WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.759 Welcome to Hanway Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose of inspiring, 2 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.800 heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pastors and speakers all over 3 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.679 the Philippines. We hope that this podcast finds you in 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:22.879 good shape. And now here's your message. We're gonna have 5 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:26.039 communion together. I'm going to be speaking on Eat the Lamb, 6 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.800 and go ahead and get your communion elements. You don't 7 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.679 need fancy church elements. I've brought some iced tea and 8 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:37.880 I've brought a ritz cracker, So I'm just trying to 9 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:41.560 show you be creative because we're going to be partaking together. 10 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:44.960 It's not how fancy the elements are, but it's the 11 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:49.240 understanding of what's available through communion and what Jesus has 12 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:53.200 accomplished for us. Get a pen and paper. If you 13 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.960 did not get the notes, we mailed them out on Friday. 14 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.880 We emailed them. 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So 24 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.959 we're going to talk about communion, about eat the lamb, 25 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:40.640 the Old Testament, What does the Old Testament have to say. 26 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.319 We're going to briefly look at this. We're going to 27 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.400 just hit some points and things that I want you 28 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:49.760 to see today. What we call communion are the Lord's Supper. 29 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:55.439 All began with the Israelites exodus from Egyptian bondage, and 30 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:59.760 that began the introduction of passover. Visual lights have been 31 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:03.439 in a little over four hundred years, and they had 32 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:06.480 grown into a very powerful nation, and they had God's 33 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:10.280 favor and blessing on their life, and God knew it 34 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:13.520 was now time for them to be delivered from this bondage. 35 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.360 They were about to be set free, but there was 36 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:20.080 one more plague. Of the Egyptians had faced nine, but 37 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.680 there was one more that the Egyptians had to face. 38 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:27.919 Here's something though, this is something very interesting and unique 39 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:32.360 about this plague. That the Israelites would be subject to 40 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:39.159 this plague as well unless they had proper preparation and protection. 41 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.840 Preparation and protection. And this is what I want you 42 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.159 to see about the Lord's Supper for you and I. 43 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:49.960 We can have preparation for the things that we're facing 44 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.080 right now, and we can have protection. They had to 45 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.039 slay an animal. Most of them would have used the lamb, 46 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.479 So I'll just be referring to a lamb throughout this 47 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:02.280 and entire ape. That's Christ for us. So when we 48 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:04.800 get over to the New Testament, you'll see how Christ 49 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:08.639 fulfilled this. And they were to apply the blood of 50 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:12.639 the lamb to their home on the sidepost and the 51 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:16.879 top lentil for our protection. And then they were to 52 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:22.120 eat the roasted lamb. And those elements are represented for 53 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:26.400 us in communion. Let's look at two verses in Exodus 54 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:29.120 chapter twelve, and I want this to come alive to you. 55 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.960 Exodus twelve, verse seven. Then they are to take some 56 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:35.879 of the blood and put it on the sides and 57 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.319 tops of the door frames of the houses where they 58 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:44.800 eat the lamb. Verse eight. That same night, they are 59 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:48.280 to eat the meat roasted over the fire. Now get 60 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:52.800 this along with bitter herbs. Now, if you're at home, 61 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:58.439 say that with me. Bitter herbs and braid bread made 62 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:04.000 without yeas. That verse eight really speaks to me. I 63 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:07.039 want this to come alive. So the blood was applied 64 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.120 to the door frames in the top lentil, and they 65 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:13.639 were eat to eat the roasted meat, and they were 66 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:18.480 to put bitter herbs on the meat in preparation. And 67 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.519 the bread was to be made without yeast, and yeast 68 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.920 in the Bible is always a reference to sin. So 69 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.959 in essence, they were to make this bread leave any 70 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.680 sin behind. They were getting ready to leave exodus and 71 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.439 go out and be brought into the Promised Land eventually, 72 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.199 and we're to leave sin behind, and that we do 73 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:40.839 that we make a confession of that when we have 74 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:47.519 communion together. Before things are mentioned here blood, meat, bitter 75 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:52.920 herbs on the meat, and bread without yeast, specific instructions. 76 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.360 Now I want to bring up a thought here, and 77 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.399 I want you to track with me for a moment, 78 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:02.519 especially the time we're in history. If you sprinkled the 79 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:08.360 blood on the doorpost, that's awesome, that's part of the atonement. 80 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:14.199 Absolutely your salvation in type for us redemption for those 81 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.199 in the Old Testament. Right here the death angel passing 82 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.680 by for us in type when we apply to our 83 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:24.199 homes the coronavirus passing by any other type of plague, 84 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:28.439 or any other type of sickness. But to appropriate all 85 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.959 that the atonement meant and what it means for us, 86 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.680 you had to eat the lamb. And if you ate 87 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:38.000 the lamb, you cooked it. You were to put some 88 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:43.360 bitter herbs on it. Now here's the deal. The enemy 89 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.439 of our soul, the devil, and his trickery. He would 90 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:50.800 have us turning things upside down and getting the cart 91 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.439 before the horse, and getting us completely out of balance 92 00:05:55.639 --> 00:06:00.399 in this time, and this is a time for balance 93 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:04.639 in our life like never before. We need balance in 94 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.759 our lives, in our families. It might be a time 95 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:11.319 where many are getting their life into balance for the 96 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.639 first time. In what the devil himself back by the 97 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:19.480 legion of demons and all those forces, he will arrange 98 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.839 for you to have the opportunity to eat more herbs, 99 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:33.759 more bitter herbs than you eat the nourishing lamb. If 100 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:36.839 you're not diligent in this critical hour we all live in, 101 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:43.839 including myself, we can participate in large servings of tribulation 102 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:50.120 and bitter herbs. The call today March twenty ninth, twenty twenty, 103 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.879 seeing the example in the Book of Exodus, people who 104 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:57.040 were preparing for their deliverance. You and I preparing for 105 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:01.120 our freedom in our deliverance. Let's get back to eating 106 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:06.160 the lamb and slow down on bitter herbs. It's a 107 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:10.759 choice you make. You have to renew your mind and 108 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.600 you have to stay focused in this hour. You know, 109 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:17.560 Jesus speaking to his disciples, he said this in John, 110 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:22.399 these things I've spoken unto you because in me you 111 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:26.879 can have peace. You can have peace in this world. 112 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:32.639 You are going to have some tribulation. You are, we're 113 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:37.600 having some right now. But he says, be of good cheer. 114 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:43.439 I have overcome the world. Jesus has overcome this. It 115 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:47.879 is a moment of tribulation and trial, different complications, different 116 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.519 ones that maybe are facing this. We pray for them. 117 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:54.319 We don't take that lightly. But if we put too 118 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:58.360 many herbs on the lamb, on our relationship with Jesus, 119 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:02.120 the bitter herbs will make the lamb bitter. You know. 120 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.759 It just takes a little bit of something bitter, bitter 121 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:10.560 herbs on the meat to make a very flavorable, tasty substance, 122 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.560 something very very good. Those of you that are chefs. 123 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.240 I'm not, but those of you that are. You put 124 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.800 all kinds of things on your meat by themselves, they 125 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:21.839 would not be good. Too much of it it would 126 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.079 ruin the meat. But the right proportion it makes it good. 127 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:29.959 So let's not let too much of this tribulation, this 128 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.919 bitter herb, get on our relationship with the Lord. You know, personally, 129 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.279 I like garlic as a seasoning. I'm from Louisiana. I 130 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:40.960 like things seasoned well. But have you ever had something 131 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.639 to eat where the chef got carried away with the garlic? 132 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:49.159 For days, all you taste is garlic. If anyone gets 133 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:53.840 around you that's had that, after you've eaten all that garlic, 134 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.720 they know you've had too much garlic. What I'm saying 135 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.120 is the trap the devil makes available, is that a 136 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:03.240 participant pay right now and everything and anything but the lamb, 137 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.000 and you and I are going to eat the lamb 138 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.399 in Jesus' name, Let's just slow down. Let's get our 139 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.960 feet on the rock on Jesus, keep our fixation on God. 140 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:18.440 Lean into this relationship. I challenge you in the morning, 141 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:22.759 don't turn on the news first. Turn on the best 142 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:27.360 news first, the good news first. Build yourself up and 143 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:30.840 let God speak to you, eat from the lamb our 144 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.799 own passover, and let's not allow too much of this 145 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:38.840 bitterness and distribulation to spoil the meat. Our priority is 146 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.639 keep the blood on the doorpost, keep the blood of 147 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:45.279 Jesus over your life, keep the lamb on the table, 148 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:49.159 and let's just watch God do something through this. You know, 149 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:53.320 it'd be interesting to videotape your life right now. I 150 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:57.000 bet for many of you it's very calm and very soothing, 151 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:01.279 and it's great. Those of you, though with children, are 152 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.360 grandchildren at home with you twenty four to seven, and 153 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:08.360 you're trying to homeschool, and this, that and the other. 154 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:12.519 It's probably a zoo. In fact, your home might look 155 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:16.399 like a zoo. What I've enjoyed different people are sending 156 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.639 me pictures of what they're doing creatively. They're out fishing 157 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:24.120 with their family, they're reading, they're playing games outside, they're 158 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:28.480 doing board games inside, they're reading the Bible, they're worshiping, 159 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.759 they're doing things where they're allowing to pull the lamb 160 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:38.759 up and eat and get well and stay well. For 161 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.600 any of us right now, life has been totally altered. 162 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:44.559 Am I little saying I feel like a fish out 163 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:48.000 of water. Now I'm still moving and I'm still squirming, 164 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.080 but it is a little bit awkward if I'm honest. 165 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.639 Here's my pastor or advice, wherever possible. Shut down some 166 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:58.440 of the voices, the things that are clanging for your attention, 167 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.759 the bitter earth herbs that want to just spoil your 168 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:07.120 joy and make you focus on the tribulation rather than 169 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:12.000 the deliverance. Close the door to those unnecessary distractions and 170 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:16.159 those fears they're real. Shut the door to them. Put 171 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.440 the blood over the doors of your house, your spiritual house, 172 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.279 and your family. Pull yourself up to the table and 173 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.320 eat from the lamb until you are well and strong 174 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:32.000 and you're ready for this journey. Amen, I'm talking about 175 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:38.480 just take advantage of this slowdown. Feast on Jesus because 176 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:43.240 he's our health. Read the Word of God, worship, put 177 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.399 some worship music on. Read materials in books that are 178 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:53.320 going to build your faith. Have Thanksgiving going on. Here's something. Laugh, 179 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:59.799 laugh a lot, Smile your face won't break. It might 180 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:04.240 actually cause a contagiousness of others in your home. Be 181 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:07.480 sure whatever you eat spiritually right now, it's centered on Jesus. 182 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:11.080 Then you can tell others what you've partaken of and 183 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:15.039 they can receive strength from you because you've experienced him, 184 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:19.240 you know him, you've been partaking of him. You share 185 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:21.960 what's in you. Anyway, out of the abundance of the heart, 186 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:25.559 the mouth speaks. So what are some of the first 187 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:28.519 things that come out of your mouth when you're speaking 188 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:33.360 to someone on the home? Are in social distancing? We 189 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:36.039 have the opportunity right now to be the church like 190 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.480 never before. I know it would not be appropriate to 191 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:43.360 me and gather as a group because of just how 192 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.960 this disease spreads. But this does not stop the church. 193 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.200 I encourage you be more creative than ever before. You 194 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:53.200 can be more effective in this hour. Let's get to 195 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:57.279 the New Testament. Now, New Testament communion move over there. 196 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:02.200 After the ascension of Christ, the Christian Church recognize that 197 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:08.200 Christ became our passover. They saw the correlation. They understood it. 198 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:13.840 One Corinthians five, verse seven. Get rid of the old yeast, 199 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:18.639 so that you may be a new, unleaven batch as 200 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:23.240 you really are. What you are, you're new for Christ 201 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:30.799 our passover, Lamb. He has been sacrificed, Jesus fulfilled passover. 202 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:35.600 He became the lamb. Therefore, he eliminated the necessity of 203 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.320 the yearly sacrifice. As I've said before, aren't you're so 204 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.600 glad you didn't have to bring fidoh or some other 205 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:47.039 animal to sacrifice a church. Jesus has paid that the 206 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:51.639 cup representing the blood and the bread representing the body 207 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:56.840 the meat became a symbol of the completed work accomplished 208 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:00.960 at the death of Christ. We as believe we received 209 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:04.639 the cup and bread to celebrate the finished work of Christ. 210 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:08.559 The apostle Paul informed the church at corinth about the 211 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:13.440 importance of having the believer received the Lord's supper. It's important. 212 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.480 That's why we're going to do this together momentarily first 213 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.559 Corinthians eleven, starting in verse twenty four, And when he 214 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.639 had given thanks, he broke it and said, this is 215 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:28.440 my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance 216 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:32.480 of me, in remembrance of Jesus Christ. In the same way, 217 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.320 after supper, he took the cup, saying, this cup is 218 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:38.759 the new covenant in my blood. Do this whenever you 219 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:43.639 drink it in remembrance of me, in remembrance of Christ's 220 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:48.120 life and his death and what he paid for for. 221 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.559 Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup. You 222 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:57.480 are proclaiming the Lord's death that finished work until he comes. 223 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.120 After Jesus was raised from the dead, he again was 224 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:05.840 breaking bread in the home of his disciples and his 225 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:12.960 followers Luke twenty four, verse thirty. Luke twenty four, verse thirty. 226 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.879 When he was at the table with them, with the disciples, 227 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:21.559 he took bread, he gave thanks, broke it and began 228 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:26.559 to give it to them verse thirty one. Then their 229 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.639 eyes were open and they recognized him, and he disappeared 230 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:35.600 from their sight. This particular illustration was with those on 231 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:40.000 the road to Emmaeus, and there they have Jesus with him, 232 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.759 and they didn't even realize it. But when they broke 233 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.559 the bread and he blessed it and they partook, suddenly 234 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:50.279 their eyes were open. I said, their eyes were open. 235 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.720 I'm telling you there's something about communion, and you understanding 236 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.440 whatever represents When you partake of it, your eyes, your 237 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:01.960 spiritual eyes, your heart art can be opened. Let's go 238 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.919 back up to Matthew twenty five, verse twenty six through 239 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.639 twenty eight. I want you to see this when he 240 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.559 was with the disciples, because I skipped that originally While 241 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.279 they were eating, Jesus took bread. When they had given thanks, 242 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.200 he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, 243 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:21.960 take eat. This is my body. Then he took a cup, 244 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.279 and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, 245 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.879 drink from it, all of you. This is my blood 246 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:30.240 of the Covenant, which has poured out for many for 247 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.559 the forgiveness of sins. You can see he had the 248 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:36.080 Lord's supper with the disciples and with those on the 249 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:39.799 road to Emmaeus. I believe there's just something so significant 250 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:43.240 when we understand the importance of this. So here we 251 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:49.919 are today, right now, March twenty ninth, a deadly disease 252 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:54.039 of virus that's sweeping not only our state in all 253 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:59.360 fifty states, but literally the world. This outbreak of the coronavirus. 254 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.599 What are you doing about it? What are you thinking 255 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:11.119 about it? We need a revelation of our full atonement. 256 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:16.160 Our protection can be supernatural, just as it was for 257 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:19.640 the children of Visual and their exodus. So I've sent 258 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.400 these points to get to hear. Here we go two 259 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.599 things from the Old Testament. Number one, the lamb's blood 260 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:30.599 on the door post restrained the destroying angel from taking 261 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:35.880 the life of one single Hebrew. That's awesome. Two, the 262 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:39.119 roasted lamb with just a little bit of herb, bitter herbs, 263 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.759 brought physical healing to an entire nation. And one night 264 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:45.319 it says no one was feeble. That was a big 265 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:49.279 group of people, Not one of them were feeble. New 266 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:54.640 Testament application. Let's understand this. If the blood and the 267 00:17:54.680 --> 00:18:00.559 body of an earthly lamb restrained the destroyer and it 268 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:04.720 brought health, It refrained the destroyer and it brought health, 269 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:07.920 how much more can the blood and the body of 270 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:13.880 Christ protect you and I the believer? This is awesome news. 271 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:17.480 Let that become a revelation. Let it become a foundation, 272 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.799 revelation and a foundation. As the ancient Hebrew nation ate 273 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:27.319 the lamb and received healing and applied the blood for protection. Likewise, 274 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.480 we're going to partake of the bread and the cup 275 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.640 to receive our healing. Some of you might need a 276 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:37.359 physical healing today. Receive that by faith, and we're going 277 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:41.359 to drink the blood or the juice or the orange juice, 278 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.039 whatever you have, and proclaim that as a protection over 279 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:50.440 our family and our homes. John six, verse fifty three. 280 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:55.400 Jesus said to them. I tell you the truth. Unless 281 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:57.440 you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and 282 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:02.680 drink his blood, you have no life in you. There's 283 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:09.279 something about the revelation of this communion. It brings you life, 284 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:15.759 and people are looking for others who have life. We're 285 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.640 gonna have some life. Verse fifty five. Jesus said, my 286 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:25.440 flesh is real food, my blood is real drink verse 287 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:29.319 fifty six. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood 288 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.559 remains in me and I in him Verse fifty seven. 289 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.599 Just as the Living Father sent me, and I live 290 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:39.759 because of the Father, so the one who feeds on 291 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:46.519 me will live because of me. You will live because 292 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:50.440 of Jesus. Verse fifty eight. This is the bread that 293 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:55.839 came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died. 294 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.920 They passed away. But he who feeds on this bread 295 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:06.000 will live forever. And that's talking about our eternal salvation. 296 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:10.960 You're eating it by faith as a proclamation. Jesus is 297 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:15.240 my Lord, and I'm gonna live forever. You drink the cup. 298 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:21.240 Jesus is my Lord, and I'm gonna live forever. I 299 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:24.839 am so wanting this to become just life to you 300 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:28.920 and come alive in your spirit. Picture that communion cup 301 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.759 and the bread in the manner that you would nutrients 302 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.160 from the food you're eating right now at your house. 303 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:41.240 Proper foods are high and beneficial nutrients that when they're 304 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:45.359 released in our bodies, when the food molecules are broken down, 305 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.400 it brings you life and health. You know, I can 306 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.440 hold up a plate of food. This is just a 307 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:52.559 little thing. I have the cracker in. But I could 308 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:54.279 hold up a plate of food all day long and 309 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:56.759 tell you, oh, wow, this is good for you. Man, 310 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.359 this is good. Wow, this is good, and then just 311 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:02.160 eat it, not give you any put it back down. 312 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:04.440 It's not going to do you any good. No vitamins, 313 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:09.359 no protein, no minerals. Nothing. Likewise, we can talk about 314 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:12.799 the fact that Christ died on the cross to save us, 315 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:15.440 and he was beaten and he was bruised to heal us, 316 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:21.640 but simply discussing that that event has no impact on 317 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:25.240 your life unless you believe in your heart and you 318 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:30.559 confess Jesus with your mouth. That's in Romans ten. You 319 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:35.799 believe and you confess, you partake, you're doing something with it. 320 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.319 So when we eat the bread and drink the cup, 321 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:41.960 it is more than flour or whatever you're using for 322 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:46.240 the body. It's more than a cup grape juice. It's 323 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:51.519 not a routine. It's not to be a routine. Just 324 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:56.000 our confession leads to salvation, and God honors our prayers 325 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:00.920 when we pray in conviction and repentance. Wise, the Father 326 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:07.319 honors an act of faith when we partake of communion. 327 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:12.240 Our healing has been bought through Christ's suffering. But we 328 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:16.880 need to properly discern the body of Christ. The Word 329 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:20.480 of God tells us that we must comprehend what really 330 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:25.160 happened at the whipping post, the piercing of his side, 331 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:29.039 the thorns on his head, the nails in his hands, 332 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:34.240 the nails in his feet. When we take communion in 333 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:44.400 remembrance what he did, and you understand that, get ready 334 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:55.279 for something great. You're stewarding the greatest testimony in history. Listen, 335 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:59.720 we need faith right now because we're human. I need faith. 336 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:09.839 If I really receive that and understand that my faith, 337 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:17.680 your faith, it will lead to hope. People. We need hope, 338 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:22.519 and so does everyone else around you. Hope is what 339 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:28.079 connects us to the future. But the moment you lose hope, 340 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:34.200 that's the moment you're disconnected to the future. I want 341 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:38.960 to pray, just like if I had hundreds of people 342 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:41.880 right here, right now, I'm going to pray. We're going 343 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:46.480 to make a confession about Jesus being Lord and savior. 344 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.000 You might be just a wholehearted follower after Christ. I 345 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:55.559 encourage you to do this anyway. Maybe you've been away 346 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:59.880 from Christ. I encourage you to believe it and mean 347 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:03.680 it and say it. Maybe you've never accepted Christ and 348 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:06.759 you can see what He's done for you. Would you 349 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:09.400 pray with me right where you are, wherever you are, 350 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:14.039 and let's allow Jesus to be our lord before we partake. 351 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.240 Would you bow with me as I lead us in 352 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:24.119 a prayer? Just repeat after me. Dear Jesus, I acknowledge 353 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:31.599 you as the way, the truth, and the life. I 354 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:36.799 need a savior, and you're the only way. You're the 355 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:43.160 only connection I have to a holy God. You made 356 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:51.319 a way through your sacrifice, your crucifixion, your blood, your 357 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:57.759 broken body, the full atonement of all that means. So 358 00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:04.039 I declare, and I say, right now, Jesus is my Lord, 359 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:10.279 he is my savior. Forgive me Lord of all my 360 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:17.000 sin and become the center of my heart in my life, 361 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:25.480 I declare I will live forever as Jesus said, for 362 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:30.200 those that partake of you. So I thank you today. 363 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:39.880 I am saved in Jesus's name. Amen, I'm excited for you. Now. 364 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:44.319 If you will, wherever you are, would you get the 365 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:48.799 body of the Lord, the lamb that we're not going 366 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:53.000 to let too much tribulation or bitter herbs. Get upon 367 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:57.039 what we eat right now, for this day, for this week, 368 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:59.720 for the duration of what we face. If you need 369 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.960 to break it, if it's a loaf of bread or whatever, 370 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:06.200 go ahead and do that. I'm gonna bless it, and 371 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:10.200 we're gonna partake. And by doing this, you're saying, Lord, 372 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:13.799 I'm leaning into you and I'm gonna eat a lot 373 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:20.640 from you every day. So let me bless the broken body. Jesus. 374 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:23.920 I thank you for your body that was broken for us, 375 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:28.799 for the price that you paid. I thank you, Lord. 376 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:32.160 There's so much in your atonement we didn't even have 377 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:37.960 time to mention. But by eating of this, we're receiving strength. 378 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:41.880 We're making a declaration we're not gonna get brought into 379 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:45.440 too much of the fear, in worry and anxiety, we're 380 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:48.240 gonna walk in wisdom. But we're not gonna be destroyed 381 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.240 by this. We're gonna be made through this time of 382 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:55.160 tribulation in our life. We're gonna partake of you. We 383 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:58.240 thank you that you're our Lord in our savior. In 384 00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:18.160 Jesus' name, let's partake. Take your cup. I've got my 385 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:23.880 iced tea. Let it represent the blood. Put it over 386 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:27.720 the doorpost of your house, of your vehicle. It's your workplace, 387 00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:34.079 your children, your family, your neighbors. Let's apply it that 388 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:40.519 the death angel, sickness and disease won't touch you. Father, 389 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.960 we thank you for your blood. It never loses its power. 390 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:48.640 It's so powerful. We understand what it represents. And Father, 391 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.640 as we partake of this right now, I thank you Lord, 392 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:55.160 your broken body, your blood. It's bringing healing to people's 393 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:58.759 bodies right now who need a touch from you, who 394 00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:01.759 need to be freed from fear or worry. And I 395 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:04.799 thank you Lord you encouraging them, and we're careful to 396 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:09.079 give Jesus all the praise in Jesus' name. Let's partake 397 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:22.160 together now. Each occasion you have to have communion at 398 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:25.839 your home. Encourage you to do it. You might do 399 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:28.920 this once a week right now, or every week, every 400 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:31.440 other week, or every day, whatever you want to do. 401 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:36.680