The Fourth Cup
Transcript Search
Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 41:01
0 ratings
· 173 viewsFiles
Notes
Transcript
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
The 4th Cup of Praise or Restoration – based on God’s statement,
“I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God”
This is in process now on the earth
People from all tribes and nations are being called into the Kingdom of God
When all those destined for salvation have been brought into the Kingdom
Then there will be the marriage supper of the lamb when this cup will be drank
This Final restoration is spoken of in Revelation
I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
People is plural here - many nationalities
Wipe every Tear away
No more death
No more crying
No more pain
There is something broken in the human condition
Were ever people are - evil happens
Nature gets out of balance
The Old Testament also speaks of this time of restoration
And give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms. They will never again pollute themselves with their idols and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful apostasy. I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God. “My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my decrees. They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever. And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers, and I will put my Temple among them forever. I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”
The old testament prophesies about the feast/supper where the cup will be drank
In Jerusalem, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat. There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth. He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The Lord has spoken!
In the midst of our earthly battles, we need to keep THIS in our minds
It will not always be like this
Tears, insults and mockery are the conditions and context of the war we are in
If we are in the faith we will experience these things.
Being at war has consequences, casualties
There are wounds, loss and death
But it will be rewarded in heaven.....with a feast!
Jesus spoke about this feast many times, always with warning:
New Living Translation Chapter 8
11 And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven. 12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
The New American Commentary: Matthew 3. Paradigmatic Healing (8:1–9:35)
“Hell is not a doctrine used to frighten unbelievers; it is a doctrine used to warn those who think themselves believers.”
Roman Centurion
Humility & faith in who Jesus was
Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder: “Praise the Lord! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give honor to him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.” For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s holy people. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words that come from God.”
Who is invited to the supper....?
Those who accept the invitation…
Jesus tells us about this in Luke 14
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
That is our job…to go out and call in those invited to the supper
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
I don’t know what excuse we can make for ignoring our relationship with Christ that will work?
I don’t know what keeps you away from:
Prayer
the bible
Church
Fellowship
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
Remember:
“Hell is not a doctrine used to frighten unbelievers; it is a doctrine used to warn those who think themselves believers.”