"When Life Has You Up A Tree"

good morning and thank you for joining the Simpson Street Church of Christ worship here at 10 15 15 we thank you so much for joining in on this hour we invite you to join us as we pray give God praise and worship the first song this morning will be hide behind the mountain I'm gonna hide behind hot behind [Music] [Applause] behind the mine I'm going where the chill away [Music] the trouble comes I know I'm gonna hide [Music] the man yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] - Louie [Music] good morning and welcome to the Simpson Street Church of Christ I'm brother Benny Wilkerson one of the ministers here at Simpson Street and I am standing in stead of our senior minister Marcus T Watkins we are certainly delighted that you are here with us this morning and we trust hope and pray that you're ready to receive with meekness goz and grafted word which is able to save all of our souls God has been good to us he's been better to us and we've ever dared to be to our own selves and for that we ought to be eternally eternally grateful and we are thankful that you are tuning in to us we want you to get your Bibles we want you to read along with us we want you to study along with us we want you to know that what we're going to be sharing with you this morning are going to be those things that are found and predicated on the Word of God we're not going to give you what we feel we're not going to give you what we think we are going to give you what thus saith the Lord is that all right amen somebody if you would bow with me in prayer father God we thank you for your amazing amazing power and your work in our lives Lord we thank you for your goodness and we we thank you for your blessings over us we thank you Lord for your great love and your great care we thank you Lord for your sacrifice so that we might have a right to the Tree of Life father we're asking that you forgive us for any sins that we have committed since we last stood before you justified forgive us Lord for when we don't think you enough help us to set our hearts and minds this morning on you right now father we're praying that you will give us a renewed spirit fill us with your peace and fill us with your joy fill us with your love Lord we need you this morning and we're trusting and we praying Lord that this worship that we render to you will be pleasing and acceptable in your sight father give us an open mind give us your word may it dwell in us and dwelling us richly this is our humble prayer in Christ's name Amen meet me if you will in Luke chapter 19 Luke chapter 19 and we're going to begin with a verse verse in number 1 Luke chapter 19 and verse number 1 this is a familiar passage and and and I don't want us this morning to get so familiar or be so familiar with this passage that we miss some major points that Jesus is trying to get across to us this morning this is the story of Zacchaeus the story of Zacchaeus and as I looked at this I I thought about a sunday-school you remember growing up in Sunday school when we were learning about the story of Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a wee little man a wee little man was he yes yes he has bring back memories so we're gonna look at the story of Zacchaeus this morning and we're going to see if we can share some some spiritual nuggets that will help us help us go on just a little while a little while longer the Bible reads in verse number one he entered Jericho and was passing through and there was a man called by the name of Zacchaeus he was a chief tax collector and he was rich Zacchaeus was trying to see who Jesus was and was unable because of the crowd for he was small in stature so he ran on ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree in order to see him for he was about to pass that way when Jesus came to the place he looked up and said to him Zacchaeus hurry and come down for today I must stay at your house and he hurried and came down and received him gladly when they saw it they all began to grumble saying he has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord behold Lord half of my possessions I will give to the poor and if I have defrauded anyone of anything I will give back four times as much and Jesus said to him today salvation has come to this house because he too is a son of Abraham for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost let's consider this morning when life has you up a tree when life has you up a tree life life has a way of putting us in situations that we did not plan on being in life life is full of ups and downs I read somewhere where it rains on the just as well as the unjust life is is no respecter of person we find ourselves even right now in a situation that we did not plan on being in and when we talk about planning we we're talking about with meaning that you are prepared for something that that you you you have everything that you need for whatever is going on we were you prepared for our world shutting down were you prepared for losing your job were you prepared for a loved one getting ill and you can't go to the hospital to to be with them where were you prepared for schools being shut down were you prepared where are you prepared for not being able to experience a graduation and my heart goes out to the class of 2020 III I can only imagine what it feels like after all these years you you you you've put in the work and and now you want to walk across that stage I know it's not much but let me just say congratulations congratulations on your hard work congratulations on your accomplishment and may the good Lord continue to bless you in your endeavors we were not prepared for that life just has a way of of putting us in situations that we did not plan on being in so let's consider Zacchaeus this morning and we allows our kids to help us to deal with when we find ourselves in tough situations but when we find ourselves in situations that we did not plan on being in let's look at the text if you will Jesus the text says Jesus was Jesus was on his his his acsent he's on his last journey before the cross the text says that Jesus entered and passed through Jericho the city of Jericho was that first city that that the Israelites conquered under the leadership of Joshua you Bible students will remember that after they cross over the Jordan God told them that they needed to go over and conquer the land or the city of Jericho you Bible students will remember that they walked around the walls of Jericho o66 for six days one time around and on the seventh day they walked around the walls seven times and and on that seventh time they've they blew the trumpet and the Bible says that the walls came tumbling down may I suggest to you this morning that God wants to break down the walls of your heart this morning so that he can come in break down the walls so he can come in he's going through Jericho Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem but he had a divine appointment with a man called Zacchaeus Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a notorious crook a man somebody he worked for the Roman government he was a tax collector he was good with numbers y'all the Jews the Bible said the Jews hated tax collectors one of the things I think we need to notice is that Zacchaeus was it's you but he worked for the Roman government and he was stealing money collecting money from you and I the city of Jericho was the first city conquered by the children of Israel under the leadership of Joshua you Bible students will remember that they marched around the walls of Jericho for six days and then on the seventh day they walked around the walls of Jericho seven times and on the seventh time they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down this morning I want you to realize that a God who wants to break down the walls of your heart this morning so that he can come in Jesus is as he's going through Jericho because he has a divine appointment with a man called Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a notorious crook he worked for the Roman government he was a tax collector the Bible says that the Jews hated tax collectors he was a Jew himself but he worked for the Roman government he was good were working the numbers he the Bible says that he was rich he was a wealthy and yet he stole from his own people and it was legal he took money from from you and he took money for himself he took money for the government the Roman officials didn't that they didn't care as long as they got their cut if you will but the Jews did not like Zacchaeus Zacchaeus had a bad reputation folk hated to see him hated to see him coming and the Bible says that he was a chief tax collector so he had folk working for him he had a franchisor he had a racket going on Zacchaeus like he has heard that Jesus was coming through he had he heard that so much about Jesus that he wanted to see Jesus for himself he did not a want secondhand information there comes a time when we are to want to know Jesus for ourselves we we we we often talk to our children and and as they grow up we often tell them that Mama and Daddy is not going to be there always you you need to get a faith of your own you need to understand Jesus for yourself I'm suggesting this morning that there's a time and the time is now where you need to work out your own soul salvation with fear and with trembling now let's look at let's look at the lesson look at the lesson this morning the Bible says Zacchaeus wanted to see he wanted to see Jesus so he closed up shop early because he heard that the parade with Jesus in it was coming by so so so so he prepared himself to position himself so that he could see Jesus but the Bible says Zacchaeus had a problem he had a problem you see he's like kids but the Bible says was short in stature he wasn't a very tall man and-and-and-and and I'm sure if he if he had his Rather's he would at least want to be at least 6 - as opposed to 5 for a man somebody the Bible says he was short in stature so so so so here he is out on the street and he's preparing himself to see Jesus and you know because he's short he couldn't see over the tall people he couldn't see because of the crowd and you know the crowd didn't care anything about him simply because they didn't like him so so you know you know when people don't like you they they don't they don't move they don't care whether or not you see whether or not you don't see they don't they don't they don't care they say you need to fend for yourself Zacchaeus found himself in this position because of his reputation because of his fevery because he was a dirt dirty low-down uh-huh yeah folk didn't care what he was dealing with so here's what Zacchaeus does I appreciate I appreciate his determination Zacchaeus said all right if I can't see I'm going to run ahead of the crowd amen somebody a man somebody a notice one thing when when you try to run with the crowd the crowd will prevent you from seeing Jesus I said the crowd will prevent you from seeing Jesus the crowd represents tradition the crowd represents legalism the Crowder represents normal or your comfortability the crowd represents individuals that are not willing to change you know when we're comfortable at something we don't want to change even if the change is something good we we find ourselves even today during this pandemic the crowd is hindering some folk from saying Jesus amen somebody they're hindering folk from seeing Jesus all because they don't like the new normal well guess what the new normal is here whether you like it or not amen somebody they they're kicking against change were you prepared Church for worshiping at home were you prepared with your technology a lot of us a lot of us said we would never get on Facebook we would never get on YouTube but thanks be to God you did it anyhow why because the change was needed we have those who are testing who's testing our faith and challenging our faith judging our faith because we're not coming together as a collective body amen somebody and I miss every last one of our members I miss my brothers and sisters I miss being able to hug you I'm miss being able to just see you face to face and fellowshipping with you but but but right now we have a new normal Amen somebody so what does a key is do the who says he ran ahead of the crowd let me tell you something Church if you follow the crowd if you follow the crowd you're gonna miss Jesus I said you're gonna miss Jesus so you got a run ahead of the crowd in order to see Jesus when we talk about a running ahead to see Jesus we're talking about being creative you find yourself in a pickle you you you you you can't see Jesus because of the crowd and you got to position yourself so that you can see Jesus he positioned himself up a sycamore tree he positions himself up a sycamore tree this is a rich man a wealthy man Church rich folk don't climb trees they prune trees but because of his determination because of his willingness to want to see Jesus he humbled himself he humbled himself he humbled himself I said he humbled himself and he climbed up the tree why because he knew Jesus was coming and I've heard so much about this man I want to see him for myself if you want to see Jesus you will position yourself I said you will position yourself so that you can see them can I say this morning you are in a perfect position right now to see Jesus look at what the text says in verse in verse number five when Jesus came to the place oh don't miss that when Jesus came to the place the place of this divine interaction I'm talking about the intentional wheel of God God has a time and a place for you to meet him to come into contact with him and let me just say this while we're passing through when an honest teacher comes in contact with an honest seeker salvation our conversion takes place when an honest seeker meets an honest teacher conversion takes place gee the Bible says Jesus came to the place it's no accident that Jesus stopped at the sycamore tree what is this tree doing here I said what is this tree doing here it's there because Jesus was coming there he was coming there to meet Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was seeking Jesus whenever an honest seeker is seeking Jesus when you see Jesus Jesus sees you or you'll see that you'll see that in the text when when when when when when when when you position yourself so you can see Jesus Jesus sees you Amen somebody Zacchaeus he went up the tree when you position yourself Jesus will see you and when we talk about seeing we're talking about upper a prospective perspective do what is your perspective about what's going on in our world today Church I maintain and we don't see it right we're not gonna respond right if we don't understand what God is doing and what God is allowing to happen we're talking about God's permissive wheel guards permissive will he allows his children to go through some things some difficult times a man somebody so that we can look to the hills from whence cometh our help realizing that I help comes from God James said brethren we need to count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations how in the world can we we we we count things all joy even right now in the mists of losing our job in the midst of the unemployment rate in the midst of folk getting sick how in the world can we count this thing for joy well God said you need to count it all joy it's a matter perspective if you don't see it right you're not gonna respond to it right James said count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations knowing there's just some things you and I as children of God we need to know Amen somebody the psalmist in Psalm 23 he says he says I said the Lord is my shepherd do you know do you claim Jesus as your separate do you claim God as your separate do you have a relationship with him and if you have a relationship with him that means you know him Amen somebody that means you know him amen amen and you know how he operates you know that he has he has your back he's going to take care of you he's going to provide for you Amen somebody but you also know that he calls himself the shepherd and if he's the shepherd we must be the Sheep and if we are sheep you need to understand that we we ain't as smart as we think we are Amen somebody sheep is the dumbest animal that God ever created that's why a sheep needs a shepherd Amen somebody we don't quite know what's best for us but yet we walk around here like we know what's best for us am I right about the crowd is ignoring and then somebody the crowd is ignoring this stay-at-home Order mmhmm yeah yeah yeah yeah you remember I remember things are starting to open up slowly but surely and and then the governor said he's gonna open up this and he's gonna open up that and y'all know what I'm talking about but then thank God for our mayor amen the mayor of Atlanta who who said y'all better use your head Amen somebody Amen cuz the crowd is saying it's gonna be alright we can go out uh-huh but but but the mayor said use your head Amen somebody and because we s sheep that ain't too bright we go out here and we trying to do some things but the separate said he said he maketh me he said he maketh me to lie down don't the Lord make the Shepherd make you to lay down Amen somebody sometimes he gotta make us do some things uh-huh but notice where he leaves you he lays you in green pasture yeah yeah yeah but he may knock you down but everything is still gonna be alright why because he is the Good Shepherd yeah Amen somebody then he talks about he talks about yea yea though I walk through the valley though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death he said I'll fear no evil he said you gotta walk through the valley judge don't be so quick to come out the valley don't run through the valley walk through the valley in that right walk through the valley see when you walk through the valley you give yourself time to reflect and to meditate and learn the lesson that God is trying to get us to see Amen somebody see but when you rush yourself through this thing you miss powerful lessons and when you fail you got to end up retaking the course when Jesus sees you when Jesus sees you look at what he said to Zacchaeus when when when when Jesus came to the place he looked up and saw Zacchaeus Zacchaeus Zacchaeus positioned himself where he can see where Jesus was and no doubt the Bible don't say but whatever but but but I just believe that that day that wouldn't Wooden's I kids was up there and he saw Jesus he said hey Lord Ya Ya Ya I don't want you to miss me Jesus looks up and and and he sees like he is and he he says since I kids come down Zakia's make haste I need for you to come down and you need to come down in a hurry Church I'm suggesting that you and I need to come down we need to come down from our worry we need to come down from our anxieties we need to come down from our uncertainties we need to come down from our lack of faith we need to come down from our inability to believe we need to come down and see for ourselves jesus said come unto me and heavy laden he said and I will give you rest and I write what I kids did not know what is I kids did not know that in just a few more days you came down off the tree but Jesus was going to go up on the tree you mr. xiao zhai kiss was going to change positions he was going to come down but Jesus was going to replace him a man somebody Jesus put on the cross for you and for me he died for our sins so that we might have a right to the Tree of Life amen amen so we can ever right to the Tree of Life what Zacchaeus didn't know I said what does I kids didn't know is that Jesus came to him to bring him salvation what Zacchaeus didn't know is that when you come in contact with God God is going to change he's going to change your life the Bible says Jesus came to the spot he saw Zacchaeus he says I kiss come down and custard day is the day that I am asked to go to your house he extends his own invitation to come into the house and I I just believe Church that the reason why a lot of us don't get visits from Jesus it's because we were walking around here like we don't need Jesus we think everything all the power lies within ourselves and we we think we can do this thing all by ourselves but but Jesus wants to come to your house he he wants to sup with you he wants to be with you but but we're too busy thinking that we're running the show we're too busy thinking that the power is within us but the power is in Jesus I read somewhere in Romans chapter 3 and verse number 23 that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God you can walk out of here you can sit in your living room and think that you have it all together and think that you you you are right in the state get you in but my Bible tells me that all of us have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God and the Bible says in in chapter 3 but going back up to verse number 10 there is no no one righteous no not one so so bottom line is church that we need to stop walking around here like me all that and a bag of chips you messed up just like I messed up you got issues just like I have some issues am i right about it I'm talking about us I'm talking about us that when we would do good evil is always present I'm not talking about you if you do you does you know you you don't wonder that got it all together then you just pause for some station identification I'm I'm talking to those who see themselves as they truly are Amen somebody and it's important for us to see ourselves as we truly are can you imagine what what your house would be like if Jesus was there can you imagine what your house would be like if Jesus was their husband and wise when when you when you're having those those those those expressive heated conversation i wouldn't it be nice if you had Jesus to mediate that thing for you where both of you can recognize that I'm wrong Amen somebody and a milot and admit that you were wrong in and the husband admits that he was wrong and and that God is not pleased and and you can go on being a husband and wife in harmony one with another when Jesus is in your house everything is gonna be alright now I'm not advocating that you not gonna have trouble because Jesus is that but Jesus he he's a referee Jesus is a way maker Jesus is a provider Jesus has a way of causing us to humble ourselves in that right can you imagine what the house would be like what your children would be like if Jesus was in the house Amen somebody can you imagine what your children would be like if Jesus was in the house the home is the foundation for them learning about Jesus in it right yeah yeah you you bring them the church you don't you know you don't just send them the church in that right you your children watch you because you represent God am i right and God has given you those children as a heritage of the Lord he wants us to train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and that does not mean that they're not going to rebel but they not gonna forget the principles the teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in that right Amen somebody then let me talk to let me talk let me say I wear it to my single phone Amen somebody yeah if Jesus was in your house Jesus will give you he will give you some patience yeah yeah he'll give you some patience amen don't go looking for love in all the wrong places Jesus can comfort you Jesus can keep you warm at night Amen somebody Jesus has your back Jesus will look out for you see don't go around here trying to rush God and and rush this thing and then when you're getting a bad relationship you want to blame it on God don't do that don't do that you got to look before you leap Amen somebody look before you leap because you may end up with a creep Amen somebody don't confuse love with love and making you see love and making is often called puppy love and puppy love is good for the puppet but at the end in a dog's life be patient and wait and wait on God amen then the text says he told him to come down and and and Zacchaeus came down and he came down and the Bible says he received God gladly it's a beautiful thing it's a beautiful thing when you receive Jesus amen somebody who's a recipient who's a recipient to receive Jesus the Bible says who whosoever will a man somebody whosoever will all you have to do is recognize that you are standing a guilty distance from God and man make up in your mind that you hear what God is saying you believe what God is saying you're willing to change your ways Amen somebody that's Court repentance a change of one's mind that will result in a change of action confess the sweetest name on earth that you believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God and be baptized for the remission of your sins Bible says he gladly received receive Jesus but look at verse 7 and I I kind of I kind of wanted to go pass verse number seven you know whenever whenever you you you God is moving and things are going good there's and somebody's ready to come to Jesus you do know the devil always raised his ugly head the Bible says that all the people saw that Jesus was getting ready to go to the house of Zacchaeus and the Bible says these these church-going folk these religious folk they start complaining amen somebody that Bible says they started grumbling they started making some noise whenever whenever God is on the scene and whenever God is moving in the life of somebody of a precious soul somebody somewhere always got something to say amen amen amen but look at this look at this Zacchaeus was so determined to see Jesus he went on home amen and somebody he left those folk that was doing order talking and he went home with Jesus in that right when you are determined to see Jesus and to make a change in your life don't let nobody turn you around don't let nobody turn you around trust Jesus trust that God is going to to be there for you that God is going to protect you here's what I also learned about Zacchaeus and what I learned about God he said he said Zacchaeus Zacchaeus I'm gonna be I'm gonna go to your house today this is what it shows about God it shows that there is no exception clause to God accepting anyone Amen somebody in other words you can't do enough wrong that God cannot clean you up you can't do enough wrong that God will not protect you Amen somebody Romans Romans chapter five and round verse number twenty the Bible says we're sin about grace even more about you can't do enough wrong that God can't clean you up Amen somebody now look at this look at this between between verse number 7 and verse number 8 there is no dialogue that goes on between between Zacchaeus and and Jesus but in verse number 8 the Bible says Jesus Zacchaeus said to Jesus look at look at verse number II Zacchaeus stopped and he said to the Lord behold Lord half of my possessions I will give to the poor a man somebody and if I have defrauded anyone uh-huh of anything I'm gonna give it back to them and I'm gonna give it back to them for for something so so so there was something about Jesus and Zacchaeus being in the presence of Jesus see when you come face-to-face and I bought an eyeball to Jesus I just believed you see yourself as you truly are Jesus didn't spend no hour trying to teach him about what saith the Lord these things our kids were such an individual that that realized that he was wrong and realized that he needed to make a change in his life so just being in the presence of God he said look I repent I need to fix my life I need to get in my life right I need to be in the right relationship with you Lord and if I have done anything and defrauded anybody uh-huh he said I here's what I'm going to do because I want to make this thing right he said I'm going to give it back to him and I'm gonna give them more than what I took four times more than what I took here's another thing here was another thing that you see in a verse verse number eight look at look at look at this there is no mess that cannot be used for ministry I said there is no mess that cannot be used for ministry Church you and I have a story to tell you may have been physically abused you have been you may have been sexually abused you may gone through a divorce you may have gone to jail you may have a mental illness you may have a drinking problem a lying problem of stealing problem a man somebody but you can use your story to bring somebody else to Jesus Amen somebody Zacchaeus took his negative reputation he used his money that he had taken from everybody and he said I'm gonna give it back and I'm gonna give it back I'm not gonna just make it equal I won't give them four times the amount we have a story to tell and if you haven't been through anything you two still have a story to tell Amen somebody you have a story to tell because because you didn't make it this far by yourself it was God's grace and God's mercy that saw you through all those things that you could have been through Amen somebody sososo you to have a story to tell you may not be an alcoholic you may not have been uh abused in any way shape or form but you and you just made it through but you made it through because of the grace of God and you too have a story be like Zacchaeus and use your mess-ups for a testimony and let me make a shout out to to a couple of my sisters Amen who I know personally who have who have made their there there there there there there there there uh Patrice situation and they made it into a ministry and they're touching the lives of so many women and and amen somebody and even us men amen amen I'm talking about for Christian girls yeah those those those ladies have been through some things and and now they're taking this story and they're sharing their story and they are encouraging brothers and sisters all over this brotherhood amen and Jesus said and as we conclude here jesus said jesus said to Zacchaeus because he saw his conviction and he saw his conversion he said today salvation has come to the house if you're watching salvation has come to your house if you need another chance I serve a God who's a God of a another chance not a second chance but another chance Amen somebody and he wants you and he wants me when you come face-to-face with God God will see you and you will see him and he will change your life as we conclude yeah when life has you up a tree don't follow the crowd run ahead of the crowd position yourself to see Jesus that means you have to humble yourself you can't be too boozy that you can't climb a sycamore tree whatever tree that is that you see use what God has put in your path and then don't miss your house guess this morning he's here he wants to come in and he wants to sup with you it's our prayer this morning that you will accept the love of Jesus it's our prayer that you will accept Jesus in your life when life has you up a tree invite Jesus into your home may the God of heaven may he bless you and may he bless you good [Music] me right you know the strong winds made [Music] No damn where [Music] no I will tell them that I helped found yeah we're now come to the portion of our service where we worship God through giving this is a special time in our worship because it gives us an opportunity to several things to show our love and appreciation for God number one it is an act of worship just like every other active worship do we even carry out today God is worthy of this praise and he's worthy of this world the next thing is this is a time for us to show stewardship that's the time for us to acknowledge that God owns everything we're just mere managers and the things that he's blessed us with and lastly is the time for us to sow a seed sow a seed into his kingdom for an abundant interest the book of 2nd Corinthians chapter 9 verses 6 to 8 breezes follows but this I say he was so sparingly shall reap also sparingly and he was soulful bountifully shall reap also bountifully every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loves a cheerful Giver and God is able to make all grace abound toward you that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work that's going on in eternal in Grace's Heavenly Father we thank you for this another opportunity to they buy and store with you so richly blessed to school we pray that as we give this gift to you that we acknowledge you as the owner and the trader of all things we pray that we would give it in a way that is pleasing and acceptable in your sight that we gave it willfully not grudgingly knowing that you're the God of everything these things and praying them your son Jesus Christ for ever and ever amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we now Connor the portion of our service known as communion this is a part of our service where we memorialize the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when I say memorialize I don't mean in the sense of a funeral I mean memorialize his death in the sense of a celebration because he conquered death he was buried and he was resurrected on the third day we have a biblical example of the disciples of Jesus Christ taking this on the first day of the week in Acts chapter 20 and verse 7 but the focus of this memorial is to remember if Jesus's death and the show has definitely comes and to distinguish this from just a regular meal Paul writes in the book of first Corinthians chapter 11 verse number 23 for our receive the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and we had given thanks he brake it and said take eat this is my body which is broken for you this doing remembrance of me after the same manner also he took the cup when he had supped saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood this do ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me for as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup he do show the Lord's death till he come wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord for that a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that Cup for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lord's body let us pray eternal and gracious heavenly father we thank you for this day we thank you for this time of worship where we memorialize and commemorate the death burial and the resurrection of your son Jesus Christ we pray that our focus will be on Jesus focus on his death and focus on his sacrifice because of his sacrifice we were able to live today these things were praying named your son Jesus Christ forever and ever amen let us take the Lord's Supper this concludes this portion of our service [Music] without too [Music] without you [Music] I can't bake it I knew I can't make it without you there was a time time in [Music] and then made me wonder to make this so we're a so hard to run without you without you [Music] I can't bake it I know I can't make it [Music] without you [Music] you I can't make it without you Lord listen Whelan I mean [Music] Oh level to the but appalled you know to God and He will lead me to the prom [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Published: Sun May 31 2020