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Series Intro
How to connect this monthly ritual to daily life.
Might be helpful, meaningful, moving in the moment, but they drift away.
They are not present when they could be the most useful
Might be helpful, meaningful, moving in the moment, but they drift away.
They are not present when they could be the most useful
refueling, recharging an imperfect metaphor; pulling into a gas station, the gauge needle on the empty line, you can hear the sputtering, and you fill up the tank.
You’re good to go.
You go on your way, but how much time do you spend contemplating the gasoline?
We’re headed to work, ballgames, church events, family gatherings.
In the gas station, our focus has shifted to our emptiness.
Our need.
The fuel.
But once we are filled, we turn our focus away from the fuel and back to our busy schedules.
Communion is, in a manner of speaking, a means of recharging.
We get burned out.
God feels distant.
We hurt on the inside.
Holy Communion can be so powerful in those moments.
But it’s more than refueling.
Not just what means, but how it impacts our day to day lives.
Sermon Introduction
today I want us to focus on those words, “Do this in remembrance of me.”
ex. of a ritual that is good for the moment, but little bearing on daily life (fighting with your spouse, wedding ritual; life sanctity of human life, birthday; achievement, graduation speech; meaning of death, funeral
Marijo and Debbie told 2 stories: They took place centuries apart, but they are directly connected.
The Passover and The Last Supper.
1) Both were meals.
2) Both were ways of remembering the most important event in God’s history (deliverance from slavery in Egypt, and deliverance from sin on the cross).
3) Both remembering a bloody story.
These are not pleasant stories.
They are both bloody, violent horrifying stories.
The Passover remembers that evening when the firstborn of all Egyptians were killed, but “passed -over” the Israelites, which led to God’s delivering Israel from slavery.
It is the most important story in the Old Testament.
The Last Supper was a Passover meal.
On the night when Jesus gave himself up for us, he was eating a meal that commemorated that event.
Holy Communion is when we remember the night when Jesus gave himself up for us.
His execution.
His crucifixion.
We are not to gloss over these harsh realities when we take communion.
The Last Supper was a Passover meal.
On the night when Jesus gave himself up for us, he was eating a meal that commemorated that event.
The Passover meal has a few things in common with Holy Communion: they both remember how God brought salvation to His people; and they both remembered a story that was bloody, violent, horrific memory;
the bloody, violent, horrific memory;
There’s another thing these 2 meals have in common: they brought wonderful benefits to God’s people.
The passover brought freedom from the misery of slavery.
The crucifixion brought us freedom from sin and death.
grace, but at what price?
when we receive holy communion, when we receive the body and blood of Christ and all of the benefits and blessings that come with it, I want to encourage to take seriously the words “do this in remembrance.”
I want us to remember 4 things: Christ’s death, Christ’s victory, His Mission and His Presence.
Not just remember these things, but see how they can make a different in our lives outside of this building.
1. Remember My Cross
how to connect this monthly experience to day to day living; like prayer, not just a ritual for the moment;
Remember my mission.
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purpose for existing; our purpose for existing
OT - to liberate his people; NT - to rescue from sin
disciples resisted his death, didn’t realize his mission
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