GOOD FRIDAY

1 Corinthians 11:23–28 (NIV):
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup

29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment

EXAMINE YOURSELF
1 Corinthians 11:28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup

EXAMINE: to try to learn the genuineness of something by examination and testing, often through actual use—‘to test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of, testing.’

2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can't you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you--unless you actually fail the test?

Galatians 6:4
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

DISCERN

Discern: distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses.

EVALUATE CAREFULLY | MAKE A DISTINCTION

Hebrews 5:11–14 (NIV)
11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

Hebrews 6:1
Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity

1 Corinthians 11:28.
Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

PASTOR BRENDON AGAIN REVIEWS COMMUNION AND ASKS CONGREGATION TO INTRODUCES SONG, O THE BLOOD OF JESUS

SONG: O THE BLOOD OF JESUS

INSTRUCT CONGREGATION TO PARTAKE OF COMMUNION

CHALLENGE: LET’S INTENTIONALLY CHOOSE TO EXAMINE OURSELVES AND DISCERN WHAT JESUS CALLING US TOO

APPLICATION:
What do you feel the Holy Spirit saying to you?
What stuck out as you examined yourself today?
What can you trust God with more?

Matthew 21:23–22:14 (WEONT): God does not reveal new truth until we obey what He has already revealed.

Matthew 21:33–46 (WEONT): B. The vineyard and husbandmen (vv. 33–46).
God did much for Israel, expecting the nation to bear fruit for His glory, but the nation rebelled against God and refused to bear fruit. God sent many prophets and other servants to deal with them, but Israel mistreated and even killed them. Then God sent His Son—and they killed Him! They even “cast Him out of the vineyard” (v. 39; see Heb. 13:11–13). The Jews themselves spoke their own sentence in v. 41, and God did just what they said. He took their spiritual privileges away, destroyed Jerusalem, and gave their blessings to the Gentiles.
Christ quoted Ps. 118:22–23, calling Himself “the stone which the builders rejected” (v. 42; see Isa. 28:16). Peter called the leaders of Israel “you builders” (Acts 4:11), and Rom. 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:4–8 point to Christ as the stumbling stone to Israel, but the foundation stone to the church. The sinner who “falls on the stone” in humility will be broken but saved, but the rebel who resists Christ will be crushed by the stone in judgment