I have asked these men to read
the scripture and what I want to say is this is our moment
of worship and let every one of us right now call on the Lord
in your heart. Pray to him and ask him to bless
the reading. We don't need the words of a
man. I've asked these men to just stand up and read and then
the next one will read. we enter into his table. And our Lord is able to fill
this house with his glory just by the reading of his word. I've
asked these men to read slowly and thoughtfully and beg the
Lord to let us enter into this, okay? All right, brother. Let's turn to Genesis chapter
22. Genesis chapter 22. We will read beginning in verse
one. And it came to pass after these
things that God did tempt Abraham and said unto him, Abraham, and
he said, behold, here I am. And he said, take now thy son,
thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the
land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering unto
one of the mountains, which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose
up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son, and claimed the wood
for the burnt offering, and rose up and went unto the place which
God had told him. Then on the third day, Abraham
lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said
unto his young men, abide ye here with the ass. and I and
the lad will go yonder and worship and come again to you.' And Abraham
took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac his son,
and he took the fire in his hand and a knife, and they went both
of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham,
his father, and said, my father, he said, here am I. My son, he said, here am I, my
son. And he said, behold, the fire
and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And
Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb for a
burnt offering. So went both them together. And
they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And
Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his
son. And the angel of the Lord called
upon out of heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said,
here am I. And he said, lay not thine hand
upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. For now I
know that thou fearest God. seeing thou hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son, from me. And Abraham lifted up his
eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the
thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the
ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his
son. And Abraham called the name of
that place Jehovah-Jireh. As it is said to this day, in
the mouth of the Lord it shall be seen. You would turn to Exodus
chapter 12. Exodus chapter 12. We'll start
in verse 1 of Exodus chapter 12. And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto
you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of
the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation
of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall
take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their
fathers, a lamb for a house. And if the household be too little
for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house
take it according to the number of the souls. Every man according
to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb
shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall
take it out from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall
keep it up until the 14th day of the same month. and the whole
assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening. And they shall take of the blood
and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door posts
of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the
flesh in that night, roast with fire and unleavened bread, and
with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor
sodden at all with water, but roast with fire, his head with
his legs and with the pertinence thereof. And ye shall let nothing
of it remain until the morning, and that which remaineth of it
until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye
eat it, with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and
your staff in your hand. and ye shall eat it in haste.
It is the Lord's Passover. For I will pass through the land
of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both man and beast. And against all the gods of Egypt,
I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. And the blood
shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are. And
when I see the blood, I will pass over you. And the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of
Egypt. We'll turn to Isaiah 53. Isaiah 53. We'll begin with verse one. Who hath believed our report
and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow
up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness,
and when he shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire
him. He is despised and rejected of
men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. We hid as it were
our faces from him. He was despised and we esteemed
him not. Surely he hath bore our griefs
and carried our sorrows. Yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions.
He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace
was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. All we, like sheep,
have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his
own way, and the Lord had laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth. He is brought as a
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is
done, so he opened not his mouth. He was taken from prison and
from judgment. And who shall declare his generation?
He was cut off of the land of the living. For the transgression
of my people was he stricken. He made his grave with the wicked,
with the rich, and his death. Because he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord
to bruise him. He hath put him to grief. When
thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,
he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall
prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of
his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
divide the spoiled with the strong, because he hath poured out his
soul unto death. He was numbered with the transgressors,
and he bared the sin of many, and he made intercession for
the transgressors. If you will turn with me in your
Bible to John chapter 1. John chapter 1. John 1, we'll start reading in
verse 14. And the word was made flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John
bare witness of him and cried, saying, this was he of whom I
spake, he that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he
was before me. And of his fullness have all
we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God
at any time. The only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And this
is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites
from Jerusalem to ask him, who art thou? And he confessed and
denied not, but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked
him, what then? Art thou Elias? And he saith,
I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he
answered, no. Then said they unto him, who
art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us?
What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the
Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. And they which were sent were
of the Pharisees. And they asked him and said unto
him, why baptizest thou then if thou be not that Christ? Nor
Elias, neither that prophet. John answered them, saying, I
baptize with water, But there standeth one among you whom ye
know not. He it is who coming after me
is preferred before me, whose shoes latch it I am not worthy
to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara
beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom
I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me,
for he was before me. And I knew him not, but that
he should be made manifest to Israel. Therefore am I come baptizing
with water. And John bare record, saying,
I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode
upon him. And I knew him not. But he that
sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same
is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw and bear
record that this is the Son of God. David, turn with me to Hebrews
chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10. For the law having a shadow of
good things to come, and not the very image of the things,
can never, with those sacrifices which they offered year by year,
continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they
not have ceased to be offered? Because that the worshipers,
once purged, should have had no more conscience of sins. But
in those sacrifices, there is a remembrance, again, made of
sins every year. For it is not possible that the
blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, when
he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice an offering,
thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me. In burnt
offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come in the
volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will, O God. Above, when he said, Sacrifice
and offering, and burnt offerings, and offering for sin, thou wouldest
not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the law.
Then said he, lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away
the first that he may establish the second. By the witch will,
we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all. We'll stop there. Let's look
to the Lord our God in prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, Father,
we thank you so much for your word, Lord. Thank you for the
promises, Lord, in it that are given to us, Lord. Father, we
thank you most of all, Lord, for what you've done for us unworthy
sinners, Lord. Father, you came into this world
in the body which was prepared for you, Lord. Father, you pour
our very own sins, Lord, in your body, Father. Father, you were
judged for our sins, Lord, when we should have been judged, Lord.
Father, we are so unworthy to receive this love that you have
for us. Father, we thank you for it,
Lord. Please forgive us for our lack of ability, Lord, to offer
Thanksgiving to you, Lord. We are so incapable of anything,
Lord. Father, we depend on you for
all things, Lord. We look to you. We trust in you,
Lord. And we love you, Lord. Please
help us and cause us to do this, Lord. Father, we thank you for
this ordinance. We thank you for your body, Lord,
and your blood that was shed. Please help us now individually,
Lord, to remember you in our hearts, Lord, and to thank you
and to praise you. In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, we pray. Amen. so you you you For I have received of the Lord
that which also I've delivered unto you. That the Lord Jesus,
that same night in which he was portrayed, 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. If you have your Bibles, please
turn back to Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews chapter 10, beginning
in verse 11. And every priest 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, sat down on the right hand of
God. From henceforth, expectance till
his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected
forever them that are sanctified. For the Holy Ghost also is a
witness to us. For after that, he hath said
before, this is the covenant that I will make with them after
those days, saith the Lord. I will put my laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write them. And their sins
and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission
of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore,
brethren, boldness to enter into the holiness by the blood of
Jesus. by a new and living way which
he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his
flesh, and having a high priest over the house of God. Let us
draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let us pray. Our gracious Heavenly Father,
we thank you, Lord, so much for giving us the privilege of being
here tonight, Lord, to honor and to worship and to praise
and to thank you for the precious blood of your son. We thank you,
Lord, for his blood, for without his blood, there is no remission
of sins. We thank you, Heavenly Father,
for your grace, your mercy, your love. We thank you for opening
up our eyes, Lord, to the true gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord. We thank you, Heavenly Father,
for everything that you've done for us in this life. You've always
been there for us, and you always will be. And we thank you, Lord,
for everything we have in this life, but we thank you most of
all for the precious blood of the Lamb of God. We know that
he died on that cross at Calvary. voluntarily for a protective
of people. And it was always whom you placed
in him before the foundation of the world. We pray, Heavenly
Father, that you will help us to never always be with us, don't
leave us to ourselves. And may we remember every day
the thing, the precious thing that our Lord Jesus Christ has
done for us, guilty sinners. We do love you, Lord. And we
do worship you and we do praise you. But dear Lord, we want to
love you more. We want to praise you more. We
want to honor you more. And Lord, we want to love and
remember each and every day of our lives. Let us not forget,
Lord. Please let us not forget the
suffering that our Lord Jesus Christ did. and the blood that
was shed for us guilty sinners. It was by his blood and his blood
only that salvation was possible. We love you, we praise you, and
we worship you. Dear Lord, as I said before,
we give you thanks for all things. And we thank you, Lord. In the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for his sake, amen. so so you you so After the same manner, also he
took the cup. And we had supped, saying, this
cup is the New Testament in my blood. This do ye as oft as you
drink it in remembrance of me. For as oft as ye eat this bread
and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till we come.