The Meal (3 of 5)
Series: The Way
Patrick Edwards
Acts 2:42c
Introduction
Why did Jesus, Son of God and Son of Man, come into Creation? Why was the Word made flesh and dwelt among us? Why leave the glories of His heavenly throne to enter into the pain and vanity of life? Why did Jesus come? Well, three times in the gospels He tells us! Mark 10, ‘‘The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many,’’ (Mark 10:45). In His true, beautiful character He did not leverage His deity and glory for Himself, but for the world. Luke 10, ‘‘The Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost,’’ (Luke 10:45). It was not just for helpless human beings that Jesus came, but for sinful, rebellious, evil helpless human beings that Jesus came. This is why Jesus himself said He came. But then there’s one other time He describes it.
‘‘The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds,’’ (Matthew 11:19). Mark 10 and Luke 10 tell us why Jesus came, but Matthew 11 tells us how. He came into the very ordinary circumstances of life, to the very worst and marginalized of us, and He dined with them. He put away all regality and pomp and circumstance and broke bread. This was His mission and method, and it’s the mission and method He has given to the church.
Now in week three of our series, The Way, we’re still in Acts 2:42 looking now at the third hallmark of the first church. We began in week one seeing how in response to hearing the good news about Jesus Christ, that the very first believers, or followers of The Way, devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, the content of the Christian faith. Out of this naturally came fellowship, which we spoke of last week, the mutual covenanting to the mission of God. Which, as we read this morning, led to ‘‘...the breaking of bread,’’ (Acts 2:42c).
Makes sense, after a ...
Series: The Way
Patrick Edwards
Acts 2:42c
Introduction
Why did Jesus, Son of God and Son of Man, come into Creation? Why was the Word made flesh and dwelt among us? Why leave the glories of His heavenly throne to enter into the pain and vanity of life? Why did Jesus come? Well, three times in the gospels He tells us! Mark 10, ‘‘The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many,’’ (Mark 10:45). In His true, beautiful character He did not leverage His deity and glory for Himself, but for the world. Luke 10, ‘‘The Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost,’’ (Luke 10:45). It was not just for helpless human beings that Jesus came, but for sinful, rebellious, evil helpless human beings that Jesus came. This is why Jesus himself said He came. But then there’s one other time He describes it.
‘‘The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds,’’ (Matthew 11:19). Mark 10 and Luke 10 tell us why Jesus came, but Matthew 11 tells us how. He came into the very ordinary circumstances of life, to the very worst and marginalized of us, and He dined with them. He put away all regality and pomp and circumstance and broke bread. This was His mission and method, and it’s the mission and method He has given to the church.
Now in week three of our series, The Way, we’re still in Acts 2:42 looking now at the third hallmark of the first church. We began in week one seeing how in response to hearing the good news about Jesus Christ, that the very first believers, or followers of The Way, devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, the content of the Christian faith. Out of this naturally came fellowship, which we spoke of last week, the mutual covenanting to the mission of God. Which, as we read this morning, led to ‘‘...the breaking of bread,’’ (Acts 2:42c).
Makes sense, after a ...
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