Sermon Tone Analysis

I.The Occasion

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Through the shedding of His blood, Jesus:

-Bought the Church-

flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.()

-Declared us righteous--Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him()

-Made peace between God and us-For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.()

-Cleansed our conscience from acts that lead to death- How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?()

-Purified & Freed us from all sin- But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.()

-Freed us from all sin-

The Lord’s Table is a time:

- to look BACK and REMEMBER what Jesus did for us on the Cross—we are to do so with love and appreciation for His sacrifice.

-to look forward with anticipation of His return for His Bride—we need to get ready for the Wedding.

- to look BACK and REMEMBER what Jesus did for us on the Cross—we are to do so with love and appreciation for His sacrifice.

-to look forward with anticipation of His return for His Bride—we need to get ready for the Wedding.

II.

The Preparation—

A)Examination-

How? Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.

Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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your own selves.

Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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“examine”- put to the test, test to identify the true character

-The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God()

-And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.()

-And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him.

And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.()

-Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit ()

B) Judge Ourselves--

31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.()

-He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

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“judge”- evaluate, discriminate oneself, put ones self on trial

1]PERSONAL—Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord-()

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.()

-What sin is hindering your fellowship with Christ today?

Unbelief- Rebellion- Pride/arrogance, unforgiveness, holding a grudge

Sins of the tongue—gossip, slander, murmuring, lying, cursing,

Anger, hatred, malice, uncontrolled temper

Idolatry—worshipping another god, loving someone or something more than

Disho

Mental impurity, filthy thought life

Addiction to harmful substance

Addiction to pornography

Sexual immorality

Stealing, cheating

Anger, hatred, malice, uncontrolled temper

Idolatry—worshipping another god, loving someone or something more than

God

Poor stewardship of money, time, resources

Prayerlessness

Disobedience to God’s clear commands

Worshipping with your lips when your heart is far from loving the Lord

2]RELATIONAL

a-Reconciliation- 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.()

rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.()

Ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your mind any relationships that are broken, or ways that you have contributed to the disunity in the Body of Christ—

Once identified, confess and make a commitment to the following:

b-Forgive one another--25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.()

c-Love one another- 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.()

d-Serve one onother- 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men()

Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:()

THE TABLE

I.The Bread--"

When the Lord says this, He points out to us that His body is not so much His as it is ours, since He received it and suffered it to be broken on the cross, not for His own sake, but for ours; and that He now also desires that we should look upon it and appropriate it as our own possession.

Thus, with His body, He gives Himself to us, and desires that we should take Him.

The fellowship of the Lord's Supper is a fellowship of giving and taking.

Blessed giving: blessed taking.

Blessed Giving: It is our Creator, who comes here to give what my soul needs.

It is our Redeemer, who, at the table, will give to us in possession what He has purchased for us.

--And what gives He? His body.

He gives the greatest and the best He can give: -- all that it is possible for Him to give—the broken body which He first offered to the Father as a sacrifice for sin, a sacrifice that filled Him with joy.

And what He offered to the Father, to put away sin before Him, He now offers to me, to put away sin in me.

--And why gives He this?

Because He loves us.

He desires to redeem us from death, and to bestow on us eternal life in Himself.

He gives Himself to us to be the food, the joy, the living power of our soul.

Just as we receive with our hand the bread that is intended for us, and hold it before us as our own, so by faith in the word, in which Jesus gives Himself to us, We take Him for ourselves, and we know that He is really ours.

The body in which He suffered for sin is our possession: the power of His atonement is ours.

The body of Jesus is our food and our life.

Take, eat; this is My body which is given for you."

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II. "Do this in remembrance of Me."

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Can it be possible that we should forget Jesus?

--who thought of me in eternity;

--who, indeed, forgot His own sorrows on the Cross, but never forgets mine; --who says to me that a mother will sooner forget her sucking child than He in heaven will forget me.

Can I forget Jesus?

Jesus, my Sun, my Surety, my Bridegroom; my Jesus, without whose love I cannot live: can I ever forget Jesus?

How often have we forgotten Jesus.

How frequently has my foolish heart grieved Him and prepared all manner of sorrow for itself by forgetting Jesus.

At one time it was in the hour of care, or sin, or grief, at another in prosperity and joy, that we suffered ourselves to be led astray.

O my soul, be deeply ashamed that Thou shouldst ever forget Jesus.

one time it was in the hour of care, or sin, or grief, at another in prosperity and joy, that we suffered ourselves to be led astray.

O my soul, be deeply ashamed that Thou shouldst ever forget Jesus.

Jesus will not be forgotten.