Before we partake in communion, I want to explain some background to help us see why we, as the body of Christ, need to repent before God, and Lord willing, before one another so that we can truly gather at the foot of the cross as ONE unified, redeemed, forgiven...
Matt 17 9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” I have a simple word as we prepare for the Lord’s Supper. Jesus is not dead. We don’t carry around a...
It’s Communion Sunday. Today, we talked about our love as a response to God’s love. As it says in 1 John 4– 1 John 4 10 This is love: NOT that we loved God, but that HE loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. How meaningful it is to begin...
Please turn with me to 1 Corinthians 11. At LBC, we observe the Lord’s Supper every other month. That’s in contrast to some churches that observe it every week and others that hardly observe it at all. The argument can be made not to observe it every week because if...
It’s Communion Sunday and we are about to take the Lord’s Supper. But before we do, since we talked today about mercy, I want to distinguish between grace and mercy. We often lump grace and mercy together, but there is a difference. Grace is when God gives you favor...
