Passover Service 2017 2

The Lord Jesus…took bread: 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”.

1Corinthians 11:23-24

April 16, 2017

Do This In Remembrance Of Me

“For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they” (Ex: 12:23-28).

Bro David Allen The theme of remembrance is one of the most familiar, yet powerful motifs inherent in the Lord's Supper. One would hardly think that those who have been redeemed would need to be reminded of God's grace shown in Jesus Christ. But we do as we were commanded to do by the Lord Himself.

"The time is coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel...For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more (Jer 31:31,34).

Remember the gracious love of our Father in heaven, who made us children of his own possession. Remember Jesus Christ, sent by the Father to share our human nature, to live and to die as one of us, and so to move us from the alienation of sin and death, to reconcile us to God our Father by his perfect sacrifice, and through his suffering, death, and resurrection to save all who put their trust in him. Remember the Holy Spirit, who teaches us these things and makes the effects of Christ's salvation real in our lives.

Reading by Sis Melissa Danko This Do in Remembrance of Me

by Anonymous I came from far for thee, In love the long way down; I left My throne for thee.

I wore a thorn-set crown. All this I did for thee! Wilt thou remember Me? I bore thy sins for thee. Wept tears of deepest woe: I bore God's wrath for thee to make thee white as snow. Could love do more for thee? Wilt thou remember Me? I tasted death for thee. Bore shame thy sins had wrought. My life laid down for thee, To thee Life endless brought. What is My death to thee? Dost thou remember Me? I gave Myself for thee my all was freely given thy Bread of Life to be. Thy Manna come from heaven. All this am I to thee. Eat and remember Me. I drank thy cup for thee. Thy cup of pain and tears. My hands have filled for thee My cup of sinless joy. Of blessing full and free. Drink and remember Me.

The Crown Of Thorns - Poem by Ada Cambridge “And unto Adam He said . . . . cursed is the ground for thy sake. Thorns . . . . shall it bring forth.” “And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head.”

In bitterest sorrow did the ground bring forth Its fatal seed. Thine eyes beheld the birth— Beheld the travail of accursèd earth; E'en then, O Lord! in greater love than wrath!

Thou sawest the sin that none could gather out— The vineyard cover'd with the thorn and briar; Thou sawest the fair land ready for the fire— And still Thy pity compass'd it about.

Thou, O most merciful! didst spare the brand; Thou didst redeem the Paradise of God; The thorns were rooted from the stubborn sod, In pain and toil, by Thine own blessèd hand.

How was our path to heaven o'ergrown with sin— Bramble, and thistle, and the poisonous weed!

Though hearts should break, and patient feet should bleed, And strive and struggle, none could walk therein.

And Thou didst call us when we went astray— Didst make our high road straight for evermore; And, for our guidance, passèd on before, Leaving Thy shining footprints in the way.

Still do the wild thorns hedge us round about; Still grow the thistles from the ancient stock; Still trails the bramble on the blasted rock— But we can dig, and Thou wilt pull them out.

Ay, we can work—oh, help us in the strife!

Labour is sweet, for Thou dost share it now.

And we shall eat, in sweat of furrow'd brow, Not earthly food, but Thine own Bread of Life.

And there are thorns of suffering left behind— Sorrow and loss—that weigh our courage down; But, ah! we know Thy sacramental crown Was made of sin and sorrow, intertwined.

Give us of Thy sweet patience, Lord, we pray.

We would not spurn them with rebellious kicks, Nor fret and strive, for Thou canst feel the pricks; We too would wear them as a crown for aye.

We would put on Thy likeness—we, the least And most unworthy. Ay, each piercing thorn, In Thy name patiently and meekly worn, Shall bear a blossom for the bridal feast.

Look down, O Brother with the yearning eyes!

Behold us kneeling at Thy bitter cross!

Grant us a share in all Thine earthly loss, That we may share Thy gain in Paradise.

O weary Head! we see Thee drooping now Beneath that diadem of mortal pain: We see Thee sprinkled with the scarlet stain;— Drop down the chrism on our polluted brow!

O sacred Head!—pale, beautiful, benign— On our heads be Thy precious blood, we cry!

Lo, the destroying angel, passing by, Shall spare to smite us—reverencing the sign.

OPENING CALL TO PRAYER Bro Larry Danko AMAZING GRACE 206 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS 87 MORE ABOUT JESUS 326 YOU ARE MY ALL IN ALL ABOVE ALL UNWORTHY Joel McNabb I SHOULD HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED David McNabb THE HEALER 134 Reading by Sis Paula Allen “Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand” (Isa 53:1-10).

CLEANSE ME 215 SELF-EXAMINATION 1 Corinthians 11:27-32; Matthew 26:20-22 Jesus' simple statement, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me," made each of the twelve disciples uneasy and led them to self-examination. "Surely not I, Lord?" each of them asked at that Last Supper. Later, Paul taught that not only the disciples but all Christians must examine themselves before meeting at the Lord's Table. He warned that those who didn't ask "Surely not I, Lord?" were eating and drinking judgment unto themselves.

Our meditation before we take communion is a very powerful reminder of the integral and wholesome element of examining oneself in relationship to the Lord's Supper.

First Corinthians 11:29,32 reminds us to (1) recognize the body of the Lord, and (2) examine ourselves so that we will not be condemned.

Feeling unworthy to participate in the Lord's Supper is what remembering the sacrifice of our Lord on the Cross. When we recognize the body of the Lord, we see his grace applied to our unworthiness; when we faithfully examine ourselves in light of this unworthiness, we are not condemned, but forgiven. “ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he 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 also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come” (1Co 11-26),

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