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It's important as we're going to the next level that we understand who the Lord is.

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A major reason people don't receive from the Lord is because they really have a wrong view of who he is.

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I say he's great and is mercy endures forever into them that's a foreign concept.

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I say he's not stingy and he's very generous and loving and kind and now there's a disconnect.

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You got to know him and you cannot know him by your feelings.

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You can only know him through what the word says about him.

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Welcome to the CityLight Church podcast.

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Thanks for joining us today as we look into God's Word and discover the hope and truth that he has for us.

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If you want to connect with CityLight Church feel free to visit us at citylightnyc.com

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that's citylightnyc.com.

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Pastor Boyan Jansik and his team believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is already working in our

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hearts and minds. As you listen to today's teaching remember that you are deeply loved by God,

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that you are surrounded by his grace and that he has a real hope and a future for you.

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If you're a guest I want to welcome you to CityLight Church I think I forgot to do that

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and if you're joining us online I want to especially welcome you.

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Look around and you'll see that we're way over 80% capacity.

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We're right now at around 90% capacity and it's it's Labor Day weekend.

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Okay I remember for 20 years Labor Day weekend was a ghost town there was no man's land

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and August is typically the least attended month in the calendar year.

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Yet at August we were this full and now Labor Day weekend then we're this full.

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We're way past 80% capacity. 80% by the way is the capacity of a church.

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Preachers love to see shoulder to shoulder people.

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They love to see 100% capacity. They don't see that.

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They'll see that a special conference or special guest speaker.

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And the reason they don't see that is because everybody loves to be shoulder to shoulder

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except the people who have to be shoulder to shoulder.

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People like to fluff and spread and so 80% is the capacity.

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That means that we have officially outgrown this service.

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It's been over six weeks like this.

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Why am I saying all this because I began August and I was sharing the Lord is up to something.

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I sense his goodness and he wants to do it first in you there is

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there is an anointing he wants to get you which will transform you and take you up to the next

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level that you've been itching and craving for. That's his way to take you from glory to glory.

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To take you from strength to strength he is very very good.

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He's very very merciful and best of all he is very very generous.

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I'm so glad that when I see his character his nature in the scriptures he's not cheap.

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He's not a tight word. He's not stingy. He's a fan of generosity.

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And so all I'm saying is get your expector out there.

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I've talked to several other pastors and they're sensing the same thing.

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And to me there seems to be this pattern that any church who in New York City who

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survived the lockdowns but not just survived the lockdowns but then woke up and stood for truth

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and didn't exchange the truth of God for a lie but stood for truth the Lord is now blessing

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and he's increasing and maybe some pastors needed to go through the test. Will I fear man?

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Will I fear what people think or can I demonstrate that really I'll get my orders from headquarters

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and when they do that then the blessing comes. But right now we're on the edge and that includes you.

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I'm saying this partly as an exhortation and partly as an appeal. It includes you so strap in

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plug into your church don't just come to church be the church

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and lean into what the Lord is doing because he's not just throwing a party for select few

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once all of us to go together all of us as he thrust us onward. So we're the middle of this series

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called the anointed one in his anointing which if you've been joining us online for the last six

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weeks or coming in person you've really quickly realized that it's just a title with various

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subjects that I'm addressing. What a great title because we're always going to touch on the

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anointed one in his anointing so it's a title that fits. Amen. I wondered, Pastor James do you cringe

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when I say that or you just no I'm just wondering okay because Pastor James has great he got to hear

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his titles. I'll ask him and he just it's the most eloquent guy I know and he just is a total

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word Smith and I'm like title okay here's one put it in six parts but it gives me the freedom

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to talk about whatever the Lord wants to talk about and it's important as we're going to the next

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level that we understand who the Lord is. A major reason people don't receive from the Lord is

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because they really have a wrong view of who he is. I say he's great and is mercy endures forever

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to them that's a foreign concept. I say he's not stingy and he's very generous and loving and kind

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and now there's a disconnect you got to know him and you cannot know him by your feelings you can

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only know him through what the word says about him and when you know him then you know who you're

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dealing with you know what you can expect you can receive from him if you know his nature and his

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character and I want to address because it's communion Sunday I want to address a common misconception

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a passage in the scriptures that really confuses people and shows an unscriptural view of the nature

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and character of God amen. So let's go into communion into the teaching on communion where the

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Apostle Paul begins in 1 Corinthians 11 verse 23 he begins his teaching on communion by saying

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this where I receive from the Lord that which I also delivered to you he's talking about the

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teaching on communion I receive from the Lord that which I also delivered to you note that his

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first opening sentence this is significant it means that the Lord Himself

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gave the Apostle Paul this revelation even though he had shared it with the disciples physically

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even though it's all throughout the gospels the power of communion this is so close to our

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Savior's heart this topic this subject of communion it's so close to Jesus's heart that Jesus

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in his resurrected state gave it to the Apostle Paul by revelation a divine download I'm communion

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right there that should give us pause in other words communion is really important to Jesus

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so it's not some empty religious ritual we get into it's not something that we just slap on

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on the end of service because you know they always did it this way and we got to but there was

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power in communion communion is God supernatural delivery system and it was meant to be an exchange

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and an impartation during communion but of course if there's ever power attached to something

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the devil will go after it in fact I've heard it said this way and I believe it with all my heart

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the more controversial a subject matter is in the scriptures the more power is associated with it

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that's why the enemy brings in so much confusion and controversy and I cannot think of a subject

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with more controversy surrounding it than the subject of communion speaking in tongues sure

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laying out of hands sure but communion for centuries they were killing each other literally

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not metaphorically different groups throughout Europe in different centuries killing each other

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over doctrinal disputes about communion which is you know I mean I've had doctrinal disputes with

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people but oh wow you know never never thought well okay that was that one time I did it did cross

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my mind but for the most part never thought murder but that's how important communion is

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for I receive from the Lord that which I also delivered to you the Lord Jesus that the Lord Jesus

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on the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and

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said take eat this is my body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me communion is a time

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to remember now this is really important to get the Hebrew way of remembering something is

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different than our modern way of remembering something if my wife and I we want to reminisce

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and remember our wedding day what we might do is open up our phone going to our favorite album

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and look at some photos of our wedding right we might even go all school and bust out the physical

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photo album that we had done and go remember this or remember that guy who ate all the cake we're

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seeing now whatever happened to him and we're remembering our wedding day do you know the Hebrews

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would remember their wedding day they would go and dress up and reenact their wedding that's how

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you actually remember something in fact the proof of that is in how they remember the Passover the

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entire meal and the whole flow of the dinner is a reenactment of the Exodus out of Egypt

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so to remember Jesus is to reenact and really ponder and connect to what happened at the cross

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and how does it benefit me today you're remembering Jesus and you're partaking you are joining you

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are uniting you are becoming one with his death burial and resurrection do this in remembrance of

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me in the same manner verse 25 he also took the cup after supper saying this cup is the new covenant

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in my blood this do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as you eat this

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bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death till he comes then it gets dark

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and this is where a lot of people get tripped up it becomes more cautionary and something that was

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intended to bring life in the church the enemy used to bring death and something that was intended

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to be God supernatural delivery system of his power ended up being an event with a fence around

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it for only the select few the enemy came in and put a fence around communion because there's

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such power connected to it therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an

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unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord what in an unworthy manner

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9.9 out of 10 times this will be interpreted and taught and preached as though the Apostle Paul

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whoever is unworthy it doesn't say unworthy it says in an unworthy manner people have been made

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to feel guilty because the number one voice against us is the voice of Hassatan the accuser of

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the brethren and what's the number one message of the accuser of the brethren condemnation

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so after a little bit of introspection unless you're Ibrow deep in a sea of pride and blind to your

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own faults just a few seconds of introspection you might in and of yourself start to feel unworthy

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but it's not talking about you it's the manner in which you partake of communion

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what were they doing what was the behavior the Apostle Paul was endeavoring to correct here

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well they were haphazard about communion they were actually getting drunk because they didn't

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use Welch's grape juice they used the real stuff and they had forgotten the benefits of communion

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and just became this thing that they did and he said that's if you're not expecting to receive

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something from communion you're taking it in an unworthy manner if you ever just eat it and you

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don't expect to receive something that's in an unworthy manner therefore whoever eats this

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bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of

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the Lord let's keep reading but let a man examine himself and so let him eat of the bread and drink

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of the cup so examine yourself that you understand what's happening can you just keep that verse up please

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now often how this has been taught is examine yourself for sin and if you have sin in Shaka we

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heard this a hundred times can you just come up here just come up here real quick I just want

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to introduce I only see you once every few years this is my man Shaka worn my roommate from

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college and if you have he's he's he's as beautiful on the inside as he is on the outside I'm telling

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you want to say you want to mess with me but if you want to hear college embarrassing stories this

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is your go-to guy this is we do you I won't get in but do you remember that night when the

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anointing fell on us both and we were up all night confessing to each we used to thank you

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see your daughter and your beautiful wife and we would spend hours in the anointing together

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and one night but you know you never really quite let your guard down all of us go with our best face

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forward and this anointing dropped on us all through we both started weeping now we're like 21

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years old and we're dudes this is not what dudes normally do we start confessing to each other all

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of our like deepest insecurities and I know it sounds foofy but it was like liberating like the Lord

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it was like a spirit of honesty dropped really was the Holy Spirit the spirit of truth and we just

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like let the guard down and we were just talking to each other like like like like how I believe

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you talk in heaven in heaven you're not hiding anything you're not trying to present yourself in

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any way you're just you and it was like for a few hours it lasted and then it lifted and then

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of course the next day we're like you good okay I'm good let's not talk about this until like

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30 years later where was I in my stomach oh the reason what made me think of you is we went to

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a church how many times did we hear if you have sin in your life don't eat communion how many times

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have you heard that I have a few questions how much is too much they never clarify that the preacher

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will say if you have sin examine yourself if you have sin in your life look don't take communion

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because well you might die God might smite you he will strike you so now communion is robbed of

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being this joyful event where you receive from the Lord and it becomes this very very uncomfortable

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Russian roulette kind of game you know Russian roulette got a one in six chance you're gonna

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and now you're taking communion and the preacher says hey if you have sin in your life don't

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partake of communion well what kind of sin and how much sin like is it only like if I'm like bound

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in habitual rebellious sin but what about I mean you the scripture doesn't mention that at all

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so let's just say you took an uber to church and you had an uber driver and he was playing ethnic

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music really really loud why are you laughing so hard at that I mean Queens 161 nations so I gotta

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say because ethnic music is great unless it's in a language you just can't stand amen

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look there's so many cowbells I want to hear on my way to church you understand

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and you have an unkind thought Lord rescue me now come quickly Lord Jesus

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in fact I just said that and you had an unkind thought towards me let's take it a step further

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I mentioned cowbells and you took it very personally

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certain songs just don't need a little more cowbell but you have an unkind thought now you come

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in you're carrying that into service that's an unkind thought that's sin and now you're in

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service and it's communion time and I say if you have sin in your life don't partake of

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you may not you're like old is this does that count maybe it does maybe it doesn't but who's

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gonna risk it and so you're robbed are you hearing me now instead of it being the blessed

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meal of the Lord it became the death cookie

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where you may get smitten you may not let's roll the dice what a bizarre and weird

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strange teaching we allowed into the church that totally goes against how the Lord reveals

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himself to be let's keep reading and see what in the world is the Apostle Paul talking about

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and then you'll realize it could only take a bunch of baptized in pickle juice

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ferrezeical minds to twist it and turn it and make it into what it was later presented to the church

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for who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself not

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discerning the Lord's body now listen because see there's that word judgment so immediately

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the Pharisees get excited you gotta be really careful when you're learning from a minister who

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gets excited about destruction and death and judgment there are some they're like oh yeah

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lightning brimstone the problem is this they weren't discerning the Lord's body

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they weren't entering into communion realizing that it was got supernatural delivery system

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they didn't take time to remember to ponder the Lord's body to ponder his blood and what that

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affords them today next verse no the previous one please I'm I'm seeing one here and then another

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there okay thank you verse 30 as usual you were right I was wrong for this reason many are weak

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and sick among you and many sleep see that verse that was made to become if you have any sin in

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your life and you take communion you're not properly discerning the Lord's body that's why you're sick

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you're weak and many of you are dying prematurely how many of you have heard this

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shaka we were raised on this right yet I've known some horrible sinners that came with me to

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church god never did the courtesy of taking them out I always wondered about that I always wondered

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there was several people in the back I was like Lord if you're ever gonna do it a first

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curtain just Corinthians 11 do it on that and he never did

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here's what the apostle Paul is saying the natural way of the world what happens out there

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the natural cycle of life is guess what people get sick people get weak and people die prematurely

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that happens communion is supposed to interrupt that communion is supposed to negate that

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communion is supposed to protect from that there is falling asleep dying prematurely getting weak

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getting sick out there but to the body of Christ and here this should be shielded from that

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but because they're not properly discerning the Lord's body because they're not engaging the Lord

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with faith during communion well then that's why they're just going the way of the world

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they're going through the natural cycle of life there's nothing supernatural about their life

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just like a heathen they're getting weak they get sick often and some prematurely die and the Lord

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is saying that's not my way how many of you know the Lord wants to live a full fruitful life

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all right my Bible says with long life he will satisfy me and show me his salvation

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length of days he will give to you and length of days doesn't mean you exist in extra 20 years

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no you live thriving vivacious walking in divine health amen

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now let's keep reading isn't it amazing same scripture and you are getting a front row seat

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to how we can be presented two entirely different ways for if we would judge ourselves we would

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not be judged okay let's keep reading but when we are judged see people the Pharisees this is

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like the third time he's used the word judge they're getting excited now they're frothing at the

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mouth we're talking about judgment but when we are judged we are chastened by the Lord everybody

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shout chastened chastened this side shout chastened this side shout end

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chastened what does chastened mean because to understand this entire context you have to know

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what chastened means the judgment of the Lord under the old covenant it was really always one

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thing do you know what it was death they weren't no like layers of judgment steps it was when

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you're judged you're done Sodom and Gomorrah Judd brimstone lightning fire from heaven gone a person

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death that is nothing you covenant way by the way do you remember that time Jesus was ministering

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with the disciples and he wasn't well received and the disciples were like hey Jesus we read the

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Torah you want us to call down fire on this town like they did in the old days they got excited

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judgment remember Jesus's response you know not what spirit you are of you're of a different

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spirit you're thinking old covenant that's a different dispensation that's a different spirit

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I'm bringing with my blood the new covenant in which judgment or chastisement is restorative in nature

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know this when God chastises you a Christian it's not punitive punitive means you just get

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punished if you die what lesson can you learn from that you're dead but when the judgment is

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restorative in nature then what you got was chastised chastised you look at the word it's

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ideal it's where we get the word pediatrician from python means child to chastise means to child

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train please rewire your mind if when I say chastise you have an image of God Almighty with a giant

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hundred yard lightning bolt ready to throw it at you instead have the image of a loving father who will

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tap your little booty sore but not so sore that you can't walk a few minutes later

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that's the chastisement of the Lord but when we are judged we are chastised by the Lord that we

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may not be seats always restorative in nature we're chastised that we may not be condemned with

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the world that we wouldn't go the same way of the world so examine yourself examine what am I

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missing in my life you know what happens when you examine yourself you don't need long the first

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thing you should realize is I'm nothing without Jesus you glance at your sins you stare at your

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savior examine your need communion is a time to see what do I need and do you know that every need

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you have in your life has been answered by the death of burial and resurrection of Jesus every single

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one five areas that your life touches any single problem you have they fall under these five areas

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spiritual soulish physical spiritual soulical physical and then social and financial five areas

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Jesus suffered in each of those five areas that you could have the victory in each of those five

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areas physically whipped so we can have divine health spiritually became sin so we could have the

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righteousness of God in his soul he sweat blood that's how much anxiety and stress he endured

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so we could have peace of mind what about socially at the cross they all for soak him so that you

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could even be blessed with true friends true people community what about financially do you know

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the Bible says he was made poor that you might be made rich when was he made poor at the cross

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during that whole process he was stripped bare so well he wasn't that rich at the begin with yeah

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that's why the Roman soldiers gambled over his clothes because they were just five cents right

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no but he was stripped so that you could have the victory in that area and during communion you do

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examine yourself and you realize this is holy this is special you can start bringing out the

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communion elements worship team coming up this is holy this is special and I believe change and

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transformation come upon my life now I want to say this I have maybe two times in my life

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you can put them right here in this towel if you would I have maybe two times in my life

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felt anything during communion other than that I was eating unleavened bread and drinking grape

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juice did you catch that we're receiving by faith very rarely have actually felt anything but

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who cares whether I feel anything or not but here's my point though it's interesting that most

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of the time I don't I heard one preacher he was going I was like do you feel God's presence we took

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and I was like honestly no I felt it more like when we weren't taking communion I was singing to

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Jesus can be honest about these things but I've always noticed if we take time as a family to

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take communion daily which by the way you can receive communion by yourself with a group of friends

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you can do it every day as often as you remember him take it every day it's God's medicine can you

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see the trick of Satan it's the original happy meal and yet it became a time when there's communion

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I've seen the life sucked out of churches and it becomes like a funeral depression central because

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everybody's wondering well today be the day with ushers hustle and carry out a few bodies holy cow

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I got a literal LOL from my wife and this is her second service it's gonna be a good Sunday afternoon

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and I can tell hallelujah kids are gone guests are coming over oh she's making no I didn't mean that

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I just meant guests are coming over she's see you made it awkward baby hallelujah can the church

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think of Jesus right and everybody close your eyes hallelujah

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take a moment and examine yourself what do you need from the Lord expect to receive he will meet

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your every need take a look at the matza that you're holding in your hands

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this is the same unleavened bread the same matza they haven't changed the recipe or the way they

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prepare it that the Jews would have eaten leaving Egypt that Jesus would have broken with his disciples

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this is it I didn't want those American Western cookies that they serve as communion I want to

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real matza because the gospel is hidden within the matza you look at your piece of matza you'll see

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three characteristics it's burnt it striped and it's pierced you know Jesus literally became the

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burnt offering the fire of God's wrath burnt on him so it wouldn't on you so look at those burn

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marks and realize he was burned instead of you look at those holes you see the little piercings in

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the matza he was pierced instead of me and you and he was striped and beaten with that cat

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of nine tails 39 times for our healing so that it wouldn't have to be me and you and you take

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the cut take a look at the cup of his blood and realize this was shed for the forgiveness of all sin

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and you raise your faith and take a moment and ask the Lord be as specific as you can

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what you want him to do for you specificity is important the woman with the issue of blood was

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very specific it wasn't a general well I hope I get better it was if I touch the hem of his

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garment I will be made whole are you ready in the name of Jesus Lord we thank you for what you

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did on the cross for us we thank you that there is power associated with communion and that it is

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us reaffirming the covenant of your blood with you it's a new covenant it's a covenant of grace

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it's a covenant that doesn't depend on our behavior but depends on you and you're unwavering

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and unchanging nature in that we take confidence that you hold up our end of the covenant in our place

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on our behalf and we drink and eat the victory of Jesus right now go ahead and partake of the

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