Celebrating the Lord's Last Supper And The First Breaking Of Bread, In Stone Fire Community
31-Jan-2022
Hi there and welcome to this very special "memorial" event that we celebrate with both great sorrow and great joy!
We do it in humility and confession because it is for our sins that He suffered abuse, humiliation and torture. He died an excruciating death for me - for you!
We also celebrate our love for the Savior and Lord of our lives because we know that He is risen and that no grave could hold Him captive!
The Breaking of Bread is how we prevent ourselves from becoming complacent about these facts and the divine truth that He did it to redeem us from the punishment of sin that we all deserve.
Here is a suggested simple process for *The Lord's Supper alone or with a small group - online or face-to-face. *ps. aka Breaking of Bread or Holy Communion.
Step #1: Reading Introduction
Luke 22:14 - 22 - Listen to the first podcast #1 LastSupperFirstCommunion Then be guided by listening or the reading *below. When ready "Break Bread".
*ps. The version of Mark's gospel below.
**ps. Humanity? Wait for the shocker if you read further from verse 23 onwards... How that the disciples, surrounded by Jesus' love and presence begin to argue about who is best among them... How crazy can humans get? Yes, unfortunately, that's you and me - our humanity that loses sight of Kingdom issues. We are just like the children of Israel - prone to drift astray like sheep!
Step #2: Listen to the following song
"In Christ Alone" (My Hope Is Found) - Adrienne Liesching | LYRIC VIDEO | Go to: https://youtu.be/rn9-UNer6MQ
Step #3: Next reading
Isaiah 53 - Listen to podcast #2 Suffering Servant King
or just read below [The Suffering Servant].
Please do connect with us or just write a short comment below the podcasts. This helps us understand your needs and the needs of the wider audience.
Love,
Peter W. Guess
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READINGS
#1: The Last Supper
While Jesus and his disciples were eating, he took a loaf of bread. He thanked God for it. Then he broke the bread into pieces. He gave some of it to each of his disciples. ‘Take this bread and eat it,’ he said to them. ‘This is my body.’
Then Jesus took a cup. He thanked God for the wine in the cup. Then he gave the cup to them and they all drank from it.
Jesus said to them, ‘This is my blood that shows God's promise. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. In that way God will save many people. That is the promise that God makes because of my death.' Mark 14:22-24
#2: The Suffering Servant
"People did not respect him. They refused to accept him.
He was a man who received much pain.
He knew what it felt like to be weak and ill.
People did not even want to look at him.
They did not respect him.
We decided that he was worth nothing.
But he took away all our weakness!
He carried our pain for us.
We thought that God was punishing him.
We thought that he was in pain because of his own sins.
But it was our sins that caused him to be hurt.
The bad things that we had done knocked him down.
The punishment that he received has brought peace to us.
The wounds that he received have made us well.
We have all turned away, like sheep that take the wrong path.
Each of us has turned to follow our own way.
But the Lord has taken all our sins and put the punishment on him.
People were cruel to him, and he received much pain.
But he did not say anything to complain.
He was like a lamb that people were leading away to kill.
He was like a sheep when they are cutting off its wool, but it makes no noise.
In the same way, he did not say a word.
But it was the Lord who chose to hurt his servant.
He caused his servant to receive much pain.
He died to remove people's guilt.
People thought that he was a sinner when he took away the sins of many people.
He prayed that God would forgive sinners.’
Isaiah 53:3-12