Oh, How Soon We Forget

I'm just going to think of you know, we don't change things change things up a little bit today. Listen, he was struggling with his memory and he told the doc he said. I can't seem to remember anything from one minute to the next.

And a doctor asking how long is this been going on? Can you reply how long has what been going on?

That's too bad.

Bring my feel that like at a time. When we realize that. We are. Very good forgetters America. You see how soon we forget about our past? We forget about the oil energy crude oil crisis. We forgot about the energy crisis. We forgot about the electric prices. We forgot about the housing prices. You know, what is always in this great nation of California. There's always the looming Water Crisis. Yeah, you know the status of all is that I heard on the news the other day that they were asking people that did a survey and ask people about the holy cross over people that they are over 50% of the people did not know what the only cost was. So we forget the Water World

Am I to show you I was a right. Is there a things we seem to forget all the very thing that were bound to repeat Jesus miggylol to wear our Tendencies the forget? At one of the reasons he instituted the Lord's Supper. What communion is we call? It was so that we would not forget his sacrifice for us.

Oh. How soon I can't even remember where the clicker is? Alright we forget. Today, I just want to watch you a couple verses from The Book of Revelations.

I would like us to reflect on five important truths found in Revelations 1 verses 4 through 6 that we should remember as we prepare to take the Lord's Supper today.

You got your problems with me with you.

Don't the Revelations chapter one if you can't find Revelations is the very last book of the Bible.

I'm just here to help you out. We're going to go chapter 1 verse 4 and when you find it stand to your feet if you're able.

I have plenty of pages turning that's a good sign when you come and eat here. I'm okay. Just turning.

I'm in no hurry. We're in no hurry. We got plenty of time. I don't have anywhere to be until 4.

Jerry looking me like you think you won't quit until 4 today.

Call Jerry good to see you here today Hallelujah everybody there.

From The Book of Revelations chapter 1 verses 4 through 6. It says John to the seven churches which were in Asia grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne. April Jesus Christ the faithful witness the first born of the dead and a ruler over the kings of the earth to him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood. What's 6 +?

Listen, you want to know where you got your royalty from? He has made us Kings and Priests to his God and Father to him and Gloria Dominion forever. And ever. Amen man. You may be seated in his presence father we come to you right now in the name of Jesus answer you Lord God open our hearts and ears lowered guy to receive what the word you have for us to Dale or forgot letter. Important to us Lord God that that is we hear your word Lord God as we experience you today Lord God. It will change us. It will draw us closer to you Lord God that we may walk in your ways Lord God. So we just ask that you let us experience you today through your word in Jesus Christ, we pray and we give thanks amen and amen well find important truth.

Truck number one God is in control. Oh, yeah. Truth number two. God loves us.

truth number three our sins have been forgiven.

Troop number for we are called to serve him.

and Truth number 5 we must We must live for his glory not our glory for his glory. I just want to walk you through a couple things. We need to remember that. Okay.

Okay, so what's going on with that first marker that God? Is in control of our journey verses for reforms that Jesus was thrown in the heron.

And I burst Paul is says Jesus is the ruler over Kings of the earth. I don't want to tell 45 nothing but you control it. That's it. That's it in control controls everything to sit in the seat that he sense. That's right. I know that cuz it tells me right there.

We live in a in a in a day of great uncertainty in the morning and turn on the television the radio and some of us even turning on Facebook to see what's happening around the world overnight. You say there are great uncertainties in the world, but there is a perfect time does perfect. Love in heaven.

What is Perfect Harmony in heaven?

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Because all the angels in heaven it all the redeemed and have him know that God is in control. Yes. Yes, it is easy to see the truth. But you know what? It's so hard for us to see it sometime. Yeah, yeah. Hallelujah, let's just keep on moving along with our journey the second marker that that I want to talk to you about is that God loves us.

Okay. Should we cook God loves us? American Inn in Revelations chapter 1 verse 5 John refers to Jesus as him.

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how much does God love us? beautiful title for Jesus when love that's what they eating issues in the past tense points back to a particular time and place where Jesus loved us. It should be pointed out that many translations of the Bible. It has loves. weather ES

but there's something about the beauty of being loved. Black Jesus

It looks like it would look back at the cross. Every believer should be insecure in God's love not based on your present circumstances cuz you know what it we goes to our present circumstances. Sometimes we just want to walk back away from God say why you letting me go through this.

Because our current circumstances are sometimes so difficult. if we race our feelings we base our faith if we base our love. all the ultimate demonstration of Love At The Cross It's worth praising him. Yes. Yes. Sometimes we forget. But it's worth praising him at Romans 5 and 8.

This has God demonstrated his own love towards us. In that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

I told you you need to have your walking shoes on today cuz we're going to walk through the scriptures 1st. John 3 on one says this and says behold what manner of love the father has bestowed or not that we should be called children of God.

Peter from 1st John 4:9 in tennis is this It says in this love of God was manifested towards us. That God has sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him. Doing this love not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be the perpetuation for our sins Hallelujah. How old is Love by meeting or greatest need? You know what? Y'all don't mind if I personalize that just a little bit.

He wanted to meet my greatest knee.

if our Nope, my need for forgiveness. My greatest need is my need for forgiveness.

81 proof of God's love for us. We only need to look at the cross you see Calvary is the absolute irrefutable proof of God's love for us, sir. What else would the father allow his son to suffer and die a horrible death on an Old Rugged Cross? For my sense. Yes. my son's of yesterday Sends up today my students of tomorrow. He's already paid the price is great love for us and celebrate that love and we prepare our hearts 2 / take in the Lord's Supper.

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I'm just walking through the scripture. Hallelujah

the third marker As we walk in our journey is that our sins have been forgiven?

John refers to Jesus again as hell who washed us from our sins in his own blood.

Hebrews 9 and 22 tells us without the shedding of blood There is no forgiveness. I got some Bible scholars up in here this morning Hallelujah.

The blood was from an innocent bull goat or lamb when they sacrifice in the temple the blood can vary reconciliation with God. But there was only one problem.

SML that person walk out of the Temple play Sonic do they send again, but I needed to go back in and sacrifice another bull really want to know about it. It was just a token. How's the junction because you need to be a perfect sacrifice? Going to have to be without Sim. No blemishes. Nothing. Columbia spy

But the most important part of everything that you had to be was that you had to be a willing sacrifice.

Nowhere in there. Does it say that any of those bowls or anything else that would sacrifice went willingly?

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I have to do knowing that he was the only way that we could be forgiven of our sins for eternity that he had to share the blood on that cross.

I'm So Unworthy, but I still love you. marvelous

if he would go to a cross. for me We were talking earlier about you know when we were in Sunday school we were talking about. Moses well that ended things with the children of Israel put him through and I made the comment y'all might not understand this but some of them to you folks so quick. Okay, that's one else. Will y'all know? I remember the day but the thing is this

I'm only being for real.

Jesus loves her so much.

I think would do that for me. I wasn't worthy. I'm still not worth.

You think I was always clean and I had issues. I still got issues. Just not the same one. I'm only being for real. But through it all.

As we reflect on our the New Covenant brought by Jesus Christ, the Apostle Peter reminds us in 1st Peter 1 18 and 19. It says knowing that you were not free game with corruptible things like silver and gold. But you're a misconduct received by transition from your father's.

But with the precious blood of Christ.

As a lamb without blemish. and with all the spot Hallelujah You see Charles Spurgeon wrote this he said if there were any other way to wash away our sins. You know what God would have done it. But there was no other way to wash Us in his own blog make the ultimate sacrifice of God the son. God would not do it. end this way unless it was the only way the prince couldn't cleanse with the blood of the Bulls. I'm just being for real.

What he was washed. He has washed us. From our sins in his own blood his blood.

Did y'all hear what I said? There are men willing to shed the blood of others.

but you see Chris was willing to shed his own blood. To pour out his soul unto death that we might be saved.

I want you to notice something. Notice the order of the things the way things went. You say first he loved us. He loved us and then he washed us. It wasn't the god washed us out of some sense of Duty and then loved us because we were now clean.

while we were still dirty and I would rather be

this is dope Christ. It's through Christ that the we can be delivered from judgment. An experience forgiveness of sin and the eternal life in heaven with God is ours and we celebrate the Lord's Supper. We need to remember our sins have been forgiven. Messi I could stop by there and tell you the message has been delivered but there's so much more. It's a

What's the number for is that we are called to serve him.

John continues to explain to us that Jesus has made us Kings and Priests to his God and Father. It has been said that believers. It has been said that Believers gather to worship.

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It says Believers gather to worship then depart to serve but that's never true or then when we celebrate the Lord's Supper.

Because we come together to worship and we come together to serve one another Hallelujah.

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Hebrews 9 and 14 says how much more sharp the blood of Christ who threw the channel Spirit offered himself without a spot the God cuz you're conscious from dead Works to serve the Living God. You see it took us out of our own way that we may serve God cuz sometimes we be doing things and we be saying yeah, this is forgot but it ain't forgot. We doing it for us.

How does being for real life? Ephesians to attend states that we are his workmanship created in Jesus Christ for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The NIV says it this way says for we are God's workmanship created in Christ. Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.

You say God already knew.

And that plan for each of us each and everyone of us. has something to do

we need to be reminded that his sacrifice was not just so that we might be forgiven but was also so that we can serve him.

Which takes me brings me to my fifth and final marker the day. Yeah. Okay. I know y'all was saying thinking it so I might as well we must live.

Garage door not foreclosed Glory not 48 his glory. We must live for His Glory Hallelujah could close this paragraph by writing to him be the glory and Dominion forever and ever. Amen.

We are to live for his glory one of the truth that celebrating the Lord's Supper reminds us is that it's not about us. It seems It's all about him and his glory Paul rights and 1st Corinthians 10 and 31. Therefore whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do all to the glory of God. He also reminds us that recognizes God's grace destroys our pride for it is by Grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourself. It is the gift of God. ladybug Works lest anyone should boast we are. To live for his glory of all the Jesus did for us.

It is right for us to praise him. Yes. We should all of them with all glory and Dominion forever and ever never know when we say we are giving Jesus glory and Dominion who is simply recognizing that he has it. And we're honoring him for it already has it. We're just honoring him.

To recognize the glory of Jesus is to come out and and out for him. Tell him you were or are very Monkey behind the pain like a month behind the paneling. I got your attention now. You're like a little mouse behind the panel. Every once in awhile, you squeak a little bit to let them know you're there. Could you head out every once in awhile?

Let's see. If you're really giving God the glory he deserves to be up and shout and enjoy it if it breaks have no matter where you go. You should I tell you all the time you going to church anywhere you are wherever you maybe you can give him glory on Mark. Yes nice and you got to run up and down the house cuz they might take you away or not, but you can still give him the glory.

It doesn't say that you have to sing and shout everything. Sometimes you just sending your heart. Listen to your heart. Listen to your heart. What's coming from here you driving down the road. You can praise him as my wife reminds me Just Don't Close Your Eyes.

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Go in order and the next thing I know there's a tree waiting for you maybe yes. You know what we go to the nursing home and they're supposed on that I can praise God even though they can't speak. I'm going to nursing home and we've been there and we started singing Praise songs to and and their faces just because God said planet in them while they're young. And when they're older they will not forget. How does Beneful grain-free forget to often but when we bury it deep in us it will be there forever.

You know again quoting from Charles Stanley Charles Spurgeon to recognize the Dominion of Jesus is to let him truly rule over us again. If we truly say glory and Dominion that we must give him the minion over every part of our Lives just say ouch we must give him Dominion over every part of our Lives Man Has a Little Empire of three kingdoms.

the body the soul and the spirit You know the three should be United as one.

Mary Christ King of of it all do not allow any branch of those three kingdom to set us up for self-destruction. All under the sway of your one king. John closes with the word. Amen. This word is an ancient Greek language brought forth from the Hebrew of the Old Testament and it simply is this. Don't think it got this big wonderful many right big throwing up. You think it just draw everything, you know, they probably got 14 different pages to say what amen means

You know, when and what was it that used to say when he act like he speaks everybody listens. Well, let me tell you what the word amen means. It simply means yes it is that simple. It means I agree. That's right. Let it be so Hallelujah.

It means that we agree. It's an information information. True God That's Amore Pizza.

And Jesus will be praised. Jesus has done all That's Amore for you. You have much to praise him for so Praise Him. What do not wish to be in heaven when your life on Earth here is over. Then the time to to come when it comes time for you to die. Once you not desire to have a good hope of entering into the joys of the perfect ones. I'm sure I'll say it again. I am sure you would. but if you are at our car or at last to be number among the redeemed host in a high you must

you must here learn their song

you see when you get to heaven. You got to know the song. You cannot be admitted into the course above without having the practiced and rehearsed their music here below. Sometimes you just need to say wholly.

Hallelujah, sometimes you got to know the song and you can only practice in here on Earth. Hallelujah side want to close I got a few moments. We're going to celebrate the Lord's supper together. But first let's have a type a time of quiet meditation. Like God's word penetrate our hearts with these five truths. is in control

I sent I've been forgiven. We are called to serve him. and we must play for his glory confessing and unknown send to the Lord as we prepare for the Lord's Supper.