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This Do in Remembrance of Me | Senior Pastor Kenneth Carpenter

Kenneth Carpenter

First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN)

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Communion in the homes

He reminds the people that many of them came by and received an Easter box to help them interact with the service, and that one of the things the church wanted to do was to have communion together this morning.
He recalls that it began on December 31, 2019, in a service that was not held in their church sanctuary, where they gave out communion — he had helped write a little outline on communion for that service, and fathers and mothers all over their counties joined in their homes that night — never knowing they would soon be having communion again once again in their homes.
Asked whether he has a word from the Lord for the present situation, he says he does not want to spend a lot of time on the problem and not enough time on the promise, because the promise tells him: we shall overcome.

Out of persecution, a feast

He repeats the answer of a Jewish man asked whether he feared the hatred and persecution of his people: absolutely not — another attack would just mean another feast for them, another celebration.
He walks through the pattern: in Egypt the Jews were persecuted, and on the night they came out they came out with a feast called Passover; years later Haman deceived the king into decreeing that all Jews would be killed, and when the day was done the Jew lived and had another feast, called Purim.
He brings the pattern to the child of God: the world nailed Jesus to a cross on the day He laid down His life, and what the church gets out of it is communion — the Lord's table — and beyond it another feast, the marriage supper of the Lamb; at the end of the day God's children throw a party, victorious.

The institution: First Corinthians 11

He invites the homes to take the communion cup from the Easter box, with its unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine, and prepare it, gathering their families around.
He designates First Corinthians chapter 11 and verse number 23, and teaches that the apostle Paul is helping the church of Corinth get back in line with communion: they had allowed their flesh to take communion away from its original meaning.
He explains that Paul was not there the night Jesus told the disciples to take the cup and the bread — the cup His blood shed for the remission of sins, the bread His body broken — because Paul was at that time a persecutor of the church; Paul received the institution from the Lord by special revelation, not from Peter, not from Matthew, and not as a church tradition.

Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

This do in remembrance of me

He reads the institution entire: the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, gave thanks, and broke it, saying, take, eat, this is my body which is broken for you — this do in remembrance of me; and after the same manner He took the cup, saying, this cup is the New Testament in my blood — this do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me; for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you show the Lord's death till He come.
He concludes that Jesus gave us a supper — He gave us the communion table — and leads the homes in a moment of thanksgiving before the ordinance is taken.

Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Thanksgiving over the bread and the blood

His prayer thanks God for the plan He had before the world: the overshadowing of the virgin Mary, God come in human flesh as the perfect sacrifice, who took the penalty and all the sin of the world and shed His blood.
He rehearses the sufferings in the prayer: the flesh broken, pierced, stripped, and beaten, the cross, the stripes by which we are healed, the blood shed for the remission of sins — and renews the words of the institution over it: this do in remembrance of me; you do this till I come.
He looks back in thanksgiving and forward to the skies for the trumpet and the rapture of the church, and the homes take the bread — His body that is broken — with thanksgiving for the stripes, the piercing of His hands and feet, the spear through His side, the crown of thorns upon His brow, and the blood that was shed.

Scripture index: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.

Transcript

for the people of God for the people of God today you were given many of the members of the church came by and got what they we call an Easter box with filled with different things to help you interact with our service today one of the things that we wanted to do is that we wanted to have communion on this morning on this morning together with you little did we know when we started something on December 31st of 2019 watch nice service we didn't have it in our church sanctuary we had a service where we gave out communion pastor Eriksson I rode a little an outline to Communion and fathers mothers all over our counties joined in their homes on that night and and little did we know little did we know Javad 19 was around the corner and we would be having communion again once again in our homes we shall overcome we shall let it let it go forth I've had a lot of people ask me do you have a word from the Lord for this do you do you have do you have something what do you think this is well I don't want to spend a lot of time on the problem and not enough time on the promise because the promise tells me we shall overcome we shall overcome that's in the that's in the scripture we shall overcome a Jewish man was asked recently about aren't you fearful being a Jew of the hatred and the persecution of the Jewish people and he said absolutely not it will just mean if we are attacked again if we're persecuted again he said it will just mean another feast for us it will just mean another party another celebration for us and the man rather bewildered and said what what do you mean it'll be another feast it'll be another party he said well in Egypt in Egypt they persecuted the Jews for hundred thirty years and said on that one night they came out and they came out with a feast called Passover they came out with a feast called Passover he said go a few more years and should you find a man by the name of Haman that hated the Jews and he even deceived the King into making a decree that on a certain day all Jews would be killed and said when the day was done said the Jew lived and said we had another feast and we call it pearl pearl we have a feast of Purim which represents their victory over Haman now to the child of God God came robed in flesh he came robed in flesh and the world took him and yielded to it and they nailed him to the cross they took the day that he laid down his life they nailed him to a cross but what do we get out of it we get communion out of it we get the lord's table we get communion out of it and then there's another feast to the child of God it's called the marriage supper of the lamb so the worst thing that can happen to the children of God at the end of the day we throw a party at the end of the day we are victorious what invite your attention is I'd like you to go ahead and in the Easter Box go ahead and get your communion cup that has your unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine and go ahead and prepare it gather your family around in first Corinthians chapter 11 and verse number 23 the Apostle Paul is helping the Church of Corinth get back in line with communion day they have allowed their flesh to take it to take communion away from its original meaning and this is part of the passages of Scripture that I began to read several years ago and I saw the great importance of communion in the fact that when Jesus sent with the disciples and he told them take this cup and take this bread this cup is my blood that is shed for the remission of sins this bread is my body that is broken the Apostle Paul was not there that night he was at that time a persecutor of the church he was not there in the beginning but when the Apostle Paul was receiving special revelation from God and being taught by God about the gospel in verse 23 he says for I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you in other words Peter didn't tell me about this this wasn't a church tradition Matthew didn't tell me about this no he said when the Lord was teaching me by special revelation I received this that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and said take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me after the same manner he also took the cup and when he had supped saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood this new year as off as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew the Lord's death till he come he gave us a supper he gave us the communion table today and let's just take a moment in our homes thank him right now father I thank you I thank you God Almighty God I thank you Almighty God for your plan before the world you had a plan I thank you that you overshadowed a virgin girl by the name of Mary and that divine overshadowing calls the miraculous conception of flesh and deity wrote enclosed together when Mary gave birth Lord it was you Java it was you Almighty God in human flesh but not just any of ordinary human flesh or blood divine all flesh defied Oh perfect sacrifice you were you who without seeing you who be changed sin and we might become the righteousness you who took all the penalty you took on adam's transgressions you took of all the sin of the world and the sins it would be committed you shed your blood oh Jesus I stand today you allowed your flesh to be broken Pierce stripped beat I'll go to cross you said this flash was broken for you by my stripes you are healed said my blood is shed for the remission of C thank you Jesus thank you Lord Jesus name I ask you today he said this new and remembrance this do in remembrance of me this do in remembrance of me that blood that was shed he said for you do this till I come praise God you do this till I come Passover I've come for you to take you out of each pearl I can't keep him from annihilating you the Lord suffer the rapture the rapture of the church thank your Lord as I look back today thank you and as I look forward to the skies for the trumpet thank you today let's take this spread his body that is broken thank you lord thank you for the stripes thank you for the piercing of your hands and feet thank you for the spear that went through your side the crown the thorns upon your brow God thank you for the blood

Scripture references as spoken: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.