Elder Tony Howard 8-6-2017
Good morning. UCF. Can you guys hear me is my mic on my check went to how's everybody this morning? Wonderful everyday is a blessing. Let's go ahead and stand for praise and worship.
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You are the Living Word.
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how many of you guys believe that you are healed by the blood of Jesus? Hey, man, we are healed by his stripes. We are healed.
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Such a beautiful day. There's a beautiful shining and we have the you brought the sunshine today.
everybody
back to work no matter what the time now.
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That's how you say Amen. I did praise team wonderful. They just praise and praise and praise him and praise him. Thank God for the praising. Say goodbye to seem to be blessed today everybody looking for school. So. It's time now that we getting ready to hear the word. So the one that's going to bring the word today, we don't need no introduction. We all know him and he's a wonderful man. He love the Lord.
So now How child is saviors after me say? Elder Howard preach God's way to us. The next voice you would hear would be at the house. Thank you so much.
The church say a man.
If I tell you. It is indeed. That's what I mean. It's a blessing. To be in the house of the Lord. somebody some more time Yeah. As you get older you'll understand one more time.
I am or we go away. About the grace that God has given us the spot. No, one can say I'm supposed to be here today. because according to the word this day wasn't promised to none of us.
but because of his grace and his love he found favor. And here we are one more time. I give honor to God today to our pastor and his absence. to our deacons and Deaconess to all at least ship team to you the ladies and the saints of God. Happy new someone said is what we do best.
So if we thank you again for allowing us to come and share with you today. But you know you I've been here before, you know. Don't even blink Don't Close Your Eyes.
Cuz this is real quick. Somebody said a pastor taught us years ago. Do the Holy Spirit get through using you need to have a seat. Yeah. Yeah cuz see anything said after that is up on your own that is not right and we understand people's have things they would like to do today. It's beautiful outside and you want to go home. And here is what will make this go quicker. If you hear the word.
I have my brother here today and his lovely wife. Brother Robert and sister mad and thank you for coming over. It's always a blessing. He's one of my coaches. Count to help me stay on track for him in the past.
To my lovely wife. God bless you. Thank you for loving me some time as I say to God. I know I'm just not lovable. But I fake. I do think you let us stand cuz there's a song we all sing together.
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A man a man. You beat it in the presence of the Lord.
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Thank you. Once again Master for another grave opportunity. We get to stand before your people proclaiming. What is true? Right. This truth is the gospel. We pray right now in the name of Jesus master from the crown of our heads to the sole of my feet. That you would use us in any way you see fit. Forgive us of our sins and have mercy on our souls. And if anybody can give us clean Hearts today Master you can. We need you right now. Bet you might have your way in this place. Oh, holy spirit miles from ceiling to walls from floor. That's your people will get a taste of this very special day. A day in which we will have a ceremony that reminds us of what your son did for us some 2000 years ago. Prepare our hearts to receive right now. With only you and you alone came gear. And as we praise you as we lift you off as we glorify and magnify your Holy Name we say thank you. Once again in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
If you're tired with me. to the 22nd
And I know that.
You want to stay?
19 and 20 verses of Luke the 22nd chapter commencing with the 19th verse and he took and gave thanks and he break it and he gave them to them saying this is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of likewise. Also the cup after supper say this cup is the New Testament in my blood which is shed for a man. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord.
If we had to title this message today.
We would title.
threefold meaning of the Lord's Supper
and in this threefold We can clearly understand that the first one would be the memories of Christ when he died on the cross.
The second one would we would be our relationship with Christ when he was risen from the grave?
and the third would be you ought to know and should know and I
he is going to retire.
Stay ready because the promise is to some years ago is that he was coming back for us? So today is a clear day of us staying ready.
in the Lord's Supper It's the second thing after we learn the first thing and what is the First Command that God?
We'll be okay. We going to get through this you going to go home and cook your ribs or whatever you cooking and you going to invite Elder Howard and his wife and his brother over to your house. And I don't eat that much anymore so you don't have to worry about that. That's not why you don't want to invite me. It's okay. I don't eat that much.
When we look at this particular texts today. My phone about the Lord's Supper should remind us of what Jesus did for us in the past. And it also should remind us of our relationship with him in the present and we should also be mindful that a promise of what he said for us in the future is still the promise. Nothing's changed. It's still the problem.
I want to believe in my heart my face and all that. I'm doing this for us because I believe in my heart that God raised his son from the dead and you and everyone else better accept him as Lord and Savior will be saved. That's what this day is about. It's about it's about being able to sit down. I must brothers and sisters with our father in the middle of us. And we break bread. and drink of the cup according to Luke on the evening when he was betrayed. Jesus was eating a meal with his disciples and he he took the bread and he said this is my body. Which is made for you to do this as often as you know how in remembrance of me. Likewise he took the cup and he slept in and said this is my blood. As often as you drink it in remembrance of me.
I believe that. If we sit down together and drink together on one Accord, the spirit will dwell amongst us. This cup is the New Covenant in the blood. If you remember back in the days of the Israelites. back command that was
Is sitting next to the father on the throne how many of you truly believe that is the blood?
How many? That God raised his son up from the grave that we too might be saying. Oh, yeah, it's about communion today. It's about memories of Jesus death on the cross. It's about our present relationship with Jesus Christ.
and turn From the evil and wicked way.
when we Drink a small amount of wine. How about a little piece of the breads this Carrie is much farther than we could even imagine. Just a little.
you don't have to drink it like
I'm going to get it. I'm going to get us through this. so just as the old Covenant sealed by the springing up the blood the New Covenant was established by Jesus blood when you look at Hebrew 19 Hebrew 9 18 and 28, and I'm going to tell you if you have a pencil cuz I'm all about
Is that what he say? Yeah, I hear it. Paul said whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death till it comes 1st Corinthians 11:26. The Lord's Supper takes us back to the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. That's what the Lord supper. It takes a while. We're able to sit down together and drink and eat and be merry it's not because of what we've done but it's because of what Jesus did
I know you want to know this morning or you should know.
That the death of Jesus is a tremendous gift. I don't know how many you watch that movie compassion compassion. What is it The Passion of Christ? And you know when you see that movie when you watch that movie you you're sitting there in your crying and you you're angry you're saying I wish I was there.
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I'll just go tell the truth.
Shame the devil when I get through y'all can bring me a fire tell pastor don't ever bring up there talking about what yeah.
the gift that
That God gave to us.
What does a sacrifice that was unknown to any man woman boy or girl? If I asked you right now and to be honest. to be honest
Would you? Crucify your son or your daughter for me.
Or we have to tell the truth, right 80. We getting ready to be getting ready to break bread and got Jesus sitting in the middle of us.
You have to love the fact that God already seen all this he already.
Willie To give up all he had. For you and for me.
So sometimes we when we are given a gift of such great value give that involve personal sacrifice. We need to know how to receive it. We need to know how to receive this gift that God gave to us. We don't need to receive it with morning and regret, right? Why is that? Because God already sing God already knew if we have any.
Ministry on Wednesday night And one of the brothers stood up to testify and he said, you know. I've been here two months now. And since I've been here, I have accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. You saying I'm so fly.
Let your brother know quickly. Hold up. Wait a minute. This is about Jesus. About what Tony Donnelly all the holiday cuz I just don't have the power to save myself. But it's about what Jesus did. And it's the same thing with us today. This is not about you. It's not about me.
You didn't hang on the cross.
It's about Jesus.
Vince Memorial of a death we want to be mindful that that's why I say we ought to be. Joyful. We ought to be with the highest praise because this is
As if Jesus is still dead. invertebrate
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break bread and drink with my fellow brothers and
the Almighty and we going to drink and we going to eat. And he's going to share with us like he did with his son.
And I'm just here to remind you this morning that. This is a good day. This is the day that the Lord has made. This is a day that not only are we having communion, but we're supposed to be rejoicing and be glad in it.
That's what that mean.
memories of Jesus death on the cross
I know I'm going to get ready to have a seat law and I know you told me already.
forget about 2000 years ago and let's think about today.
The crucifixion of Jesus has a continuous significance to all who have taken up their cross to follow him. We continue to participate in his death and in the New Covenant because we participate in his life. The death is done deal, but life is present time and we're getting ready to walk with him and I hear him in my mind in my heart.
I'm going to I'm going to talk with you and I'm going to sure you you're my own. That's the that's the new company. I'm going to walk with you. I'm going to talk with you and I'm going to sure you your mom.
This is a cup of Thanksgiving. This is the color of Thanksgiving and a 10 are we not thankful and grateful that we get to drink of the cup?
1st Corinthians, 10:16
in the Lord's Supper
We show that we share in Jesus Christ. We commune with him and we are united in him. In this new testament speaks of our sharing with Jesus and several ways. We talked about his death. We talked about his crucifixion and now we're talkin about his resurrection. pictures of a spiritual reality here a Spirit Shop Reality, this is coming into for this we we we we get to do this today presently. With Jesus sitting in between us.
Jesus proclaimed himself to be the bread of life.
I'm not the one. to deny What is the truth? He is the bread of life. Someone said besides him there is no other. We can't. Depend on anyone else to save us. by Jesus
So the Lord's Supper it what it does is it and how?
instead of looking
he see us he hear us. He's walking with us. He's talking with us and he's preparing us. But back getting that morning. Just as he did for Jesus. He's going to do for us. We should all be aware. That Jesus is living in me.
We all look for but today the size of Jesus being with us. Is on the table? We get it together.
you know, I
I feel blessed when I'm in the presence of other believers.
How many times have you sat down at the table with someone and you guys are?
Okay, Lord. I ain't no I had to say this part.
Before he came into our lives we were habitants of sin. Jesus knew that before he even knocked on our door all our doors on the doors of Our Lives. That he needed to get inside that we needed to ask sir so he can get inside and and he can clean us up. but for some of us for some reason when he not
I'm talking about me. I'm not talking about you. Don't say I can't come back. I'm just talkin about me.
When Jesus knock many people try to do a a quick typing.
Before they open the door. They try to hide some stuff in them in their closets before they can let him come even until the living room.
But when you think about hiding sin in the closet Instead of you opening the door and said come in and search me and know me and if there's anything in me that is not pleasing to you. Can you fix it? Cuz I have so much stuff in the closet. I can't get the rest of this.
I'm going to Fred Loya. I promise I didn't.
the reason I say that
break bread today and that you take care of you.
It's not an entitlement. of mercy and Grace
That we get to to drink of this Cup today in. to break bread together
But you know as we examine ourselves today before we drink up a cup.
We need to take a look around to see whether we're really treating ourselves and one another. Jesus with treating
today and not have communion because It's almost stuck in the class. The living room's almost feel and you can't get to the kitchen.
forgiveness is what we required to do. Are required to forgive. Ashley forgave us
and he has already forgiven us.
And so we do get to sit together and break bread today.
I'm reminded of the star thing that I
Want to share with you? And it's about his return. he said according to his word
he would drink the fruit of the Vine. With us again when he returns. Well, well, we got to wait till he come well and he in you and you and him.
I'm going to eat with you. I'm going to suck with you and you going to suck with me. when I return
and somebody said what how long do I have to wait? And he said I stand at the door and I'm not and if anyone open I will
the Lord's Supper
Has a rich meaning.
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that you get to sit. And break bread. Which Asus?
All Mike we've been waiting on this. Cuz we know that in his word you say you ought to do this.
The one that said that you won't have room enough to receive. So we going to pray even before we receive this offer. Let us pray father we come down. At this time thinking you forgive me. Always a father we ask you to bless the one that's going to get him and bless the one that have died. Innovative father we ask you to bless them that they might be participating next time and giving gracious father. We love you and we praise you in Jesus name and put his sex. Amen.
I would ask no one to do what I wouldn't do. Night eyes because I've been blessed.
I just had a bunch day if you weeks it about a week ago. And he blessed me for 72 years. I know that's blessed.
He didn't he didn't promise me but 78 years old, but he gave me a little extra then and you know, and I appreciate that. I hope we can always said Lord. I claim a hundred that you would you would bless me you and I don't know where they going to bless me with that or not, but my dad is 94. So hey my mama passed away and she was 85 so I know I might get that hundred if I be faithful. Okay, hold it did. Just one minute there. You can get everybody to have given.
Let us pray father now. We thank you for this offering that we have taken up lower. We ask you to bless this offering and let it be used for the old building of your kingdom in Jesus name in for his sake. Amen. Is chameleon time how they have made it. So plain, I don't we don't even know.