<TITLE>21. Par 134-138</TITLE>L-134 Now, I'm going to read some of the Word now found in I Corinthians the 11th chapter, 23rd verse.
For I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night... which he was betrayed took bread:
And when He had gave thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, and eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner he took... also he took the cup, and when he had supped, saying, This is the cup of the new testament in my blood: this be in you, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as oft as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do shew forth the Lord's death till he comes.
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the blood--of the body and the blood of the Lord.
But let a man so examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
For this cause many are sick and weakly among you,... many sleep.
For if we should judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, tarry one with another--tarry one for another.

L-135 Now, may I say this. Jesus gave us this commandment before He went to His death, knowing that He was going there, the disciples still wondering what He was talking about, when they wrote this down. But He said, "This cup is the New Testament of My Blood. This do as oft as you eat it and drink it, you shew forth My death until I come." Oh, those precious Words...
The disciples no doubt wondered, "What does He mean 'show forth His death'? How can we do this?" It was all a mystery to them, but not to Him. He was God. He knowed what He must do. "Show forth..." So He said, "When you come together to eat..."
Now, "He that eats and drinks unworthily," comes up here and professes to be a Christian, taking the body of the Lord, and then goes out and lives with the world, and--and denies Christ, and His power, and things like that, you--you do a great dishonor to God. You--you do dishonor to Christ, so don't you take it. But if you're trying with all that's in you to live right and to show forth that you are a Christian, that you love Jesus Christ, then it's your duty to do it.

L-138 And now over in... I believe it's St. John the 6th chapter, Jesus said, "Whosoever eats My flesh and drinks My Blood has Everlasting Life, and I will raise him up at the last day." Now, that promise, isn't that a glorious thing, "I will raise him up."
Did you ever think what you're here for? What are you--what are you going to school for, children? What are you working for, dad? What makes you get up, and mother, of a morning, and get the kiddies to school, wash their face, and make up the beds and cook, and--and--and do it all, come in, wore out that night, and the next day start the same thing? What do you do it for? Why do you labor and slave, dad, and everything? Come in at night, and weary, and one of the kids gets sick and you walk the floor, and cry and pray and struggle, and they get well; and then back, and you do it again. And every Sunday wash their faces, and get them down to church... And, well, what's it all about? What he here for? Is that all there is to it? My, that'd be miserable, and knowing you got to go anyhow. See? What's it all about?


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