Luke chapter 22. Verse 14. Luke 22, 14, when the hour was
come, he sat down and the 12 apostles with him. And he said
unto them with desire, I have desired to eat this Passover
with you before I suffer. For I say unto you, I will not
any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of
God. Now, two beautiful pairs of words. They sat down with him, verse
14, with him. And he said, with desire, in
verse 15, I've desired to eat this Passover with you. He's with me and I'm with him. Entitled this message fellowship And I want to explain that if
you would turn with me to first Corinthians chapter 10 First Corinthians 10 16 First Corinthians 10 16 The cup of blessing which we
bless Talking about The Lord's table is it not the communion
of the blood of Christ The bread which we break is it not the
communion of the body of Christ He didn't say is it not the blood
of Christ. It's not I He didn't say, is
it not the body? It's not, it's the communion
though, of both. For we being many are
one bread. Now, before I read this last
verse, that word communion is most often translated in the
Greek, fellowship. Is it not the fellowship of the
blood of Christ? Is it not the fellowship of the
body of Christ? And here's the explanation of
that. For we being many are one bread. The fellowship, the communion,
union, co-union. We're one. We're one in Him. We being many are one bread and
one body, the body of Christ. The church is the body of Christ.
We see that in scripture. And here's why. For we are all
partakers of that one bread. All of us are partakers of Christ
represented by that bread. We're all in fellowship with
one another in the Lord Jesus Christ. In verses such as Philippians
3.10, now here's the same word where it is translated fellowship.
When Paul is talking about renouncing himself and all that he ever
was and all that he ever did and running after Christ as hard
as he can, he said this, that I may know him and the power
of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings. The fellowship
of his sufferings being made conformable unto his death. Now some people say that we want
to suffer like he suffered and that makes us part of something. My suffering has nothing to do
with it. With anything. It just don't. I want to be a partaker of his
suffering. And that's what the table is.
It's in symbol. We gather in fellowship. It's
the fellowship of his actual body. It's not his body, but
it's the fellowship of Christ, his person and his work, his
body, his blood. And the fellowship of his suffering
is being made conformable unto his death. And then in 1 John
1.6, if we say that we have fellowship
with him, there's our word. Is it not the communion? What
our Lord and His disciples were doing in our text, is that not
the communion, is that not the fellowship of Him and what He
did? If we say we have fellowship
with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship
with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us
from all sin. We have fellowship with one another.
Is that not what it is when we come together and worship Him
and what He did? Worship Him in who He is, in
His body, What he did on Calvary, shedding his precious blood for
our sin, is that not what fellowship is? The fellowship of Christ. We have that with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ, his son, cleanseth us from all
sin, so all of us in fellowship together have fellowship with
God, because he made peace by the blood of that cross. Paul
said there in 1 Corinthians, this is the fellowship of Christ's
body and blood and we are all one body because we're all partakers
of his body. Because of him, we're one with
one another. He is our bond, he is our communion,
he's our oneness, he is our fellowship. There in 1 John where we read,
John speaks of fellowship with him and with one another. And
we read in our text how that Christ said, with desire, have
I desired to eat this Passover with you. And when he sat down,
they sat down with him. That's what we do. There's no
you sitting down here this morning in this place unless we're sitting
down with him. He said in verse 19 of our text,
this is my body which is given for you, for you, for you. And
by that one body, we are one body. All partakers of that one
bread. He said, I am that bread that
came down from heaven. He didn't say, this is my body
which I'm giving to you. It's given for you. That's substitution. And what is the purpose for which
the Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for us? Why did he give himself
for us? Well, he prayed this in his high
priestly prayer in John 17, 24. Father, I will that they also
whom thou hast given me. And remember the context of this.
He said the hour has come. He's going to go do what he came
to do. The hour has come. Glorify thy son that thy son
may also glorify thee. And Christ crucified is the glory
of God. Reveal luck no other way and
no place else. And then here he says, I will
whom thou hast given me. That's who I lay down my life
for. That's who I intercede for. I pray not for the world, but
for those that you gave me. And here's my desire for them,
that they be with me where I am. That's fellowship. That they
may behold my glory. That they may be with me where
I am because of all the mansions and the gold and the pearl. No.
The end game is the glory of Christ. That's it. It don't get better than that. Which thou hast given me for
thou lovest to me before the foundation of the world. His
final words to his disciples in John 14 3. Among the very
final things he said to them as he clearly was changing the
way he spoke to them because of the how soon it was gonna
be that he would leave them. And he said this, if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto
myself, that where I am. You see those words, with him,
with you, in our text? That's why they're at the table.
That's why there is that Christ took a body and shed his blood.
that you might be with me where I am, that where I am, there
you may be also. That body, he's gonna go and
that body's gonna be broken and that blood is gonna be shed and
that cup that he said is the new covenant itself in my blood,
that blood's about to be shed and he said, I'm gonna come back
and you're gonna be with me forever. And before I go, we're gonna
sit down and we're gonna fellowship. Is that not the fellowship? Fellowship
is not just staying after service and talking to one another for
a long time. I probably shouldn't tell y'all
stuff like this, but I do a lot of stuff I shouldn't do. One of the preachers told me
one time, He came and preached, I guess it was at a conference
or something, and all of y'all were like, y'all do, you know,
45 minutes after service, you're still here talking. And I said,
yeah boy, we don't leave after service. We like to fellowship
with one another. And you know, sometimes we'll
stay an hour after service. He said, you're going to get
tired of that. I haven't gotten tired of it. Y'all think I do
because I turn that light out, but the only reason I do that
is because I've got to go back there to leave and there's no
switch for this up here. Back there. I'm not saying it's
time to leave. Now if I start blinking all the
lights, you'll know it's time. But I really honestly don't get
tired of that. I sit back there and I listen
to y'all. I listen to God's family enjoying one another. How do
you get tired of that? Fellowship, though, is not just
staying after service and talking to one another, though that is
what fellowship looks like sometimes. The fellowship itself is something
deeper than that, but that's what it looks like a lot of times,
doesn't it? It's not just having lunch together. We may call it
a fellowship lunch, and that's fine, because we do fellowship.
That's not the fellowship, though. But it does look like that sometimes.
It looks like us sitting down and having a meal together, doesn't
it? Enjoying one another's company. You're my brothers and sisters. I don't have any other brothers
and sisters. Not really. I just don't. When God's people act like family
after service, it's because they are family. And there's something
deeper to it than just what goes on on the outside. We all, we
have all of what is important in common. And what's important is Him.
And all of us, not only are one with one another, but we're all
one with Him. And really the only way to understand
that, I don't think I've ever understood that until looking
at this passage in Luke 22 this week. Is not this the fellowship
of His blood and His body? Ephesians 4.1, listen, we have
everything that's important in common. There's a lot of differences.
We have differences and they clash once in a while. But it's
not important, is it? Those things aren't important.
Here's what's important. I therefore, the prisoner of
the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the calling wherewith
you are called. With all, now listen, you'd think
when he says you need to walk worthy, you need to be worthy
of the calling wherewith Christ called you, you'd think he's
gonna start talking about how holy you need to be. No, you
know what he said? With all lowliness. With all
lowliness and meekness and longsuffering for bearing one another in love. That's how you walk worthy of
him. Endeavoring. Sometimes it's harder
than it is at other times, but endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body! That's what he said there in
1 Corinthians. We're all one body because of
His body. Because we're partakers of that
one bread. Because of Him. There's one body
and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling,
All of my hope is the same thing as your hope. One Lord, we all bow to the same
master. One faith, one baptism, one God
and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you
all. That's why we're one. That's
why there's unity. You see what Paul was saying
there in 1 Corinthians 10, 16? Let me read it again. The cup
of blessing which we bless, is it not the fellowship of the
blood of Christ? Isn't that what it's all about?
When the Lord brings us to the table and we take that cup and
we remember Him. That's our unity. That's our
bond. Christ and what He did for us. For we being many are one bread
and one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread. Not just the unleavened bread
of the table, but of that bread from heaven that is represented
by that bread. Christ said in John 6, 48, I
am that bread of life. That's why we all have life in
us, because we're partakers of the bread of life, not a cracker
although that's that's a beautiful picture he wouldn't have given
it I am that bread of life your
fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead this
is the bread which cometh down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and
not die this is at least one of the things that verse 16 means
the observance This ordinance is symbolic of
how we are one with Christ. I remember Where we read there
in verse 16, let's look at it again For I say unto you I will
not eat any more thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom
of God What does he mean by that Well, we are one with Christ
and one another, and the reason this ordinance is symbolic of
that oneness, we're all partakers of that same bread. We're partaking
of the same broken bread, but it's symbolic of all being partakers
of that heavenly bread that you eat and not die, the Lord Jesus.
And it symbolizes why we are one with Christ, because that
bread's broken. because his body was crushed. It pleased the Lord to crush
him. And there is a fulfillment of
that oneness in the kingdom of God, which we can only look forward
to by faith. We have a oneness, a unity now.
We're not going to have to endeavor then. And it's going to be a
whole different oneness. This bread and cup are symbolic
of the peace that he made by that blood. Right? He hath made peace by the blood
of his cross. We have peace with God now, but
there's gonna be a fulfillment of that then far beyond what
we experience now, right? Is that what he's talking about?
Until it be fulfilled. Everything that is accomplished
by Christ and him crucified, all that's gonna be fulfilled
in glory one day. That peace. There is a peace
now which passeth all understanding. But think about that. We're gonna
experience peace with God one day when there's no heart of
rebellion in us anymore at all. No rebellion at all anymore.
We hadn't been there yet. We hadn't come to that place
yet. We're washed clean by that blood. There's another fulfillment.
We're washed clean. He said you're clean every whit
when he washed their feet. But do you feel clean now? Do
you walk around in this world thinking, boy, I sure do feel
holy today. I don't. You don't either if you know
him now. But one day there will be a fulfillment of that. There
will be. We're going to experience clean
like we haven't yet. Now look, as far as God's concerned,
you're already perfect and holy. And that's what counts. But there's
a fulfillment in there. There's an experience of that
yet to be ours. And there is a fellowship
that we have with Christ now that also will be fulfilled one
day. There is a with Christ that is better than this with Christ.
Does that make sense? Philippians 1.23, I'm in a straight
betwixt two, Paul said, having a desire to depart and to be
with Christ, which is far better. Now that's Paul that said a while
ago, we have fellowship, we have unity, we have oneness with him.
But there's another with Christ that's better than this with
Christ. Paul looked forward to a better fellowship. than what
we experience now. And all true fellowship with
God is because of and consists in that broken body and that
shed blood which redeemed us from our sins and by which we're
saved. Now look at verse 17 in our text. And he took the cup and gave
thanks and said, take this and divide it among yourselves. For
I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until
the kingdom of God shall come." Boy, it's so clear and simple,
the way that the scripture refutes all error that man devises. Think about this with me for
a second. He said to the 12, verse 14 says all 12 of them
sat down with him, all 12 of the disciples. And he said, divide
this wine among yourselves. Clearly there wasn't any saving
efficacy in that wine. You reckon? Judas drank it and it didn't
do much good for him, did it? That wine is not going to save
you. There's much religion that talks about how there's saving
efficacy, there's a conferring of grace that comes with the
Lord's table. It's not the Holy Eucharist like
religion calls it. There's no such thing. It's not
a sacrament because a sacrament by the definition of those who
use that word in religion confers grace and this didn't confer
any grace to that devil Judas that sat there plotting to kill
the Son of God. He was sitting at the table but
you see how simply and effortlessly the scripture just destroys the
error that man comes up with. There was no grace conferred
by that wine. The Lord didn't say this. Now
there were 11 there that experienced the grace of God. But the Lord
didn't say, do this, this do, because you're gonna need some
grace every once, you're gonna need a little boost of grace.
He said, do this in remembrance of me. You don't need any more grace
in the sense, in the context of what Christ did on Calvary.
All of the grace of God is yours because of what Christ did on
Calvary. Think about that for a second.
Well, let's look at verse 19. I think this will help us with
it. And he took bread and gave thanks and break it and gave
unto them saying, this is my body, which is given
for you. This do in remembrance of me. Do this as a memorial of me. Not a memorial of when you got
saved or something. A memorial of me. There's one
thing we're to think of. When we put that bread in our
mouth and begin to chew that, and when we put that cup to our
lips and drink that wine, there's one thing we're to be thinking
about, and that's Him. They had eaten lamb together.
They had observed the Passover. There's a lot of controversy
about that. It says they ate the Passover, and then after
supper, But they ate the Passover as prescribed in the Passover
from the beginning of there being a Passover. But it was after
that when he took bread. And not until then that he said,
this do. He was breaking that bread and
handed it and said, this do in remembrance of me. And so we
do. We really do. This is what we
do and remember it. We eat the bread and drink the
wine exactly as he said. Think about this for a minute. When I preach, you've noticed I don't have a
lot of point 1, point 1A, point 1B, point 1C, because that stuff
puts me to sleep. And it may not be that way for
everybody. We just have to stop and think
about some things, don't we? That's what a sermon is. Let's
just think about this for a minute. If God will give us grace to
think on Him. He took bread. He took bread. A waiter didn't bring it. A servant didn't bring it. He
took bread. Knowing exactly what this meant. What this signified. He knew
it better than we did. Than they did. Than anybody does.
We know because he's revealed it to, but not like he did. He
took bread. He said, no man taketh my life
from me. He took bread. This is his body
being broken in symbol and he took bread. His life was in his
own hands. Was it not? He took the bread
in his own hands. He said, I have the authority
to take my life. I have the authority to lay it
down, and I'll take it up. He's the only one that can take
bread at this table. And you know something else?
I just said his life was in his own hands. There it is in symbol. He took bread. His life was in
His own hand. That's not true of anyone else.
That's not true of you. It's not true of me. That's never
been true of anyone else but Him. It was His to give. And He said,
I give it for you. He could give it to whoever He
pleased. He said, I'm giving this to you. He gave it for His sheep. As
he said in John 10.15, I should probably have you turn there,
but we're gonna be a long time if I do. If you can turn quick,
look at John 10.15. As the Father knoweth me, even
so know I the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. You
see, he said, I give this for you. I lay down my life for the
sheep, and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, Them
also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall
be one foal and one shepherd. Therefore doth my father love
me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. He
took bread, he broke it, and he took it up again. No man
taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have the
authority to do that. to lay it down and I have the
authority to take it again. This commandment have I received
of my father. You see how scripture sheds light
on scripture. You've heard both of those verses
before. But think about what he said there in John 10 and
what he did in our text. He took bread in his own hands
and he broke it with his own hands and he gave it to them.
And he gave all 12 of them the symbol And not all of them was saved.
But I tell you this, everyone for whom he actually gave himself,
that bread was a symbol, just like that wine. It didn't have
any saving efficacy in it, neither does the bread. It didn't do
anything for Judas, the son of perdition. But I tell you this,
if he broke his own body for you, you're saved. He said, I lay down my life.
And listen to John 10, 24. If you're in John 10, look down
at verse 24. Then came the Jews round about
him and said unto him, how long dost thou make us to doubt? If
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. You know, you can say it as plain
as you can say it, can't you? The gospel, how many times have
I said to you, it's not complicated. And more importantly, we've seen
that it's not. It's just not. The truth of God's
sovereignty and electing sinners to salvation. That's not complicated. People just don't like it. And
you can say it and say it and say it, and they'll still be
saying, tell us plainly. You know why? Because the Lord
hadn't revealed it to them. And you'd be saying the same thing
if He hadn't revealed it to you. The Lord Jesus Christ said, Father,
I thank you that you've hid these things. from the wise and prudent
and reveal them unto babies. Well, how thankful we ought to
be for that, too. He revealed, when he revealed
himself and his grace to me, he revealed it to somebody that
wasn't going to find it out any other way, a baby, a baby. You know, a baby's not going
to know anything good unless you teach it. It knows bad stuff
already, doesn't it? You don't have to teach it to
do bad stuff. If it's going to know anything
good, you don't have to teach it. Our Father has been gracious
to us. If thou be the Christ, tell us
plenty. And you know what he said to him? I told you. When people ask me questions,
And I'm not the Lord, but listen, when people ask me some deep
theological question or something, you know what I tell them? I
say, listen to my messages. I preach what I preach. That's
kind of what the Lord said. I told you. If you want to know the truth,
listen to what He preaches. Listen to what He said. And everything else, if they wanted
to know something else, He would just shut them up. If it's not
Him and what He did and His glory and His love and His grace, His
gospel, if it was some foolishness, He would just say to them something
like, haven't you ever read the Word of God? I told you and you believe not.
The problem is not that it's complicated. The problem is you
just don't like Him. or anything he says, unless you
do. Oh, the grace of God. When he
reveals himself to you, you'll like him. I told you, and you believe not,
the works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me.
But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said unto you, my sheep
hear my voice. He just got through saying, I
lay down my life for the sheep. That's why they hear him. My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them. And they follow me, and you're
not them. That's why you don't believe on me. Is that unclear? Is that complicated? Confusing? If it is to you, then
you just don't like God's Son. Because it's 1 plus 1 equals
2. It really is. Look, I know them, they follow
me, they hear my voice, I give unto them eternal life and they
shall never perish. Is that clear? Everybody for
whom Christ died, they're never going to perish because He died
for them. Neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hand. Not only did I die for them, but I keep them. I hold them. I'm able to keep
them from falling. Simon, I've prayed for you that
your faith fail not. Satan hath desired to sift you
as weed in his hand, but the problem with that is you're in
my hand. My Father which gave them me,
is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of
my Father's hand." And in case you got any confusion about that,
me talking about my hand, my Father, I and my Father are one.
I may not be able to explain that, but it's not that complicated,
is it? I and my Father are one. With desire, he desired to eat
this final Passover with them, knowing exactly what it was.
This is the fulfillment of all of the pictures and types that
went before. He knew what it meant. He knew
what it signified. And he did it with joy. You know, anything that causes
us to think about our death or anything like that, we don't
have much pleasure in that, do we? Or causes us to think about
the death of somebody that we love. We want to think of them
as they were, you know, to think about that there he is breaking
that bread. And he said, boy, I sure have
longed to eat this Passover with you. That's why we look unto him,
the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was
set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God, the joy with desire. He gave us one reason for doing
this. It doesn't get more complicated,
does it? It's just still just plain. He gave us one reason
for doing this. He said, this dude, What for,
Lord? It don't confer any grace, we
see that. Judas drank the wine, he ate
the bread. No grace was conferred upon him.
All of God's grace has been conferred upon his sheep from eternity
in Christ, in the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
What more grace can God give you? Think about that for a second. And maybe you're thinking, well,
I seem to remember a verse somewhere in the scripture that says something
about he giveth more grace. What are you gonna do about that,
Chris? Well, we're gonna talk about it. That's what we're gonna
do. Think about this, though. In the context of how God could
possibly bless you anymore in the context of what his son did
on Calvary for you. Think about this. Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. According as he has chosen us
in him before the foundation of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame before him in love. And he goes on to
explain how we have redemption through his blood. That's why
we're holy and without blame before him in love. by redemption
through His blood. In the context of what Christ
did for us on Calvary, His precious shed blood, what more could God
have done for you? Is there still, you know, something
left? If you're in Christ, you're blessed
with everything that God can bless a person with. There's no way, He doesn't have
any more grace than that, than giving His Son for you. How are
you going to improve on that? How could He have blessed us
any more than putting us in Christ from the foundation of the world?
We're complete in Him. But you know what's true though
in this life? We forget. We forget. Listen carefully to me now. If
Christ Jesus died for you, there is no way that you can benefit
anymore from his death. then you already have, you are
perfected. Colossians 2.9, in him dwelleth
all the fullness of the Godhead in a body, and you're complete
in him, which is the head of all principality and power. He
suffered and died once, and he accomplished perfect salvation
by that one offering, Hebrews 10.11. Every priest in the Old
Testament standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after
he had offered One sacrifice for sins forever. Religion says
that every time the bread, the Holy Eucharist is broken, that's
Christ suffering again. No, he suffered once. And here's
what happened because of that. After he had offered one sacrifice
for sins forever, he sat down on the right hand of God from
henceforth, expecting till his enemies be made his footstool,
for by one offering, He hath perfected forever them
whom he sanctified with that precious blood. Perfected. What more is God gonna do for
you? How are you gonna benefit any more from the death of Christ
than you already have? I'll tell you how, one way. You
can be reminded of it. That's it. That's it now. It's not going to make you any
more saved, but it might make you rest a little better. It
might give you a little comfort. He did say comfort my sheep.
You're not going to be any more saved. So the only way you're going
to benefit any further this morning is by remembering what he did. Isn't that what this is? Simon
said, it behooves me as long as I'm in this flesh to call
to your remembrance the things which I've said unto you. And more important than that,
more important than you walking out here resting a little more
in him than you maybe came in. a little more comfortable and
rejoicing, a little bit more maybe than you were when you
walked in here. There's something better than that though. A memorial
of him benefits us, but also it shows forth his death until
he comes, it glorifies him. First Corinthians 11.23, for
I have received of the Lord And that which I also delivered
unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was
betrayed." He knew that was about to happen too, didn't he? He
said, one of you is going to betray me. And then when he revealed
clearly to them who it was going to be, he said, when I dip the
sop, whoever I give it to, that's the one. He dipped the sop and
gave it to Judas. And he said to him, what you
do, do it quickly. The same night in which he was
betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he break
it, and said, 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 when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new covenant.
In my blood, this do ye, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance
of me. Now that remembering of him is
gonna be a blessing to our heart. But here's the reason he gave,
for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you
do show the Lord's death. You show forth the glory of God
in giving his only begotten son for wretched, vile sinners like
you and me, until he comes. May God give us grace to do that
until he comes. I want to preach another message probably a week from today on
that one thing our Lord said there in verse 20 of our text.
This cup is the new covenant in my blood. We don't have time
to talk about that this morning. We have talked about it some
haven't we, but I want to just focus on that. This is the new
covenant. It's not if God will, I will,
or if I will, God will, or any of that. It's God did. And then we did. But I want to close this morning's
message by saying this. We show his death till he come.
We show that this is how sinners are saved. We show the gospel. We show the gospel now. Christ
and Him crucified, His body is the bread, His blood is the wine,
His person, His work, who He is, what He did. That's the gospel
and our preaching should be just as plain and clear as that ordinance
is. I aspire to that. It's all Him
and the way that you have fellowship with Him, the way that you are
a partaker with Him and His people in this, is in symbol by partaking
of that bread. Now what does that symbolize
though? You can be an expert on all the facts about what the
scripture says about communion. You can be an expert on unleavened
bread and what all the ingredients are and all this and that and
what kind of, you know, that it's wine and not grape juice.
You can know all about it. But if you're gonna partake,
if it's gonna be the communion of his blood, you gotta drink
of it. You gotta eat. You gotta partake
of it. Otherwise, you haven't participated
in the Lord's table. There are a whole lot of theologians
that know a lot of facts about Christ, a lot more than I do,
but it is by grace through faith that a sinner has part in Christ
and what he accomplished on Calvary. That's what the eating is. Take,
eat. This is my body broken. This is my blood shed for you. He died for me or I have no life. His body is my meat. And His
blood is my drink whereby I live spiritually before God. He lived
for me, therefore I am righteous. He died for me, therefore my
sins are gone. No other reason. It is enough
that Jesus died and that He died for me. And by grace through
faith I partake of Him. I receive Him by God-given faith. And in Him and by Him and because
of Him I have fellowship with God and with everyone else for
whom He died. That's fellowship. What an honor. What a privilege. What grace that He broke His own body and
shed His own blood and gave it to us and said, I did this for
you. You getting over that yet? You
getting over it? Praise His holy name. Let's pray.