The Greatest Promise of the Christian Faith

Post on 11-May-2015

63 views 4 download

Tags:

transcript

L A S T I N G M E M O R I E SE B C L A C h u r c h C a m p 2 0 1 4

Gone But Still ThereC e r t a i n T i m e s a n d S p a c e s

ME

IN REMEMBRANCE of

1COR 11 23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Why do we take communion?

For Whom the Bell Tolls E R N E S T H E M I N G W A Y

“Now you will go for us both,” he said. “You must do your duty now…

Now you are going well and fast and far and we both go in you… Now are

you doing what you should. Now you are obeying. Not me but us

both. The me in you. Now you go for us both. Truly. We both go in you now. This I have promised you.” 1943

She started to look around. “Don’t look around,” Robert Jordan said.

“Go.” And Pablo hit the horse across the crupper with a hobbling strap

and it looked as though Maria tried to slip the saddle but Pilar and Pablo were riding close against her and

Pilar was holding her and the three horses were going up the draw.

“Roberto,” Maria turned and shouted, “Let me stay! Let me stay!”

“I am with you,” Robert Jordan shouted. “I am with you now. We are both there. Go!”

Then they were out of sight around the corner of the draw and he was soaking wet with sweat and

looking at nothing.

What does Jesus want us to remember?

Him

Who we are to him.

What he did for us and why.

That he is with us.

Gone But Yet Still ThereThe Greatest Promise and Holiest Mystery of the Christian Faith