Matthew 19 - Skip Heitzig

[Music] welcome to expound our weekly worship and verse by verse study of the Bible our goal is to expand your knowledge of the truth of God by explaining the Word of God in a way that is interactive enjoyable and congregational we call this a textual community let's rejoice and learn God's Word in an interactive and enjoyable new way I don't think it's coincidental that our first study in our series on Sunday Keep Calm and Mary on that we just had that and then tonight during this first week were sort of turning the coin and talking about divorce because somebody comes to Jesus in the course of this setting and talks to him asks him a question about divorce and it's actually a perfect time for us to flip the coin and look at what the Lord says about it and here's the reason why the divorce rate has risen in the past century 700 percent in our country 700 percent it's at incredible proportions there is estimated to be one divorce out of every 1.8 marriages so it's over 50% that's the average in our country so it's timely that when we talk about marriage we also flip the coin and talk about what Jesus said about divorce now divorce was never God's plan his intention was marriage one man one woman one lifetime but we discovered that divorce became even in the law of Moses a divine concession for a human weakness a divine concession for a human weakness but Jesus is going to narrow down the concessions so that those who are asking him the question don't think that it's okay to divorce for just any reason at all one author likens divorce and marriage to building a swimming pool imagine you go to your backyard and you think I want to build a swimming pool and so you dig a hole that is if you're really ambitious otherwise you get somebody else to do it for you they dig a hole they plummet they put on all the electrical all the lighting they fill it up and they put in the liner and the concrete dries and you're all excited you're about to fill it up with water and so you fill it up with water and as the waters rising in the level of the pool a sour look comes over your face because the water isn't clear it's green it's gnarly looking and you go this is not what I intended this is not my original plan I want to clear perfect water but a germ has entered in and disrupted the water so now though you don't want to it's not part of your original plan you have to add chemicals to balance out the germs that have grown up in the water we discover that divorce is like that it was never God's intention but it became a divine concession he added it to the water for one reason and one reason alone will discover to the human weakness a divine concession to the human weakness Jesus is moving in chapter 19 from Galilee down towards Judea he's going to be in the area of Judea and an area called pariah for several months before he goes up to Jerusalem his final trip to Jerusalem where he will be crucified and so we read in verse 1 it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings that he departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan and great multitudes followed him and He healed them they and the Pharisees also came to him testing him saying to him is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason now these are Jewish leaders asking Jesus a question about divorce why I say why because there was no nation like the nation of Israel that held marriage in such high esteem such high view they regarded marriage as a divine duty for mankind a spiritual exercise the rabbis used to say the very altar itself in the temple the very altar sheds tears when a man divorces the wife of his youth so why would they ask Jesus this question well it's because the only time the Old Testament speaks about the divorce procedure is in Deuteronomy chapter 24 it's the only time it really speaks about what to do and they're referring to Deuteronomy 24 let me read you the verses in question Deuteronomy 24 when a man takes a wife and marries her and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her and he writes her a certificate of divorce puts it in her hand and sends her out of the house when she has separated from his house and goes and becomes another man's wife if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house or if the latter husband dies who took him as her wife took her as his wife then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled for that is an abomination before the Lord and you shall not bring on the land you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance that's the scripture in question the question about the scripture in question is what does it mean when it says if he the husband finds some uncleanness in his wife what does uncleanness refer to that was the debate there were two schools of thought the conservative and the liberal the conservative school of thought headed by a rabbi called Rabbi Shammai II believe that uncleanness must refer to moral uncleanness unchastity adultery sexual impurity he made a very narrow view of what uncleanness was but there was another school of thought a liberal school of thought by another rabbi called rabbi Hillel who broadened out the meaning of uncleanness to be well just about anything you'd want according to Rabbi Hallel uncleanness could be if a wife put too much seasoning in her husband's food that was grounds for divorce if a woman was out brawling in the streets or she went out of doors with her head uncovered or if she spoke bad about her husband's parents if she was a brawling woman all of that was grounds for divorce so you have Shamai very narrow only sexual and morality as the grounds for divorce you have rabbi Hillel saying oh no it can be just about anything you want it to be in fact another rabbi in that school rabbi Akiba later on said if a husband finds a woman more attractive than his wife that's grounds to divorce his wife now I have a question for you which viewpoint do you think most people adhere to the narrow or the wide view the wide view exactly Hall ELLs view all the dudes love that view even the Pharisees they love that legal rendering that uncleanness must mean anything at all so they come to Jesus because they know that it's a lose-lose situation whichever side he chooses he's going to alienate some people so to the Pharisees it was all a matter about legalities just write her a certificate of divorce so here's what Jesus does Jesus takes them back before the law of Moses was even given before Deuteronomy was even written he goes all the way back to the beginning when God created man and woman in the garden to show God's original plan never included in his heart in his mind divorce and so Jesus takes them back before the law and he answered them verse 4 and he said to them have you not read I love that about Jesus hey you religious leaders do you know so much about the law do you ever read it you who have Bible studies do you ever read your Bible do you ever check out what it actually says have you never read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female and said for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh so then they are no longer two but one flesh therefore what God has joined together let not man separate Jesus takes them back before the law to give them God's view of marriage they asked him a question about divorce jesus answered it by saying here's God's view of marriage here's why you'll never know what God thinks about divorce till you understand what God says about marriage and what God says about marriage is to become one and their one flesh and I'll elaborate more on it this coming week but here's the big point if these Pharisees asking the question who believed in the wide view of divorce for just about any reason at all if they understood what it meant to be one flesh then they would understand that to divorce your wife for just any reason is like amputating your leg because you have a splinter in it so he takes them back and says here's God's original intention the two shall become one flesh therefore what God has joined together let not man separate they said to him why then did Moses listen command to give a certificate of divorce and put her away did you hear that they have now turned a concession into a command Moses never gave them a command but they are now interpreting at that look I found some uncleanness and my wife I'm commanded by Moses law to dumper I have to do it the Bible tells me I have to do it and that's because one of their well-known writings called the targum of Palestine written in the first century made Deuteronomy 24 to be a commandment of God to divorce so you can hear them misinterpreting the law why did Moses command listen to what Jesus answers he said to them Moses because of the hardness of your hearts permitted you to divorce your wives but from the beginning it was not so and I say to you that whoever divorces his wife except for sexual immorality and marries another commits adultery and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery so Jesus takes them back to the beginning and then shares the heart of God the two become one flesh what God has joined together let not man separate and then he says something really interesting that should give all of us pause and I won't remark too much on it because I want to keep going and take the Lord's Supper and get into some different territory do you realize that divorce always involves adultery always there's never an exception according to Jesus there's only one reason a man can divorce his wife or a wife can divorce your husband that is on the grounds of adultery and if not if it's for any other reason just I like what Hallel said and we're mutually incompatible so we're divorcing that for them now to remarry involves adultery they're committing adultery so according to Jesus divorce always on some level involves adultery now that makes some of us go whoa double whoa and that's what happened with the disciples listen to the disciples verse 10 his disciples said to him if such is the case of the man with his wife it is better not to marry you can understand their sentiment can't you say Jesus that's a stringent view of marriage and divorce that you're telling us is from the beginning is from your father and if that is the case if there are no other concessions besides such a narrow margin then it's better to stay single now again let Jesus surprise you for a minute Jesus doesn't go oh no no no no that's not what I meant he follows their line of thinking they said well you know it's better to stay single and Jesus says okay let's begin right there but he said to them all cannot accept this saying but only to those to whom it has been given for there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men and there are eunuchs who have been made or have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake and he who is able to accept it let him accept it what is our Lord saying well the disciple said it's better to stay single the rest of your life and not get married and Jesus said well that's great but you can't do it unless you're especially equipped by God to do it you need a gift to be able to handle that kind of voluntary celibacy he's not denying what they're saying he's saying I agree with you but not everybody can accept this not everybody's called to this the majority as we mentioned on Sunday and Saturday night the majority of the human race procreates gets married that's the norm and to stay single requires a gift and that's the point here jesus said all cannot accept this saying but only to those to whom it has been given the word given did of me in the Greek means to bestow a special gift upon it takes a gift to be able to stay single you say I'm married and it took me a gift to get this far well that's true but according to Jesus there were three reasons why people in that day stayed single first reason was a congenital reason they were born that way they were born without reproductive organs they didn't have the ability from their mother's womb because of a congenital deformity or an anomaly that still happens today so a congenital reason a second reason was a cultural reason in those days Kings kingdoms had harems and the guards of the harems were castrated emasculated so that they wouldn't have to face temptations there wouldn't be a problem there wouldn't be a question as they would guard the ladies of the harem a third reason wasn't congenital wasn't cultural the third reason was a spiritual reason if any person like the disciples are suggesting if any person decided voluntarily I'm gonna stay single I'm gonna be celibate so that I might devote myself to the Lord's work to do things that I couldn't do as a married person you go what are you talking about well first Corinthians chapter 7 Paul the Apostle says he that is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord how he might please the Lord he that is married cares for the things of this world how he might please his wife what Paul is saying is that as a single person your interests don't have to be divided you can focus totally on what does the Lord want out of my life 24/7 I don't have to think about anybody else just the lord's well from my life period but that takes a gift and jesus spells out those who would have that gift and he says he who is able to accept it let him accept it then verse 13 then little children were brought to him that he might put his hands on them and pray but the disciples rebuked them but jesus said let the little children come to me and do not forbid them for of such is the kingdom of heaven and he laid his hands on them and departed from there I love this picture I love this little story it's told in the Gospels and it's one of the most precious stories in the Gospels for generations for centuries people have loved this let the little children thing why did the parents bring their kids to Jesus because any parent who loves his child his son or daughter if they really love them wants their kids to get as close to the Lord as is possible will do anything to get a spiritual influence into the life of a child that's why and this was an ancient practice from way back when it was common to bring your children to an esteemed rabbi who would pray for them and bless them and pray for the future and the safety of those children it goes all the way back to the time of the patriarchs you may remember when Joseph brings his two kids Manasseh the firstborn Ephraim the second born and Joseph brings those two kids to Jacob to have Jacob put his hands on them and bless them and so there they bring these to Jesus but the disciples rebuked them the parents saw this is an invitation the disciples being the disciples saw this as an interruption Jesus rebuked the disciples and said no let them come to me I want them to come for us such as the kingdom of heaven now let me tell you what this does not mean this does not mean that the Lord doesn't want you to check your kids into Sunday school I know some of you are looking at me like huh do you know how many times I've had parents come up to me saying why don't you let children in the main sanctuary because the Bible says Jesus said let the little children come to me I said well with all due respect I'm not Jesus so I'm not keeping them from Jesus I'm just keeping them from hearing a boring old adult speak to them not at their level number two I want them to come to Jesus and the best way we know for them to come to Jesus is to have Jesus portrayed for them at their age appropriate level with fun with their music with their friends at that level over in the sunday-school Department most of our real estate on this facility as child-friendly is given over to the Ministry of Children so it doesn't mean that so please don't quote that anymore like I can't believe they don't let my kids in adult church because Jesus said that's exactly why we have a children's ministry number two this doesn't mean that you should bring your children to get baptized there's not a drop of water in this passage we just read he's not speaking about infant baptism what he is speaking about is encouraging the spiritual appetites that children have toward the Lord if kids want to make an overture a commitment they want to make a an altar call or they themselves say I really want to identify with the Lord and baptism take that nurture that work with that and let them come encourage those longings that your children are developing then second I would see this as a comfort to any parent who has lost a child before the age of accountability and know that they are with the Lord in his presence for of such is the kingdom of heaven and I'll tell you one thing that I found out about Jesus he never tells kids to be like adults he tells adults to be like little children unless you come and are like a little child you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven because a child has that innocent faith in surrender they don't like fold their arms or I don't know if I'm gonna hold on to that or believe that kids aren't like that and unless you become like a little child with that kind of dependence and that kind of surrender and abandonment you won't enter the kingdom of heaven so he invites them and he rebukes his disciples verse 16 now behold one came and said to him good teacher what good thing shall I do that I might have eternal life and so he said to him why do you call me good no one is good but God but if you want to enter into life keep the commandments he said to him which ones jesus said you shall not murder you shall not commit adultery you shall not steal you shall not bear false witness honor your father and your mother and you shall love your neighbor as yourself the young man said to him all these things I have kept from my youth what do I still lack jesus said if you want to be perfect go and sell what you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come and follow me but when the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions this is a story that is typically called do you know what it's called the story of the rich young ruler because we're told in the story that he was young and he was rich and Luke calls him a ruler of the people so we call him the rich young ruler actually he's one of the poorest people you read about in the Bible physically rich spiritually poor he walks away from Jesus he walks away from an invitation to have everlasting life I call that being really poor he comes and he asked Jesus a question why does he come and ask Jesus a question he has everything if he's rich successful young I'm guessing aggressive he's what the world would call a high achiever he doesn't really need anything he doesn't have to worry about is he gonna make his payment on the house or is he gonna have two camels in the garage he's set for life however even the wealthiest coolest smartest individual apart from Christ senses a lack and this man I believe sense to lack there's something missing what is the purpose of life what is there that I have not personally experienced yet that's out there maybe he heard Jesus speak about eternal life in some of his messages maybe he saw the changed lives of people that had been around Christ and he hungered for that and so he asked a question but in ass this question he revealed his ignorant good teacher what good thing must I do to inherit or get have eternal life let me explain two things he was ignorant of number one in calling Jesus a good teacher he put Jesus on the same level of all the other good teachers great teachers so there's a lot of great teachers Jesus you're one of them number two his world view his belief system was that you can get to heaven by doing something by working hard by earning it so Jesus answers it I always loved the way Jesus fires back he says why do you call me good no one is good but one and that is God now Jesus is saying one of two things he's either saying I'm no good or he's saying I am God why are you calling me good what is it you have recognised in me in asking the man that question why do you call me good he's giving that man an opportunity to confess that he's God as if it could have been answered this way I'm calling you good because I know there's only one that is really totally truly good and that is God that's why I'm calling you good teacher because you're different you're unique you must be God in human flesh Jesus isn't denying that he's God he's affirming that he's God why do you call me good there's only one good and that is God and so he said to him if you want to enter into life keep the commandments the guy said which ones and he names five of them now why would Jesus tell them to keep the commandments as he's saying well if you keep these Commandments you'll go to heaven no he's approaching that man on the basis of what that man believed was necessary to get to heaven the law the commandments you're a religious fellow aren't you you believe in the commandments don't you you think that if you do the commandments she'll get to heaven well let's see if you really do them or not so he fired off for negative commandments to positive commandments five of the six Commandments from the second portion of the law of Moses which deals with the relationship with human beings and caps it off by summing up the meaning of the law you will love your neighbor as yourself because he said that he kept them this man says verse 20 all these things I have kept from my youth what do I still lack now we'll find out what he lacks Jesus said if you want to be perfect go sell what you have give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come and follow me have you ever been to a dentist when he takes that little long very sharp-pointed stick and starts poking around your teeth and says tell me when it hurts and does that hurt no does that hurt does that hurt whoa and he hits a tender spot you know what that's like what Jesus is doing with the law is probing like the dentist hitting the tender spot and the tender spot is this kid is saying I've kept all of the commandments and Jesus saying no you haven't you broken the first commandment which is you will love the Lord your God with everything and have no gods before you and that's the commandment you've broken your God is your wealth the things that you own or think you own they own you they have such a tight grip you say you love your fellow man okay then sell everything because you love God more than anything and give it to the poor I call this man the poor young ruler because instead of hanging his head and saying you're right you're right there's nothing I can do to get gain inherit work for eternal life I'm bankrupt now what do I do because Jesus told them what to do after you sell everything follow me that's the key follow me trust me believe me it's not that if you sell everything you'll get to heaven by you selling everything the point is that I'm touching the very area of your life that is your God and piercing through that armor and piercing through your heart to show you that you can talk big and say oh I love the Lord and I love my fellow man okay let's see how tight of a grip what you own has on you get rid of it and then follow me and in following Jesus you will have eternal life the young man heard the saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions interesting that a a kid with a bunch of money a rich young ruler would walk away sorrowful he might think okay whatever I'm not into this religious thing anyway and I got plenty of money see yeah it's because he knew that Jesus had torn open his heart and exposed him for who he really was and jesus said to his disciples assuredly I say to you that it's hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven and again I say to you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God now you didn't laugh at that but I can almost guarantee you that 2,000 years ago when Jesus said it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle that the crowd busted a gut or at least laughed a little bit and chuckled more than any of you did I don't expect you to laugh at that because it's a 2000 year old colloquialism what Jesus is saying is it's impossible for a rich person and you'll find out for any person to get saved apart from Jesus impossible now I want to warn you about something you might in your reading in your devotional time come across a commentator or a Bible scholar or somebody with an opinion that will tell you that when Jesus spoke about it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle they'll say well you know what the eye of a needle was in Jerusalem was a little doorway inside or next to a big doorway in Jerusalem one of the big gates of Jerusalem they would when they closed the the wooden door to the stone gate there was often a little door cut out in that that they called the eye of a needle and a camel couldn't go through easily but he could go through you see if you bring your camel up to the door of the city and the gate is closed you have that little eye gate inside the big gate and if you take a camel and you strip the camel of all of the goods that he's carrying and all of the saddlery that he has and you get the camel really low on its Newton on its knees and you push the hindquarters you can get the camel through not easy but it can be done and that they say is an eye of a needle well don't believe it because when Luke in the Gospel of Luke tells this story the word he uses for needle is a surgeon's needle not a needle in a doorway he narrows the word so specifically because after all he was a doctor so he would use something very specific it was a surgeon's needle the point Jesus is making is it is impossible by saying it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle and again just look at the reaction of the disciples and you'll understand otherwise they would go okay then then it is possible look what the disciples in verse 25 say when his disciples heard it they were greatly astonished and they said who then can be saved you know why they asked that question because the disciples being Jewish believed that if rich people can't get saved nobody can get saved you know why they thought that they believed that if you have riches wealth it's a sign of God's blessing on your life and you must be doing a lot of good things because God has blessed you so much with wealth because it says in Deuteronomy chapter 8 that God gives you the power to gain wealth and God will bless you in the land that he puts you in so if you have a lot of goods it's because God has blessed you and the reason God has blessed you is because you're now going to be generous and give alms to poor people people who are in need so if rich people can't get saved who can be saved that's their question if a rich Jewish believer can't get saved who can be saved and Jesus looked at them gave him my contact and said to them with men this is impossible but with God all things are possible now please understand and hear this before we take the Lord's Supper who then can be saved it's impossible can't be done no person on earth can be saved in and of and by himself or herself impossible give up the rich young ruler just said what must I do you can't really do anything that's your problem you thought you could do who then can be saved it's impossible but then he adds but with God all things are possible and then Peter answered and said to him see we have left all and followed you therefore what shall we have now finally Peter gets what Jesus is saying oh I get it you want all of us you want total and absolute surrender the rich young ruler wasn't giving you that we've left everything what shall we have so jesus said to them assuredly I say to you that when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory you who have followed me will also sit on 12 Thrones judging the 12 tribes and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and inherit eternal life but many who are first will be last and the last will be first okay so Jesus we you're close buddies your disciples we've like given up everything and we really are following you unlike that rich young dude who got mad and walked away Jesus says yes Peter but you can't outgive God you've given me your life wait till you see the rewards that are coming for you in glory he speaks about the regeneration and the twelve disciples sitting on the twelve Thrones he's speaking about in particular the thousand-year reign of Jesus upon the earth where he will rule and reign from Jerusalem and the twelve tribes of Israel regathered in that land will be ruled by the Twelve Apostles he's speaking about the Millennium the kingdom age in the regeneration what the book of Acts calls the restitution of all things the physical literal Kingdom that God promised in the Old Testament to Israel so don't worry you'll be handsomely rewarded Peter and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake will receive a hundredfold and inherit eternal life so for to sum up what we learn in chapter 19 before we pass out the elements there's four lessons look the Lord and press one or all of them on your heart tonight number one whatever God calls you to do he equips you to do if he calls you to be married he'll equip you to be married if you ever say I do this anymore you're wrong he'll give you the power to do it if he calls you to be single what he calls a eunuch for the sake of the kingdom of God voluntary celibacy that you might focus on the things of the Lord it's because he has equipped you to do it he's given you a gift to do it so whatever God calls you to do he equips you to do lesson number two God never tells kids to act like adults but he tells adults to be as children to enter the kingdom and it funny how many times his parents we say Johnny grow up he's only 3 years old what do you mean grow up he should act like a three-year-old God would say to you grow down grow up by growing down be a as a be a little more dependent on me a little more abandoning toward me a little more trusting of me lesson number three salvation is impossible impossible you cannot get to heaven by doing good things you can't get to heaven by being very sincere you can't get to heaven by being religious you're not good enough to go to heaven I'm not good enough to go to heaven it takes somebody stepping out of heaven to this earth who lived the perfect life that you and I never lived and took all of our sins on his body and died in our place for you to be saved with men this is impossible but all things are possible with God and the fourth and final lesson is that whatever you sacrifice now on this earth to serve the Lord whatever sacrifices you make whatever place you move to to serve the Lord that isn't the best place in the world or a job you give up or benefits you give up or certain Joy's you sacrifice you will be paid back so abundantly Paul said we can't even imagine the weight of glory that is coming our direction father we thank you for the ability to live in a country that has the freedom to assemble the freedom to open up the Bible the freedom to worship not only according to the dictates of our heart but according to the dictates of your truth your written word we thank you we know that there are countries where if you bring a Bible you'll be arrested if you open it up it will bring danger it will incur danger thank you for the brave men and women that are outside of our borders and inner military that are working and serving to secure these kinds of freedoms help us as a nation not to abuse those freedoms we're thankful to you because of that thankful to you for them and I pray that as we worship even the rest of the service before we close as we take these elements that our hearts our whole beings would be engaged and we would become like a little child we can be so inhibited sometimes Lord when it comes to our worship so afraid of what others would think around us if we sang really loud or raised a hand or showed any emotion that we love you and then we think of a little child who wouldn't think twice about showing that kind of display maybe we relax just a little bit more and surrender to you just a bit more give grace Lord to those who are married those who are facing a divorce give grace to those who are single who have been divorced or lost a spouse please give your gentle grace Lord and help us to digest these truths and we thank you that you have made what is impossible possible our names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life so we give praise into the Lamb that was slain by taking these elements in just a moment as we're gonna pass out these elements these are like little packs that have juice at the bottom and the bread on the top we're gonna hold them until we all have them together and then we're gonna take them together however as they're being passed out if you're not a believer tonight if you haven't surrendered your life to Christ don't take the elements let them pass just say thank you and pass them to the next person I didn't say if you're not a perfect person passed them on I said if you're not a believer if you don't trust Jesus as your Savior don't take them because for you to take them preaches to yourself a sermon of condemnation because you haven't really lived a life or surrendered your life which is what these elements speak about what he did for you on the cross that only he can provide that atonement for you so if you're not a Christian tonight a believer don't take the elements if you're a believer tonight I don't care how imperfect you are take the elements my friend but if you aren't a believer tonight and you want freedom and forgiveness of your sins right now right now give your life to Jesus in your heart echo these words as I say them Lord I give you my life I know I'm a sinner please forgive me I believe that Jesus Christ came out of heaven to this earth to die for my sins I believe in him I surrender my life to him I believe he died and rose from the dead and I am willing to repent to turn from my past to turn from my sins and to turn to you as my savior and it take you as my Lord and to follow you every day in Jesus name Amen that simple prayer of faith has done what was impossible and made it possible for you to be a child of God and then you take these elements with the rest of us and then afterwards I'm going to give you an opportunity to show that you have made a commitment to Christ in just a little bit but as we worship we'll take the elements and then we'll partake of them all together [Music] you hold in your hand the elements that represent the body the broken body and the blood of Jesus that elements taken at the Passover with his disciples that he gave new meaning to and we are told by Jesus to do this often and do it in remembrance of him that is in remembrance of his sacrifice for us so I've asked Landel Banali the pastor of Calvary Chapel Tolec I to pray for us before we take the bread and then James Clovis who's on our staff a gifted teacher to lead us in in praying for the juice and landal asked that he could pray in Navajo so he's gonna I asked him if he could do like half and half so we can understand a little bit of what he's praying Heavenly Father we just thank you for for the body that was broken for us father we as we take these elements following remember what you've done on the cross setting us free well you died in our place sanjaya hasta mañana de olivia is our a banana it not later he said Kelly are Ankara hadn't his scent a stop Akasha as an initial a on a hotel in need is a una Samba carbonara I wrote leader isn't inna that Nia wrote asking la isn't a is the hotel Kadisha door do art be here as I had indeed need o leash now let's take their bread Lord Jesus we do remember the cost of our salvation your blood was shed and it flowed freely what a great gift you have given us and we do remember and proclaim your death until you come again because we love you we thank you and we recognize that you are our God who loved us enough to give the very best thank you Jesus for this cup let's partake amen can you imagine how great heaven is gonna be when every tongue is praising God in all of the languages of the world together [Applause]

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Published: Wed Jul 11 2018