Would you turn back to 1 Corinthians
chapter 16? Now, I don't know how many times
in the last 40 some years that I've read 1 Corinthians, and
this passage of scripture just went over my head. I didn't think
about it, but it's actually quite remarkable. What if the Apostle
Paul wrote a letter to this church? And he said in that letter, I'm
sending Timothy to you, but you make sure he can be in your presence
without fear. You make sure you don't intimidate
him. You make sure you don't treat
him in a wrongful way. And Paul is saying that because
he had experience from this church. That's the way they treated him.
And he said, when Timothy comes, you make sure that he can be
in your presence without fear for he worked with the work of
the Lord, as I also do let no man, therefore despise him, belittle
it, look down on him, but conduct him forth in peace.
But he may come unto me for I look for him with the brethren. Timothy was a traveling companion
of the Apostle Paul. What a blessing that must have
been. Turn with me to Acts chapter
16. This is where we're first introduced to this man, Timothy. Verse one, then came he to Derbe
and Lystra behold a certain disciples there named Timotheus. the son
of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed that his
father was a Greek, which was well reported of by the brethren
that were at Lystra and Iconium. Timothy was highly regarded.
Him would Paul have to go forth with him on these missionary
trips, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews which
were in those quarters, for they knew They all knew that his father
was a Greek and Paul knew that these people would have an easier
time listening to Timothy if he was circumcised. He didn't
make it a salvation issue when they insisted on Titus being
circumcised. He said, no, we're not going
to do it. But this man, Timothy, because he was going to be preaching
to Jews, Paul wanted him to be physically circumcised. That's
a horrible thing to think about for an adult. Timothy was willing
to do it. Now that gives you some idea
of the character of this man, what he was willing to sacrifice
in order to go with Paul and preach the gospel. That's very
impressive. And there's something else Paul
knew about Timothy. He knew he had a problem with
timidity and fear. And we're going to see that in
a moment. Timid Timothy. Now, you had Timid
Timothy, and the reason I say that is because he said to Timothy,
God has not given us the spirit of fear or cowardice, but of
power and of love and of a sound mind. And Timothy had a tendency
to go in that direction. He said, don't be ashamed of
the testimony of our Lord because he knew Timothy's personality
was such that he would kind of shrink back And that's why Paul
said the things he did to him. He had a problem with timidity. He was not a real forceful, bold
person, perhaps the way Paul was. And Paul had experience
with the church at Corinth and he knew from his own experience
that they treated him with disrespect. The Apostle Paul. They questioned
his authority. He spoke of that. And God-given
authority, might I say. Yet the Corinthians were calling
it into question, calling into question his calling, calling
into question his doctrine. He had previously told them,
look in 1 Corinthians chapter four, hold your finger there
in Acts 16, look in 1 Corinthians chapter four. Verse 14. Or verse 17, for this cause have
I sent unto Timotheus, who is my beloved son and faithful in
the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways,
which being Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. Now
he tells them ahead of time, I'm sending Timothy to you. And now he says, make sure he's
at ease among you, not having to fear being around you, being
intimidated by you. Make sure you don't despise him.
Make sure you don't disdain him. Make sure you don't make him
feel belittled and unappreciated. But send him forth back to me
in a gracious way." Now, there was a reason that he said this. And what made me think when I
thought about Paul writing the church and telling them how to
treat Timothy. I thought, would I make people
feel the way the people at Corinth make people feel? Disdained? Unappreciated? Under my microscope? Judged? Threatened? Manipulated? Would they feel
my critical, judgmental spirit? not respected, would they feel
despised? Paul knew from his own experience
what he'd experienced with these people. And he knew Timothy was
a very timid man. And that is why he gives this
warning. And that's one of the reasons. When you examine yourself, it
ought to be condemn yourself and look to Christ only. That's
all you're going to, if you examine yourself, you're going to find
reason to believe that Christ is the only hope you have. You
really will. But I would really want to examine myself in the
light of, I don't want to be like the Corinthians were, the
way they treated Paul. And Paul knew that Timothy was
thin skinned, timid, and he would have a harder time than the average
Joe with such treatment. And these people at Corinth had
a tendency to be this way. Would Paul have to warn somebody
about me the way he had to address the Corinthians? And look what he says about Timothy,
back to our text in 1 Corinthians 16. Now, if Timotheus come, see that
he may be with you without fear, for he worketh the work of the
Lord as I also do. Let no man therefore despise
him, but conduct him forth in peace that he may come unto me,
for I look for him with the brethren. I love the way he says he works
the work of the Lord as I do. Look what Paul said about himself
in 1 Corinthians 15, 8. And he said this without arrogance.
He was talking about himself here. And he talks about the
Lord's appearance to him. And he says, last of all, he
was seen of me also as of one born out of due time for I'm
the least of the apostles. I'm not meet to be called an
apostle because I persecuted the church of God, but by the
grace of God, I am what I am. That's our testimony, isn't it?
By the grace of God, I am what I am. I'm a sinner and it's only
by the grace of God. I know that. I'm a safe sinner,
and that's by the grace of God. I'm a believing sinner, and that's
by the grace of God. I'm a repentant sinner, and that's
by the grace of God. He's giving us his testimony.
I am what I am by the grace of God. He doesn't say, I am what
I am by the grace of God. He says, by the grace of God,
I am what I am. And his grace which was bestowed
upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than
they all. yet not I, but the grace of God, which was with
me." Now he says with regard to Timothy, he works the work
of the Lord as I do. So see verse back to chapter
16, let no man therefore despise him, but conduct him forth in
peace that he may come unto me for I look for him with the brethren. Now, Timothy is mentioned in
all but two of Paul's epistles. It was very important to Paul.
Two books in the Bible are addressed to and written to Timothy. Let's go to 2 Timothy for a moment. You'll notice in verse eight
of 2 Timothy chapter one, Paul said to him, be not thou
therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, his prisoner.
Now, the reason he said that is because he knew Timothy could
have a tendency to be ashamed because of his personality. People
have different personalities, different weaknesses. We're all
flawed, aren't we? And all of us have our different
weaknesses. And he knew what it was with Timothy. And so he
says, Timothy, don't be ashamed. of the testimony of our Lord,
nor of me, his prisoner." Now this was the last epistle Paul
wrote. He tells us in chapter four,
I'm now ready to be offered. And the time of my departure
is at hand. I'm going to be dead very soon.
He knew that when he was writing Timothy. So let's look at the
first verse. This is the man Paul was sending
to the church of Corinth. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
by the will of God, according to the promise of life, which
is in Christ Jesus. There's a sermon there, isn't
there? Let's go on reading. To Timothy, my dearly beloved
son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ
Jesus our Lord. I thank God whom I serve from
my forefathers with a pure conscience. How do you do that? Through the gospel, the blood
of Christ. the righteousness of Christ.
He's not saying, I've got a clear conscience that I haven't done
anything wrong. He's not saying that at all. But through the
gospel, we have a pure conscience, one that has nothing to feel
guilty about. That's what a good conscience is. It's no longer,
well, I don't feel guilty. Well, that's because you've got
a seared conscience. If you have a pure conscience,
a good conscience, it's from an understanding of the gospel.
Now, he says, I thank God whom I served from my forefathers
with pure conscience that without ceasing, I have remembrance of
thee in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see
thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy. Being mindful of thy tears. Now, for centuries, preachers
have put this emphasis, where's Mr. Weddow? Where's the crying
person? Why are there no tears? Why is
everybody so hard-hearted? I've seen that happen, you know,
when people try to manipulate people, where preachers might
even try to work up a crowd for tears. And this is not what this
is about. But tears speak of emotion. You might have the same emotion
without the tears. The emphasis is not the tears,
but it's the emotion. It's feeling awe. at the greatness
of the Lord, feeling awed by His transcendent excellence and
sovereignty. And a tear wells up in your eye
because you're so moved at His greatness. Paul remembered that. There are tears of joy. There
are tears of sorrow. I'm mindful of your tears, your
emotions. A religion without emotion is
no good. It's just no good. It's not real. There is emotion
involved. I don't trust my emotion. I don't,
I don't trust my emotions at all. I don't trust myself at
all. I don't trust my heart, but I do know this, a religion
without emotion is no good. And he's, he's mindful of his
tears. The tears of joy over the freeness
of the gospel. That's something to cry about,
isn't it? God actually loves me. I'm accepted in the beloved. God sees me without sin. God sees me as perfect in Christ
Jesus, because that's what I am, in Christ Jesus. Holy, without
blame, without reproof, perfect in his sight. Sorrow over my
sins. Sorrow over my shortcomings in
everything. My inadequacies, my inconsistencies,
my contradictions. Sorrow. Sorrow. Sorrow seeing my other unworthiness
and saying, why me? I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene and wonder how he could love me, a sinner,
condemned, unclean. Paul says, I remember your tears,
and I'm filled with joy. Verse five. When I call to remembrance the
unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother
Lois and thy mother Nicae, and I'm persuaded that's in thee
also. Now, I love this term unfeigned
faith. It's the word hypocrite. Unhypocritical
faith. Unacted out faith. Back then,
the movie stars were called hypocrites. And the best hypocrites, you
couldn't tell. Even now, the best actors are
the ones you can't really tell they're acting. It seems real.
He speaks of unfeigned, unfaked faith. Faith that is not pretended. Faith that is real. Unfeigned
faith. I hope I can say this honestly.
I think I can. I think I can, but looking to Christ really is the
only hope I have. There's nothing fake about that.
As God sees in my heart, he sees somebody that has no other hope
but Jesus Christ and him crucified. That's the way I really feel.
That's how God sees me. That's not an act. It's true
faith in that sense. I really do look to Christ only
as my only ground of acceptance. All the time. I have no other
hope. That's not acting. That's the
truth. The only hope I have is that
Jesus Christ died for me and put away my sins. Without my
works, without my efforts, he did it all. And that's the only
hope I have. There's no faking about that. I really believe, this is not
phony, I really believe that my righteousnesses are his filthy
rags and his righteousness is the only one I have. And if God
doesn't look for everything that he requires of me to his son
for, there's no hope for me. If my salvation is dependent
upon my ability to believe, my ability to repent, if it's dependent
upon my holy living or anything that I do, I have no hope. It's unfeigned. I really do believe
that Jesus Christ is all I have to recommend me for God. I know
that for sure. I know that for sure. He says,
I call to remembrance the unfeigned, the unfaked faith that is in
thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother, Lois, and thy mother,
Eunice. And I'm persuaded that's in thee
also. This is interesting. He knew Timothy's mom. He knew
Timothy's grandmother. And I guess these are the women
that were used to bring Timothy to an understanding of and a
belief of the gospel. And there was family mercies
involved. You know, sometimes the Lord
saves a whole household. Sometimes he only saves one out
of the family. But here we have these family
mercies, his grandmother and his mother believed. What a blessing
that was. And he says in verse six, wherefore,
I put thee in remembrance, I remind you that you stir up the gift
of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. Now that
word stir up means fan the flame. Fan the flame that will go out
if you don't stir it up. And he's talking about the gift
of preaching. But the thing of it is, every
believer has gifts. You say, I don't have any gifts.
You don't get that from the Bible. Because as a matter of fact,
turn to Romans chapter 12. Romans chapter 12. Verse 6. Well, let's start in verse four.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have
not the same office, so we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one member is one of another. Having then gifts, differing,
every one of us, having then gifts, differing, according to
the grace that's given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy,
according to the proportion of faith, or according to the analogy
of faith. If you're gonna preach, you better preach the word. You
better preach what God's word actually says. or ministry, being
a servant. Let us wait on our ministry.
Or he that teacheth on teaching, or he that exhorts or encourages
on exhortation. He that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity, generosity. He that ruleth with diligence. He that showeth mercy with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation,
hypocrisy acting. Abhor that which is evil, cleave
to that which is good. Be kindly affection one to another,
with brotherly love and honor preferring one another. Not slothful
in business or diligence, don't be a slothful person, but fervent
in spirit, white-hot in spirit, serving the Lord. Rejoicing in
hope, patient in tribulation, continuing instant in prayer,
distributing to the necessity of saints, given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you.
Bless and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice
and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind, one toward
another. Mind not high things, but condescend
to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Recommence to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in
the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as
lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved,
avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath. For it's
written, vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore
thine enemy hunger, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink.
For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be
not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Now this is gifts
for the church. Everybody in here's got one of
those if you're a believer. Or more, fan the flame. And he says to Timothy, fan the
flame. Stir up the gift of God. If you
don't fan the flame, it'll fall into disuse, hardness. He says to Timothy, fan the flame. Four, verse seven. God has not given us the spirit
of fear. Now that's not the word that's
generally translated fear, like the fear of God. But this word
means cowardice. God has not given us the spirit
of cowardice, but of power. What kind of power? If you think,
well, I've got that power, you missed the meaning. It's talking
about the power of the omnipotence of God. This is talking about
the power of the gospel. It's not that we consider ourselves
powerful people. Oh, I've got power. So-and-so's
a powerful man. No, he's not. Nobody has any
power. Power belongs to the Lord. It's his power in the gospel. God's not given us the spirit
of cowardice, of being concerned about what men think. What do
we care what a sinful man thinks? He's given us the spirit of power,
trusting God's power, and of love, love to God. We love him as he's revealed
in his word. We love him, all of his attributes. We love his
sovereignty. You know, whenever you think of your love to God,
you probably think, well, I don't love God near as much as I should.
Well, you're right about that. Me either. But think about who
he is. Think about his sovereignty.
Do you love his sovereignty? Do you love his power? Do you
love his holiness? Do you love his justice? Do you
love his immutability? Do you love his independence?
Do you love his character? Do you love the character of
the Lord Jesus Christ? You do if you're a believer.
God's given us the spirit of, not given us the spirit of cowardice,
but of love. Love to our brethren. Somebody
that loves Christ, you love them, don't you? Somebody that loves
the gospel, you love that person. Somebody that is awed by the
person of Christ, you're on their side. You're all on the same
team. You delight in that person. Love to men, that's why we preach
the gospel to them. We want them to know the Lord.
It's a genuine love to men. We're in the people business
in that sense. He's not giving us this spirit of cowardice,
but of power, of love, and of a sound mind. That's soundness in the gospel. And he goes on to tell us exactly
what that soundness is as we go on reading. Verse eight, now
here's soundness in the gospel. As a matter of fact, look in
verse 13, he says, hold fast the form of sound words. So he's
given us what the words of a sound mind. Verse eight. Be not thou therefore ashamed
of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner. But be thou a partaker of the
afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God who hath
saved us. And there's everything we believe.
God saved us. He didn't make our salvation
possible. He saved us. He didn't offer salvation, a
potential salvation. He saved us. Saved. Thou shalt call his name
Jesus, for he shall save his people. from their sins. He saved us. And what did he
do after that? He called us. I love this. What came first, the saving or
the calling? The saving came first. Outside
of my personal subjective experience, I was saved in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Then I found out I was when he
called me. You know when the Lord saves you, you find out
he saves you. That's your testimony. You find out he saved you. He
saved us and He called us with a holy calling. And that holy calling that comes
from the holy God is not according to our works. God didn't save
me because of anything that I do, did, will do, intend to do. Not according to our works, but
according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us
in Christ Jesus before the world began. Now, Timothy, don't be
ashamed of that. Shouted from the housetops. He
saved us. He called us with a holy calling,
not according to our works, but according to his own purpose
and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
began. Everything that I have was given
me in Christ Jesus before the world began. But now, but is
now, verse 10, made manifest by the appearing of our Savior,
Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death. He put death to death. I have every reason, and you
have every reason if you're a believer, to anxiously look forward to
dying. When you're dead, you won't be
a sinner anymore. You'll be perfect in Christ Jesus
in your experience. And you have no reason to fear
death because your assurance is in Christ. It's not in you.
If you had to look for assurance in yourself, you'd have every
reason to fear. But your assurance is in the
Lord Jesus Christ. And it's because he saved us
and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us
in Christ Jesus before the world began. He abolished death. He put death to death. when he
died and there's no fear of death for us because of that. And he
has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Where into I am appointed, verse
11, a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles
for the which cause I also suffer these things. Now Paul knew wherever
he went. He was going to either be beaten
up, thrown into jail, every town awaiting for him. He knew what
was going to happen to him. He says, for the witch cause,
I suffer these things. Nevertheless. I am not ashamed. He's telling Timothy not to be
ashamed. He knew Timothy had a problem
with timidity, with cowardice. That's why he said the things
that he said to him. But he says to Timothy, I am not ashamed. And here we're given, I think
the simplest definition of faith found in the word of God. If
you want to know what faith is, listen up. I know whom I have believed. It begins with knowledge. You
can't believe what you don't know. It's impossible. I know whom I have believed. He didn't say, I know what I
believe. He said, I know whom I have believed. I know his character, what he's
made known in his word. I know whom I have believed.
You see, what we believe is determined by who we believe. For instance,
it's impossible to believe on him and not believe in his absolute
sovereignty. It's impossible. Somebody says,
I don't believe he's absolutely sovereign, the first cause behind
everything. Well, that's only because you don't know him. If
you knew him, you know better than that. You know, because
you know who Jesus Christ is. You know that if he died for
you, you must be saved. It's impossible to be anything
but saved. You know his blood must be successful. Even the
thief on the cross knew that. He said, Lord, remember me when
you come into your kingdom. You're not gonna stay dead. You're
gonna come back as a mighty reigning king. How do you know that thief?
Because I know who he is. That's how I know that. He can't
fail. It's impossible. I know whom
I have believed. And I am persuaded. that he is able. Now, this is what I'm persuaded
of. And it's literally, I've been persuaded. Who persuaded
him? The Lord did. And if you believe,
it's because the Lord persuaded you. That's why you believe.
I am persuaded that he is able. I am persuaded in his ability
to save me without my help. Are you persuaded of that? Abraham
was. He was strong in faith, giving
glory to God, being fully persuaded. that what God had promised he
was able also to perform. I am persuaded in the ability
of Jesus Christ to save me with no help from me. Go on reading. I know whom I have believed and
I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed
unto him against that day. Now I'm thinking of that day
that's coming, judgment day. This act of commitment, I've
committed all of the salvation of my soul to him. If he didn't
do it all, I won't be saved. That's exactly what that commitment
is. You commit the entire salvation of your soul to Him. To trust
yourself for anything is to fail to commit. To look to your works
in any way is to fail to commit. You see, you commit all of your
salvation to Him. That's it. Nothing else. I know
whom I believe. And I'm persuaded that he's able
to keep that which I've committed to him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words,
what you just heard. That's the form of sound words.
The whole gospel is in those few verses of scripture. You
hold fast the form of sound words which thou has heard of me in
faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. Now, here's Timothy. Timothy had a tendency to be
ashamed. And it was through fear of man,
something that everybody has to one degree or another. And
Paul is encouraging him at this time. Now go back to 1 Corinthians
16. He knew Timothy, he knew these
people. Now, verse 10, now Timotheus, come see that he may be with
you without fear, for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also
do. Let no man therefore despise
him, but conduct him forth in peace. Would you turn with me
for a moment to 3 John, the same word is used in 3 John. Verse five. Beloved, thou doest faithfully
whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers which
are born witness of thy charity before the church, whom if thou
bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt
do well, because that for his name's sake they went forth taking
nothing of the Gentiles. We therefore ought to receive
such that we might be fellow helpers to the truth. Now, he
says, bring them forth in a godly way, or according to a godly
sort. These were missionaries who refused
to take anything from the Gentiles. They were just going there to
preach to them. So you bring them forth in a godly sort. And
that's the same thing he's saying to the Church of Corinth as to
how to treat Timothy. Back to our text. Let no man therefore despise
him, but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto
me, for I look for him with the brethren. I think this is an
interesting note. Verse 12, as touching our brother
Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren,
but his will was not at all to come at this time, but he'll
come when he shall have convenient time. Paul didn't always get
his way. He wanted Apollos to go there.
Apollos didn't want to do it. Should have Apollos complied
to Paul's wishes? I don't know, maybe, but this
is just letting us know that oftentimes we don't get our way
the way we would like to. Paul didn't at this time. Now
I want to leave you with this. I pray by the grace of God. that no one will feel manipulated
by me or intimidated by me or have reason to fear me and feel
judged by me. I pray that the Lord would make
me that way. That's the work of his grace.
I want to be like the Lord who is meek and lowly in heart and
sinners could come into his presence and not feel threatened and not
feel judged and not feel criticized. The Lord of glory. meek and lowly
in heart. He said, come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden. I'll give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you and learn of me, for I'm meek and lowly in heart,
and you'll find rest for your souls. I want to be like those
people that John said they were fellow helpers to the truth. Treat Timothy right. Now let's close by looking at
1 Corinthians 11, just this is with regard to the Lord's table.
We're getting ready to take the Lord's table. Verse 23. For I have received of the Lord
that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the
same night in which he was betrayed, took bread. And when he had given
thanks, don't you love to think of the
Lord giving thanks for that bread? And when he had given thanks, He'd break it and said, take,
eat, this is my body, which is broken for you. And when he first said that to
them, they didn't understand it. He hadn't gone to the cross
yet. They understand now though, Paul's
telling them what all this means. Take, eat, this is my body, which
is broken for you, this do. in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he
took the cup, and when he had sucked, saying, This cup is the
New Testament in my blood. This do ye as oft as ye drink
it in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this
bread and drink this cup, you do show forth the Lord's death
till he come." That's what you're going to be doing tonight. You're
going to be showing the Lord's death as all of your hope until
he comes. That's why we're doing this.
Verse 27. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat
this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall
be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. That's something
to eat. What is it to drink the cup and
eat the bread unworthily? He tells us. Verse 28, but let
a man examine himself. You don't need to be examining
anybody else. Just strike that out. You don't need to be examining
anybody else. But let a man examine himself,
and if he doesn't cut mustard, he better not eat. It doesn't
say that, does it? Let a man examine himself and
so let him eat that bread and drink that cup. You see, if you
examine yourself, here's what you can come up with. The only
hope I have is the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Lord and
his perfect righteousness. That's my only ground to eat
the bread and drink of this cup. But let a man so examine himself,
and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he
that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation,
condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. That's
where the failure is, not discerning what he accomplished, who he
is and what he did. For this cause, many are weak
and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we judge ourselves,
we'd not be judged. What's a good thing to judge?
If you want to judge somebody, judge yourself and condemn yourself. If we would judge ourselves,
we should not be judged. But when we're judged, we're
chasing to the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world.
Well, for my brethren, when you come together to eat, tarry one
for another. And this is something we do together.
We do it by ourself, yes, but we do it together as the body
of the Lord Jesus Christ. And if any man hunger, let him
eat at home. Don't do this to satisfy physical
hunger or thirst, that you come not together unto condemnation. The rest will I set in order
when I come. Now, as we observe the Lord's table
together, We're discerning his body, who he is, what he accomplished. And we are doing this as a celebration
of his broken body for our sin and his blood for our salvation. And we rejoice and rest in that. Come take a break.