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Let us stand. Clap your hands all you nations, acclaim our God with shouts of joy. Praise God, praise him with psalms, praise our King, praise him with psalms. Let us pray. Lord God our Father, we praise your name for the gift of this day,

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for the opportunity of worship, for the manifestation of your grace which is new every morning. We invoke your blessings upon us as we seek to worship you in the spirit of truth and in the beauty of holiness. O gracious God, have mercy upon on us and bless us we pray in Jesus name amen. Good morning and welcome to the

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worship of God as we greet one another this morning. [Pause] Now would you turn to page 12 in your bulletin. (piano music)

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(gentle piano music) (dramatic music) [Music] [MUSIC]

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♪ God in His Spirit ♪ ♪ We are one in the Lord ♪ ♪ And we pray that all unity ♪ ♪ Will one day be restored ♪

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♪ And we'll know we are Christians ♪ ♪ Father, Father ♪ ♪ Yes, we'll know we are Christians ♪ ♪ Father ♪

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♪ We will walk with each other ♪ ♪ We will walk hand in hand ♪ ♪ We will walk with each other ♪ ♪ We will walk hand in hand ♪

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♪ And together we'll stand ♪ ♪ The God is in our hands ♪ ♪ And we'll all be a Christian ♪ ♪ I love you ♪

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♪ We'll still know we are peaceful, oh Lord ♪ ♪ We will work with each other ♪ ♪ We will work side by side ♪ ♪ We will work with each other ♪

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♪ We will work side by side ♪ ♪ Let him come, he's the deacons in the city ♪ ♪ He's the drive ♪ ♪ Is the glory of Christmas ♪

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♪ Is the glory of Christmas ♪ ♪ All praise to the Father ♪ ♪ For all he's done ♪ ♪ And all praise to the Bridegroom ♪

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♪ For all he's done ♪ ♪ Give your praise to the Spirit ♪ ♪ Who plays the song ♪ ♪ Yes, they'll know we are Christians ♪

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♪ Fa la la, fa la la ♪ ♪ Yes, they'll know we are Christians ♪ ♪ Fa la la ♪ Our scripture lesson 1st Corinthians the 11th chapter verses 18 through 34

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First of all when you come together in the church I hear that there be divisions among you and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. When you come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lord's Supper for in eating everyone taketh before other his own

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supper and one is hungry and another is drunken. What? Have ye not houses to eat and drink in or despise you the Church of God and shame them that have not? What What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this?

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I praise you not. For I have received with the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he breaketh and said, "Take, eat, this is my body which is broken for you.

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do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup which he had supped saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood this do ye as often as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do show the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever

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shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let 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

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body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged. But when we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world. Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry one for another and if any man

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hunger let him eat at home that ye may come not together unto condemnation and the rest will I set in order when I come. May we join hands with the person next to us or near us as we pray together. May we bow our heads and close our eyes.

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Oh Lord, we come thanking you for the many blessings that you have so bountifully showered upon us all. You have blessed us with your presence and your power. You blessed us with your love, your providential care.

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We thank you. We ask that you would forgive us of our sins, our faults, our failures, the things that we have done wrong, that we are conscious of, as well as those things which we may have done that are not pleasing in your sight, which we may be unaware of.

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Bless us now, and make for us this a time of holy communion, a time of spiritual renewal. Bless we pray thee those among us who are bereaved, bind up the broken heart, bless those who are sick, both in mind and in body, bless us and use us as channels of your grace, we ask through the strong and perfect name of Jesus Christ.

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Amen. [ Pause ] [ Silence ] [ Music ]

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Oh, you see, it's all you do, it's all you say, my Lord, it's working all the time Come down, come down, my Lord, come down, My Lord is riding all the time, And fit before my starry crown, My Lord is riding all the time, Oysies are you do, years are you save, My Lord is riding all the time,

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Oysies are you do, years are you save, My Lord is riding all the time, Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, my Lord is riding all the time Sometimes I'm almost to the ground, my Lord is riding all the time Oh, he sees all you do, hears all you say, my Lord is riding all the time

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I haven't been to heaven, but I've been told My Lord is waiting for the time That the streets up there are paved with gold My Lord is waiting for the time

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Oh, he sees all you do, hears all you say My Lord is waiting for the time Oh, he sees all you do, hears all you say My Lord is waiting for the time

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♪ One of these days it won't be long ♪ ♪ My heart is running all the time ♪ ♪ You'll look for me and I'll be gone ♪ ♪ My heart is running all the time ♪

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♪ Oh, it seems all you do is all you say ♪ ♪ My heart is running all the time ♪ ♪ Oh, it seems all you do is all you say ♪ ♪ My heart is running all the time ♪

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Amen. We worship the Lord now in the dedication of our gifts. Let us all give according to how the Lord has prospered you. Our giving, if it is to be Christian, must be cheerfully done. It must be proportionate. We must give according to what we have. The more God gives us, the more He expects us to give, to share, is to be given systematically on a regular basis, not

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just sporadically now and then. On the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store according to how the Lord has prospered him. You have in your hands a bulletin which gives you an account of giving. It includes all the receipts that it should include all the receipts for this previous month including our Woman's Day

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contributions and you will notice on page 13 that we have a budget deficit we are still running behind with our budget so we still need to give a little more little more little more in order to catch up so we call upon all of you to do the best you can. If all of us will do the best we can we will succeed in reaching our goal. Let us pray. Now God we

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ask that you would cause our hearts to be open, open to your love, open to the manifestation of your concern that we would give first of all ourselves to you and having given ourselves to give our substance for both self and substance belong to you so help us to offer unto you all that we are and all that we hope

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to be. Bless us now as your children as we share our gifts manifesting that spirit that you did reveal to us in the greatest gift in the person of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (gentle music)

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This afternoon at three o'clock we are asking that you will join us as we worship with the Good Hope Baptist Church in Round Rock with the pastor and people there in the celebration of the anniversary of their shepherd, Reverend Robert Williams, who is one of us came out from this church and Has been pastoring now for a number of years there. So we'd like as many of you as

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possible all of our church family to be well represented the pastor the choir that pushes Deacons trustees members all in Round Rock at three o'clock

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Beginning on tomorrow morning our district Congress opens at St. John district Grounds on blessing 7 to 100 block on blessing. I believe it is We want you there the sessions will begin from

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9 to 12 and I think we're out at lunch from 12 to 1 and then again from 1 till around 3 or 4 and then again at 645. The courses will be at 645. The session tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock will include

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a program that will give emphasis to youth. Tomorrow morning, the pastor will deliver the keynote address of the Congress based on the theme, communicating the gospel in a computerized age.

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So we'd like for you to take advantage of the Congress. It's sort of a summer school. It's a workshop for Christian leaders. And the courses will be offered each night

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beginning at the 645 session, including both Sunday school and training union. So we invite you to take advantage of those opportunities. You will notice that outside the in the foyer there are

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photos of various scenes of our Woman's Day activities. Brother Glenn Carson is he here? Brother Carson took those he is a very good photographer and he's one of of our own and we asked him to take those pictures. We've been having commercial photographers and they charge pretty high fees just to come out. He has done a superb job and you had

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last Sunday some pictures that were provided there also by Sister Cecile Banks. I didn't know that until after the service she made me aware of it. Those of you who want pictures, want photos, if you will see sister Loretta Wilson and make it known to her what number, in other words whether you want the all numbered one

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two three four up into the 70s and if you will give the number if you want number 70 that's the number of the picture you want then how many do you want. So if you want two or three or what if you'll give that to sister Violetta Wilson we would appreciate that. We're not going to keep them out this is not

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something we're trying to do to raise any funds it's just an accommodation to those of you who want them and we would appreciate you doing that today because we're not going to leave it out there Sunday after Sunday we're going to do that order the pictures once that'll be that.

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Now we'd like to present our guests. I have only one card, Joan Clum, I believe that with, is that correct? Beg pardon? Clooney, all right. Cloone, all right. She's from Zion Hill Baptist Church, the guest of, is that Montique? All right. Would you stand please? We are delighted to have you. Are there other persons worshiping with us who are not members of this congregation?

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If so, would you stand? We we're delighted to have you we extend to you a very warm welcome on the part of our entire church family. Members of Ebenezer situated near our guests, would you

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give her a warm handshake as an expression of that Welcome, which I have expressed vocally Brenda D Turner Sister Turner, where are you? all right, we're glad to have you from Austin, Texas and

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We also want you to know that we appreciate your presence with us very much those near her Would you give her a warm handshake, please? Thank you Do we have any persons who Are retiring that I did not recognize last Sunday. So let me see your hands those persons who are retiring

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Who are retirees this year? I didn't recognize last Sunday All right, mister. Who is that? I see you pointing somewhere All right, sister to come right up here sister Lewis sister, Justine Lewis I'm always discovering something new each time. I ask these questions this lovely lady is

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retiring after I'm gonna let her tell you how after 36 years as a teacher, well, were all those years in AISD? Yes ma'am, 23 years at AISD.

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Let's give her a hand. All right. (audience applauding) I want you to join us back there.

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She's a faithful usher and a member of the Sunday School staff in the foyer when we assembled at the close of the service, please, ma'am. And congratulations on your retirement.

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I noticed yesterday when I was reading the paper that Sister Lucille Crawford, who was our Woman's Day leader, was the Teacher of the Year in Lanier.

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Sister Crawford, stand up there. You know, see, the Teacher of the Year, I didn't know that. So how many of the other persons here

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in the congregation are Teachers of the Year? (audience applauding) Do we have any other Teachers of the Year here at any school?

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- Many are here. here that's my question my question here all right we want them to stand so let's give her another hand all right now you notice this report in the woman's day that is here and we had some outstanding leaders sister Crawford and sister

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Dodson for this past year and the leaders for next year sister Hodges and sister pleasant. I want them just to stand again sister Hodges and sister pleasant. She is the leader sister Hodges and sister pleasant and sister

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Helen Bailey is going to be along with sister pleasant as co-chairperson sister Hodges is the leader and they've got a great They did a great job this past year and they've got a great job before them. Let's give them a hand All right, thank you. (audience applauding)

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Thank you so much. Would you turn now to hymn number 134, Break Thou the Bread of Life? (gentle piano music)

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[Music] (upbeat piano music) Let us all stand. [ Music ]

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[ Music ] ♪ To thee ♪ ♪ And found its praise ♪ ♪ The Lord ♪

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♪ His heart ♪ ♪ Shall sing ♪ ♪ He of young ♪ ♪ Sacred faith ♪

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♪ I sing ♪ ♪ With joy ♪ ♪ My spirit and soul ♪ ♪ The only thing I ♪

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♪ Bless the God truly, Lord ♪ ♪ Truly, truly ♪ ♪ Bless the gifts of sovereign ♪ ♪ Thy heavenly king ♪

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♪ Let your hope on this seas ♪ ♪ Come let us bow ♪ ♪ Let us worship thy great design ♪ ♪ In the Lord ♪

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[music] Hear this word. For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily

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shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let 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 This is a

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Word addressed to the Corinthian Church in that letter that Paul wrote 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 26 through 28.

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The theme for the message is when we eat at the Lord's table, when we eat at the Lord's table. As the family of God here at Ebenezer, we assemble together once each month, the first Sunday and we eat and drink at the Lord's table.

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It is important that from time to time we consider what it means and the extent to which we seek to relate to the meaning that is associated with coming together at the Lord's table. Paul, in writing to the Corinthians, concerns himself with what should be the proper decorum of those who assemble together at the Lord's table.

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All of us know certain things that were required of us when we came to the table as children. We were told that we were to wash our faces, be sure that you washed your face and your hands,

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Don't come to this table without having washed your face and washed your hands. You are not to eat at the table with a dirty face and dirty hands. We learned that very early in life, that those things are to be done if we are to come to the table.

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as children. We may have been out playing or we may have been doing other things and it was announced that it was time to gather at the table and we'd run in and sit down and possibly be asked the question, "Have you washed your hands?" Well, there are certain requirements for those who would come to the Lord's table. Those who would come to the

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table of the Lord must be cleansed. They are persons who should have had a holy bath, a holy bath, and no one should come to the table without having experienced this cleansing. When I speak of cleansing it has to do with the cleansing that comes through the Spirit of God. There is a requirement for coming to the Lord's

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table and that is baptized believers and that means those who have submitted themselves to this cleansing process which is involved in baptism. As we think of the in the natural way of cleansing ourselves in order to come to the Lord's table we must be cleansed by him. We must experience his cleansing power. Well,

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some things were not in order in Cholerae. They were not as they should be. In fact, Paul says that I want to discuss something with you that I've heard and I believe what I've heard of how you've been conducting yourself at the table of the Lord that you have come expressing divisions. Well we've already discussed

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earlier in this letter that Paul said that he'd also heard that there were divisions some in in this group some in that group one say I belong to the party, another saying I belong to the Pauline party, another saying I belong to the Apollos party, and another saying I don't belong to any of these I belong to

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the Christ party. All of these factions in the church and they were being expressed at the Lord's table. You see when you're not together whatever situation or state we may be in is expressed in how we gather at the Lord's table. So he says there are divisions among you, there are heresies among you.

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In other words, not only are there factions, not only are there cliques, not only are there little groups and little classes separated here and there gathering each one unto itself, not only is that true but there are those who have strange beliefs, one believing one thing and another believing another

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thing. And so there is not this oneness that should be manifested at the table of the Lord. You gather at one place, you're all under one roof, but you are not together in spirit, you are divided. Well this is what was happening. They were having a feast before the observance of the Lord's Supper and this

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was called the agape feast, the agape feast, the love feast. Well it was somewhat like what we do sometimes in the church today. We have sort of a pot luck we call it where everybody brings something from home, each one was bringing something. Here you had in the church all classes of people, people at

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all levels, some rich, some poor, and each one was bringing. So the poor did not have anything to bring, very little to bring, some had very little, some had nothing. Then there were those that were rich who had a great deal to bring. They all brought it and the custom was that they were to bring and put it all together.

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Well they didn't do that. When they gathered at the church, this little group would be gathered over here and they had many times, the rich had far more to eat and more expensive food, more of the delicious delicacies so to speak of the culinary art.

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They had all of those things and plenty to drink. And as it so happened, there were those who were coming there who were eating and stuffing themselves so that they were almost miserable from overeating.

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And then they were drinking so much that many of them became drunk. And so there were those who were leaving the agape feast that were full and drunk and there were others who were leaving who were empty

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and hungry. And this was an expression of their division, this was an expression of their estrangement, this was a kind of funny feeling that was in the church. There was something that had come between them, there was not this oneness that Paul speaks of as being so essential to the life of the

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church. We sing, we are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, and this is the very nature of the church and without that the church becomes just a social club, without that the church just becomes another organization, just a place where people gather no matter what you call it if it is not characterized

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by that oneness, by that unity, by that togetherness. And that just doesn't mean coming to be in one place. And Paul said you've been coming in one place but you haven't been doing what you should do. There is this division, there is this estrangement, and so there was not the oneness, there was not the

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unity at the Lord's table. There was not the fellowship. You see this is one place when we gather at the Lord's table it's the one place in the life of the church where we express our oneness. Our oneness. Our oneness is expressed by the fact that we come to one table, one table. Our oneness is

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expressed in the fact that we are one people. We have diverse backgrounds, we come from many homes, we represent many families, but we are one family, one people coming to one table and at that one table there is one loaf, there is one cup, there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one church. Our coming together

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is an expression of this oneness, it is an expression of that fellowship in Jesus Christ and Paul says I want to call your attention to the fact that you're not what you're doing there is not the kind of atmosphere that should be at the Lord's Supper. In other words you're eating your own supper that

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agape feast is your own supper and you are setting an atmosphere you have created an atmosphere that is not proper for observing or for communing at the Lord's table. So he calls attention to that and after having called attention to what they have been doing that is not in keeping with the Christian tradition

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He reminds them of what the tradition really is. He said it really happened on the night when Jesus was betrayed that he gathered with his disciples and he took bread and broke it and said this is my body. The body of our Lord, the bread representing his body and he gave it to his disciples everyone took that bread

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and it is said that that was just a common loaf and some services have a loaf where the officiating person takes a piece of that loaf and gives it to each person who comes. One loaf, one people communing at one table, this is my body which is broken for you. The body of our Lord. The body is that

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external manifestation of ourselves. The body, the body. In the marriage ceremony There's the part where it is said that I honor you with my body. I honor you with my body. We'd honor Christ with our body because he so honored the word, the command of the Father,

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the will of the Father, that he gave his body for us. And when we partake of that bread, we symbolize the fact that we are identifying with the body of Christ because the church in reality is the body of Jesus Christ, this body broken for you.

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Likewise also, he took the cup and gave to his disciples, the cup representing his shed blood, the cup of our Lord. Oh you remember the story how when he was in the Garden of Gethsemane he prayed to the Father let this cup pass. Oh the agony, the suffering that is involved here in that cup, all that is in that cup

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somehow he drinks it, he drinks it, the cup of death, he drinks it, he experiences the very worst, he drinks of the cup. And so we when we think about the cup we should not only think about the cup of our Lord we should think about our own cup because there is a cup provided for each one of us, a cup that is presented

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to every one of us it is a cup that contains agony, it is a cup of suffering, it is a cup that has to do with the gift of ourselves and all that we are and hope to be in Jesus Christ. It is to take that cup and to drink it. This is the cup of the Lord. And so Paul is admonishing the church at

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Kairith to be true to the Christian tradition not only to remember that there is one table one loaf one cup but that we are to assemble at the table of the Lord in memory of our Savior. When I was a boy we had what we called testimony meetings and whenever we came some churches had it in the afternoon

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some had it in the morning but whenever we came together at the table of the Lord the people would get up and they would give their testimony concerning their Christian walk and many times in the midst of that testimony they would rededicate themselves to the Christian way. They would talk about when they met

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the Lord and what the Lord had done for them as they had walked along the way. Well as we come here this is a time when we are to share a common memory. There is one thing we have in common when we commune at the table of the Lord and that is we all have met the Lord that we share a common memory that somewhere in

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some manner God came to us through Jesus Christ as we were on our way. Possibly we were on our way in the wrong direction but somehow he met us and he turned us around. He arrested us and that has made all the difference in our lives and every one of us who comes to this table has a common memory. So those who come to

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the table of the Lord are those who share that memory. A young lady come to my office just two weeks ago and she came in and she said, "Reverend, I would like for you to baptize my baby. I said would you want this baby baptized? I said we don't baptize in the Baptist Church persons that don't know what they're doing. They must have made a conscious decision,

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a confession, acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. She said I want you to baptize it but I want the child to be read as a Catholic. So I said I don't think you understand the nature of the church. Sometimes when we are serving even in our churches people don't understand the significance

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of coming to the Lord's table. who come to the Lord's table are not persons who who uncommitted but but those who come to the Lord's table are committed sometimes when officers are passing it and children are there sometimes parents

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want to give it to the children because the children may cry because they see them taking something when they really need to be explained having explained to them as what their significance is. I remember once we were serving in earlier in our ministry and as they passed the bread and the wine one

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little child said mama give me some of that beer and she really didn't know what was happening you see in the service but it's ours to make them aware it's ours it's significant that we have them understand that this was instituted as a Christian Passover. The Hebrew people

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had their ancient Passover where they celebrated what God had done for them in bringing them out of Egypt. And so we have a common memory that we are to celebrate and we are to rehearse it in our memory of what God has done for each one of us in bringing us out of Egypt and we're on our way to Canaan land.

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Jesus did it by his life and his death. Jesus paid it all, all to him. I oh. Sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow. So when you come to the Lord's table, come to the Lord's table celebrating that oneness, come to the Lord's table celebrating that fellowship that is in Him, come to the Lord's table

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celebrating that common memory that we share and the fact that Jesus paid it all. We invite you now to accept Him as the Lord of your life, to unite with this church. We invite you to come. ♪ Our dear ♪

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♪ Our Savior's name ♪ ♪ Our strength in His love ♪ ♪ Shall not be ♪ ♪ Dispatched and gray ♪

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♪ Forgive me ♪ ♪ I love you Lord ♪ ♪ Jesus, where you are ♪ ♪ Lord, who will I love ♪

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♪ Still the work of wills unsparing ♪ ♪ March with heart as gold ♪ ♪ Lord now and in our pride ♪ ♪ Lord now and all our love ♪

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♪ And change our life's past ♪ ♪ Come yet, come what is done ♪ ♪ Jesus, where you are ♪ ♪ Come to me, my Lord ♪

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♪ Send a thousand confessions ♪ ♪ When He rose ♪ ♪ He was no worse ♪ ♪ Than Jesus He was ♪

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♪ All to Him I give thanks ♪ ♪ And sin has not conquered ♪ ♪ When we watch the darkest hour ♪ - Let us pray.

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Gracious God, our Father, Come now to the table of the Lord. Grant that we may come with that oneness. Break down the barriers.

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Remove the walls, the fences that would keep us from experiencing and manifesting that oneness, that harmony, that peace that only you can give. Bless now the bread and the cup

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representing the body and blood of our Lord. We pray that we would be reminded of the word of the apostle that he who eateth and drinketh at the Lord's table unworthily,

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eateth and drinketh damnation to his own soul. Help us that we may eat and drink in holiness and purity. We ask in Jesus name, amen.

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[MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] (gentle piano music)

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(gentle piano music) [MUSIC] [ Music ] ♪ Let us pray a prayer of peace ♪

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♪ Let us pray a prayer of peace ♪ [Music] If you wish to be served, would you hold your hand until you've been served, please. ♪ Oh, Lord, have mercy on me ♪

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♪ Let us drink wine together ♪ ♪ On our knees ♪ ♪ Let us drink wine together ♪ ♪ There on your heels ♪

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♪ When I fall on my knees ♪ ♪ With my face to the rising sun ♪ ♪ Oh, can I see you ♪ ♪ For the need ♪

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♪ Let us praise God together ♪ ♪ For the need ♪ ♪ Let us praise God together ♪ ♪ For the need ♪

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♪ I'll hold on my knees ♪ ♪ With my face to the rising sun ♪ ♪ Oh Lord have mercy ♪ ♪ On me ♪

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Has anyone who should be served who's been overlooked, would you raise your hand? Let us commune together. [Music] You sang a hymn and went out, but you turned out to page number 11.

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As we stand to sing, we rise to respond in your bulletin with common accord. (piano music) ♪ We rise to respond to the Mother's call ♪ ♪ We rise to fight in the face of sin's power ♪

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♪ His truth is what we'll find if we are called ♪ ♪ Our call to enter and obey him no more ♪ ♪ He calls us to build the city of earth ♪ ♪ Build our house around it back on his word ♪

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♪ He calls us and sent us to be of mankind ♪ ♪ To share with the living which we are his kind ♪ [ Music ] [BLANK_AUDIO]