Faith & The Lord's Supper

Could someone call the children who wish to partake of the Lord’s Supper?

This morning Sister Madeline Rivera has encouraged us to live in Audacious faith.

The Lord’s Supper is an expression of audacious faith.

Preparation

Before we partake of the Supper together, we need to prepare our hearts.

1 Corinthians 11:27–31 (NLT) So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 29 For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. 31 But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.

Faith says that through prayers of repentance and confession I can be made worthy to partake of the Lord’s Supper.

That as says 1 John 1:9 “9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Prayer

Distribute Elements

Becky Gill is coming to serve us the Bread.

As the worship team comes and receives the elements…

You don’t have to be a member to partake.

Receive the symbols of the Lord’s Supper and hold them until we all partake at the same time.

Could we stand together across the front of the sanctuary?

Song: Lamb of God

Bread

Audacious faith says that the stripes laid of the Body of Jesus — portrayed through this bread we use for the Lord’s Supper this morning — audacious faith says those stripes paid for the miraculous healing of our bodies.

1 Peter 2:24b (NASB95) … for by His wounds you were healed.

Therefore we partake of this bread …

1 Corinthians 11:23–24 (NLT) For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24 and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Prayer over Bread (Brother Broadhead)

End prayer with prayer from Seder:

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, who brings forth bread from the earth.

Cup

Audacious faith says that the shed Blood of Jesus is sufficient for our salvation.

WE BELIEVE Hebrews 9:11–14 (NLT) … Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. 12 With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. 13 Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity. 14 Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

1 Corinthians 11:25 (NLT) In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.”

Prayer over cup (Brother Joe King)

End prayer with prayer from Seder:

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

He’s Coming Again

Audacious faith says that Jesus is coming again.

1 Corinthians 11:26 (NLT) For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

James 5:7–8 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. 8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, [have audacious faith that believes that] … the coming of the Lord is near.

Chorus: Come Jesus Come