<TITLE>10. Par 54-58</TITLE>L-54 And they had a token, that when the death angel came by, that there must be blood on the door, or the elder son, or the elder child died in the home. The thought was, and the real meaning was, first to apply the blood. Did you notice how Paul placed it here? "If any eat unworthily, he eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body," which means the same thing, that death, spiritual death, rest upon the person that would partake of the Lord's supper unworthily. That would be, out drinking and carrying on, and living like the world, and come to the Lord's table. We shouldn't do that. Now, let us cleanse our hearts and cleanse our hands from--and our minds from evil thinking, that we might come to the Lord's table, reverently and holy, as we know that we're connecting ourself with our Sacrifice, Christ Jesus, Who is our only Salvation.

L-55 And now, tonight the way we do this, is one of the elders stand here, Brother Zabel. And I think, Brother Zabel, tonight, if you'd call from the platform first, so these people can come from the platform and form your first line here, if you will. Now, Brother Zabel will direct you, is the few moments, as soon as we make the blessing upon the communion.

L-56 This kosher bread, made by Christians is unleavened bread. And if you'll notice it, when you place it in your mouth, it's very rugged to be bitter. It's wrinkled and broken, mingled, that means the broken, mangled body of our Lord Jesus. Oh, when I even think of it, my heart seems to skip a beat. When I think that He was mingled and bruised and smitten, the innocent Son of God... Do you know why He did that? Because I was guilty. And He become me, a sinner, that I by His Sacrifice might become likened unto Him, a son of God. What a Sacrifice.

L-57 Let us bow our heads. Most holy God, as I hold in this little metal charger tonight this bread that represents the broken, mingled, bruised, smitten body of our Lord, where that prophet cried out, "He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we were healed." Oh, how we remember that, Lord. As I tie myself to that Sacrifice tonight, and this audience likewise, Lord, to the Sacrifice, may we remember our Lord, His death, and His scourging, and all that He went through for us, as we take this bread into our mouths. God, we're unworthy people. We're not fit for such a holy thing, so let Thy holiness, Lord, Thy Presence, and Thy Blood, cleanse our hearts. And as we receive it, may we purpose in our minds to constantly serve Him day and night, all the days of our life. Now, sanctify this bread for its intended use. We ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-58 And I hold this in my hands as thirty--about thirty-three years of service I have served my Lord, and I--I'm ashamed of myself. But I think, what would I do if I had two literal drops of His Blood holding in my hand tonight? What would I do with it? But, you know, I've had in my hand tonight, in His sight, greater, it's the purchased of His Blood, His church. So when I hold this, and the juice of these grapes, I think of that. He said, "I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine till I drink it with you anew in My Father's Kingdom." Then notice that after the war of sin is over, the first thing we do when we strike the other side is take the communion, the Lord's supper.


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