Until He Comes
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· 10 viewsUntil He Comes explores the rich meaning of communion by looking at its message of the past, present, and future. It explores how the Lord's Supper reminds us of Christ's sacrifice at Calvary, testifies to His ongoing work of sanctification in our lives, and proclaims the blessed hope of His imminent return until that glorious day when we will be with Him forever.
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I. Series Overview
We are concluding a series of messages entitled "The King Is Coming."
The purpose of this series was:
To encourage you with the hope that is ours in Christ concerning His imminent return.
To instill a sense of urgency due to His imminent return.
To encourage you to daily live a life that is ready for Christ's imminent return.
II. Text
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
III. Introduction
“One more message comes to me from this broken bread, and that is, that it is His first coming that makes us ready for the second.” Charles Spurgeon, What the Lord's Supper Sees and Says
Communion is a reminder and memorial of what Jesus did at Calvary.
It is also a testimony of the continual work Christ is doing in our lives.
It is a proclamation of the hope that we have in Christ concerning His imminent return.
Today, we are going to take a journey into the truths that communion conveys to us.
IV. Simplified One-Line Theme
A. The Past: “This Is My Body Broken for You”
and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
Communion is a memorial of what Jesus did at Calvary.
It reminds us…
God loves us.
God desires a relationship with us.
Christ paid for that relationship with His death, burial, and resurrection.
That relationship is restored through faith in Jesus' sacrifice for us.
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Jesus Paid It All (hymn)
Jesus paid it all
All to Him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow.
B. The Present: “As Often As You Do This”
In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Communion is a testimony of the continual work of what the Lord is doing in our lives.
When we get saved, our spirit becomes the new creation Paul speaks about.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
However, our flesh remains the same, and instantaneously the flesh goes to war with the new spiritual creature that has invaded its space.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.
The flesh is used to getting what looked good and what felt good, both physically and emotionally, but now it is being subjected to having its sinful ways erased by the Holy Spirit applying the sanctifying power of the blood of Jesus to our lives.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
Slowly we are being transformed into the image of Christ as the Holy Spirit reveals sin that we need to repent of and overcome by the sanctifying power of the blood of the Lamb.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
C. The Future: “Until That Day”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Communion is a proclamation of the hope that we have in Christ concerning His imminent return.
I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Jesus is not only foretelling His death, but also His imminent return.
Every time we partake of communion, we are proclaiming the prophetic:
The trumpet will sound.
The Archangel will shout.
Jesus will return in the clouds.
The dead shall rise.
The living will join them.
We shall leave with Jesus.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
V. Altar Call
Examine your life.
Ask the Lord to reveal anything sinful or unholy.
Repent of unrepentant sin.
Commit to living holy.
VI. Communion
As we partake of communion, we do so in:
Remembrance of what Jesus did for us.
Celebration of what Jesus is doing in us.
Anticipation of Jesus' imminent return.
A. The Bread
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
By His stripes, we find healing.
B. The Cup
In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
With His blood, we find forgiveness.
C. The Proclamation
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
