:35:35.640 |
So, those are the purposes that we see for the communion. 00:35:39.720 |
So again, given that, that communion was supposed to be 00:35:44.680 |
by the design of God, a remembrance for the saints. 00:35:47.680 |
And by the design of God, this was supposed to be 00:35:51.880 |
you can see why Apostle Paul is sitting here saying, 00:36:00.440 |
"Look at this ordinance and all that it represents, 00:37:12.340 |
but we're focusing right now on verses 27 and down to 34. 00:37:17.200 |
What do you think is the main exhortation to the church 00:37:23.840 |
And then I asked, how do you think we can apply? 00:37:48.560 |
and I underline or I try to take note of every major verb. 00:37:52.880 |
And he flat out says, you must examine yourself. 00:37:58.440 |
if you're supposed to partake of this, examine yourself. 00:38:03.520 |
And what I'd like you to do, just for a moment, 00:38:10.620 |
I do wanna ask the question, how do you apply that? 00:38:28.740 |
doesn't feel the same as like, just read your Bible. 00:38:48.820 |
I feel like sometimes I pray for certain needs. 00:38:53.760 |
I always pray for strength, I pray for perseverance, 00:39:09.140 |
I find that sometimes it's hard to pray those prayers 00:39:16.460 |
in terms of letting God know what's going on, 00:39:20.380 |
and then I'm done, as opposed to almost anticipating 00:39:29.300 |
And if you remember, there's a lot of passages like this. 00:39:39.280 |
This is one that you guys have probably heard a lot. 00:40:02.720 |
I don't know if those words hit you a little bit, but 00:40:07.960 |
to be able to say those words honestly before God 00:40:22.360 |
Job, Job is actually quite a righteous man in the Bible. 00:40:37.280 |
Make known to me my rebellion and my sin, O Lord. 00:40:44.080 |
But each one of you must examine his own work, 00:40:49.640 |
in regard to himself alone, not in regard to another. 00:41:03.280 |
to come into your life and tell you everything that's wrong. 00:41:06.440 |
Which can be very, very helpful if your heart desires it, 00:41:25.320 |
And that needs to be something that we first begin 00:41:29.720 |
with a hard attitude, a hard attitude that's open, 00:41:33.000 |
a hard attitude that says, I want to make sure 00:41:41.760 |
is a conviction from my own personal discovery. 00:41:44.480 |
It's a conviction that I've had from examining myself, 00:41:48.600 |
and then seeing where I need to go with the Lord, right? 00:41:52.880 |
And I think that's, again, something that's valuable 00:42:04.960 |
What else do you guys see as, when I ask the question, 00:42:08.640 |
what is the main exhortation, and how can it be applied? 00:42:12.680 |
There is another exhortation that he's giving, 00:42:14.920 |
but it's not as direct as, hey, examine yourself. 00:42:18.000 |
But from the rest of the passages that you see 00:42:21.360 |
from verse 27 to 34, what do you see as another exhortation? 00:42:46.800 |
that's gonna be a running theme from chapter 11 00:43:14.960 |
He says, wait for another, if someone's hungry, 00:43:35.720 |
what is a major problem that Apostle Paul sees 00:43:58.240 |
So then, thinking about it, what do you think 00:43:59.640 |
is the application, or what do you think is the exhortation? 00:44:51.240 |
what are they doing that's an unworthy manner? 00:44:54.080 |
You should start filling those in a little bit. 00:44:56.160 |
And then he says, shall be guilty of the body 00:45:00.080 |
Okay, what does he mean by guilty of the body 00:45:09.400 |
You need to examine yourself, you need to test yourself. 00:45:19.400 |
For, he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment 00:45:22.840 |
to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 00:45:31.040 |
If I were to categorize this rationale, okay, 00:45:34.640 |
therefore, whoever eats in an unworthy manner is guilty. 00:45:48.680 |
there are many of you who are weak, sick, and dying. 00:45:53.420 |
Those, to me, are consequences of your actions. 00:45:57.520 |
So, not only should you just simply take your relevant, 00:46:06.240 |
to the degree that you recognize the consequences 00:46:08.440 |
of your actions when it comes to the Lord's table. 00:46:13.240 |
So, yes, one exhortation is you need to examine yourself, 00:46:21.760 |
Because of what it stands for, because what's happening. 00:46:35.640 |
is it illegal to trample on the American flag? 00:46:41.900 |
And for a huge chunk of time, they kept debating about it. 00:46:51.640 |
we shouldn't like forbid it because what would happen 00:46:54.720 |
is some people were burning the Confederate flag. 00:47:02.200 |
But then 20 years later, they made it illegal. 00:47:10.120 |
So around 1987, they decided, hey, it's not constitutional. 00:47:14.600 |
But why would the Supreme Court battle, go back and forth, 00:47:19.920 |
to make it illegal to take a piece of cloth and then burn it? 00:47:29.120 |
To come to the church, which is the representation 00:47:31.760 |
of the body of Christ, and then to come to the church, 00:47:35.120 |
to the communion table, which is the representation 00:47:37.360 |
of what Christ has done, and the proclamation 00:47:47.360 |
There are clear and severe consequences to that. 00:48:00.900 |
Sleeping is a euphemism for some of them are dying. 00:48:09.780 |
Yeah, I do believe those people who were put to death 00:48:12.440 |
for their irreverent behavior in the church were Christians. 00:48:15.880 |
But there's a sense in which they experienced 00:48:30.240 |
If the communion represented the cross of Christ, 00:48:34.560 |
what would we be doing if we just approached it 00:48:40.160 |
If you turn your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 10, 00:48:49.940 |
very sobering, I guess is the best way to put it, 00:49:08.380 |
Because the author of Hebrews is trying to show us 00:49:18.680 |
In verse 28, he says, "Anyone who has set aside 00:49:23.840 |
"on the testimony of two or three witnesses." 00:49:27.440 |
So this is exactly how it happened in terms of judgment 00:49:30.960 |
in the Old Testament against the law of Moses. 00:49:42.080 |
"and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant 00:50:18.000 |
because we have the blood of the perfect Lamb, 00:50:31.600 |
in the exhortation I believe from this passage, 00:50:35.000 |
as we think about the problems in the church, 00:50:37.920 |
you know, what unworthy manner is he thinking about? 00:50:40.520 |
It could include, some of you guys are just doing this 00:50:44.240 |
out of ritual, some of you guys are coming in this 00:50:54.560 |
Some of them, maybe spiritual pride and arrogance 00:51:24.840 |
And that's a sobering encouragement to us, okay? 00:51:44.640 |
people say, you know, you're causing division 00:51:50.280 |
because of your different doctrines, you know? 00:52:03.400 |
and then they'll bring up this verse, you know? 00:52:16.120 |
It doesn't seem like it's division over important things. 00:52:19.120 |
It seems like it's just division over just pettiness, 00:52:26.680 |
What is your, you know, when people bring up, you know, 00:52:32.920 |
like different doctrines and doctrinal views, 00:52:54.720 |
with different doctrines, like, different beliefs, 00:52:57.800 |
and different doctrinal points, and they bring it up. 00:53:00.160 |
Are you saying, like, are you just asking me, 00:53:08.640 |
And 'cause I'll bring up, like, certain views, you know, 00:53:13.400 |
I've had, like, some negative feedback, right? 00:53:19.680 |
- Would you say that's a bad kind of division? 00:53:49.640 |
And there is place for theological discussion, 00:53:58.720 |
There's a lot of differences in something like that. 00:54:01.760 |
But there is always a question of why we do certain things. 00:54:08.680 |
Sometimes you can be engaged in a theological discussion 00:54:11.360 |
because you truly are hungry, not simply for truth, 00:54:14.000 |
but you're truly hungry for the truth of God. 00:54:17.560 |
You want to follow him, so you're asking questions. 00:54:34.240 |
when an apostle Paul sees some people are just eating, 00:54:46.560 |
And not only that, but they're shaming the people 00:54:52.560 |
That attitude of the heart now all of a sudden 00:54:54.320 |
makes simple eating all of a sudden incredibly divisive. 00:54:58.360 |
So again, I would say we have to exercise great division, 00:55:05.080 |
Someone gave me feedback about my sermon on Sunday too. 00:55:24.480 |
'Cause we couldn't, we can't judge the intention 00:55:30.160 |
if we think, oh yeah, sometimes I just don't wanna hang out 00:55:48.720 |
either because you're bitter you wanna hurt somebody, 00:55:51.800 |
or either because in your heart you've categorized people, 00:55:57.120 |
of behavior and attitude, I don't know, is that divisive? 00:56:00.960 |
That's something for you to examine in your own heart. 00:56:08.520 |
you need to just examine that in your own heart. 00:56:16.280 |
Father God, we thank you so much for your grace 00:56:21.040 |
Lord, it really challenges me to look at your grace. 00:56:55.560 |
and Lord that you have instituted your ordinance 00:57:02.840 |
so sinful that we would constantly not be aware 00:57:07.360 |
and to not recognize what we have in the Lord. 00:57:19.440 |
And that when we come to the communion table, 00:57:21.160 |
we will gladly just offer up to you our lives. 00:57:26.200 |
it will be a joy and we will find true fellowship 00:57:46.520 |
or so short of sight that I don't see the people around me. 00:57:51.040 |
I pray, Father God, that you'd grant us just greater grace, 00:57:56.880 |
to exercise the kind of love that Christ did. 00:57:59.560 |
Lord, we again wanna thank you for your word.