{"id":1250,"date":"2025-01-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/330-jim-styles-exhortation-biblical-guidance-on-our-memorial-service\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:49:10","slug":"330-jim-styles-exhortation-biblical-guidance-on-our-memorial-service","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/330-jim-styles-exhortation-biblical-guidance-on-our-memorial-service\/","title":{"rendered":"330: Jim Styles – Exhortation: Biblical Guidance on our Memorial Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Jim Styles entitled \u201cBiblical Guidance on our Memorial Service\u201d that was given at the Simi Hills Ecclesia in December 2024. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jason.
\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nEach week we post a talk that we
\npreviewed from suggestions sent <\/p>\n

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\nin by listeners from around the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nThen we record a short intro
\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is an
\nexcitation by brother Jim Styles<\/p>\n

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\nthat he gave on December 15th at
\nthe Simi Hills Ecclesia, which <\/p>\n

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\nis where I go.
\nSo this is my first time <\/p>\n

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\nsuggesting a talk that I heard
\nat my own hall, which is <\/p>\n

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\nsomething I’ve been trying to
\navoid for no really good reason.<\/p>\n

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\nBut this was absolutely
\nexcellent and I was really <\/p>\n

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\nexcited to share it.
\nI had kind of a funny experience<\/p>\n

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\nbecause if you listen to the
\ntalk by Brother Tom Peel, <\/p>\n

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\nCohesion and Convergence, which
\nis a couple episodes ago, the <\/p>\n

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\nlast episode I did, I posted
\nthat the morning before going to<\/p>\n

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\nmemorial service.
\nAnd then Brother Jim really <\/p>\n

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\ntalked about the same topic
\nagain. <\/p>\n

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\nHis title was Biblical guidance
\nfor the memorial service. <\/p>\n

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\nHis readings were Exodus chapter
\n12 about the Passover in First <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 11 about the, you
\nknow, Paul kind of helping the <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians clean up their
\nprocess for the breaking of <\/p>\n

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\nbread.
\nAnd it was very, very good talk.<\/p>\n

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\nReally.
\nIt was really a re examination <\/p>\n

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\nof first Corinthians 11 kind of
\narguing that from the context in<\/p>\n

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\nthe key verse where it says
\nexamine yourself during that <\/p>\n

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\nbreaking your bread.
\nWe often take that as it’s often<\/p>\n

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\nunderstood, as you know, the
\nbreaking bread is a time to <\/p>\n

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\nexamine yourself, consider your
\nsins, you know, quietly meditate<\/p>\n

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\non how you can improve as a
\nbeliever. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Jim makes the point that the
\nproblem that Corinthians <\/p>\n

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\necclesia was having was that
\nsome were feasting while others <\/p>\n

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\nwere starving for the memorial
\nmeal, which was obviously not <\/p>\n

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\ngood.
\nAnd that’s what the greater <\/p>\n

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\ncontext of the chapter is about.
\nAnd so he argues that the <\/p>\n

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\npurpose of gathering together in
\nmemorial service is to rejoice <\/p>\n

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\nabout what God has done for us
\nand to encourage each other. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is not to kind of have your
\nquiet time, quiet meditation. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says the example we have from
\nJesus is to remove yourself to <\/p>\n

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\nthe mountain and do that by
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he makes a lot of really good
\npoints here and very clearly at <\/p>\n

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\nknowing brother Jim and having
\nlistened to him and talk to them<\/p>\n

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\nquite often.
\nHe had, he has an extra level of<\/p>\n

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\npassion, I would say, in this,
\nin this exhortation that was <\/p>\n

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\nalso fun to hear.
\nHe’s really talking about <\/p>\n

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\nsomething he’s very much
\nthinking about and caring about <\/p>\n

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\nat the time.
\nAnd he also, like Tom Peel did <\/p>\n

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\nin my previous episode, kind of
\nlines up on the limitations of <\/p>\n

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\nmeeting together over Zoom near
\nthe end, which and he talks, <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s he’s very sensitive to
\nthose who are physically unable <\/p>\n

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\nto meet together, but but he
\ntalks pretty critically about <\/p>\n

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\nthe necessity of getting
\ntogether when we can. <\/p>\n

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\nSo yeah, I really, really enjoy.
\nThis is obviously something I’ve<\/p>\n

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\nbeen thinking about as well, and
\nI was really excited to share <\/p>\n

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\nthis.
\nSo here’s the next station by <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Jim Styles.
\nBiblical Principles of the <\/p>\n

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\nmemorial service.
\nWell, good morning everyone, <\/p>\n

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\ngoodies hooked up here.
\nWell, I’m like Levi. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I come here, I don’t bother
\nputting on the tie and all that <\/p>\n

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\nset the I’m glad you do, Levi,
\nbut not me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnyways, if they’re raising six
\nchildren, some of them had some <\/p>\n

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\nreal behavioral problems.
\nAnd well, at least while they <\/p>\n

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\nwere sitting in memorial
\nservice, I had a lot of time to <\/p>\n

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\nthink about why I even came to
\nmeeting. <\/p>\n

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\nThere were days where Still and
\nI showed up to our ecclesia and <\/p>\n

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\nwe looked at each other and we
\njust said we made it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we endured through the
\nmeeting, kept everybody quiet. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was like, wow, that was a
\nlot of work. <\/p>\n

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\nDid you hear anything?
\nNo, I didn’t hear anything. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that was the way it was.
\nAnd with six kids that went on <\/p>\n

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\nfor over 10 years, 10 years, not
\nvery often did soon I ever get a<\/p>\n

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\nchance to just sit here and
\npeace and quiet, meditate and do<\/p>\n

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\nall those things that people do
\nwhen they come to meeting. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it gave me a lot of chance
\nto sit and think about what do <\/p>\n

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\nwe come to meeting for?
\nWe we didn’t have Vimeo back <\/p>\n

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\nthen.
\nYou couldn’t go home and like <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to it again like we do
\nnow. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I do that every week.
\nI go home and listen to Brad’s <\/p>\n

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\nannouncements or gyms or
\nwhatever doesn’t because I <\/p>\n

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\nusually don’t hear them.
\nAnd it’s a great thing that we <\/p>\n

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\nhad today to be able to listen
\nto things a second time around. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what we used to do is we
\nfound that work for us is we got<\/p>\n

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\ntapes in from cassette tapes,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nWe got tapes in from other
\ncities and other areas, <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes from Australia,
\ndifferent places. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we listened to exitations at
\nhome before we ever came to <\/p>\n

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\nmeeting.
\nSo that meeting to us was <\/p>\n

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\nsomething totally different than
\nit is for many of you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that hasn’t changed a lot
\nwith having grandchildren around<\/p>\n

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\nthis.
\nI spend most of my time outside <\/p>\n

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\nwith Theo and all his little
\nfriends that are out there with <\/p>\n

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\nhim probably right now.
\nAnd that’s what we do. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, there’s speakers set
\nup out there, but I know some of<\/p>\n

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\nyou don’t like it because it
\nechoes over here because we <\/p>\n

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\nnever really got the speaker
\nthat’s real time with with this <\/p>\n

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\nmeeting.
\nSo it’s always a delay of 15 or <\/p>\n

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\n20 seconds.
\nBut it gave Sue and IA lot of <\/p>\n

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\nopportunities to think about
\nwhat the purpose of memorial <\/p>\n

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\nservice really is.
\nWhy do we come to memorial <\/p>\n

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\nservice?
\nYou start looking back in, in, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, our memorial service
\nand you wonder like, well, what <\/p>\n

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\nare we here for today?
\nAnd I bet if we ask all of you, <\/p>\n

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\nif we did one of Luke’s surveys,
\nwe’d find out that everybody had<\/p>\n

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\na lot of different reasons as to
\nwhy they’re here from memorial <\/p>\n

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\nservice.
\nAnd I know for Rebecca, it would<\/p>\n

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\nbe the snacks.
\nThat’s why she would be here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, for some people,
\nyou know, you ought to <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand, some people come
\nhere just to talk to an adult <\/p>\n

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\nfor once.
\nIt’s, there’s so many different <\/p>\n

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\nreasons that people are here and
\nit’s, it’s important to <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes look in the Bible and
\nfind out what are the hints in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Bible about why we should be
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course, 1st Corinthians
\n11 that Andrew just read, that’s<\/p>\n

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\none of the big ones we go to.
\nSo our Christian Elphin <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity, as we grew up, our
\nculture that we have inherited, <\/p>\n

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\ndoes a lot of stuff about
\nexamining yourself. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what we were trained to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nYou come to meeting and you sit
\nthere and you think about all <\/p>\n

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\nthe mistakes I made during the
\nweek, all the failures that I’ve<\/p>\n

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\nhad this week, and you examine
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so let him eat of the bread
\nand take of the wine. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that was the culture I grew
\nup with. <\/p>\n

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\nI ended up deciding in the end,
\nthough, that didn’t work for me.<\/p>\n

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\nThat wasn’t really what I was
\nhere for. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the end I decided that’s
\nnot actually what Paul’s talking<\/p>\n

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\nabout in First Corinthians 11.
\nIt’s actually something quite <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent than that, which
\nturned things all around. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s what I want to look at
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat I did is started going back
\nand looking at what if you were <\/p>\n

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\njust starting from scratch with
\na Bible in your hand, how would <\/p>\n

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\nyou develop memorial service?
\nWhere would you go in the Bible <\/p>\n

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\nto try to figure out what did
\nthey do? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, you’d start reading
\nthrough the Acts maybe and start<\/p>\n

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\nlooking for New Testament
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nYou might actually go back to
\nthe old or at least the Gospels <\/p>\n

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\nand go back to Jesus.
\nAnd that’s what I did. <\/p>\n

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\nI started going back to these
\nthings to figure out like, what <\/p>\n

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\ndid people do in Bible times?
\nWhat was the Bibles? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat did God really want us to
\ndo when we all come together? <\/p>\n

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\nThis actually answered for me
\nthe problem about why so many <\/p>\n

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\nChristadelphians had trouble
\ncoming back to meeting after <\/p>\n

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\nCOVID.
\nLike Levi said, you know, he, he<\/p>\n

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\ncouldn’t wait to get back here,
\nbut there were many people who <\/p>\n

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\nthought, you know what, I can do
\na better job at home because <\/p>\n

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\nthey were coming for a different
\nreason. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was very interesting to me
\nto watch that play out in our <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity because what it did is
\nit revealed to us why people <\/p>\n

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\nwere coming to meeting.
\nAnd it was the, the history that<\/p>\n

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\nI had.
\nIt was like they were coming for<\/p>\n

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\nthe reason I was, I grew up
\nwith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the end, you know what,
\nif you’re here to just meditate <\/p>\n

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\nand, and, and consider your week
\nand all those different things <\/p>\n

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\nand you want quiet time to do
\nthat, go home. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can do a much better job of
\nthat at home. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what we found out
\nduring COVID. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that isn’t why we’re here
\ntoday, at least biblically. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not why we’re here.
\nThat’s not why God says that we <\/p>\n

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\nshould all gather together.
\nSo what I want to do is look <\/p>\n

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\nback at the memorial service and
\nlook at the at least the history<\/p>\n

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\nthat we can get in the Bible
\nfrom that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s have a look.
\nThe background for this is in in<\/p>\n

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\nLuke 22 or one of the Gospels.
\nWe know these verses now, Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nas Andrew just read, because
\nPaul quoted that with fervent <\/p>\n

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\ndesire.
\nHe said I have desire to eat <\/p>\n

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\nthis Passover with you before I
\nsuffer. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus knew that the Judas was
\ngoing to betray him and that the<\/p>\n

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\nothers were going to run away,
\nbut he didn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nFocus on himself and see what we
\nwant to do this morning is think<\/p>\n

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\nabout aren’t we here for ourself
\nor are we here for others? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I really believe if you’re
\nhere for yourself, you’re better<\/p>\n

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\noff staying home.
\nYou, you could do a much better <\/p>\n

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\njob for yourself.
\nI can’t at least sitting in my <\/p>\n

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\nbedroom with my computer on and
\nI can, or listening to tapes <\/p>\n

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\nwalking around the neighborhood,
\nI can listen to Vimeo again. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not really why we’re here
\nfrom God’s perspective. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s not why Jesus had the
\nLast Supper, the Last Supper, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich he said was this Passover.
\nSo it was based off of the <\/p>\n

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\nPassover, the Last Supper.
\nThat was the connection to the <\/p>\n

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\nPassover.
\nIt wasn’t about yourself. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus sat with his disciples and
\nwhat did he do during that <\/p>\n

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\nPassover?
\nHe’s told him, He said, I <\/p>\n

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\ndesired fervently to eat this
\nwith you before I supper. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then what did he proceed to
\ndo? <\/p>\n

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\nThe Gospels record his effort to
\nhelp his disciples get through <\/p>\n

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\nthat night.
\nHe’s facing the toughest night <\/p>\n

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\nof his life.
\nAnd what does he do? <\/p>\n

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\nHe tries to help them get
\nthrough that night. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he takes the bread and says,
\nthis is my body. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he takes the cup, and this
\nis the new covenant in my blood <\/p>\n

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\nand says, do this in remembrance
\nof me. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does that mean?
\nDo this in remembrance of me. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat are you remembering about
\nwhat Jesus did that night? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat are we remembering?
\nWhat he did? <\/p>\n

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\nIs he?
\nHe got the hound while there, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, arguing about who’s
\ngoing to be greatest in the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nHe gets down on the ground and <\/p>\n

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\nwashes their feet.
\nThat’s what he did. <\/p>\n

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\nHe tells Peter that.
\nPeter, you know Satan’s desire <\/p>\n

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\nto have you.
\nBut I have prayed for you, <\/p>\n

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\nPeter, that your faith will not
\nfail. <\/p>\n

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\nHis focus was all on helping the
\nothers, not on himself, not when<\/p>\n

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\nthey were all gathered together.
\nSee, that’s where we are today. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re in that situation like
\nJesus, when he’s there with all <\/p>\n

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\nhis disciples.
\nAnd when he was in that <\/p>\n

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\nsituation, he wasn’t focused on
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was thinking about how can I
\nhelp this person? <\/p>\n

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\nHow can I help this person?
\nHow can I pray for this person? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what he was doing.
\nAnd when he wanted time to <\/p>\n

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\nmeditate, quiet meditation time,
\nwhat did he do? <\/p>\n

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\nThink about it, What did he do
\nwhen he wanted that quiet <\/p>\n

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\nmeditation time?
\nHe walked up to the garden and <\/p>\n

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\nwent off by himself.
\nYou can do that at home. <\/p>\n

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\nReally, you can do that at home.
\nBut what Jesus focused on at <\/p>\n

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\nthat time was he wanted them to
\nmake it. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wanted, he thought, what do
\nthey need? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do other people here need
\ntoday? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why we’re here.
\nWe talk to each other and we do <\/p>\n

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\nall these things.
\nThat’s what Jesus did. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he prayed for them as you
\nwatch as he’s walking up to the <\/p>\n

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\nto the garden, he’s praying
\nFather, make them one as we are <\/p>\n

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\none.
\nAnd he told him he’d send them <\/p>\n

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\nthe comforter to help them as
\nsoon as he got to the Father. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what he did.
\nAnd when you think about it, <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s what he meant when he
\nsaid, do this in remembrance of <\/p>\n

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\nme.
\nThink about other people, talk <\/p>\n

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\nto people, find out what you can
\ndo for them, help them, pray for<\/p>\n

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\nthem, get involved in their
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why we’re here.
\nAnd you can’t do that from home <\/p>\n

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\nvery well.
\nYou actually have to be here. <\/p>\n

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\nI know there’s people at home
\nright now watching on video. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t have much choice.
\nYou, you have to be at home. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s that’s a different
\nsituation. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when we when we have the
\nhealth to be here, we have the <\/p>\n

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\nresources to be here, what God
\nwants us to do is come together <\/p>\n

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\nand talk to each other and and
\nencourage each other and build <\/p>\n

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\neach other up.
\nThat’s what he wants us to do. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not really all about us.
\nSo we read in in the the reading<\/p>\n

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\nthis morning when Rodney went
\nthrough that good and Rodney <\/p>\n

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\ncame up at the right time.
\nWe got through Exodus 12 and you<\/p>\n

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\nlook at that celebration of the
\nPassover. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s where all this came from,
\nthe Passover. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat was it designed to do?
\nWell, God said you will keep it <\/p>\n

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\nas a feast, a feast, a
\ncelebration. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what it was all about.
\nYou ever noticed how you you <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t find anything about this
\nphrase that we use. <\/p>\n

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\nExamine yourself and reading the
\nPassover. <\/p>\n

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\nNothing about looking at all
\nyour sins and all your trouble. <\/p>\n

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\nInstead, the Passover focused on
\nlook at what God has done for <\/p>\n

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\nyou excitement.
\nLook at you got picked you <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re he’s you’re one of the
\npeople he’s working with. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at His great salvation.
\nHe’s worked out for you. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the focus of the
\nPassover. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s that’s what we’re
\nsupposed to remember. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why God required 3 * a
\nyear that all the males would <\/p>\n

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\nshow up in Jerusalem.
\nWhy don’t you want them to all <\/p>\n

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\ncome together?
\nIt wasn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s nothing recorded about
\nso that you can sit there and <\/p>\n

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\nfocus on all your sins and all
\nyour mistakes and how bad a <\/p>\n

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\nperson I am.
\nIt was all about celebration, <\/p>\n

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\nexcitement, rejoicing, all the
\nfun things that God had done for<\/p>\n

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\nthem and that’s what they were
\nsupposed to do. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what we should be doing.
\nWhen you, when you look at that <\/p>\n

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\nPassover meal, see what happened
\nlike in in some of the areas of <\/p>\n

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\nour world, people were so
\nfocused on ourselves and our <\/p>\n

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\nquiet meditation time.
\nThey said, well, let’s put the <\/p>\n

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\nchildren off in another location
\nbecause children don’t belong <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nThat’s not what God said. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wanted them there at the
\nPassover. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wanted them to witness it.
\nHe even said that he, he <\/p>\n

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\nactually orchestrated that the
\nkids were supposed to ask <\/p>\n

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\nquestions during that memorial
\nservice during that Passover so <\/p>\n

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\nthat they could understand his
\ngreat salvation. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what God records see.
\nWe’ve gotten so far away from <\/p>\n

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\nthat as a community.
\nWe, we don’t want, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nnoise.
\nWe don’t want all these things, <\/p>\n

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\nbut that’s what real life is all
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s noise all the time.
\nAnd God wanted that to be <\/p>\n

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\ncommunicate to those kids.
\nHe wanted them there. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t want them somewhere
\nelse. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wanted them to be part of it.
\nAnd that’s really when you start<\/p>\n

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\nlooking for at least as to what
\nGod wanted. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wants them to be here right
\nnow. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sure, if people are going to
\nmake noise, kids do make noise, <\/p>\n

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\nbut then they can ask those
\nquestions. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can talk to them at home
\nabout why were we here today? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you said, Leah, why do you
\nthink we came? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and you, you, you talk to
\nthem about what we’re doing <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nAnd, and it’s not just about <\/p>\n

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\nquiet meditation times.
\nWe’re here to celebrate the <\/p>\n

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\ngreat salvation God’s
\naccomplished for us in Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nWhat a privilege that we have <\/p>\n

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\nthat, that, that God has been
\nwilling to do that. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, you start looking at
\nin the Old Testament, we could <\/p>\n

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\ngo through it, which I did, you
\nknow, I went through Leviticus <\/p>\n

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\n23 and I looked at the Feast of
\nBooths, the Feast of <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacles, as you call it.
\nAnd you start looking at, well, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat do you compile about the
\nFeast of Tabernacles? <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, like in Leviticus 23
\nand verse 40, that you shall <\/p>\n

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\nrejoice before the Lord your God
\nseven days. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:04,400 –> 00:16:08,160
\nYou shall celebrate it as a
\nfeast to the Lord for seven days<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:08,160 –> 00:16:11,800
\nin the year that your
\ngenerations may know that I made<\/p>\n

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\nthe people of Israel dwell in
\nbooths when I brought them out <\/p>\n

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\nof the land of Egypt.
\nI am the Lord your God. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see how the focus is all on
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not on me.
\nIt’s not on what I need. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s about what God has done for
\nus and what Jesus showed is what<\/p>\n

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\nwe want to be doing is looking
\nfor. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can we help others to to get
\nexcited about that, to encourage<\/p>\n

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\nthem to build each other up.
\nThat’s what we’re supposed to do<\/p>\n

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\nwhen we all come together.
\nDo you understand? <\/p>\n

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\nLike why, you know, I sat there
\nin my home during, during COVID,<\/p>\n

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\nhaving a meeting at home
\nthinking, boy, if if I just <\/p>\n

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\nwanted to think about me, this
\nwas a great way to do it in <\/p>\n

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\nfront of my computer, still on
\nthe other side of the room. <\/p>\n

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\nShe had hers and it was nice,
\nquiet time, but that’s not <\/p>\n

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\nreally what our our, our life
\nand the truth is really all <\/p>\n

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\nabout.
\nIt’s about being here. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can go through all of the
\nfeast and show the exact same <\/p>\n

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\nthing that what God wanted
\npeople to do is to come <\/p>\n

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\ntogether, celebrate, talk to
\neach other and build each other <\/p>\n

325
\n00:17:15,720 –> 00:17:17,319
\nup.
\nThat’s really what it was all <\/p>\n

326
\n00:17:17,319 –> 00:17:19,359
\nabout.
\nWhen you look at those feasts, <\/p>\n

327
\n00:17:19,359 –> 00:17:22,839
\nyou find out what they all had
\nin common, all those 3 * a year,<\/p>\n

328
\n00:17:22,839 –> 00:17:26,520
\nthe Passover and the the Feast
\nof Booths and the the Pentecost <\/p>\n

329
\n00:17:26,520 –> 00:17:29,480
\nwhen they would come together.
\nHe said you will have a feast. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:17:29,720 –> 00:17:31,120
\nYou’re going to eat a meal
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:17:31,640 –> 00:17:34,400
\nYou’re going to share your lamb,
\nyour peace offerings, and your <\/p>\n

332
\n00:17:34,400 –> 00:17:37,880
\nfood with others.
\nYou’re going to rejoice in God’s<\/p>\n

333
\n00:17:37,920 –> 00:17:40,200
\ngreat salvation He’s
\naccomplished for you. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:17:40,920 –> 00:17:43,960
\nAnd remember that you know,
\nwhere we would be without that <\/p>\n

335
\n00:17:43,960 –> 00:17:45,680
\nintervention.
\nThat’s true. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:17:45,680 –> 00:17:48,320
\nWe do look back and think about
\nwithout God intervening in our <\/p>\n

337
\n00:17:48,320 –> 00:17:50,520
\nlife, I would never be what I am
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:17:51,000 –> 00:17:53,120
\nAnd he changes us into different
\npeople. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:17:53,120 –> 00:17:56,480
\nAnd then I got thinking about in
\nour memorial service today as we<\/p>\n

340
\n00:17:56,480 –> 00:17:59,600
\nspend time here together with
\nSunday school and, and, and our <\/p>\n

341
\n00:17:59,600 –> 00:18:03,760
\nmemorial service, what part of
\nour service matches up the best <\/p>\n

342
\n00:18:04,160 –> 00:18:06,600
\nwith those feast days that got
\nestablished? <\/p>\n

343
\n00:18:07,360 –> 00:18:09,880
\nAnd to some of you, it may shock
\nyou, but to find out it’s <\/p>\n

344
\n00:18:09,880 –> 00:18:14,360
\nactually our snack time.
\nSnack time, the very time that <\/p>\n

345
\n00:18:14,360 –> 00:18:17,560
\nsome of you wish we didn’t even
\nhave you know, it’s it’s like <\/p>\n

346
\n00:18:17,560 –> 00:18:21,600
\nthat’s what God was after.
\nCome together, have a meal <\/p>\n

347
\n00:18:21,600 –> 00:18:25,800
\ntogether and talk to each other
\nand celebrate what God has done <\/p>\n

348
\n00:18:25,800 –> 00:18:28,400
\nfor us.
\nI all the kids are there. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:18:28,440 –> 00:18:31,280
\nEverybody’s there is a family.
\nWe can all go out there and <\/p>\n

350
\n00:18:31,280 –> 00:18:33,360
\nenjoy snack.
\nMaybe when it’s a little warmer <\/p>\n

351
\n00:18:33,360 –> 00:18:35,520
\nwe would, but some of you
\nprobably ate inside. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:18:35,880 –> 00:18:39,160
\nBut what a great thing that we
\nhave that we can do that as a <\/p>\n

353
\n00:18:39,160 –> 00:18:42,440
\ncommunity.
\nNot all Eclis have that, but you<\/p>\n

354
\n00:18:42,440 –> 00:18:45,840
\ncan see how it’s, it’s such a
\ngreat time for people to come <\/p>\n

355
\n00:18:45,840 –> 00:18:48,440
\ntogether and celebrate what God
\nhas done. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:18:48,840 –> 00:18:53,040
\nIt’s, it’s all about emphasizing
\nthe feasting, the rejoicing, the<\/p>\n

357
\n00:18:53,040 –> 00:18:56,520
\nthankfulness and the sharing.
\nThat’s what all those feast days<\/p>\n

358
\n00:18:56,520 –> 00:18:58,840
\nwere all about.
\nSo then you look at First <\/p>\n

359
\n00:18:58,840 –> 00:19:01,360
\nCorinthians 11, you find out,
\nwell, what, what does Paul <\/p>\n

360
\n00:19:01,360 –> 00:19:04,680
\nactually say about the memorial
\nservice and what is the context?<\/p>\n

361
\n00:19:05,440 –> 00:19:08,240
\nNow you know from reading
\nthrough Corinthians, the context<\/p>\n

362
\n00:19:08,240 –> 00:19:11,840
\nof Corinthians as you’re going
\nthrough the letter, the context <\/p>\n

363
\n00:19:11,840 –> 00:19:14,760
\nis all about problems from
\nselfishness. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:19:15,360 –> 00:19:18,000
\nMe, I’m, I, I want to take care
\nof myself and I don’t really <\/p>\n

365
\n00:19:18,000 –> 00:19:22,000
\ncare what happens to all of you.
\nHe he starts out chapter 1 <\/p>\n

366
\n00:19:22,000 –> 00:19:24,960
\nwarning them about the brothers
\ncausing divisions in the <\/p>\n

367
\n00:19:24,960 –> 00:19:27,560
\ncommunity.
\nIn chapter 3, don’t have <\/p>\n

368
\n00:19:27,560 –> 00:19:29,560
\ndivisions.
\nEvery member is important. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:19:29,560 –> 00:19:32,880
\nHe says, remember it’s God’s
\nfamily, not yours. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:19:33,760 –> 00:19:35,880
\nChapter 6, you get to don’t sue
\nyour brother. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:19:35,880 –> 00:19:38,280
\nThat’s what they were doing,
\ntaking advantage of each other. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:19:38,600 –> 00:19:41,960
\nChapter 8, the food offered, the
\nidols, Paul would say, look at <\/p>\n

373
\n00:19:41,960 –> 00:19:45,720
\nwe all have the knowledge, but
\nknowledge puffs up and love <\/p>\n

374
\n00:19:45,720 –> 00:19:48,560
\nbuilds up.
\nYou get to Chapter 9 and Paul <\/p>\n

375
\n00:19:48,560 –> 00:19:50,920
\nsays, look at all these rights I
\ncould have as an apostle. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:19:50,920 –> 00:19:52,880
\nI could do this.
\nI could demand to view this. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:19:53,120 –> 00:19:54,520
\nI could ask you to take care of
\nme. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:19:54,520 –> 00:19:56,720
\nI could ask you to house me and
\nfeed me and all these things. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:19:56,720 –> 00:19:59,600
\nAnd he said, I never, I never
\ntook advantage of all those <\/p>\n

380
\n00:19:59,600 –> 00:20:01,560
\nrights.
\nThat’s what not that’s not what <\/p>\n

381
\n00:20:01,560 –> 00:20:03,720
\nI did.
\nBut you see, you’ll get that <\/p>\n

382
\n00:20:03,720 –> 00:20:05,640
\nverse up there of a key verse
\nfor today. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:20:06,040 –> 00:20:09,760
\nHis focus was always on helping
\nothers. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:20:09,760 –> 00:20:12,800
\nThat’s what Paul was after.
\nThat’s what he wanted to do. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:20:12,800 –> 00:20:15,920
\nHe wanted to help the others get
\nthrough this so that they could <\/p>\n

386
\n00:20:15,920 –> 00:20:18,760
\nmake it as well.
\nI sort of compiled 2 verses to <\/p>\n

387
\n00:20:18,760 –> 00:20:22,320
\nthere when it says that let no
\none seek his own good but the <\/p>\n

388
\n00:20:22,320 –> 00:20:25,320
\ngood of his neighbor.
\nThis is out of chapter 10. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:20:25,320 –> 00:20:28,960
\nThis is the the chapter before
\nhe gets the memorial service. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:20:29,200 –> 00:20:33,880
\nHe lay in the background for it
\nand he says later on in verse 35<\/p>\n

391
\n00:20:33,880 –> 00:20:38,560
\nor 33 there just as I try to
\nplease everyone and everything I<\/p>\n

392
\n00:20:38,560 –> 00:20:42,800
\ndo not seeking my own advantage,
\nbut that of many that they may <\/p>\n

393
\n00:20:42,800 –> 00:20:45,600
\nbe saved.
\nAnd then Chapter 11 starts out <\/p>\n

394
\n00:20:45,960 –> 00:20:49,360
\nthe imitators of me as I am of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:20:50,040 –> 00:20:53,120
\nSee, that’s the context of first
\nCorinthians 11. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:20:53,240 –> 00:20:57,400
\nDon’t be selfish, don’t take
\nadvantage of your rights. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:20:57,680 –> 00:21:00,680
\nDon’t demand that I want this
\nand I need this to to come to <\/p>\n

398
\n00:21:00,680 –> 00:21:04,720
\nmeeting, but instead look out
\nfor the interests of others. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:21:05,680 –> 00:21:08,560
\nSo you get to chapter 10 there
\nthat the warning is all about <\/p>\n

400
\n00:21:08,560 –> 00:21:10,920
\nthe the idolatry that they are
\ngoing through, which is all <\/p>\n

401
\n00:21:10,920 –> 00:21:14,000
\nabout self-service as well.
\nAnd then he starts out in <\/p>\n

402
\n00:21:14,000 –> 00:21:17,360
\nchapter 10 and starts into the
\nidea, the bread and the wine in <\/p>\n

403
\n00:21:17,360 –> 00:21:20,000
\nverse 16.
\nAren’t we fellowshipping the <\/p>\n

404
\n00:21:20,000 –> 00:21:24,400
\nbody and the blood of Jesus?
\nAnd down at verse 36 there he’s <\/p>\n

405
\n00:21:24,400 –> 00:21:26,280
\nnot 33.
\nHe’s not going to seek his own <\/p>\n

406
\n00:21:26,280 –> 00:21:30,280
\nadvantage.
\nSo what Paul did is he tried to <\/p>\n

407
\n00:21:30,280 –> 00:21:33,440
\nget people to focus on the needs
\nof others. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:21:33,880 –> 00:21:35,760
\nDon’t take advantage of your
\nrights. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:21:35,760 –> 00:21:39,280
\nDon’t sit here and think about
\nwhat I need at this meeting, but<\/p>\n

410
\n00:21:39,280 –> 00:21:42,000
\nlook around and find out what
\ncan I do to try to help other <\/p>\n

411
\n00:21:42,000 –> 00:21:44,160
\npeople?
\nAnd in doing that, a lot of <\/p>\n

412
\n00:21:44,160 –> 00:21:47,200
\ntimes that’s actually what
\nbecomes helpful to us. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:21:47,840 –> 00:21:50,600
\nI found Pauls exhortation in in
\nPhilippians 2. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:21:50,600 –> 00:21:53,080
\nThat’s something that I’ve
\nalways found it very useful that<\/p>\n

415
\n00:21:53,080 –> 00:21:57,520
\nthat whole idea that he brings
\nout in Chapter 2 where the NASB <\/p>\n

416
\n00:21:57,520 –> 00:22:02,000
\nsays do nothing from selfishness
\nor empty conceit, but with <\/p>\n

417
\n00:22:02,000 –> 00:22:07,640
\nhumility of mind, regard one
\nanother as more important than <\/p>\n

418
\n00:22:07,640 –> 00:22:09,600
\nyourselves, not better than
\nyourselves. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:22:09,600 –> 00:22:12,000
\nThe other versions that because
\npeople will look at that. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:22:12,200 –> 00:22:14,560
\nRemember Colin Badger when he
\ntalked to me one time about it <\/p>\n

421
\n00:22:14,560 –> 00:22:17,120
\nand we were doing a Philippian
\nstudy and he said, how can you <\/p>\n

422
\n00:22:17,120 –> 00:22:19,040
\nlook around and say somebody’s
\nbetter than me? <\/p>\n

423
\n00:22:19,480 –> 00:22:21,760
\nLike look at, you know, Deb
\nplaying the piano today. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:22:21,760 –> 00:22:24,480
\nThere’s no way I’m going to say
\nthat, that I’m better than her <\/p>\n

425
\n00:22:24,480 –> 00:22:26,840
\nat that.
\nOr there’s other times where she<\/p>\n

426
\n00:22:26,840 –> 00:22:28,920
\ncould look at that and say,
\nwell, you know, she’s going to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:22:28,920 –> 00:22:30,960
\nlook at me and say, well, you’re
\nbetter than I am. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:22:31,080 –> 00:22:33,960
\nBecause if I did that, there’s
\nno way I could play those hymns.<\/p>\n

429
\n00:22:34,520 –> 00:22:37,920
\nSo it’s not about better, but
\nit’s what Jesus did. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:22:37,920 –> 00:22:43,200
\nHe considered the others that he
\ncame to save more important than<\/p>\n

431
\n00:22:43,200 –> 00:22:46,600
\nhimself that that’s an attitude
\nof mine. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:22:46,600 –> 00:22:49,320
\nSo that’s what Paul actually
\ncalls that in the in Philippians<\/p>\n

433
\n00:22:49,320 –> 00:22:52,440
\n2.
\nHe said do not merely look after<\/p>\n

434
\n00:22:52,440 –> 00:22:56,280
\nyour own personal interests, but
\nalso the interests of others. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:22:56,680 –> 00:23:00,400
\nHave this attitude in
\nyourselves, which was also in <\/p>\n

436
\n00:23:00,400 –> 00:23:03,320
\nChrist Jesus.
\nThat’s the attitude we want to <\/p>\n

437
\n00:23:03,320 –> 00:23:05,840
\nhave.
\nSo when we come together then in<\/p>\n

438
\n00:23:05,840 –> 00:23:08,520
\nFirst Corinthians 11, there you
\nstart looking at the chapter. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:23:08,640 –> 00:23:11,600
\nHe said, all right, here’s what
\nhappens at memorial service. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:23:11,840 –> 00:23:14,360
\nI’m going to give you these
\ninstructions and in doing this <\/p>\n

441
\n00:23:14,360 –> 00:23:18,280
\nI’m going to praise you because
\nwhen you come together in verse <\/p>\n

442
\n00:23:18,280 –> 00:23:21,640
\n17, he says it’s not for the
\nbetter, but it’s for the worse. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:23:22,120 –> 00:23:24,720
\nAnd first of all, when you come
\ntogether as a church, I hear <\/p>\n

444
\n00:23:24,720 –> 00:23:27,440
\nthat there’s divisions among you
\nand I part believe it. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:23:27,440 –> 00:23:30,720
\nSo they haven’t solved this
\nproblem of their divisions, but <\/p>\n

446
\n00:23:30,720 –> 00:23:34,200
\nthey must be factions, you know.
\nBut what happens in verse 20, <\/p>\n

447
\n00:23:34,200 –> 00:23:37,920
\ntherefore, when you come
\ntogether in one place, it’s not <\/p>\n

448
\n00:23:37,920 –> 00:23:40,560
\nto eat the Lord’s Supper the way
\nyou’re doing it isn’t what <\/p>\n

449
\n00:23:40,560 –> 00:23:43,400
\nChrist did.
\nNo, you’re doing it out of <\/p>\n

450
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:47,520
\nselfishness and what you want
\nand and taking care of yourself <\/p>\n

451
\n00:23:47,800 –> 00:23:49,840
\nfor an eating.
\nEach one goes and takes his own <\/p>\n

452
\n00:23:49,840 –> 00:23:52,600
\nsupper ahead of others and one
\nis hungry and another’s drunk. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:23:52,960 –> 00:23:55,600
\nWhat do you not have houses to
\neat and drink in? <\/p>\n

454
\n00:23:55,960 –> 00:23:58,880
\nOr do you despise the Church of
\nGod and shame those who have <\/p>\n

455
\n00:23:58,880 –> 00:24:01,560
\nnothing?
\nYou know, this is what Paul’s <\/p>\n

456
\n00:24:01,560 –> 00:24:03,040
\ngoing after.
\nHe said, look, I don’t praise <\/p>\n

457
\n00:24:03,040 –> 00:24:05,720
\nyou in this.
\nSo some of the members came to <\/p>\n

458
\n00:24:05,720 –> 00:24:08,840
\nmeetings so focused on
\nthemselves, they didn’t even <\/p>\n

459
\n00:24:08,840 –> 00:24:12,000
\nconsider what everybody else in
\nthe ecclesia actually needed. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:24:12,360 –> 00:24:15,280
\nThey were just worried about
\nwhat they needed at the memorial<\/p>\n

461
\n00:24:15,280 –> 00:24:18,080
\nservice.
\nAnd instead of thinking about <\/p>\n

462
\n00:24:18,080 –> 00:24:22,840
\nwhen Jesus said do this in
\nremembrance of me, see, we can <\/p>\n

463
\n00:24:22,840 –> 00:24:26,120
\nchange the focus of that and we
\ncan say, you know, if we want to<\/p>\n

464
\n00:24:26,120 –> 00:24:28,440
\nat least we can make it into
\nsome other idea. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:24:28,880 –> 00:24:32,040
\nBut when you think about where
\nthat came from, that came from <\/p>\n

466
\n00:24:32,040 –> 00:24:36,840
\nthe very night that he was going
\nto be betrayed and he takes the <\/p>\n

467
\n00:24:36,840 –> 00:24:40,600
\nbread and he’s trying to help
\nhis disciples get through this <\/p>\n

468
\n00:24:40,600 –> 00:24:42,720
\ntime where he’s going to be in
\nthe ground for three days. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:24:43,440 –> 00:24:47,000
\nThat’s what that was his focus.
\nAnd that’s what we want to do in<\/p>\n

470
\n00:24:47,000 –> 00:24:50,600
\nremembrance of Jesus Christ.
\nThat’s really the background to <\/p>\n

471
\n00:24:50,600 –> 00:24:53,960
\n1st Corinthians 11.
\nSo if Paul says, therefore, I <\/p>\n

472
\n00:24:53,960 –> 00:24:56,600
\nreceived from the Lord what I
\nalso delivered to you in verse <\/p>\n

473
\n00:24:56,600 –> 00:25:01,720
\n23, that the Lord Jesus on the
\nsame night in which he was <\/p>\n

474
\n00:25:01,720 –> 00:25:05,640
\nbetrayed took bread.
\nSee, Paul emphasizes that he he <\/p>\n

475
\n00:25:05,640 –> 00:25:07,440
\nwas going to face a terrible
\nnight. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:25:08,040 –> 00:25:11,400
\nSometimes we come here thinking
\nabout all the rough life that I <\/p>\n

477
\n00:25:11,400 –> 00:25:13,640
\nhave and the frustrations of
\nthis week. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:25:13,640 –> 00:25:16,920
\nAnd you know, we’re we’re so
\nfocused on ourselves. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:25:17,400 –> 00:25:20,920
\nJesus, on the very night in
\nwhich he was betrayed, took <\/p>\n

480
\n00:25:20,920 –> 00:25:24,160
\nbread and when he had given
\nthanks, broke it and said, take <\/p>\n

481
\n00:25:24,160 –> 00:25:26,400
\nheed.
\nThis is my body which is broken <\/p>\n

482
\n00:25:26,400 –> 00:25:30,440
\nfor you.
\nNow do this in remembrance of <\/p>\n

483
\n00:25:30,440 –> 00:25:33,480
\nme.
\nSee, that brings a whole new <\/p>\n

484
\n00:25:33,480 –> 00:25:35,760
\nmeaning to context to what that
\nmeant. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:25:35,800 –> 00:25:39,760
\nDo this in remembrance of me.
\nThink about the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

486
\n00:25:39,760 –> 00:25:41,960
\nChrist on the very night he was
\nbetrayed. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:25:42,240 –> 00:25:46,040
\nHe’s thinking about how he can
\nhelp the other people and he <\/p>\n

488
\n00:25:46,040 –> 00:25:48,760
\ntook the bread and broke it and
\nsaid I’m doing this for you, for<\/p>\n

489
\n00:25:48,760 –> 00:25:50,320
\nyou.
\nI’m going to go through this. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:25:50,880 –> 00:25:52,600
\nAnd in the same manner he took
\nthe cup. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:25:52,680 –> 00:25:56,120
\nBut the New Covenant, that was
\nthe very night in which he was <\/p>\n

492
\n00:25:56,120 –> 00:26:00,560
\nbetrayed.
\nSo when Christ wanted quiet <\/p>\n

493
\n00:26:00,560 –> 00:26:03,720
\nmeditation time, which he did,
\nand we all need that, everybody <\/p>\n

494
\n00:26:03,720 –> 00:26:06,040
\nhere needs some time to quietly
\nmeditate. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:26:06,360 –> 00:26:09,840
\nWhat he did is he walked out of
\nthe room, He falls the pathway <\/p>\n

496
\n00:26:09,840 –> 00:26:12,200
\ngoing up to the the Garden of
\nGethsemane. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:26:12,560 –> 00:26:14,800
\nAnd as he’s walking up to the
\nMount of Olives, actually he’s <\/p>\n

498
\n00:26:14,800 –> 00:26:17,440
\nwalking up to the Mount of
\nOlives and he goes into the <\/p>\n

499
\n00:26:17,440 –> 00:26:21,600
\ngarden and he prays.
\nAnd really, I think for us, we, <\/p>\n

500
\n00:26:21,600 –> 00:26:24,760
\nwe have to get focused on the
\nidea that more about it’s OK if <\/p>\n

501
\n00:26:24,760 –> 00:26:27,680
\npeople are talking right up to
\nthe last minute and they come <\/p>\n

502
\n00:26:27,680 –> 00:26:30,400
\ninto a meeting and people are
\nsocializing out there enjoying <\/p>\n

503
\n00:26:30,400 –> 00:26:33,440
\nthe snack and all that.
\nThat’s actually biblical. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:26:34,280 –> 00:26:38,120
\nAnd, and this idea of wanting
\nall this quiet time, I’ve, I’ve <\/p>\n

505
\n00:26:38,120 –> 00:26:41,680
\nwatched ecclesias argue this in
\nmy lifetime for years about <\/p>\n

506
\n00:26:41,680 –> 00:26:45,040
\nthose who want the quiet time,
\nthose who don’t think about what<\/p>\n

507
\n00:26:45,160 –> 00:26:48,800
\nJesus did, he did everything he
\ncould to help them. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:26:48,800 –> 00:26:52,240
\nAnd when he wanted the quiet
\ntime, he did it in the garden. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:26:52,600 –> 00:26:55,320
\nHe went somewhere else to get
\nthat, to get that meditation <\/p>\n

510
\n00:26:55,320 –> 00:26:57,600
\ntime.
\nAnd we can all do that at home. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:26:57,960 –> 00:27:01,160
\nEverybody can, we can do it at
\nhome and you can come prepared <\/p>\n

512
\n00:27:01,160 –> 00:27:04,960
\nfor meeting, but we want to be
\nthinking about doing this in <\/p>\n

513
\n00:27:04,960 –> 00:27:07,760
\nremembrance of Christ being like
\nhim. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:27:08,320 –> 00:27:12,120
\nOur our memorial service really
\nisn’t supposed to be a selfish <\/p>\n

515
\n00:27:12,200 –> 00:27:16,360
\nopportunity to just come here,
\nhave our batteries recharge and <\/p>\n

516
\n00:27:16,360 –> 00:27:18,120
\ncome here to strengthen
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:27:18,400 –> 00:27:20,760
\nAlthough that should be an
\noffshoot of what actually <\/p>\n

518
\n00:27:20,760 –> 00:27:23,640
\nhappens.
\nThe the emphasis in the emphasis<\/p>\n

519
\n00:27:23,640 –> 00:27:27,480
\nin the Bible about when we all
\ncome together, it’s an <\/p>\n

520
\n00:27:27,480 –> 00:27:30,960
\nopportunity to talk to each
\nother, to encourage one another <\/p>\n

521
\n00:27:31,160 –> 00:27:34,280
\nto socialize with one another,
\nto get involved in people’s <\/p>\n

522
\n00:27:34,280 –> 00:27:36,200
\nlives.
\nWhat can we do to help you this <\/p>\n

523
\n00:27:36,200 –> 00:27:38,880
\nweek?
\nThat’s what memorial service in <\/p>\n

524
\n00:27:38,880 –> 00:27:41,320
\nall these feast days were really
\nall about. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:45,560
\nAnd so when you come to 1st
\nCorinthians 11 then, and we read<\/p>\n

526
\n00:27:45,560 –> 00:27:50,000
\nso often verse 27.
\nTherefore, whoever eats this <\/p>\n

527
\n00:27:50,000 –> 00:27:53,840
\nbread or drinks the cup of the
\nLord in an unworthy manner, <\/p>\n

528
\n00:27:55,080 –> 00:27:56,920
\nWhat?
\nWhat is that in an unworthy <\/p>\n

529
\n00:27:56,920 –> 00:28:01,120
\nmanner within the context?
\nAn unworthy manner is that I’m <\/p>\n

530
\n00:28:01,120 –> 00:28:04,760
\ndoing it just for me, what I
\nneed, what I want here this <\/p>\n

531
\n00:28:04,760 –> 00:28:07,320
\nmorning.
\nWell, that’s what it really is <\/p>\n

532
\n00:28:07,320 –> 00:28:10,040
\nabout.
\nIt’s selfishness versus thinking<\/p>\n

533
\n00:28:10,120 –> 00:28:14,400
\nof others will be guilty of the
\nbody and blood of the Lord. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:28:15,200 –> 00:28:19,880
\nBut let a man examine himself.
\nSo what does the exam himself? <\/p>\n

535
\n00:28:19,880 –> 00:28:24,160
\nIn First Corinthians 11, the
\nproblem they were having was <\/p>\n

536
\n00:28:24,160 –> 00:28:26,800
\nthat people were so focused on
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:28:27,160 –> 00:28:31,120
\nThey weren’t there to help other
\npeople and they weren’t really <\/p>\n

538
\n00:28:31,120 –> 00:28:33,200
\ndoing it in remembrance of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:28:33,800 –> 00:28:37,160
\nAnd so when he says let a man
\nexamine himself, it’s not about <\/p>\n

540
\n00:28:37,160 –> 00:28:40,160
\nlooking back at all your past
\nsins this week, all your <\/p>\n

541
\n00:28:40,160 –> 00:28:43,240
\nfailures, all the things that
\nthat just didn’t work out, the <\/p>\n

542
\n00:28:43,240 –> 00:28:46,120
\nmistakes that you made.
\nGod knows those things. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:28:46,680 –> 00:28:49,080
\nYou don’t need to be here at
\nmeeting to get forgiveness of <\/p>\n

544
\n00:28:49,080 –> 00:28:50,840
\nthose things.
\nYou can do that at home. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:28:51,440 –> 00:28:54,520
\nYou can do that all the time.
\nGod is forgiving us of our sins.<\/p>\n

546
\n00:28:55,080 –> 00:28:59,560
\nWhat what when we examine
\nourselves is examine ourselves <\/p>\n

547
\n00:28:59,560 –> 00:29:04,800
\nabout why are you here?
\nAre you really here for just <\/p>\n

548
\n00:29:04,800 –> 00:29:09,440
\nyourself or are you going to do
\nthis in remembrance of Jesus who<\/p>\n

549
\n00:29:09,440 –> 00:29:13,440
\nwas always giving his life to
\nthe others, thinking about other<\/p>\n

550
\n00:29:13,440 –> 00:29:15,880
\npeople, what can they do?
\nWhat can I do to help? <\/p>\n

551
\n00:29:16,360 –> 00:29:19,280
\nThat’s what he was there for.
\nIt’s not about looking bad at <\/p>\n

552
\n00:29:19,280 –> 00:29:22,840
\nall our sins, all our bad things
\nthat we did during the week. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:29:23,160 –> 00:29:27,120
\nBut what God wants us to do is
\nhe wants us to focus on the <\/p>\n

554
\n00:29:27,120 –> 00:29:32,000
\npositives, the positives of look
\nat the great salvation that we <\/p>\n

555
\n00:29:32,000 –> 00:29:34,480
\nhave, look at what he’s willing
\nto forgive us about. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:29:34,760 –> 00:29:36,200
\nAnd we’ve made all these
\nmistakes. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:29:36,200 –> 00:29:38,320
\nBut what can I do in response to
\nthat? <\/p>\n

558
\n00:29:38,800 –> 00:29:40,480
\nI, I can try to help somebody
\nelse. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:29:40,640 –> 00:29:44,040
\nI can try to help other people.
\nSee, I think what happened is <\/p>\n

560
\n00:29:44,040 –> 00:29:46,640
\nthat when you look at the feast
\ndays and you look at all these <\/p>\n

561
\n00:29:46,640 –> 00:29:49,040
\ndifferent situations in the
\nscriptures that come up about <\/p>\n

562
\n00:29:49,040 –> 00:29:52,640
\nthis, when everybody’s gathered
\ntogether, but you have to make a<\/p>\n

563
\n00:29:52,640 –> 00:29:54,560
\ndecision.
\nDo you, do you want to focus on <\/p>\n

564
\n00:29:54,560 –> 00:29:57,440
\nall the mistakes that you’ve
\nmade and all the failures that I<\/p>\n

565
\n00:29:57,440 –> 00:30:01,080
\nmade or do I want to focus on,
\nlook at what God’s doing in our <\/p>\n

566
\n00:30:01,080 –> 00:30:03,080
\nlife.
\nLook at the changes he’s making <\/p>\n

567
\n00:30:03,080 –> 00:30:05,200
\nme.
\nLook how he’s making progress <\/p>\n

568
\n00:30:05,480 –> 00:30:08,600
\nand sure, I failed, but look at
\nwhat he’s done over time. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:30:08,960 –> 00:30:13,760
\nLook at his great salvation.
\nSee what God knows, brethren and<\/p>\n

570
\n00:30:13,760 –> 00:30:17,840
\nsisters and young people, is
\nthat you will be more motivated <\/p>\n

571
\n00:30:17,840 –> 00:30:21,800
\nto walk out of here today if you
\nwalk out of here excited, <\/p>\n

572
\n00:30:22,080 –> 00:30:25,680
\nfocused on what God is doing
\nand, and all the things that <\/p>\n

573
\n00:30:25,680 –> 00:30:29,520
\nhe’s doing in your life instead
\nof just going out with despair <\/p>\n

574
\n00:30:29,560 –> 00:30:32,280
\nwith your head down.
\nJust like, oh, I failed again. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:30:32,280 –> 00:30:33,680
\nI made a lot of mistakes this
\nweek. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:30:34,080 –> 00:30:37,720
\nThat doesn’t change people.
\nAll the emphasis in the <\/p>\n

577
\n00:30:37,720 –> 00:30:42,960
\nscriptures is to focus on the
\nrejoicing on God’s what he’s <\/p>\n

578
\n00:30:42,960 –> 00:30:46,240
\ndoing in our life, not on all
\nthe negatives of, on more <\/p>\n

579
\n00:30:46,240 –> 00:30:47,920
\nfailures.
\nWe can come here. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:30:48,120 –> 00:30:51,520
\nI could have come here for like
\nwhat, 50-60 years of my life now<\/p>\n

581
\n00:30:51,560 –> 00:30:53,600
\nand done that and just focused
\non the negatives. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:30:53,920 –> 00:30:56,040
\nI didn’t find that that changed
\nme a whole lot. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:30:56,440 –> 00:31:00,000
\nBut rejoicing as we sang in that
\nfirst hope, in that first hymn, <\/p>\n

584
\n00:31:00,280 –> 00:31:03,000
\nrejoicing in God’s salvation.
\nOh, that’s a whole different <\/p>\n

585
\n00:31:03,000 –> 00:31:06,840
\nstory when you look at what how
\nGod has turned us into different<\/p>\n

586
\n00:31:06,840 –> 00:31:10,920
\npeople and the emphasis is on
\nGod and what he’s done and what <\/p>\n

587
\n00:31:10,920 –> 00:31:15,600
\ncan we do to help other people.
\nSo let’s think about then this <\/p>\n

588
\n00:31:15,600 –> 00:31:19,120
\nwhole idea of when we take the
\nbread and wine this morning in <\/p>\n

589
\n00:31:19,120 –> 00:31:22,320
\nremembrance of him, what are you
\nremembering? <\/p>\n

590
\n00:31:22,320 –> 00:31:26,120
\nSo that matters are you just
\nremembering, you know, the fact <\/p>\n

591
\n00:31:26,120 –> 00:31:29,120
\nthat that that Jesus died and I
\nshould have died and I should <\/p>\n

592
\n00:31:29,120 –> 00:31:32,720
\nhave done better this week or is
\nremembrance of him thinking <\/p>\n

593
\n00:31:32,720 –> 00:31:35,600
\nabout look at how he gave his
\nlife for others. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:31:36,000 –> 00:31:38,960
\nLook at what he did on the very
\nnight in which he was betrayed. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:31:39,400 –> 00:31:42,280
\nLet’s be more like him.
\nGet down and on the ground and <\/p>\n

596
\n00:31:42,280 –> 00:31:44,520
\nwash them.
\nNot unless they wash the feet of<\/p>\n

597
\n00:31:44,520 –> 00:31:46,680
\npeople, but serve in our
\necclesia. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:31:47,040 –> 00:31:49,680
\nGet involved in helping other
\npeople and getting involved in <\/p>\n

599
\n00:31:49,680 –> 00:31:52,360
\ntheir lives.
\nAnd let’s remember the words <\/p>\n

600
\n00:31:52,360 –> 00:31:54,040
\nthat Paul gives and his
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:31:54,040 –> 00:31:54,920
\nPhilippians 2.
\nI. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:31:54,920 –> 00:31:57,000
\nI really found those very
\nhelpful for myself. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:31:57,360 –> 00:32:01,240
\nDo nothing from selfishness or
\nempty conceit, but with humility<\/p>\n

604
\n00:32:01,240 –> 00:32:04,320
\nof mind.
\nRegard one another as more <\/p>\n

605
\n00:32:04,320 –> 00:32:08,560
\nimportant than yourselves.
\nDo not merely look out for your <\/p>\n

606
\n00:32:08,560 –> 00:32:12,600
\nown interests, but also for the
\ninterests of others, and have <\/p>\n

607
\n00:32:12,600 –> 00:32:16,880
\nthis attitude in yourselves
\nwhich was also in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:32:30,120 –> 00:32:32,240
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330: Jim Styles – Exhortation: Biblical Guidance on our Memorial Service<\/a><\/blockquote>