A DEEPER LOOK AT COMMUNION (43 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 14:10-26
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A Deeper Look at Communion (43 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 14:10-26
Open your bible to Mark 14. On these tables are the elements we use for Communion. This important practice was given to the church by Jesus Himself as a reminder of how incredible, how significant, and how miraculous His Gospel really is. But let's just admit it up front. If we're not careful, we can become desensitized to its meaning, power, and importance. We can become so familiar with this text of Jesus serving the supper to His disciples that we hurry through the reading of it and gloss over the truths within it. But let's agree not to do that this morning, ok?
Let's agree to slow down and give our sincere attention to hear what God wants to say to us and be willing to respond in obedience. Ok? Mark 14:10-26 (READ).
1. THE PASSOVER IS PREPARED.
V12: ''Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, 'Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?'''
Three times in V12-16 the word ''prepare or preparation'' occurs. This meal took thought and preparation. Without at least a basic understanding of what the Passover celebration was for the Jews, it's hard to really grasp the full meaning of the Lord's Supper. So let me take a couple minutes and remind you of what it was.
Passover was a meal that God commanded the Israelites to observe every year. It commemorated the event of when God delivered the Israelites out of the slavery and bondage in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land of their own. What happened was that God sent Moses to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, with this message: ''Israel is my firstborn son, let him people go.'' Pharaoh adamantly refused. The Egyptian economy was built on the backs of the slavery of the Jews. He couldn't afford to let them go. God told Moses, 'Pharaoh is not going to let them go, so I'm going to send a series of plagues and catastroph ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 14:10-26
Open your bible to Mark 14. On these tables are the elements we use for Communion. This important practice was given to the church by Jesus Himself as a reminder of how incredible, how significant, and how miraculous His Gospel really is. But let's just admit it up front. If we're not careful, we can become desensitized to its meaning, power, and importance. We can become so familiar with this text of Jesus serving the supper to His disciples that we hurry through the reading of it and gloss over the truths within it. But let's agree not to do that this morning, ok?
Let's agree to slow down and give our sincere attention to hear what God wants to say to us and be willing to respond in obedience. Ok? Mark 14:10-26 (READ).
1. THE PASSOVER IS PREPARED.
V12: ''Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, 'Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?'''
Three times in V12-16 the word ''prepare or preparation'' occurs. This meal took thought and preparation. Without at least a basic understanding of what the Passover celebration was for the Jews, it's hard to really grasp the full meaning of the Lord's Supper. So let me take a couple minutes and remind you of what it was.
Passover was a meal that God commanded the Israelites to observe every year. It commemorated the event of when God delivered the Israelites out of the slavery and bondage in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land of their own. What happened was that God sent Moses to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, with this message: ''Israel is my firstborn son, let him people go.'' Pharaoh adamantly refused. The Egyptian economy was built on the backs of the slavery of the Jews. He couldn't afford to let them go. God told Moses, 'Pharaoh is not going to let them go, so I'm going to send a series of plagues and catastroph ...
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