According to Thy gracious Word,
in me humility This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember Thee. Thy body broken for my sake,
my bread from heaven shall be. I bless the miracle cup I take,
and thus remember Thee. Yes, Heavenly, can I forget,
or let my thoughts waste flee? I have your name and your glory
where can I remember thee? When to the cross I turn my eyes
and rest on Calvary. O Lamb of God, I sacrifice my
life, remember me, remember me, and all my pain, and all my love
to Thee. Yet in my own breath, a hope
remains where I can ever be. And when this pain is broken,
and mine and everything, All right, go back to Exodus
chapter 12. Exodus chapter 12. We have been observing baptism
and Tonight we will observe the Lord's
table. These are the two things which
our Lord told us to do, just these two things. One, to confess
Him. Baptism is the confession of
Christ before others. The Lord's Table is communion
with Christ. It's kind of a personal thing. The believer is thinking of remembering
his Lord for himself. Baptism is a public confession
and the Lord's Table is communion, private communion. In Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, there are many, many ordinances,
many, many ceremonies, many feasts and observances given. All of
them, every one of them, are pictures and symbols of the Lord
Jesus Christ, of Christ crucified. Every single type and picture
and ordinance, that's why they were given. This is the first
one. This is the first one that was
given. The very first. The first observant,
and if you will think about it, it's the last that our Lord gave. That's significant. He's the
first and the last. Christ said, I'm the first and
last. All right, now here in Exodus chapter 12, the story
behind this is the Lord He's delivering his children, children
of Israel, sons of Jacob, God's elect. He's delivering them by
great deliverance. He's bringing them out of Egypt. Egypt has always been a picture
of war. And the Lord chose the people
for himself that need. to say, to bring out of this
world into his promised land. Look at verse 13 now. Exodus
12, verse 13. This is the thing. This is what the whole story
is about. The Passover. This is where the name comes
from. Passover. Verse 13. And the blood shall be to you
for a token upon the houses where you are. And, this is God's people. When I see the blood, I will
pass over to you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you when I smite the land of Egypt." The Lord is about to
destroy all the firstborn in Egypt, but he's going to save
or pass over the children of Israel, sons of Jacob. And the
Lord is bringing them out of Egypt to his promised land. All
of this is a picture of the salvation that is of the Lord. From the
call to the conclusion, from the first to the last, salvation
is of the Lord. All right, let's go through these
verses now, one by one. Verse 1, Exodus chapter 12, verse
1 and 2. 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. This is the time. This is the
day. I'm bringing you out. You're going to mark this as
the beginning of your life. Everything will be, from here
on out, the answer I give you. Life begins when Christ reveals
himself to someone. We're dead in sin until Christ,
through his life, reveals himself. Verse 3. Here's the Lord's command
to Moses and Aaron, his spokesmen, to speak ye unto all the congregation
of Israel, The Lord told these two men, not Miriam, Moses and
Aaron, these two men He designated, He ordained to send the message
to the people. The Lord speaks through men.
The Lord did not speak to the people directly, but spoke to
them through mediators. Moses is a picture of Christ's
gifts, but these two men are a picture of God's friction.
He said, you speak to all the congregation. Everyone must hear
this message. Everyone. What is the message? Look at it, verse three. In the
tenth day of the month, they shall take to them every man
of land. according to the house of their
fathers, a lamb. What's the message? Our salvation
is in a lamb. That's the whole message. That's
the whole message. That's what this whole story
is all about. It's all about this lamb that
was slain for the remission of their sins, which is a picture
of the Lord Jesus Christ. A lamb slain from the foundation
of the world. Everyone must hear this. All
the congregation must hear this message of the Lamb. All the
congregation must kill the Lamb. All the congregation must partake
of the Lamb. Everyone that's going out must
be a part of it. Everyone that escapes, everyone
the Lord passes over must have part in this Lamb. Salvation is in the Lamb. 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 soul. Every
man, according to his eating, shall make your count for the
lamb." In other words, if you're going to have life, you've got
to have a lamb. He that hath a lamb, hath a life. The lamb was to be for every
person. Every person in God's house,
in Israel, all of his children, every one, must count for the
lamb, must have a lamb. All right? The lamb was to be
observed for a while. The lamb was to be watched very
carefully by everyone to make sure that it was perfect. The
Lord later on in Leviticus said, it shall be perfect to be accepted.
sacrifice of land, whatever you offer, must that it shall be
perfect, without spot, without blemish. I'll not take anything
less than perfection." The Lord later on said that. Well, right
here He said, you shall observe it. Look at verse 5 and 6. Your
land, your land shall be without blemish. A male, not a female. of the first year," that is,
the firstborn, a yearling, "'you shall take it out from the sheep,'
or from the goats, "'and you shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month.'" They were to separate this lamb and
to watch it. "'And the whole assembly of the
congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.'" It
was to be a spotless land. It was to be a perfect land.
The land was to be altogether loved. A beautiful land. That's Christ. The Lord Jesus
Christ was observed by God, men, and devils for thirty-three years. Observed to be perfect. Without a spot. God said it from
heaven. God said, this is my beloved
Son, and you're mine. Well, please. Peter says in Pentateuch,
you may at a vigil hear this word, it's a man, the fruit of
God. Even the devils came to him and
found nothing in him. He's the spotless, holy, righteous
son of God, that altogether lovely lamb, the perfect sacrifice. A lamb. Taken, look at this,
this is interesting, taken from among the sheep or from the goats. That's interesting. Psalm 89,
verse 19, one of our ladies' favorite verses. David, in the
prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ, said, I have exalted one chosen
from among the people. But Christ also was in the midst
of those who were not his sheep. Was he not? One of the twelve
was a goat. Christ was taken from among sheep
and the goat. And the whole assembly, it says,
everyone was to take part. In the killing of this man. Everyone. Everyone should kill him. In
the evening. In the evening. Scripture says
we all with wicked hands have taken and crucified the Lord. That was the message of Peter
to every single Israelite that heard it that night. You kill
him. And though we weren't there, each of us in here were not there
2,000 years ago, yet we lived for a time before the Lord revealed
Himself to us. We lived for a time when we did
not care about the Son of God, and we said, without saying it,
kill Him for our sins. And we all with wicked hands
had taken the crucifix. We all rejected it and despised
it. All the congregation was in on
this guilty of the blood of the Son of God. But thankfully, the
same blood which we are guilty of is the blood which removes
the guilt. And in the evening, this sacrifice
would be killed in the evening. and Christ's sacrifice in these
last days. Verse 7. Verse 7. All right? Now, they shall take
up the blood, striking on the two side posts, on the upper
door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat. Who's he talking
about? Who shall apply the blood to
the houses wherein the people are? Who? Look at verse 21. You
cannot take a verse by itself. You must study it. You must look
very carefully. The people, in general, did not
apply this blood. The firstborn in the house did
not apply this blood. The person for whom this blood
was shed did not apply the blood. Look at verse 21. This is important. Moses called for all the elders
of Israel and said unto them, draw out and take you a lamb
according to your families. The elders were the ones who
would take the lamb and kill the Passover and you shall take
a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood and strike the middle
of the two sides. The elders, the spiritual leaders. were the ones who applied the
blood to the doorposts and the living. And that's a picture
of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who
applies the blood of Christ to us. Not our faith. It's not our
faith which makes the blood effective. That's blasphemy. That's the
works of religion. The elders, why isn't it plural?
Perhaps that's feeding up those seven spirits of God in Revelation,
which we didn't know what that meant. But anyway, the Holy Spirit
is the one who applies the blood of Christ to God's elect. Yes,
He is. He's that elder, as it were,
the teacher, the one who shows us the blood, that applies the
blood to our heart, the doorpost, the side, two side posts in the
middle. He applies the blood to our mind,
heart, and soul, to our soul, body, and spirit. Now, that's important because
we don't take part in this thing of salvation. It's all of the
Lord. The blood was applied for another. There were some who
were too little and too young to apply the blood. Right? It says the firstborn in the
house. Now, he could have been six months
old. He couldn't even pick up the
hyssop. He couldn't reach high enough
to put it on him. It doesn't matter if somebody
put it there for him. No matter how weak, no matter how young,
the blood was flat. It's not up to them, he said.
It's not up to their ability. What if they couldn't reach it?
Nobody did it for him. That's important, isn't it? Sure
is. Now, the blood of Christ was
shed before we were born. The blood of Christ was counted,
was imputed to all that were in Christ in the Lamb's Book
of Life before the foundation of the world. This is important
to you. The blood of the Lord Jesus Christ
was there upon that mercy seat before anybody was ever born. Why? Because if you're a sinner, you
must be under the blood. Every sinner must be under the
blood. God's people are never, in any sense, not any time, under
the wrath of God. But they've always been under
the blood. Under the blood. No sacrifice,
no salvation. No blood, no remission of sin.
God's people are under the blood, always. From Adam to the last
chosen. All right, now, the Lord institutes
this Feast, this Passover, from which we get this table. This
is what we derive this from, Passover Feast. They did not apply the blood.
No one, the firstborn in the house did not apply the blood.
Everyone did not apply the blood. That was an element. But everyone
must eat the Feast. This is important. Salvation
is of the Lord. We take no part in the salvation
of our souls. We have nothing to do with it.
Even our faith is not of ourselves. It's the gift of God. But now,
we do take part in this feast. We do partake of Christ. We are
commanded to do at least two things. Confessing in baptism
and partaking of this faith. This do, which is a command in
the baptism. This dude can remember to me. He doesn't tell us how often
to do it. He just says, as often as you do it, you do show the
Lord today until he comes. But, do it. Do it. And it's a good thing. Just as
baptism is a blessing to observe and watch and take part of, so
is it for God's people. No, it's a command, yet it's
not grievous. It's delightful. We do this in
remembrance of Him. Now, notice this too. Baptism
we do one time. Christ is slain one time. The Lord's faith we observe many
times. We do it in remembrance of Him. We worship Him. We remember
Him. We give thanks to Him always,
as often as we think of Him. So baptism, a picture of Christ
crucified, one time, we do it one time. We do this often in
remembrance. Verse eight. All right, here's
the thing. They shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with
fire, and unleavened bread, and with bitter They shall eat it. Eat the flesh that night. And
our Lord said this, except you eat my flesh and drink my blood,
you have no part in me. Whoever does not lay hold on
Christ by faith, whoever does not hunger and thirst for Him,
for His righteousness, whoever does not need Christ and lay
hold on Him and take Him down into your heart, believing Him
with the heart, So he just, he is your life, your necessary
food, have no part of it. It's not under the blood, but
it's under the wrath of God. Christ said, except you eat my
flesh and drink my blood, you have no part of it. So he said,
you eat this, eat it in that night, in that night. Now, Hebrews says several times,
today is the day of salvation. Today is the day of salvation.
Why tarry a slave? Today is the day of salvation.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow, yet there may not be one. Today
is the day of salvation. Tonight is the gospel being proclaimed. Tonight is the day of salvation. There may not be a tomorrow.
Lay hold on Christ now. Do it now. But he says, tonight
here. Yes, because these are the last
days. When Christ was slain, it was
the last day. And you can behold the times
and see that we're, it's on midnight here. It's about over. We're
going to the promised land. You better lay hold on Christ.
Whoever has to. You better do it now. Eat it
tonight. Now, right, look at what else
he said, verse eight. Eat that flesh, roast with fire. Christ
suffered fiery wrath of God. Fiery wrath of God on that cross.
Christ went through hell for his people. God, who is a consuming fire,
consumed the disciples, which was Christ, slain for them. And unleavened bread. Eat this
lamb, which is roasted with fire, and unleavened bread, and with
bitter herbs. The herbs, you may have mistakenly
thought the herbs were put on the lamb, not so. These herbs
were a side dish, like we eat a salad. Nothing is to be put
on that lamb. Nothing is to be mixed with that
lamb. You don't spice it up, you don't add anything to it.
If you eat the lamb, by itself, the lamb alone, you eat these
things on the side. These things have nothing to
do with making it tasty or savoury. The lamb won't be savoury to
you by itself. But he said this sun-leavened
bread. Now let's go over to 1 Corinthians 5. 1 Corinthians chapter 5. What is this sun-leavened bread?
And I'm finally starting to really realise what this is. Our Lord
said, Beware the leaven of the Pharisee. Now we know that sin
is like leaven. We know that. We know that self-righteousness
is leaven. But look here. The Apostle Paul
tells us plainly what this leaven is. 1 Corinthians 5, verse 7
through 8. "...Purge out therefore the old
leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are left unleavened. Even Christ our Passover is sacrificed
for us. Therefore let us keep the feast
not with the old leaven, Neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
That's that old religion you have on today. That's that hypocrisy
that you... The Pharisees were hypocrites. They did... Our Lord said they
drew near their lips when their hearts were far from them. So
this sincerity, that is, with the heart man believed upon Christ,
and you must worship in spirit and in truth. That's unleavened bread. You
understand? God is spirit. You must be worshiping
in spirit and truth, from the heart, and through the preaching
of the gospel. Otherwise, it's got the leaven
or something in it, whether it be sin, or self-righteousness,
sin, or God, or religion, or whatever. Purge out all that
old lead. Be done with it. We're going
to worship from the heart. We're going to worship the truth. Nothing else is needed. Unleavened
bread. Unleavened bread. Go back to
the text. And bitter urge. Bitter urge. God's people, God's
people go through trials. Teach you those bitter urges. They challenge you. They shall eat. Every one of
them shall go through these trials and tests of their fat. Bitter
herbs. They're bitter, but they're good
for you. Bitter herbs is the most nourishing
thing you can take. What this is like is it's like
eating some greens that we eat. Turnip, mustard, kale or something. Which instead of the most healthy
thing you can eat on this planet. God knew what he was doing, spiritually
and materially. Bitter herb. Read on. They shall
eat. Yes, they shall. Verse 9. Eat not of it raw. Don't
eat it raw. It must be well done. It must
be finished. Cooked through and through. The
finished work of Christ. Christ said it is finished. Nothing
left to be done. It's not undone. It's done. Read on. Nor soften it all with
water. Don't add anything to it. Don't
marinate it in anything. Don't boil it. Don't water it
down. Don't marinate it. Don't add
any of your favorite little recipes to it. Don't do it. The advice
is, roast the fire. Don't try to make it out of the
mold. People that don't like flame. Don't cover it up. You're not
trying to mask the flavor of the Lamb. Do you understand what
I'm saying? The gospel of Christ, Christ
crucified, yes, a bloody, hideous, horrible sacrifice, a bloody
sacrifice. Don't mask the horror of it. Don't try to make it palatable
for those who think it's barbaric and don't like it. Don't add
anything to this sacrifice of Christ. Don't try to spice it
up. Don't try to cover it up. It's
the blood. It's the blood. Bloody sacrifice. Just lamb. No spices, no everything.
Christ alone. Grace alone. Nothing else. Read
on. This is good here. You're roasted
with fire, he's dead, his legs into the perfect style. The whole
lamb must be consumed. You must have a whole lamb, not
part of the lamb. You can't just have the head
and not the rest. You can't just have the leg and not have the
head. Well, you can have Jesus as your Savior, later on you
make him whole. No, you can't. He's either all
to you or nothing at all. He's prophet, priest, and king. Head, the leg, and the pertinence
thereof. Now I've thought about this. The head, He's made unto
us wisdom. The legs, He worked out in perfect
righteousness. He's made unto us wisdom, righteousness. And with the pertinence, that's
an inner being. Sanctification. He's made unto
us wisdom, righteousness, and sanctification. And all of this
is redemption. Our redemption, this lamb sacrificed. You must have a complete sacrifice,
a complete Christ, to be complete in Him. You must have the whole
of Christ. Nothing left out. Mercy Him.
And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning.
Because there'll be no more sacrifices. There'll be no more sacrifices.
This is it. This is the Lord's Passover. This is it. Nothing left over. And our people,
the blood of Christ was not spilled. When Christ died on that cross,
his blood was not spilled, it was shed. Just as the lamb of
old, that blood was not carelessly spilled everywhere. Oh no, every
drop of that blood was accounted for. Every drop of that blood
was collected in a basin, because every drop of that blood must
count. It's not going to be spilt on the ground and be trodden
under the foot by anybody. It's too precious. Neither is
the blood of Christ spilt and just cast out there for anybody's
intercession that will. No sir, it ain't shed. And it
was collected by the Lord himself to be applied to all of the elements.
That's particular redemption. Particular redemption. That blood
must count. Everyone must have that blood
applied. All right, verse eleven. Thus
shall ye eat it. Or verse ten. Nothing remain
of it until the morning. Burn it with fire if it don't.
God's gonna burn up any rubbish, anything left over of what wasn't
found in Christ. Burn it up and eat it. Verse 11, now, thus shall ye
eat it. He keeps commanding, you shall eat it. You shall.
It's a must. Thus shall ye eat it. And this
is the posture in which they were seated. This is the way
in which they would be dressed and the way in which they would
eat, the way they would act. This is their attitude and action
in eating of this. They're leaving. They're in a
hurry. They're making haste. They're
about to leave. This thing is urgent. It's life
and death. It's urgent. They're on the way
out here. The place where they are is going
to be... It's simple. I'll keep you much longer. This
is so necessary. He said, Eat it with your loins
girded. Ephesians chapter 6. The Apostle Paul alludes to this
in the last chapter of Ephesians. Ephesians 6. He says, Eat it
with your loins girded. All right, look at verse 14.
Stand therefore. I believe they might have been
standing while they were reading that. Stand therefore, having
your loins girded. about with truth. A girth, Lord, what it was that
they were girthed with is that which binds you up and holds
you fast. We're bounded by the truth. It's what undergirds us. Truth is what binds us to the
sacrifice. It's the Courts, as it were,
that binds us to the orders of the Lord. It's the truth. Herein
I stand, Martin Luther said. I can't do no other. This is where I stand. This is
what binds me to Christ, to sacrifice, to pass over. Keep that place
there. Look at verse 11 in our text. You eat it with your shoes on
your feet. Shoes on your feet. And all of
this has spiritual and practical applications. Nobody should be
sitting around unlimited. road undressed in a casual, you
don't worship in a casual manner. Never. You don't have your feet off
prop dust barefoot. Oh, no. This is a solid piece,
serious assembly to be dressed for. Girded, your shoes on your
feet, and back in Ephesians 6 it says in verse 15, have your feet
shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. How do we
walk like that? When we hear the gospel, we walk
by faith in Christ. The just shall live by faith. So walk by faith. Shoes on your
feet, look at the next sign. He says, you're stabbed in your
hand. Stabbed in your hand. They were
ready to go. They were eating this thing.
They were ready to go, weren't they? Sounded like they were
about to walk out the door. And it says here in Ephesians
6 and verse 17, take the helmet of salvation and the sword of
the spirit, which is, what's that staff they would have in
their hand? The Word of God. You've got one in your hand.
That's the staff. That's the rod of the staff that
will Come on. All right. Laugh in the hand.
Word of God. Now look back in the text. Eat
it in haste. You shall eat it in haste. In
a hurry. There's no time to waste. What
are you waiting on? Eat it in haste. It's the Lord's
Passover. It's the Lord's Passover. The
Lord told you to do it. Do it. The Lord told you what
He's going to do. He's going to do it. He commands
men everywhere to repent. And He doesn't say wait till
tomorrow. There may not be more. Eat it now. We're in a hurry. Come on. Lay off. Don't cry. It's the Lord's passion. This is the Lord. This is not
something men made up. This was real, people. This was
real. This is not some Jewish fable.
This was real. The Lord spoke. The firstborn
and all the house of Israel later on drowned all the Pharaoh's
army in a red sea. That's not a fairy tale. That's
not some wild fable. That's real. That really happened.
And the Lord Jesus Christ really did walk this planet. God was
manifest in the flesh. He really did. Everything he
said, he said, the heavens and earth will pass away, but not
one thing I ever said will fail. Not one word. And the Lord said,
you better eat my flesh and drink my blood. You better confess
to me, because I'm at the door, he said. I'm at the door. Behold,
I come quickly. It's the Lord's Passover. This
is the Lord's Word. This is God's Word. This is real.
This is true. This is not a fable. It's the
Spirit. This is life for them. Now look
at verse 11 again. It says now, it's the Lord's
Passover, verse 12. For I will pass from the land
of Egypt. I will pass through the land
of Egypt." Just not, and He will smite all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt. The Lord has passed through
this world since He came. Just He has. It's not the death
angel. If you'll notice in this story,
it doesn't say some death angel went. No, no, no, the Lord killed
it, and He made it alive. The Lord, it says, shall smite. The Lord will pass through and
neither will pass over or smite. It's the Lord. He will do what
seems good to Him. The Lord has passed through.
Men don't see it. They blame it on other causes. They
blame it on hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, terrorists,
whatever you will, but it's the Lord who smited. The Lord has
passed through, but men don't see it. Like Pharaoh, his heart
was hardened even after his oldest son was killed. He hated the
truth all the more until he died. I will pass through the land
of Egypt this night, and I will smite all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both man and beast, against all the gods of Egypt.
I like that. All these gods of Egypt can't
save the plague. I'm going to kill them too. I
will execute judgment. I am the Lord. I will. I will. I will. Because I am. Verse 13. Here's the gospel. And the blood shall be to you
for a token upon the houses where ye are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you. I will pass through. I will smile. I will judge. But when I see
the blood, I will pass over you. I will pass over you." Who? You. Who? Whoever's on the bus. Whosoever
eats fast. Whosoever believes. Whosoever's got the spat in their
hand. Whosoever's got the chew on their face. Whosoever's got
dirt on their face. Whosoever's on the bus. I will
pass over you." Just as surely as he said, I will find it because
I am the Lord. Everything I say comes true.
Just as surely as you're under the blood, he said, I will pass
over you. Now, notice he said, when I see the blood, this is
important. And this will give you great
comfort. Not when you see the blood. He doesn't say, when you
see the blood, you'll be saved. He doesn't say, when you see
the blood, you'll feel saved. He said, when I see the blood,
that's what's necessary. That's all that's necessary.
Because in that house, you see, they were young and old, weak
and strong. In every house in history, in
Egypt, the house of the Israelites, in every house there were all
kinds, male, female, weak, strong, young, old. Some of them, like
Moses. I know Moses was a strong man
of faith. I know Moses was, let's take
a look at this pattern. He had faith, he had joy. I know
Moses was, was believing. I know Moses was, He had assurance. I know he did. I know he did.
He believed in the Lord. The Lord had proved himself to
Moses too many times. Moses believed. But in Moses'
house, perhaps, was a small child, a young person. I met somebody in his house who
was shaking like this. Scared to death. Didn't have
the faith in Moses. Didn't have the strong faith
in Moses. They believed what Moses said. They were in the
house and they weren't about to leave the house. They believed
what their dad or their uncle or grandfather said. They did
believe. They were not, they didn't have
the assurance of Moses. What was their hope? The same
as Moses' son. Moses didn't see the blood in
him. He saw it by faith. He saw it by faith. He looked
through that door and saw it fly. He doesn't have to see it. He believed it was there. And
that's about the same as the blood. When I see the blood of
God, I say, I will pass over you. Now, verse thirteen, and
the plague shall not be upon you, not once, Not one scat, not one blemish,
not one spot will be found on you. You'll be unblemished, unknowing,
unapproved in God's sight. It will not be upon you to destroy
you. It will not be found when I smite
the land of Egypt. Your sins will be upon you. And
this day, verse 14, this day shall be unto you for a memorial,
for a remembrance. There's not many things our Lord
said to do forever, but this is one of them. He said, You shall keep it a
feast to the Lord. See, this is unto the Lord. Baptism
is a confession before man. This is unto the Lord. We're
remembering Him. This is between us and the Lord. Keep it unto
the Lord throughout your generation. Keep it a feast by an ordinance
forever. This is that. You're going to
remember this day. You're going to remember this day. And our Lord, our Lord seemed
to indicate that we would do this in glory. When He said,
I'm going to eat this fruit of mine and eat this Passover until
we begin. It's going to be good, but we're
going to keep doing it. And as often as we do, we'll
remember what He's talking about. That's what this is all about.
When your children ask you, what's this, what is this all about?
Well, those are just crackers. Just crackers. That's it. Just
wine. It doesn't do anything for us
any more than that flier thing does. It's just a symbol of what
does save, who does save, the body broken, broken body of Christ,
and the shed blood of their missionaries. All right, sir, the break. you. Open your Bibles to 1 Corinthians
11, 1 Corinthians 2. 1 Corinthians 11, Paul writes,
verse 23, I have received of the Lord that which also I have
delivered of you. Now, the Lord Jesus, the same
night in which he was betrayed, the night he took bread, and
when he had given thanks, he broke it. Please the Lord, Jerusalem, and
said, Take, not an offer, but to eat. This is my body, which is broken
for you. This do in remembrance of me. And he paid thanks. Let's give
thanks. Our Father in heaven, thank you
for becoming flesh. God was manifest in the flesh. Thank you for working out perfect
righteousness for us in the flesh. Thank you for walking 33 years
in a perfect way, fulfilling your law for us, and being our
perfect Lamb, without limits, without spot, and altogether
lovely Son of God. And thank you for going to Calvary's
tree, willingly laying down your life, willingly allowing your
body to be broken for us as that Lamb, Lamb of God. Thank you. We now take this bread in remembrance
of thee, remembering who you are and what you've done for
us. Unworthy though we be to take
it, we take it in faith, from the heart, giving thanks for
Christ and Him crucified. It's in His name we give thanks. Amen. Thank you. Okay, again, first print is 11. It is written in verse twenty-five
and six, after the same matter, also he took a cup, and when
he had supped, saying, This cup is a New Testament in my blood,
this do ye eat, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this
bread and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death, until
He comes. Let's give thanks for the blood
of Christ. Our Father, again, in the name of Christ, we give
thanks for the shed blood of Christ. Lord, we give You thanks for
this this ordinance that You have
ordained, that You have instituted for us to remember Thee. It's
a good thing. We thank You for the Passover,
for passing over Your people in mercy and grace. Just as that
blood was token on the houses where the people were, Lord,
let that blood be upon Our hearts and minds and souls,
Lord, let that blood be upon our children. Let all of our
children, our family, our whole house be under that blood, we
pray. The blood is the atonement. The
blood is redemption. The blood is life. of your people,
the blood of the Lamb, precious blood. We know this, we're not
redeemed with anything other than the precious blood of Christ
as of the Lamb without spot or limit. Thank you for shedding
your blood, laying down your life for us. It's in Christ's
name we have met together to give thanks. Amen. All right, in the Scriptures,
the Lord, after they, after they had saved him, the other says,
they slung a hammer, and they went out. They left. That's the
same from the Blue Book. Three hundred and sixty-five. Three hundred and sixty-five
in the Blue Book. We'll sing this to the tune of
Jesus, lover of my soul. Stand with me. At the Lamb's
height He squeezed me. Praise to our great glorious
King, Who hath washed us in the tide, Flowing from His pierced
head's tide. Praise be him who loved me not,
is his sacred blood for wine, is his body for the feast, Christ
the victim, Christ the free. Second as the last. Where the
vassal blood is poured, death's dark angel speaks his toll. History's host triumphant go,
through the way that drowns the foe. Praise we cry to blood one shed,
past no victim, past no friend. Wisdom, spirit, meek and love,
keep we that are from above.