A TABLE FIT FOR A KING (29 OF 53)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-34
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A Table Fit for a King (29 of 53)
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 11:23-34
In 1874, President Ulysses Grant hosted a dinner at the White House that would begin a tradition that has now spanned nearly 150 years. He hosted a ''state dinner'' for a visiting king. The guest of honor that night was the David Kalakaua, King of the Sandwich Islands. Today we call it Hawaii.
Imagine, even in post-Civil war days, the elaborate display at the state dinner. Fancy plates, gold flatware, and crystals glasses. Only the upper crust of polite society would be there. Their entry into the White House dining room would be by virtue of an official invitation printed on the finest of 19th century stationary.
Well, the meal described in chapter 11 and depicted on the table doesn't look at all like a state dinner but it really is. For this meal is held in honor of a King who has come.
But this MEAL is different because this KING is different.
He's not just the King of the Sandwich Islands.
He's the King of heaven and earth
The King of Glory and of Grace
The King of the Sun, Moon, and Stars
The King of all the Kings and the Lord of all the Lords
Even though this meal is in honor of THAT King, He is actually the One who invites us...Paupers, beggars, and thieves...to come and sit at the King's table.
Under Divine inspiration, Paul pulls us up to the table and calls our attention to several things about this table fit for our King.
1. The description of the table (23-24, 25b-26)
This meal is at least referenced in all four gospels.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke give some detail about it.
John merely references the meal and describes the night.
In the gospels, it is described historically and that is wonderful.
But here, Paul describes the Lord's table doctrinally.
A. It involves a depiction (23-24, 26)
2x he uses the word, ''remembrance.'' That word indicates that this meal is only of value insomuch as it call ...
Series: Straight Up Truth for a Messed-Up Church
Mike Stone
1 Corinthians 11:23-34
In 1874, President Ulysses Grant hosted a dinner at the White House that would begin a tradition that has now spanned nearly 150 years. He hosted a ''state dinner'' for a visiting king. The guest of honor that night was the David Kalakaua, King of the Sandwich Islands. Today we call it Hawaii.
Imagine, even in post-Civil war days, the elaborate display at the state dinner. Fancy plates, gold flatware, and crystals glasses. Only the upper crust of polite society would be there. Their entry into the White House dining room would be by virtue of an official invitation printed on the finest of 19th century stationary.
Well, the meal described in chapter 11 and depicted on the table doesn't look at all like a state dinner but it really is. For this meal is held in honor of a King who has come.
But this MEAL is different because this KING is different.
He's not just the King of the Sandwich Islands.
He's the King of heaven and earth
The King of Glory and of Grace
The King of the Sun, Moon, and Stars
The King of all the Kings and the Lord of all the Lords
Even though this meal is in honor of THAT King, He is actually the One who invites us...Paupers, beggars, and thieves...to come and sit at the King's table.
Under Divine inspiration, Paul pulls us up to the table and calls our attention to several things about this table fit for our King.
1. The description of the table (23-24, 25b-26)
This meal is at least referenced in all four gospels.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke give some detail about it.
John merely references the meal and describes the night.
In the gospels, it is described historically and that is wonderful.
But here, Paul describes the Lord's table doctrinally.
A. It involves a depiction (23-24, 26)
2x he uses the word, ''remembrance.'' That word indicates that this meal is only of value insomuch as it call ...
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