1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,080 Dallas: My name is Dallas Kawai. 2 00:00:01,110 --> 00:00:04,770 Um, I'm a, uh, the North Orange Sea Campus Minister, um, here at Cal 3 00:00:04,770 --> 00:00:06,240 State Fulton and Fulton College. 4 00:00:06,630 --> 00:00:10,170 And, um, I have the honor and privilege today to be able 5 00:00:10,170 --> 00:00:11,910 to preach the word to you. 6 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:13,380 Uh, this morning, it's so weird. 7 00:00:13,410 --> 00:00:14,190 We're having a handheld. 8 00:00:14,190 --> 00:00:15,990 I haven't had a handheld to preach in a while, but this is fine. 9 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:16,650 We're gonna work with it. 10 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:20,010 Um, for those of you guys that are joining us for the first time. 11 00:00:20,325 --> 00:00:24,015 Um, we are in a series called The Road to the Resurrection, and basically 12 00:00:24,015 --> 00:00:27,555 what it is about is basically we are on the, in the book of, on the Gospel 13 00:00:27,555 --> 00:00:32,025 of Luke and we're kind of trailing Jesus' last few weeks, last few days, 14 00:00:32,025 --> 00:00:36,225 even before he's about to go on the cross and die and, and be crucified, 15 00:00:36,405 --> 00:00:40,545 uh, for the sins of the world, um, and then be resurrected three days later. 16 00:00:40,905 --> 00:00:42,975 Um, what's been amazing about this series is we've been really 17 00:00:42,975 --> 00:00:44,925 able to kind of dive deep, uh. 18 00:00:45,190 --> 00:00:45,820 Last week. 19 00:00:45,849 --> 00:00:49,660 Uh, Mar uh, uh, Eric actually talked about the end times and talked 20 00:00:49,660 --> 00:00:51,849 a lot about the widow's offering as well, which was really great. 21 00:00:51,879 --> 00:00:54,730 'cause I think sometimes in those contexts there's a lot of controversy about to, 22 00:00:54,940 --> 00:00:57,790 about the perspective and what and what is to be expected at the end times. 23 00:00:57,790 --> 00:01:01,239 But I feel like he did a great job in the week before that Marcel was in chapter 20. 24 00:01:01,239 --> 00:01:04,390 So in, in the fashion that we are, we're gonna be going into order. 25 00:01:04,390 --> 00:01:09,100 So we are going to be in the gospel of Luke, obviously, but Luke 22. 26 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:11,350 So if you have your Bibles, feel free to turn over there. 27 00:01:12,285 --> 00:01:13,845 Uh, tied to my lesson, by the way. 28 00:01:13,845 --> 00:01:14,895 Sorry, before I get it here. 29 00:01:15,105 --> 00:01:15,555 There we go. 30 00:01:15,765 --> 00:01:17,685 We're gonna do covenant and communion. 31 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:19,530 Covenant and communion. 32 00:01:19,530 --> 00:01:22,649 And today we're gonna be talking a lot about the last Supper, but 33 00:01:22,649 --> 00:01:23,850 we're gonna be leading up to it. 34 00:01:24,090 --> 00:01:26,160 Uh, I'm not gonna go through all of chapter 22, lemme 35 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,270 just preface that real quick. 36 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:29,970 I'm gonna be going through, uh, verses one through 24. 37 00:01:30,330 --> 00:01:32,250 Um, so I'll be kind of ending it around that time. 38 00:01:32,250 --> 00:01:34,140 So there's a lot of great stuff that happens after. 39 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:38,699 It's just more of the time to really be diving into the Last Supper more than into 40 00:01:38,699 --> 00:01:40,170 the, just covering the entire chapter. 41 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:41,070 Just for the chapter's sake. 42 00:01:41,399 --> 00:01:42,630 I'm not trying to rush through this. 43 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:46,050 Like, there's a lot of great insight and, and, uh, and, um. 44 00:01:46,725 --> 00:01:49,905 Knowledge and wisdom that comes from the last Supper that we really should 45 00:01:49,905 --> 00:01:51,795 really focus on, which is why we're here. 46 00:01:51,825 --> 00:01:54,495 There's a reason why we're here is because of the Last Supper, and we'll talk a 47 00:01:54,495 --> 00:01:55,995 little bit more about that in a minute. 48 00:01:56,325 --> 00:01:58,965 But with that being said, um, I'm gonna pray real quick 49 00:01:59,025 --> 00:02:00,045 and then we'll get started. 50 00:02:00,285 --> 00:02:00,975 So, bow your heads with me. 51 00:02:01,575 --> 00:02:03,135 Uh, father God, thank you so much for today. 52 00:02:03,435 --> 00:02:04,725 Um, it's a time to come before you. 53 00:02:04,755 --> 00:02:08,324 Father, I pray you just please, uh, speak through me, uh, remove me and 54 00:02:08,324 --> 00:02:11,475 all my, uh, my thoughts and my worries and, and anxiousness, God, just to 55 00:02:11,475 --> 00:02:13,485 let your, uh, spirit just be, uh. 56 00:02:13,845 --> 00:02:16,815 Ever presence, um, in bold and in just in, in your word that 57 00:02:16,815 --> 00:02:17,954 speaks more than my words. 58 00:02:18,255 --> 00:02:21,375 Uh, father, we pray that, uh, you continue to just lead us God down this 59 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:25,154 road to the resurrection, that we can become inspired and encouraged, um, by 60 00:02:25,154 --> 00:02:29,385 your son Jesus, and how much he has done for us, um, beforehand God, so that we 61 00:02:29,385 --> 00:02:33,375 get to inherit just so much love and grace, um, the insurmountable amount 62 00:02:33,375 --> 00:02:35,174 God, that, uh, we could never deserve. 63 00:02:35,475 --> 00:02:36,105 But we are grateful. 64 00:02:36,105 --> 00:02:38,114 Father, we love you so much and pray in Jesus name. 65 00:02:38,415 --> 00:02:38,834 Amen. 66 00:02:40,215 --> 00:02:41,295 We're gonna be in verse one. 67 00:02:41,295 --> 00:02:44,329 So with that being said, let's kind of. 68 00:02:44,924 --> 00:02:45,975 Bounce on over to here. 69 00:02:46,185 --> 00:02:46,515 Great. 70 00:02:46,665 --> 00:02:47,025 Awesome. 71 00:02:47,025 --> 00:02:49,215 So, verse one, um, Judas agrees, Toray Jesus. 72 00:02:49,215 --> 00:02:53,355 So now the festival of unleavened bread called the Passover was approaching 73 00:02:53,625 --> 00:02:56,265 and the chief priest and the teachers of the law were looking for so 74 00:02:56,295 --> 00:03:00,195 well, some way to get rid of Jesus for they were afraid of the people. 75 00:03:00,584 --> 00:03:04,665 Then Satan entered Judas called Scar it, one of the 12, and Judas went to 76 00:03:04,665 --> 00:03:08,325 the chief priest and the officers, uh, of the Temple Guard and discussed 77 00:03:08,325 --> 00:03:10,515 with them how he might betray them. 78 00:03:11,084 --> 00:03:13,454 They were delighted and agreed to give him money. 79 00:03:13,904 --> 00:03:17,024 He consented and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to 80 00:03:17,024 --> 00:03:18,734 them when no crowd was present. 81 00:03:19,695 --> 00:03:23,984 Now, Eric, uh, last week talked about and discussed the difference between, 82 00:03:24,255 --> 00:03:27,315 you know, the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the teachers of the law. 83 00:03:27,584 --> 00:03:31,334 But what they all have in common is that they're trying to get rid of Jesus. 84 00:03:31,725 --> 00:03:33,285 He's a threat to their power. 85 00:03:33,285 --> 00:03:34,844 He's a threat to their popularity. 86 00:03:34,844 --> 00:03:36,795 He's a threat to their credibility even. 87 00:03:37,244 --> 00:03:41,445 And so at this point, they're looking for any way possible to get rid of him. 88 00:03:41,954 --> 00:03:42,344 So. 89 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:46,260 Obviously they understand though that if they try to seize him in the 90 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:49,260 middle of the day, in the middle of his teaching and in the crowd and 91 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:52,829 the masses that are following him, it's gonna cause some commotion. 92 00:03:52,980 --> 00:03:54,959 It's gonna cause some chaos and it's gonna cause a ride. 93 00:03:54,959 --> 00:03:57,809 Maybe even because you have people that are trying to take away the 94 00:03:57,809 --> 00:04:01,380 person that's been healing people, uh, that has been, uh, foreseeing, 95 00:04:01,679 --> 00:04:02,940 uh, giving, forgiving of sins. 96 00:04:02,940 --> 00:04:06,540 Like there's just been so much going on that if they try to take the person 97 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:10,290 that has been bringing so much joy, so much peace, so much faith to the people. 98 00:04:10,799 --> 00:04:11,370 Being uprising. 99 00:04:11,370 --> 00:04:14,880 So for them, they're, they have no way in to be able to get to him. 100 00:04:15,299 --> 00:04:19,050 Now, obviously as we see here in verse three, it says that then Satan entered 101 00:04:19,050 --> 00:04:20,760 Judas call the scar one to the 12. 102 00:04:21,390 --> 00:04:24,870 Now, obviously when you read that, at first glance, it just kind of 103 00:04:24,870 --> 00:04:28,650 seems like, oh, okay, now Judas is quote unquote possessed now by Satan. 104 00:04:29,039 --> 00:04:31,830 Let me clarify real quick, the idea behind this is, is that 105 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:33,390 actually, think about it like this. 106 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:35,700 Are we all not tempted daily to sin? 107 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:37,950 Can we agree that yes. 108 00:04:38,580 --> 00:04:40,440 Do we sometimes choose to do that? 109 00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:41,219 Yes. 110 00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:41,969 Though. 111 00:04:41,969 --> 00:04:43,890 Do we also sometimes not choose to do that? 112 00:04:44,039 --> 00:04:44,700 Yes. 113 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:50,010 So therefore, it is a choice that we all have when temptation, when Satan comes 114 00:04:50,010 --> 00:04:56,730 knocking, Hey, with the lies and the deceit is always a choice that we have. 115 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,349 And unfortunately for Judas in this moment, he chooses to accept 116 00:05:01,349 --> 00:05:04,590 the deceit and the, and the, and indulge in the temptation. 117 00:05:04,950 --> 00:05:05,970 To betray Jesus. 118 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:07,950 Now, I don't know exactly. 119 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:13,410 Scripture does not give us the exact reason why Judas decides to betray Jesus. 120 00:05:13,410 --> 00:05:15,180 Now there are, there are some speculations. 121 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,620 One of it is greed. 122 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:22,800 Now, as you can see, um, as, as I highlighted here, um, that he agreed to 123 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,150 give them money is the last highlight. 124 00:05:24,150 --> 00:05:25,290 That's where I wanna focus on here. 125 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,280 In another, in another translation or in another part of the gospel, 126 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:30,600 another account in Matthew. 127 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:33,630 It says as though they counted for him 30 pieces of silver. 128 00:05:33,630 --> 00:05:36,240 He had asked specifically, I want 30 pieces of silver. 129 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,740 I'm going to turn over Jesus to you. 130 00:05:38,490 --> 00:05:43,560 Now, that's honestly, uh, as, as, as sad as it is, it is part of God's will. 131 00:05:44,250 --> 00:05:44,670 Why? 132 00:05:44,670 --> 00:05:47,970 Because in Zacharia nine it's Prophe says, I told him, if you think it is 133 00:05:47,970 --> 00:05:49,890 best, give me pay, but if not, keep it. 134 00:05:49,890 --> 00:05:54,270 They paid him 30 pieces of silver, and the Lord said to me, throw it 135 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:57,030 to the potter, and the handsome price at which they valued me. 136 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,220 So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it to the 137 00:05:59,220 --> 00:06:00,690 potter at the house of the Lord. 138 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,460 Later on, Judas will be, will, uh, go on to regret and be remorseful 139 00:06:05,460 --> 00:06:08,550 about his decision to betray Jesus and, and try to give the money back. 140 00:06:08,820 --> 00:06:10,260 But it is part of the prophecy. 141 00:06:10,260 --> 00:06:12,600 It is part of God's will that even though. 142 00:06:13,425 --> 00:06:17,715 One of his 12, the disciples decides to betray it is part of God's will. 143 00:06:18,015 --> 00:06:20,655 And we'll touch upon that a little bit later on in the, in the sermon. 144 00:06:20,685 --> 00:06:24,435 Um, we'll get back to that a little bit, but I just wanted to preface though it's 145 00:06:24,435 --> 00:06:26,325 more of the fact that he indulges in it. 146 00:06:26,325 --> 00:06:27,284 Think of it like this. 147 00:06:27,765 --> 00:06:31,335 When you're on the freeway and you're, and you're going and you get 148 00:06:31,335 --> 00:06:36,075 a notification that you might have a flat tire, sometimes that flat tire 149 00:06:36,075 --> 00:06:38,115 is not immediately noticeable, right? 150 00:06:38,805 --> 00:06:43,875 Sometimes, maybe there's a nail in the tire and there's air slowly releasing out. 151 00:06:44,534 --> 00:06:46,875 So over time you don't see it, you don't notice it. 152 00:06:46,875 --> 00:06:51,555 But until you go from 32 PSI and you're down to 22 PSI and you're 153 00:06:51,555 --> 00:06:53,025 like, that's a noticeable difference. 154 00:06:53,175 --> 00:06:54,344 There's something wrong with my car. 155 00:06:55,185 --> 00:06:56,265 But I think of it in this way. 156 00:06:56,265 --> 00:07:01,455 I think of when I, when I read about Judas, I don't think it was an overnight 157 00:07:01,455 --> 00:07:03,555 expectation of I'm gonna portray Judas. 158 00:07:03,705 --> 00:07:04,635 I'm just doing it now. 159 00:07:05,085 --> 00:07:06,645 But I think it was over time. 160 00:07:07,470 --> 00:07:11,460 The idea that he, and there are some other speculations that come up, is that he had 161 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:17,130 this selfish ambition to wanna be almost like Jesus' second in command, or this 162 00:07:17,130 --> 00:07:21,870 idea that Jesus was gonna be the ruler that was gonna overthrow the Roman empire. 163 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,900 And so when he wanted to be there, he wanted to have some status between it. 164 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,130 But I think over time, I think as he saw Jesus teach people, as he saw him 165 00:07:29,130 --> 00:07:33,060 combat with the Pharisees, he kind of got to probably understand that Jesus 166 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:36,480 is not gonna be the kind of guy that's going to war over all these things. 167 00:07:36,915 --> 00:07:39,525 He's not the kind of guy that's gonna be looking to pick a fight 168 00:07:39,765 --> 00:07:43,245 physically after, after these Pharisees and the Roman Empire. 169 00:07:43,605 --> 00:07:45,675 And I think over time he kind of got unsettled. 170 00:07:46,065 --> 00:07:49,335 I think he kind of got discontent, he got prideful. 171 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:53,625 And over time to the point where now he has a decision, he has an opportunity 172 00:07:53,625 --> 00:07:55,065 if he needs to portray Jesus or not. 173 00:07:55,365 --> 00:07:57,615 He's already at that 22 PSI. 174 00:07:58,395 --> 00:08:00,105 He's already at that point where he's like, you know what? 175 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:00,765 I'm just gonna make this. 176 00:08:00,765 --> 00:08:02,385 I'm gonna make a decision because I'm already been there. 177 00:08:02,385 --> 00:08:03,525 But it was over time. 178 00:08:04,140 --> 00:08:04,500 Think about it. 179 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:07,890 I don't think initially he had that idea when Jesus first elected him to be one 180 00:08:07,890 --> 00:08:13,050 of the 12, but it was over time, three years that eventually to the point where 181 00:08:13,050 --> 00:08:16,170 now he decides I'm going Toray Jesus. 182 00:08:16,350 --> 00:08:17,250 You guys with me so far? 183 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:18,360 Okay. 184 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:23,430 You know, one of the things that I, I got to study out as I was doing 185 00:08:23,430 --> 00:08:29,580 this was one thing I found very, very interesting is that Judas, in all four 186 00:08:29,580 --> 00:08:32,580 accounts of the gospel, whenever he's mentioned, or he never, he calls to Jesus. 187 00:08:33,390 --> 00:08:35,609 He only calls him rabbi. 188 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:38,938 He never calls him Lord. 189 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:41,789 Isn't that interesting? 190 00:08:42,568 --> 00:08:46,410 One of the 12 never calls Jesus Lord. 191 00:08:46,410 --> 00:08:51,180 Even when Christ, even when Peter, um, reveals and from, from, from heavenly 192 00:08:51,180 --> 00:08:53,369 wisdom, that Jesus is the son of God. 193 00:08:53,369 --> 00:08:54,239 He is Lord. 194 00:08:55,275 --> 00:08:58,035 Afterwards, he still calls him even when Judas turns him over. 195 00:08:58,035 --> 00:09:01,275 As we will read later on in the series here, not this, not, not 196 00:09:01,275 --> 00:09:04,125 today, but later on in the series, even when he comes to egregious, he 197 00:09:04,125 --> 00:09:08,175 says, rabbi never calls him Lord. 198 00:09:09,255 --> 00:09:13,365 Judas is a prime example that you could hear Jesus' words. 199 00:09:13,935 --> 00:09:15,225 You could see the miracles. 200 00:09:15,584 --> 00:09:20,505 You could be around spiritual people, but your heart is never transformed. 201 00:09:22,965 --> 00:09:28,005 You can come to church, listen to the sermons, communicate and commune 202 00:09:28,005 --> 00:09:29,475 with people in the congregation. 203 00:09:31,035 --> 00:09:32,085 Give your tithes. 204 00:09:33,194 --> 00:09:35,025 But if your heart is never transformed, 205 00:09:37,365 --> 00:09:38,025 there's a problem. 206 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:44,625 You can show up all you want, but it doesn't matter what 207 00:09:44,625 --> 00:09:45,345 you're doing on the outside. 208 00:09:45,345 --> 00:09:47,475 It matters what is transforming you on the inside. 209 00:09:48,105 --> 00:09:49,695 Is your heart being transformed? 210 00:09:49,965 --> 00:09:51,915 And like I said, Juda is a prime example of that. 211 00:09:51,915 --> 00:09:55,185 He's the prime example that just because you're around it all 212 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,765 doesn't mean that you're allowing yourself to be transformed. 213 00:09:57,795 --> 00:09:58,665 You guys with me so far, 214 00:10:01,035 --> 00:10:03,915 so I wanna, I want, I want, first point I wanna make here is, is 215 00:10:03,915 --> 00:10:06,615 Jesus Lord, or is he just rabbi? 216 00:10:10,215 --> 00:10:12,585 You know the point, like I said, is Jesus Lord, are you 217 00:10:12,585 --> 00:10:13,905 calling him Lord of your life? 218 00:10:13,905 --> 00:10:14,745 He reigns. 219 00:10:14,835 --> 00:10:19,515 You are submitting to the reign and rule of Christ, or is he just a good 220 00:10:19,515 --> 00:10:27,375 person, a good example, a good teacher, someone that did good, or does he reign 221 00:10:27,435 --> 00:10:29,415 and rule over every part of your life? 222 00:10:30,345 --> 00:10:32,355 Are you allowing yourself to be transformed? 223 00:10:33,285 --> 00:10:34,095 Let's continue eating. 224 00:10:34,125 --> 00:10:38,295 It then came the day of unleavened bread on which Passover, the, the 225 00:10:38,295 --> 00:10:40,005 Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 226 00:10:40,335 --> 00:10:43,095 Jesus sent Peter and John saying, go and make preparations 227 00:10:43,095 --> 00:10:44,565 for us to eat the Passover. 228 00:10:44,835 --> 00:10:46,185 Where do you want us to prepare it? 229 00:10:46,395 --> 00:10:47,145 Uh, prepare for it. 230 00:10:47,145 --> 00:10:47,655 They asked. 231 00:10:47,805 --> 00:10:51,675 He replied, as you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. 232 00:10:52,005 --> 00:10:55,995 Follow him to the house that he enters and say to the owner of the house, the teacher 233 00:10:55,995 --> 00:11:00,735 asks, where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? 234 00:11:01,319 --> 00:11:05,130 He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished, make preparations there. 235 00:11:05,189 --> 00:11:07,560 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them, 236 00:11:07,860 --> 00:11:09,000 so they prepare the Passover. 237 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:13,890 Now, I would love to get into more about this, about the idea of just how did Jesus 238 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:14,970 know all that and this, this and that. 239 00:11:15,510 --> 00:11:18,180 One thing we always remember is that said Jesus, Jesus, God, 240 00:11:19,050 --> 00:11:20,220 and he has the foreknowledge. 241 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:21,030 He's omniscient. 242 00:11:21,030 --> 00:11:21,839 He's all knowing. 243 00:11:22,740 --> 00:11:26,189 So therefore, him to be able to prophesy and proclaim that this is going to 244 00:11:26,189 --> 00:11:27,689 happen, that when you guys go there. 245 00:11:28,439 --> 00:11:30,959 Like I said, that's just, it's just proof of his deity of Christ. 246 00:11:30,959 --> 00:11:32,579 It's just proof that he is God. 247 00:11:33,329 --> 00:11:37,020 And so, as I said, as much as I want to go into it and, and, and dissect it, 248 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:40,290 like, it's just like there's a lot of, there's lessons about faith and obedience. 249 00:11:40,290 --> 00:11:44,790 I mean, if someone told you to go and like, drive somewhere to a different 250 00:11:44,790 --> 00:11:48,630 place and said that they, there, you're gonna find this person and you're 251 00:11:48,630 --> 00:11:51,000 gonna share with that person, and then that person's get, like, it's just, 252 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,550 there's just a lot that it's hard to believe sometimes when you don't 253 00:11:53,550 --> 00:11:55,199 know the exact details of a plan. 254 00:11:56,205 --> 00:11:58,395 When someone's just telling you to do something, you're like, oh man, I don't, 255 00:11:58,395 --> 00:12:02,265 I, I, I, I sure you could say that, but I don't know if I believe that. 256 00:12:02,745 --> 00:12:05,085 Like I said, there's a lot of lessons that I'm not trying to glaze over it 257 00:12:05,085 --> 00:12:08,625 just to go and or glaze over it just to, just for the sake of the fact 258 00:12:08,625 --> 00:12:10,665 we're trying to get through a chapter, but there's a lot of lessons there, 259 00:12:10,665 --> 00:12:12,135 but I wanna focus more on nothing. 260 00:12:13,305 --> 00:12:15,765 Who knows what the Passover is? 261 00:12:15,915 --> 00:12:16,365 Raise your hand. 262 00:12:16,515 --> 00:12:16,935 Show of hands. 263 00:12:16,935 --> 00:12:17,355 It's okay. 264 00:12:18,915 --> 00:12:19,215 Alright. 265 00:12:19,215 --> 00:12:20,865 And if you do not raise your hand, it's okay. 266 00:12:20,955 --> 00:12:22,545 This is, this is a judgment free zone. 267 00:12:23,445 --> 00:12:24,195 Congratulations. 268 00:12:24,195 --> 00:12:26,025 You've entered Passover 1 0 1. 269 00:12:26,955 --> 00:12:28,845 We're gonna give you a quick history buff on it. 270 00:12:28,845 --> 00:12:29,595 Well, I will. 271 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:30,465 My name is Eric Ennis. 272 00:12:30,465 --> 00:12:30,795 Just kidding. 273 00:12:30,795 --> 00:12:31,815 My name is not Eric Ennis. 274 00:12:32,295 --> 00:12:35,295 But the idea behind it is, though, I wanna be able to make sure that 275 00:12:35,295 --> 00:12:37,935 we are all on the same page of the significance of Passover. 276 00:12:38,115 --> 00:12:39,645 We hear it a lot with this. 277 00:12:39,645 --> 00:12:42,410 It's a, during this time of the year, especially in this, in this story, 278 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,435 just Passover is mentioned a lot, so I just wanna make sure that we're 279 00:12:45,435 --> 00:12:48,015 all on the same page about what's going on and what's going down. 280 00:12:48,015 --> 00:12:48,585 You guys with me? 281 00:12:49,305 --> 00:12:50,805 Okay, so the history passed over. 282 00:12:50,805 --> 00:12:54,315 So the purpose of it commemorates God's deliverance of Israel 283 00:12:54,315 --> 00:12:55,905 from the, from slavery in Egypt. 284 00:12:56,205 --> 00:12:59,925 'cause the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years as it was 285 00:12:59,925 --> 00:13:04,815 prophesied in Genesis by God when he made the covenant with Abraham saying, 286 00:13:04,815 --> 00:13:09,015 Hey, that you will inherit this land, but your people will be enslaved in 287 00:13:09,015 --> 00:13:10,605 land, not their own for 400 years. 288 00:13:11,325 --> 00:13:17,085 So with that, when God calls Moses an exodus, right, to be able to lead 289 00:13:17,085 --> 00:13:21,314 his people out of Egypt, Pharaoh, the ruler at the time in Egypt 290 00:13:21,885 --> 00:13:23,564 refuses to release Israelites. 291 00:13:23,865 --> 00:13:27,285 So God sends the 10 plagues to try to convince him, but after each 292 00:13:27,285 --> 00:13:29,175 time, Pharaoh hardens his heart. 293 00:13:29,775 --> 00:13:31,694 So then by the 10th plagues, that's crazy. 294 00:13:31,694 --> 00:13:32,685 10th plagues is crazy. 295 00:13:32,685 --> 00:13:34,155 I mean, I don't know how stubborn you gotta be. 296 00:13:34,155 --> 00:13:36,944 I mean, I'm pretty stubborn, but that's, that's it's crazy work. 297 00:13:37,335 --> 00:13:37,665 But. 298 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,040 First, the, the 10th and final plague was the death of firstborn, 299 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:42,660 which was the final judgment. 300 00:13:43,319 --> 00:13:47,969 Now, within that, the, the destructions were that the angel of death would 301 00:13:47,969 --> 00:13:53,280 pass over Egypt and would kill any, any, um, go into households and 302 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,109 kill the firstborn of every family. 303 00:13:55,980 --> 00:13:58,650 With that being said, though, obviously God is not gonna allow his people 304 00:13:58,650 --> 00:14:01,830 to perish, so he allows them, he talks to Moses and his brother Aaron, 305 00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:05,340 about the idea of, hey, this is why you are be, you're gonna be able 306 00:14:05,340 --> 00:14:09,300 to protect yourself, and that the spirit of the Lord will pass over. 307 00:14:10,605 --> 00:14:12,675 You guys see where I'm you see where the name, where the Passover comes 308 00:14:12,675 --> 00:14:14,535 from, it's gonna pass over your home. 309 00:14:14,835 --> 00:14:17,564 So obviously we have the selection of the lamb. 310 00:14:17,564 --> 00:14:20,175 So on the 10th day of the month, you would select a lamb. 311 00:14:20,415 --> 00:14:22,845 Then you would sacrifice it on the 14th day. 312 00:14:23,115 --> 00:14:25,485 Then you would get the blood from the lamb that you sacrifice and 313 00:14:25,485 --> 00:14:27,105 you would paste it on your door. 314 00:14:27,105 --> 00:14:30,285 Frame that the front door, so that way when the spirit of the Lord comes, 315 00:14:30,314 --> 00:14:33,735 if it sees the blood on the door from it will pass over your home. 316 00:14:34,095 --> 00:14:34,875 You'll be safe. 317 00:14:35,055 --> 00:14:38,175 However, if it doesn't, it will enter and it will kill your firstborn. 318 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:41,880 Then there was the eating of the lamb, there was eating it in haste 319 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,730 because at this point, after this, they understood that they were gonna 320 00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:47,940 have to leave and, uh, leave Egypt because pH was gonna release them. 321 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,480 Now there was God's protection and there's also the festival of the unleavened 322 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,360 bread where there was the festival duration, where they were in such a hurry. 323 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,420 If you know how, if you know how to make bread, you know, bread takes time. 324 00:14:57,735 --> 00:14:59,385 You've gotta let it rise, right? 325 00:14:59,475 --> 00:15:00,705 So they were in a rush too. 326 00:15:00,705 --> 00:15:04,095 So they were eating unleavened bread, they mean blood, uh, bread without yeast. 327 00:15:04,095 --> 00:15:06,225 So they had to make sure that they were eating that in a sense 328 00:15:06,225 --> 00:15:09,465 of, to commemorate the fact that they were in a rush to get out. 329 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:13,365 So they remove the lemon, eat the unleavened bread and the consecration 330 00:15:13,875 --> 00:15:15,975 understanding that this is going to be. 331 00:15:16,575 --> 00:15:19,755 Like if you don't, if anyone like said, would eat, leave bread, basically they 332 00:15:19,755 --> 00:15:21,135 would be cut off from the community. 333 00:15:21,255 --> 00:15:21,915 It was very strict. 334 00:15:21,915 --> 00:15:22,245 God. 335 00:15:22,335 --> 00:15:25,665 God in the Old Testament was very, very, very precise, very direct 336 00:15:25,845 --> 00:15:29,385 about what his expectation was and for us to obey his instructions. 337 00:15:29,805 --> 00:15:34,125 Now, the final part here is the lasting ordinance, meaning that afterwards 338 00:15:34,125 --> 00:15:40,935 God would want this Passover meal to be recreated every year, every year, 339 00:15:41,295 --> 00:15:45,555 and every year, so that the Israelites could always look back to a time. 340 00:15:46,755 --> 00:15:48,345 At this time we're God free them. 341 00:15:48,435 --> 00:15:49,995 God brought his deliverance, right? 342 00:15:49,995 --> 00:15:53,325 We talked they were 400 years in captivity and now they're out. 343 00:15:53,985 --> 00:15:56,265 So this is what the, this is what the Passover in the 344 00:15:56,265 --> 00:15:57,555 festival unleavened bread is. 345 00:15:57,555 --> 00:15:58,545 Are you guys with me so far? 346 00:15:59,085 --> 00:15:59,805 Okay, great. 347 00:16:01,005 --> 00:16:04,305 So the point that I wanna make here is that Jesus is the ultimate 348 00:16:04,305 --> 00:16:06,375 sacrificial lamb at this point. 349 00:16:06,375 --> 00:16:10,395 And when Jesus gets to, um, his pa, his the last supper, the 350 00:16:10,395 --> 00:16:14,805 final Passover for him, this has almost been about 1500 years. 351 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:18,839 If you think of it, the, the king, the, the Israelites have grown 352 00:16:18,839 --> 00:16:20,969 and grown and grown and grown. 353 00:16:21,150 --> 00:16:23,130 So therefore that means there's more households. 354 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,800 And when there means more households means more sacrifices. 355 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:29,730 So think of the millions or thousands upon thousands, even maybe 356 00:16:29,730 --> 00:16:32,910 the millions of lambs and other animals that have been sacrificed 357 00:16:33,089 --> 00:16:35,490 to atone for sins to be remembered. 358 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,370 Like it's just, there's just so many. 359 00:16:39,464 --> 00:16:42,089 But you know what the significance is, is that none of them. 360 00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:44,925 None of those sacrifices would ever amount. 361 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:46,575 They were never enough. 362 00:16:47,595 --> 00:16:49,035 Enter Jesus Christ. 363 00:16:50,145 --> 00:16:55,395 Jesus then begins to tell them, and he's about to change the whole story. 364 00:16:56,295 --> 00:17:00,645 He's about to change the significance of what Passover means and is about 365 00:17:00,944 --> 00:17:07,155 to become the ultimate sacrificial lamb that this, that he himself will 366 00:17:07,155 --> 00:17:09,525 be the final sacrifice ever needed. 367 00:17:10,395 --> 00:17:14,234 There's no longer a need to go and kill millions of, of lambs and, 368 00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:15,825 and bulls and cattle and whatever. 369 00:17:16,454 --> 00:17:21,105 But now it's because of through him that we find that there's no need to 370 00:17:21,105 --> 00:17:23,234 sacrifice no more through the Passover. 371 00:17:23,565 --> 00:17:24,855 We're gonna continue reading here. 372 00:17:26,685 --> 00:17:26,805 Uh. 373 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:28,890 Next one here. 374 00:17:28,890 --> 00:17:29,130 Sorry. 375 00:17:29,490 --> 00:17:31,980 When the hour came, Jesus and his disciples, uh, and his 376 00:17:31,980 --> 00:17:33,750 apostles reclined at the table. 377 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:37,320 Now, I just wanna also preface here, when we think of recline, it's not how we 378 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,000 recline like on a, like a big sofa mat. 379 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,530 Like that's, that's not, that's not the kind. 380 00:17:40,650 --> 00:17:41,370 Now we're leaning back. 381 00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:44,160 Reclining at the table is actually, the table is about, yay. 382 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:44,790 High also. 383 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:45,480 Thank you, Eric. 384 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,940 And it's, Eric's been doing a Seder meal for us the last couple years 385 00:17:47,940 --> 00:17:50,070 in campus, and it's been really cool to be able to participate it. 386 00:17:50,310 --> 00:17:54,690 But when somebody reclines at the table, you're actually leaning on your left arm. 387 00:17:54,935 --> 00:17:57,905 Your right arm is free to be able to eat, to be able to talk, to 388 00:17:57,905 --> 00:18:00,995 be able to, uh, pass things along during the, during a Seder meal. 389 00:18:01,265 --> 00:18:03,365 But so at the table, it's a very intimate setting. 390 00:18:03,365 --> 00:18:07,565 It's not very much just like, like I said, sofa, like sofa, like lazy boy cushions. 391 00:18:07,565 --> 00:18:09,935 Like it's not that it's just on the ground. 392 00:18:10,535 --> 00:18:13,385 Everyone is around on the table, reclining on their left side, 393 00:18:13,385 --> 00:18:14,735 everyone's able to see one another. 394 00:18:14,795 --> 00:18:15,785 So it's a very intimate setting. 395 00:18:15,785 --> 00:18:17,045 So I just wanna make sure you guys preface that. 396 00:18:17,525 --> 00:18:20,945 And he says to him, I have eagerly desire to eat this 397 00:18:21,095 --> 00:18:23,195 Passover with you before I suffer. 398 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:26,370 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds 399 00:18:26,370 --> 00:18:27,870 fulfillment in the kingdom of God. 400 00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:31,890 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, take this and divide it among you. 401 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:35,010 For I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine 402 00:18:35,010 --> 00:18:40,080 until the kingdom of God comes and he took the bread, gave thanks and 403 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,520 broke it and gave it to them, saying, this is my body given for you. 404 00:18:45,330 --> 00:18:47,100 Do this in remembrance of me. 405 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:52,080 In the same way after the supper, he took the cup saying, this cup is a new covenant 406 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,930 in my blood, which is poured out for you. 407 00:18:56,310 --> 00:18:58,650 And this is, this is where, this is where we get communion from. 408 00:18:59,550 --> 00:19:02,760 This is, this is where, this is where we originate the idea of the 409 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:07,470 bread and uh, and the, and the juice, the wine really back in the day. 410 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,610 And one of the things I just wanna share is I, so I just, for those of you who 411 00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:12,840 don't know me, I grew up in this church. 412 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:14,910 I grew up, um. 413 00:19:15,284 --> 00:19:16,935 Going to the Kids' Kingdom classes. 414 00:19:16,935 --> 00:19:20,595 And when we finally were able to come into this service, you know, outta the 415 00:19:20,595 --> 00:19:24,585 kids' Kingdom classes, one of the things I I remember immediately realizing is 416 00:19:24,585 --> 00:19:28,665 like, when we were passing the trays, I was like, oh, it's a nice cracker. 417 00:19:28,665 --> 00:19:29,685 Like, yeah, it, this is cool. 418 00:19:29,685 --> 00:19:31,665 And little, little cups there and like, oh, all right. 419 00:19:31,665 --> 00:19:32,715 This is, this is pretty nice. 420 00:19:33,945 --> 00:19:34,815 It was, it was cool. 421 00:19:34,815 --> 00:19:37,785 I mean, I, I wasn't a disciple at this time when I first came into the service 422 00:19:37,785 --> 00:19:41,115 because I, I mean, I was very young and I, I really didn't have a concept 423 00:19:41,115 --> 00:19:44,985 of a lot of like, who Jesus was and, and really what he really stood for. 424 00:19:44,990 --> 00:19:45,735 I mean, I knew he loved me. 425 00:19:45,735 --> 00:19:47,895 I knew he died, but like, it just wasn't really resonate. 426 00:19:47,895 --> 00:19:52,275 As I got older though, as I and I became a disciple, I, I began to understand, 427 00:19:52,305 --> 00:19:56,835 okay, like, you know, this is where, you know, this is where Jesus really 428 00:19:56,835 --> 00:19:58,665 emphasized his remembrance in us. 429 00:19:58,665 --> 00:20:02,175 Now, one of the things I do wanna recognize here is that. 430 00:20:03,915 --> 00:20:07,905 Ultimately when we, when we, when I think of doing this in remembrance of 431 00:20:07,905 --> 00:20:12,555 Jesus, I think sometimes what it's hard for me, I'll be honest, is that it can 432 00:20:12,555 --> 00:20:17,895 just feel like I'm just remembering him, but I'm not engaging in this time. 433 00:20:19,665 --> 00:20:23,925 You know, as you can see here, he, Jesus didn't do this by himself. 434 00:20:24,825 --> 00:20:26,955 He wasn't isolated from his disciples. 435 00:20:26,955 --> 00:20:28,544 He wasn't in a mass even crowd. 436 00:20:28,754 --> 00:20:30,075 It was a very intimate setting. 437 00:20:31,094 --> 00:20:34,155 Communion is an intimate setting. 438 00:20:35,084 --> 00:20:37,814 Communion is a time of unity. 439 00:20:38,925 --> 00:20:40,784 Communion is all about unity. 440 00:20:41,834 --> 00:20:44,774 Also, I just wanna thank, um, Juan and Erica, thank you so much for 441 00:20:44,774 --> 00:20:45,945 sharing your thoughts on communion. 442 00:20:46,304 --> 00:20:47,439 Um, which is. 443 00:20:56,985 --> 00:20:58,245 I said, thank you for sharing your thought for communion. 444 00:20:58,245 --> 00:20:58,965 That's basically all I said. 445 00:20:58,965 --> 00:20:59,295 Thank you. 446 00:20:59,565 --> 00:20:59,835 Sorry. 447 00:20:59,835 --> 00:21:00,764 That's all you're gonna get though. 448 00:21:01,395 --> 00:21:05,985 But anyway, the idea behind communion though is it's an intimate setting. 449 00:21:06,195 --> 00:21:13,935 Jesus did this in his last ti last time with his disciples all together that 450 00:21:13,935 --> 00:21:15,860 he says, do this in remembrance me. 451 00:21:15,860 --> 00:21:17,445 He said, don't just remember me. 452 00:21:18,285 --> 00:21:20,175 Don't just think of it as a, as a fond memory. 453 00:21:20,175 --> 00:21:24,345 Like, no, like when you break the bread together, when you share the, 454 00:21:24,465 --> 00:21:25,905 when you share the wine together. 455 00:21:26,205 --> 00:21:30,165 This is, this is you participating and being unified with me. 456 00:21:31,425 --> 00:21:31,905 And you know what? 457 00:21:31,935 --> 00:21:32,804 I'll be honest. 458 00:21:34,274 --> 00:21:37,635 I'm, I, I, after reading and doing a lot of studies, I'm starting to have a gripe 459 00:21:37,635 --> 00:21:45,585 about these things because they, in my opinion, it makes us more individualized. 460 00:21:46,995 --> 00:21:49,185 He says, break the bread together. 461 00:21:49,815 --> 00:21:53,504 Acts two says they were breaking bread in their homes together. 462 00:21:54,330 --> 00:21:55,860 We break no bread with these. 463 00:21:55,889 --> 00:21:56,460 I'm sorry. 464 00:21:56,460 --> 00:21:57,750 Like, that's just the reality. 465 00:21:58,139 --> 00:22:01,379 We open it, we eat it, we pop whatever left is left in it. 466 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:06,480 What happens in evaporated, you know, and then we, then we just, we just, we say it. 467 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,910 But no, it's a time to remember. 468 00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:11,700 It's a time to commune together. 469 00:22:12,270 --> 00:22:15,780 I add this little chart there, like, or this little, um, definition first that 470 00:22:15,780 --> 00:22:17,610 communion is, is, is based in the word. 471 00:22:17,610 --> 00:22:21,060 The definition is to share which one has in anything. 472 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:22,230 It's a participation. 473 00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:28,020 It's not just a passive remembrance, it's an active remembrance. 474 00:22:28,590 --> 00:22:31,770 And this chart here that I have here, I'm gonna go here real quick and I'll come 475 00:22:31,770 --> 00:22:38,550 back to the scripture, but there's us, our priority is to connect with Christ. 476 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:40,560 It's to remember Christ. 477 00:22:41,310 --> 00:22:44,700 However, though it is also a priority to connect with our brothers and 478 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:50,220 sisters so that we all look across the aisle and see one another. 479 00:22:51,015 --> 00:22:52,755 Say, this is why we're here. 480 00:22:54,765 --> 00:22:56,955 We're not here because the worship is great. 481 00:22:57,255 --> 00:23:00,075 We're not here because the welcome table is so welcoming and that the 482 00:23:00,075 --> 00:23:01,905 refreshments and the breakfast is amazing. 483 00:23:02,325 --> 00:23:03,525 Those are great things. 484 00:23:04,215 --> 00:23:07,150 But we are here because of Christ. 485 00:23:10,660 --> 00:23:15,495 I, I, I'm being completely honest, I have taken communion for granted for too long. 486 00:23:17,085 --> 00:23:17,505 I have. 487 00:23:17,895 --> 00:23:22,185 Been too busy worrying about the order of service and when I have 488 00:23:22,185 --> 00:23:26,895 to do things and, and where I have to be that I've skipped out on the 489 00:23:26,895 --> 00:23:28,425 most important part of the service. 490 00:23:28,425 --> 00:23:29,595 There's a brother in our congregation. 491 00:23:29,595 --> 00:23:32,385 I will not name his name if he wants to raise his hand though, he totally can. 492 00:23:32,865 --> 00:23:36,765 Um, I asked him, if it were up to you, how would you do church? 493 00:23:37,005 --> 00:23:40,365 And he said, I would only have a communion and a sermon. 494 00:23:42,345 --> 00:23:43,395 I was like, what about the worship bro? 495 00:23:43,395 --> 00:23:43,965 Like, come on. 496 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:47,085 Like as a worship leader, I take that, I don't take that personally, but. 497 00:23:47,639 --> 00:23:48,570 Kind of do you know? 498 00:23:49,740 --> 00:23:53,219 But you know, I, but I, I, I, I, at first I was like, I mean, 499 00:23:53,219 --> 00:23:54,149 I mean, those are good things. 500 00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:54,480 Yeah. 501 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:02,550 But after reading and studying out communion, I understand now because 502 00:24:02,550 --> 00:24:06,389 even if a sermon is okay, yeah, you can grab about me all you want. 503 00:24:06,389 --> 00:24:06,840 I don't care. 504 00:24:07,135 --> 00:24:09,510 But communion. 505 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:14,670 Breaking it, the bread together, sharing the juice, looking across the aisle and 506 00:24:14,670 --> 00:24:17,250 being like, dude, your sins are forgiven. 507 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:18,960 My sins are forgiven. 508 00:24:19,380 --> 00:24:21,900 We are here because of Christ. 509 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:31,800 Like, like, why would I even just continue to see it as just a routine 510 00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:36,450 or as a slot in the service when this is the reason why we are here. 511 00:24:38,024 --> 00:24:41,325 You know, and to be honest, a lot of churches don't do communion weekly. 512 00:24:43,784 --> 00:24:44,865 Some of it's just monthly. 513 00:24:44,865 --> 00:24:48,825 Some of it's just on special occasions, but we get to do it weekly. 514 00:24:50,325 --> 00:24:52,125 But you know, what's dangerous about when it's weekly is that 515 00:24:52,125 --> 00:24:53,205 it can get old real quick. 516 00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:57,165 It can just feel like, oh, well someone's gonna come up here and share their 517 00:24:57,165 --> 00:25:00,915 testimony and, you know, and, and say, say a scripture, and then we're gonna 518 00:25:00,915 --> 00:25:02,325 move on to the next part of the service. 519 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,480 Now when someone comes up here to share about communion, they are sharing about 520 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:14,040 how Jesus has changed their life, how Jesus has brought them out of darkness 521 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:25,470 into the light, that there is hope, that without it we are not gonna be here. 522 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:27,600 We would not be here. 523 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:32,880 Man, Alex said, I, I, I, I, I've grown up in this church for so 524 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,360 long, so just communion, communion, communion, communion, I hear all 525 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:41,430 the time, but now, almost 10 years as a disciple, I finally get it. 526 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,170 Like I, I fi it just, it finally like, it, it resonates with me to 527 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,710 the point where like, it brings me to tears because I understand now. 528 00:25:49,710 --> 00:25:50,760 I'm like, wow. 529 00:25:51,510 --> 00:25:55,050 What would it be like if we just totally disregarded it? 530 00:25:55,649 --> 00:25:59,159 What would it be like if we just took it as another slot in the service 531 00:25:59,970 --> 00:26:03,720 that we were so dependent on the worship, we were so dependent on the, 532 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:05,639 on the fellowship that we forgot? 533 00:26:05,639 --> 00:26:09,120 The reason that we are here is to remember him, and it's not just for 534 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:12,629 the fact of that we're, we're here to remember him because it's church, but 535 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:18,840 the fact that the church started because of him, I'm so grateful for Jesus 536 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,270 Christ and I hope that you are too. 537 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:28,200 Because if you're here, like I said, kicking it for friends, for social clubs, 538 00:26:28,590 --> 00:26:33,179 if you're here because you wanna feel like a good person, you're in the wrong place. 539 00:26:33,179 --> 00:26:33,689 I'm sorry. 540 00:26:35,490 --> 00:26:36,750 We worship Jesus. 541 00:26:37,710 --> 00:26:38,700 We're here for him. 542 00:26:39,810 --> 00:26:43,470 And communion is essential for us as a family. 543 00:26:48,429 --> 00:26:51,495 In, in one Corinthians chapter 10, verse 16, verse 17, it says, it 544 00:26:51,495 --> 00:26:55,695 is not the cup of Thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation 545 00:26:55,695 --> 00:26:56,985 in the blood of Jesus Christ. 546 00:26:57,135 --> 00:27:00,945 And is it not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 547 00:27:00,945 --> 00:27:02,415 Because there is one loaf. 548 00:27:03,284 --> 00:27:09,405 We who are many are one body for we all share one loaf. 549 00:27:10,665 --> 00:27:11,504 That is why. 550 00:27:12,045 --> 00:27:13,875 Breaking bread together is so important. 551 00:27:15,135 --> 00:27:18,915 Like I said, when you look across the aisle and you're, like I say, 552 00:27:19,125 --> 00:27:21,795 you're meditating, like I, you have your time to meditate with Christ. 553 00:27:21,795 --> 00:27:22,395 Yes, absolutely. 554 00:27:22,395 --> 00:27:24,015 You have your time to focus in and lock in. 555 00:27:25,665 --> 00:27:27,915 But when you finally get to look across, you're like, man, 556 00:27:27,915 --> 00:27:29,265 I'm so grateful you are here. 557 00:27:30,075 --> 00:27:34,875 I'm so grateful that Jesus was worth everything for you as it was for me. 558 00:27:38,175 --> 00:27:39,795 As we continue to. 559 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:41,910 Remember communion. 560 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:48,540 I also want us to remember Jesus himself in this time when he was presenting it. 561 00:27:48,990 --> 00:27:53,130 You guys with me so far still, I wanna focus on this highlighted text 'cause 562 00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:57,660 I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 563 00:28:00,030 --> 00:28:03,600 When Jesus started his his ministry, he had this date in mind. 564 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,400 He knew when this was coming. 565 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,350 When someone is eager to desire something, even in the midst of 566 00:28:10,350 --> 00:28:13,950 suffering, how much love does that person have for these people? 567 00:28:13,950 --> 00:28:16,560 I mean, he could be worrying about himself, which we do see later on. 568 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,600 He goes to pray, but he doesn't go alone. 569 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:19,470 He goes with his friends. 570 00:28:19,470 --> 00:28:20,430 He takes them with him. 571 00:28:22,950 --> 00:28:25,380 But one thing I, I do, I have to remember, like, like I talked 572 00:28:25,380 --> 00:28:27,780 about earlier, Jesus is omniscient. 573 00:28:27,780 --> 00:28:28,470 He's all knowing. 574 00:28:30,090 --> 00:28:32,790 He's got John on his right. 575 00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:35,730 He's got Judas on his left. 576 00:28:36,870 --> 00:28:38,760 The betrayer is to his left. 577 00:28:38,790 --> 00:28:42,120 I don't know about you, but if someone was going to betray me in the hours, 578 00:28:42,149 --> 00:28:43,320 I would not have them next to me. 579 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,430 They'll be out the room. 580 00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:47,129 They would not be next to me. 581 00:28:49,889 --> 00:28:50,670 But he knows. 582 00:28:50,670 --> 00:28:51,240 He knows. 583 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,889 He's like, I know he's gonna betray me. 584 00:28:54,090 --> 00:28:56,610 I know that Thomas is gonna doubt me when I get back. 585 00:28:56,879 --> 00:29:00,960 I know all these guys are gonna desert me when, when they come to arrest me. 586 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,030 If I was Jesus, I'd be like, man, I gotta put up with these guys one more time. 587 00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:07,409 I gotta have this meal with them. 588 00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:10,139 Like, let's just get this over with. 589 00:29:10,139 --> 00:29:10,470 Come on. 590 00:29:10,470 --> 00:29:11,790 Like, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm ready to go. 591 00:29:11,790 --> 00:29:15,060 Like, but no, you go to John and you see it. 592 00:29:15,210 --> 00:29:20,669 He just pours and pours so much hope and faith in them. 593 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,320 He could have been anywhere else, but he chooses to love them. 594 00:29:25,649 --> 00:29:26,220 'cause guess what? 595 00:29:26,220 --> 00:29:27,510 Love hurts guys. 596 00:29:29,850 --> 00:29:33,389 When people hurt us, especially within the church. 597 00:29:34,110 --> 00:29:35,340 Ooh, yikes. 598 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:36,240 It struck a nerve there. 599 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:36,899 It's really quiet, 600 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:40,290 man. 601 00:29:40,290 --> 00:29:41,340 Love hurts guys. 602 00:29:42,149 --> 00:29:44,639 Jesus put it all on the line for us. 603 00:29:45,659 --> 00:29:51,179 And you know, in the same way it says in um, one Corinthians 11 that we 604 00:29:51,179 --> 00:29:54,000 have to discern the body of Christ when we take the bread in the cup. 605 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,159 That means. 606 00:29:56,910 --> 00:30:01,770 If we are not in the spirit or in the heart of unity with one another or 607 00:30:01,770 --> 00:30:06,750 within Christ, we have to stop what we're doing before we take communion 608 00:30:07,890 --> 00:30:12,270 because like I said, if, if communion is all about unity and you're not willing 609 00:30:12,270 --> 00:30:15,450 to be unified with your brothers and sisters, but I'm, I'm unified to Christ. 610 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:16,170 No, you're not. 611 00:30:18,690 --> 00:30:21,120 Let's, let's, let's, let's stop with the act here. 612 00:30:23,205 --> 00:30:28,245 Jesus has every reason to dis, unify and disfellowship all 12 of these guys. 613 00:30:29,295 --> 00:30:33,795 'cause they all desert and they all leave, but he pours into them. 614 00:30:33,795 --> 00:30:36,615 He loves them, he gives them hope. 615 00:30:36,615 --> 00:30:37,905 He prays for them. 616 00:30:41,085 --> 00:30:43,365 The love that he has is indispensable. 617 00:30:44,265 --> 00:30:46,215 One Corinthians uh, one Corinthians 13. 618 00:30:47,025 --> 00:30:47,895 Love is patient. 619 00:30:48,525 --> 00:30:49,365 Love is kind. 620 00:30:49,545 --> 00:30:51,285 It does not envy. 621 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:52,965 It does not boast. 622 00:30:53,835 --> 00:30:54,915 It is not self-seeking. 623 00:30:56,505 --> 00:30:57,885 It keeps no records or wrong. 624 00:31:00,135 --> 00:31:04,095 It always hopes, always trusts, always perseveres. 625 00:31:05,205 --> 00:31:06,255 Love never fails. 626 00:31:07,305 --> 00:31:08,745 And you see this right here with Jesus. 627 00:31:08,835 --> 00:31:12,675 The moment that he's about to experience agonizing pain, 628 00:31:14,085 --> 00:31:16,905 he spends it with the guys. 629 00:31:18,030 --> 00:31:22,440 He spends it with the men that he has entrusted to carry out his legacy, 630 00:31:22,830 --> 00:31:25,650 knowing good and well, that they're gonna be, they're one's gonna betray 631 00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:27,030 him if you're gonna doubt him. 632 00:31:27,270 --> 00:31:28,290 Others are gonna turn and run. 633 00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:30,540 Peter, the rock of the church is gonna disown him, 634 00:31:32,550 --> 00:31:34,230 but he still gives them hope. 635 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:35,910 He still loves them. 636 00:31:36,285 --> 00:31:38,760 And I just wanna encourage us. 637 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,220 Church, like I said, it's it's unity. 638 00:31:42,435 --> 00:31:44,235 Time that we get to spend with one another. 639 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:46,425 I, I don't want anyone to take it for granted. 640 00:31:46,665 --> 00:31:50,415 I don't want you to have to take 10 years to figure out what communion is all about. 641 00:31:51,405 --> 00:31:54,765 I don't want you to spend your time a part of this congregation to 642 00:31:54,765 --> 00:31:58,665 figure out, man, I, I, I get Jesus amazing all, but like, but what? 643 00:31:58,665 --> 00:31:59,025 Like what? 644 00:31:59,085 --> 00:32:00,165 But what is it though? 645 00:32:00,555 --> 00:32:01,515 It's love. 646 00:32:02,925 --> 00:32:05,565 The only way we have unity is because of the love of Christ. 647 00:32:05,865 --> 00:32:08,294 The only way that we all look very different in this crowd is 648 00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:09,495 because of the love of Christ. 649 00:32:09,675 --> 00:32:11,985 The reason that this congregation is so diverse is because of the love 650 00:32:11,985 --> 00:32:14,895 of Christ, and it covers us all. 651 00:32:18,825 --> 00:32:24,764 Jesus is all about unity, and only through unity can there be 652 00:32:24,764 --> 00:32:30,915 true love, whether that's a spouse or a friend, or in the church. 653 00:32:32,265 --> 00:32:34,755 It's all about love. 654 00:32:36,135 --> 00:32:37,395 'cause without it, we are nothing. 655 00:32:38,235 --> 00:32:42,525 Whatever we do, if it's without love, it's, it's, it's nothing. 656 00:32:44,955 --> 00:32:49,065 And so, I, I I, I, I know I kind of just went on a tangent there, but I, I, I 657 00:32:49,065 --> 00:32:50,865 just felt the spirit I needed to say it. 658 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,515 Like I said, unity. 659 00:32:57,135 --> 00:32:59,445 So let's, let's stop with the grudges. 660 00:33:00,555 --> 00:33:04,125 Stop with the inconsideration. 661 00:33:05,655 --> 00:33:06,435 Let's be honest. 662 00:33:06,435 --> 00:33:07,005 Let's be real. 663 00:33:07,005 --> 00:33:07,815 It's okay to be there. 664 00:33:07,815 --> 00:33:10,635 That's, that's the only way you can really have true bondage. 665 00:33:12,165 --> 00:33:15,405 We can't just continue to just love at arms distance and just expect 666 00:33:15,405 --> 00:33:17,085 there to be peace within this all. 667 00:33:17,085 --> 00:33:21,675 It's like, it's just, it's, that's just not, it's not Jesus. 668 00:33:24,285 --> 00:33:24,975 I love you guys. 669 00:33:24,975 --> 00:33:25,935 I love this church. 670 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,550 And this is what we all, this is what, this is all we need to work on. 671 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,370 This is what our church has been working on the last year. 672 00:33:32,790 --> 00:33:33,330 It's hard. 673 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:34,200 Sucks. 674 00:33:34,350 --> 00:33:35,010 I'll be honest. 675 00:33:35,370 --> 00:33:37,980 'cause it, it, these conversations are not easy ones. 676 00:33:39,450 --> 00:33:41,400 People leaving or people coming and going. 677 00:33:41,430 --> 00:33:43,350 It's, it's not easy to watch that happen. 678 00:33:46,705 --> 00:33:49,560 But if we desire to be like Christ, then we have to endure it. 679 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,020 We have to persevere. 680 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:56,909 It's all about unity. 681 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:02,580 One practical is some practice I wanna give you guys and you, and this is where 682 00:34:02,580 --> 00:34:08,009 we can, uh, we're gonna land the plane here, but identify one area of your 683 00:34:08,009 --> 00:34:10,199 heart that needs Jesus to rule over. 684 00:34:12,090 --> 00:34:13,679 Like I said, don't be Judas. 685 00:34:14,429 --> 00:34:16,275 Don't let the nail in the tire flatten you out. 686 00:34:16,409 --> 00:34:16,529 Go. 687 00:34:16,529 --> 00:34:18,840 No one go from 32 to 22 PSI. 688 00:34:20,715 --> 00:34:22,965 Practice giving thanks to God for the new covenant prayer. 689 00:34:22,965 --> 00:34:26,025 I think sometimes what you guys, we can get, I can get so bogged down about is 690 00:34:26,025 --> 00:34:29,925 the fact that, man, I've been working so hard and, and doing all these things and, 691 00:34:30,315 --> 00:34:31,725 and I just feel like I'm not good enough. 692 00:34:31,815 --> 00:34:32,715 Well, good thing, good. 693 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:33,495 Well, guess what? 694 00:34:33,495 --> 00:34:33,824 Wake up. 695 00:34:33,824 --> 00:34:34,275 You're not. 696 00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:39,585 It's only because of the grace and the love of God that you are here. 697 00:34:40,844 --> 00:34:44,594 You're not good enough to get into heaven on your own, but it's 698 00:34:44,594 --> 00:34:48,795 because of the fact that we now desire to live a righteous life. 699 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:53,654 From the embodiment of Jesus' eye is why we are so grateful for the new covenant. 700 00:34:53,654 --> 00:34:56,924 'cause repentance and grace is so essential. 701 00:34:58,154 --> 00:35:00,555 And finally, pray and prepare weekly to make communion, 702 00:35:00,555 --> 00:35:02,895 both personal and communal. 703 00:35:04,395 --> 00:35:08,950 Let's not just show up next Sunday with our cups. 704 00:35:08,950 --> 00:35:10,109 Like I said, I, I get, it's more efficient. 705 00:35:10,245 --> 00:35:12,464 So I'm, I'm not trying to bash the fact that we do it, I just, 706 00:35:12,464 --> 00:35:13,964 I just want to preface that. 707 00:35:15,194 --> 00:35:16,995 But that when we show up though, we, we, we. 708 00:35:17,460 --> 00:35:24,270 We look each other in the eye and we see our brothers and sisters, we see family. 709 00:35:25,230 --> 00:35:30,060 We see one another as, man, I'm so grateful that you are here 710 00:35:30,690 --> 00:35:33,029 and that you made Jesus Lord of life, and I did as well. 711 00:35:34,350 --> 00:35:37,470 But with that, it allows us to center ourself with Christ, 712 00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:39,779 be unified and go back. 713 00:35:39,779 --> 00:35:43,200 I'm gonna go back to the slide here, but then the identity is that 714 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:46,470 I belong to Jesus and his people. 715 00:35:47,415 --> 00:35:51,165 That we are one, that we are a family, we're one body. 716 00:35:52,305 --> 00:35:54,165 So I love you guys so much. 717 00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:55,485 Thank you guys for listening. 718 00:35:55,545 --> 00:35:59,565 Um, but I'm gonna pray us out and then uh, I'll have Marcel close us out here. 719 00:36:01,635 --> 00:36:03,735 God, thank you so much for today. 720 00:36:04,845 --> 00:36:07,785 Thank you so much for your son, Jesus. 721 00:36:08,175 --> 00:36:11,205 God, as we, as we walk through this road to the resurrection, God, 722 00:36:11,205 --> 00:36:15,465 it just gets more real and real about how much you truly love us. 723 00:36:16,665 --> 00:36:19,005 God, where would we be without your love? 724 00:36:20,835 --> 00:36:21,045 God. 725 00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:21,285 I know. 726 00:36:21,285 --> 00:36:25,605 Certainly for me, it's, it's been a, it's been a, it's been a journey, uh, to be 727 00:36:25,605 --> 00:36:32,025 able to learn how to truly appre not just appreciate but speak, just deep gratitude. 728 00:36:32,955 --> 00:36:35,595 But God, I know that in Ephesians talks about, you know, that one 729 00:36:35,595 --> 00:36:41,415 day we just, we're just trying to grasp how deep, how wide, how big, 730 00:36:41,415 --> 00:36:43,155 how great your love is for us. 731 00:36:44,385 --> 00:36:47,715 So father, I pray that as we remember the last supper, we, as we 732 00:36:47,715 --> 00:36:50,775 remember communion, we, we pray that we, we don't take it for granted. 733 00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:54,225 We see it as a time to be unified with you, be unified with our brothers and 734 00:36:54,225 --> 00:36:59,535 sisters, and that ultimately God, that you remind us that we belong to you. 735 00:37:01,335 --> 00:37:02,175 God, we're so grateful. 736 00:37:02,175 --> 00:37:03,795 We pray that you can bless our weeks. 737 00:37:03,795 --> 00:37:06,405 God let us, like I said, prepare for next Sunday. 738 00:37:06,405 --> 00:37:10,965 Let us prepare for communion and let us be evermore unified. 739 00:37:11,325 --> 00:37:15,105 As your body and you at the head, we pray in your son Jesus' name. 740 00:37:15,345 --> 00:37:15,645 Amen.