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This is a sermon I try to do on a yearly basis, something similar for the fact that we don't take the Lord's Supper like every month, like a lot of Baptist churches I've been to, or quarterly. What we do is we take it one time per year, and since we do it one time per year, it makes the event pretty special and pretty important because it's not something we do every single week. And so I think it's important just to kind of go over some instructions on what the Bible says, how we do things. That doesn't mean that every church that does things in a different way are wrong. That doesn't mean that what we're doing is perfectly, but it's important for a church to be united. This is just kind of the structure and what we've decided to do at Verity Baptist Church. And so on a yearly basis, we take the Lord's Supper right around Easter time, the reasoning being is that the Lord's Supper replaced the Passover in the Bible. Passover was one time per year signifying the death of Jesus Christ, and so we try to do it right around Easter. And honestly, if on the midweek service everyone would be able to attend, we would do it three days before Sunday. But since that's not possible, we adjust it a little bit. I think we have done it once before on Easter itself. We're doing it the week before this year, but right around as we're remembering the death of Jesus Christ, of course right around the corner is the resurrection of Jesus that we remember. So we're here in Mark 14. Let me just go verse by verse, and we'll look at some other places as well. Verse number one in Mark 14. After two days was the feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death. And what you see here is the context at the beginning of the chapter talks about the Passover. And of course, this is going to be transitioned to the Lord's Supper. Everybody knows this event. You think of the Last Supper, the images people have drawn, although not accurate. But we know that event. It starts by talking about the Passover because the Lord's Supper actually replaced the Passover from the Old Testament. We're not going to the book of Exodus, but if you remember in the book of Exodus chapter 12 with the story, where they had basically the first nine plagues, and on the tenth plague they basically put blood in the shape of a cross on the upper post and the side post of the houses of the Hebrew. And the angel throughout the night would pass over the houses that had the blood. And then the firstborn of all the Egyptians were killed. And of course that shows us, we sing the song in our hymnal, I will pass, I will pass over you. Where basically if you've had symbolically speaking the blood of Jesus applied upon your heart, then God will pass over you. You will not go to hell. You will go to heaven. And of course you're saved here today. You understand that. And that story actually pictures Jesus Christ. In Exodus 12 what it said is that the Lord's Passover was a memorial forever. Not just until Jesus died on the cross. You say, well how is it forever? Because we don't kill a lamb and sacrifice it on a yearly basis because the Lord's Supper actually replaced the Passover. The big difference being we don't kill a lamb for the Lord's Supper. Now of course after the Lord's Supper if at lunch today you want to eat lamb, I mean there's nothing wrong with eating lamb, that's perfectly fine. But for the Lord's Supper itself we don't do that because we don't do any sacrifices today like they did in the Old Testament. Why? Because the Lamb of God already died and paid for the sins of the world. Verse 2, but they said not on the feast day lest there be an uproar of the people. Obviously a lot of people listen to Jesus and love Jesus so if they arrest him then basically a lot of people basically fight against him. And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper as he sat at meat there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very precious. And she braked the box and poured it on his head and there were some that had indignation within themselves and said why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than 300 pence and had been given to the poor and they murmured against her. Now imagine that a woman chooses to use her money to do something nice and then they're criticizing her for giving a gift, doing something nice. Look, if somebody gives you something you need to be thankful for what they gave you even if you would not have used the money in the exact same way and they're criticizing her. Well what Jesus says is actually what she did was a good thing. Okay, go to John chapter 12, John 12. So we saw in Mark 14 that there were several disciples that kind of had this idea, well it should have been sold and given to the poor. But specifically kind of the ringleader for that was Judas Iscariot. And what Judas did is he looked at something that people also could have a similar mindset for like well we should have given it to the poor and he highlights that. Now in Mark 14 what we see is that there were several of them and then in John 12 notice what it says in verse 4. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son was to betray him. Why was not this ointment sold for 300 pence and given to the poor? So Judas says something that a lot of them actually were thinking and he makes it a point to say this. This he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief and had the bag and bear what was put therein. And so Judas is like man we just need to help the poor, we need to you know care about them and give to them. Later on at the act of betrayal when Jesus pretty much flat out says it's Judas they're confused and a lot of people thought that he was going to go out and give money to the poor. Which means that was kind of the technique of Judas. Like yeah let's just give to the poor, don't worry I'll make sure that the money gets to the poor. And then he just I don't know puts it in his house or whatever he does with it. And so Judas says this but he doesn't actually have the right heart it's because he carries the money and he's stealing. Then said Jesus let her alone against the day of my bearing has she kept this for the poor always ye have with you but me ye have not always. Go to Matthew 26, Matthew 26, Matthew chapter 26, Matthew 26. Matthew 26. Now it's true that you know in this world probably most people have stolen something in their life whether it's something small as a kid or whatever. But it's kind of another level when you're you're stealing from church. And for Judas to actually do this because in this room you know you see this and maybe you stole something as a kid. But it's like are you going to just steal money from the offering? I mean that's pretty extreme. And when someone would just flat out steal from church it's just I mean even a lot of criminals in this world would not do that. Maybe like no no it's like I'm not going to mess with God's money right I'll steal from somebody else but I'm not going to mess with God's money. And for someone to do that it shows they're just a bad person. And Judas is scary it was actually a reprobated court in the Bible. And when you read the Bible he was actually never a believer. He was just simply there in order to steal money. All the way back in John 6 it says that he is of the devil. I mean he was already a deceiver. He was already a phony. And he was simply there as a Christian con artist to just try to steal money from the church. Matthew 26 verse 10. When Jesus understood it he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman, for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this that this woman hath done be told for memorial of her. And what Jesus says here in verse 13 is anywhere in the world where the gospel is preached, which would indicate there's a lot of Christians there you would say, it's going to be known what this woman did. And isn't that true? I mean a lot of people know this story in the Philippines. They don't necessarily know everything about it, but they know, yeah, there's that woman that did that for Jesus. And what Jesus said is, wherever the gospel is preached, wherever there's a lot of Christians, they wanted to criticize her for doing this, and yet for all time here on earth people know this woman as doing something great. And what Jesus says is what she did was a very good thing. Verse 14. Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went on to the chief priests and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver them unto you? And they coveted with him for thirty pieces of silver, and from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. What you're seeing when you cross-reference these stories, which I'm kind of going through them quickly because we are focusing on the Lord's Supper, is that when Judas got rebuked for criticizing, so many of them felt this way that the money should have been given to the poor, and Judas is the one that's sort of the ringleader for it. He kind of had various people on his side about it. Jesus rebukes him, and then as a result of that rebuke, Judas gets so mad that he's like, I'm going to betray him. He gets very mad. This is the event that actually kicks off the fact of his betrayal of Jesus. And I would say on a side point that in life you need to learn how to be rebuked. And that starts at a very young age. One thing that kids will often struggle with is they cannot stand being told that what they did was wrong. They need to say they're sorry. Kids struggle with being corrected, and hopefully as parents we teach kids at a young age that when they struggle with this, it's like, no, you've got to learn to take it better. Because here's the reality. If you're a young person in this room, you know what life is about? Being rebuked and handling it in the right way. I mean, think about what church is about. Reprove, rebuke, exhort. Why is it people don't like churches where they get rebuked for their sins? Because people can't handle being rebuked. People cannot stand being told no. They just want to be told, hey, everything you're doing is good. It doesn't matter the sins you have, your heart's right, God's okay with you. It's like, no, that's not what the Bible teaches. Now, yes, there is exhortation the Bible teaches, but the Bible says reprove, rebuke, meaning two out of three are negative. And look, most of the preaching you find in the Bible, most of the preaching of Jesus, most of the preaching of these prophets in the Bible is not positive. It's negative. You say, why is most of it negative? Because we have a lot of sins. I mean, if everything we were doing was great, then, yeah, most of it would be positive. Look, if throughout the week you only committed two sins over the last seven days, then sure, I'll get up here and say, man, it's like everybody had a great week. You didn't tell one lie. You didn't have a bad thought. You weren't covetous. You weren't prideful. You weren't bitter. But quite honestly, it's like every single day of our lives, we realize, man, we're fighting the sinful flesh. And I can't tell you how many times I go to bed at night and I'm just thinking, God, forgive me. I messed up again. Help me do better tomorrow. And in the morning, God, I messed up yesterday. Help me do better. And you know what the Bible says? That a just man falls seven times and riseth up again. And so you need to learn how to be rebuked. Now, the way it works in church is that being rebuked never feels fun, never feels good when it happens. But if you have the right heart, you're going to be like, you know what? That's the truth. I'm going to make the change. Right? I'm guilty. Now, I have not been at a church like this, but I have heard of churches where the pastor will specifically point out the person that is guilty. And they'll say, you know, it's funny. Brother Raji will tell me stories about the old church that he went to in Pampanga where the pastor would say who it was and say, so-and-so did this two days ago. It's like, I don't do that when I preach. Or maybe he won't say the name but make it incredibly obvious. Brother Raji told me he's just like a certain Indian person at our church that just dropped out of Bible college. I'm not going to name any names, but it's obvious who you're talking about. I don't do that in sermons. I don't try to specifically point out people. And quite honestly, when I write sermons, it's a very rare occasion when I write sermons specifically thinking of one person or one event at church. I just write sermons, and usually my sermons are way in advance. And so quite honestly, if it applies to you, it's like when I wrote it, I had no idea that it applied to you at all, and I probably wrote it like two months before I preached it. And it just is what it is. This sermon was written a long time ago. So if you're stealing money from our offering plate like Judas, then I didn't know that. But obviously in preaching, you get reproved because of the fact when you hear the word of God and you're guilty, it hurts being told that, hey, you know what, if you're not reading the Bible every day, you're not right with God. If you have the right attitude, you're going to say, you know what, I'm going to make the change because I want my life to be better rather than being worse. If you go to the doctors and you need immediate surgery because your heart is 95 percent blocked, and then the doctor says, you know what, you're in good health. I expect you to live another 50 years. It's like, is that doctor a good person that lied to you and allowed you to die because he wanted to say something positive? No. And the preacher that's going to lie to you and not be honest with you is not a good person. They are a phony. They are a charlatan. They are taking advantage of you for the purpose of money. They are not a good person. So don't get mad if sermons sometimes step on your toes. Everybody gets their toes stepped on by sermons. But it says he seeks opportunity to betray him. Now go back to Mark 14. Mark chapter 14. Mark 14. Mark chapter 14. And it says in Mark 14, verse 6, And Jesus said, Let her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will, ye may do them good. But me ye have not always. She hath done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint my body to the berry. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went on the chief priests to betray him unto them, and when they heard it they were glad and promised to give him money, and he sought how he might conveniently betray him. And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the Passover? And he senteth forth two of his disciples and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him. Once again, the context, they're preparing the Passover. That is what they're talking about here. The Passover, it doesn't mention the Lord's Supper at this point. It says in verse 14, And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest chamber where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples? And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared, there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as it is said unto them, And they made ready the Passover, and in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And when the Bible says he cometh with the twelve, that does not necessarily mean that all twelve of the apostles are there. Even after Judas betrays Jesus and he's no longer around, it will talk about the twelve. Even though only eleven of them are there. Or if only like seven of them were there, it says the twelve did this. It doesn't necessarily mean all twelve of those people actually did it. So when it says he cometh with the twelve, he already sent two ahead of time, so I don't think he's coming with all twelve, but it is an expression of the twelve. The twelve apostles that we think of. Verse 18, And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and I say unto them, One by one, Is it I? And another said, Is it I? Now, here's the thing about this. When they say, Is it I? I don't think they understand how bad the betrayal is. Right? I mean, imagine that you're one of the twelve, and if Jesus said, One of you is going to have me put to death for money, they're not going to say, Is it I? They're not going to think it's them. And so the idea of the betrayal, they probably thought it was like being backslid in or not standing up for God. I mean, am I going to be the one? And they're worried about that, but they're not going to be worried that they're going to be the one that actually puts them to death. They don't really seem to understand what's about to take place. Right? When you're reading the Bible, they seem very confused, even though Jesus spoke of it, and it just kind of shows that sometimes when you're hearing things, sometimes you catch certain things, and other things, they just kind of go over your head sometimes. And they did understand of a resurrection, but not necessarily in the exact time frame of, In three days, He's going to rise again, because you see them being very sad and very depressed, just not really knowing what's going on. And it says in verse 20, And He answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve that dippeth with Me in the dish. The Son of Man indeed goeth as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. Good were it for that man if he had never been born. Now, go to John 13, because it's more clear in John 13 what is taking place. John chapter 13. John chapter 13. And it says in John 13 verse 22, Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. You know, they're wondering who's going to betray Jesus. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. So Jesus says, The person that I give the sop to, and he dips it, and he hands it to Judas, and then they have no idea what's going on. And of course from an outsider's perspective when you're reading this, you're like, How did you not figure this out? And you know, I think the reason why they struggled, a couple reasons. Number one, obviously Jesus spoke in parables a lot. So they get confused thinking, Maybe he meant this. Maybe he meant this. But sometimes he's just being literal. You know what I mean? He's just saying, Hey, the one I give this sop to, it's like, I wonder what he meant by that. You know, What does the sop represent? It's like, No, he's just telling you, This is the one that is going to betray me. And so obviously Jesus sometimes spoke in parables. They might have thought he's just being metaphorical or symbolic. But I would say the big thing to take away is the fact that Judas really had a lot of people tricked. People thought Judas was a good guy. People thought, No, no, no. I mean, Surely it wouldn't be Judas who would betray me. They said, Is it I? But they never thought it would be Judas. And you know what that shows you is that sometimes people can put on a good show, and it's not necessarily transparent. They thought Judas was a good guy. And I would imagine that, obviously, you know, Jesus sent them out soul winning. I promise you that Judas would report back that he got people saved. I mean, because obviously if Judas never got anybody saved, and he's like, One of you is going to betray me. It's like, Yeah, we always knew that guy. He never goes soul winning. He never had any converse baptized and everything like that. Now, of course, Judas never got anybody saved. So I do not want you to misunderstand this because as a corrupt tree without the Holy Spirit inside of him, he was not able to get people saved. Salvation comes because the saved person gives the gospel to somebody else. But that doesn't mean that he didn't actually go out. I mean, we see in Matthew as he's sending them out two by two, he went out, and I'm sure that he reported results, but it wasn't real. They didn't actually get saved, even though he said, I got all these people, and people might have thought it. And you know, I've gone soul winning for a long time in my life, you know, and I've gone soul winning with people that turned out to be bad people, and yet when I heard them give the gospel, their gospel was completely fine. They weren't saying anything false. They weren't adding works to it. I mean, what they said was fine, even though they aren't able to get somebody saved if they're not saved themselves, as the Bible teaches. And so, obviously, Judas was able to mimic the words, but that doesn't mean that he was able to get somebody saved. Right? And so, I think Judas fooled them because he just seemed very sincere. And you know, when people are bad people like Judas, they're probably going to talk how great they are, and people are going to hear that and think, oh, they seem like they're a really good person. The Bible speaks about the Pharisees compassing sea and land to make one proselyte, and then when they make him, he's twofold more the child of hell. What that shows you is that the Pharisees were very zealous to get converts, and yet they were actually bad themselves. And so, Judas was bad, and everybody was fooled. They had no idea that Judas was actually the bad person. And it also kind of shows us though that, you know what, you're not going to necessarily know with people. When you're around people, I mean, nobody's going to just up front say, hey, I'm a bad person. We assume the best in people, so we don't really know. And so, it's not going to be that obvious. So, I don't think that we should go around and live our lives just trying to figure out, you know, who's the bad guy. Like, you know, what is the board game clue? Like, it's like, you're not necessarily going to know. And so, you know, you have, number one, you'd have no idea how many bad people would be in church. You have no idea if there is a bad person. You're not going to know who it is. It's like, it's an endless game, and the Bible talks about the parable of the tares and the wheat. It's like, just don't worry about it. I'm not saying to be foolish or naive. I'm just saying, it's like, it's not going to be necessarily just very easy to figure out. Okay? Now, in hindsight, I'm sure the signs were there with Judas, and, you know, you can see that, but, sometimes when you're in this situation, it can kind of go over your head, and you can't necessarily be sure. Regardless of why anyone thinks this, or what you think, Judas was able to fool a lot of people, and they are confused. They have no idea. And it says, And after the sop Satan entered into him, then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now, no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag that Jesus had set unto him, by those things that we have need of against the feast, or that we should give something to the poor. So a lot of people thought, you know, hey, Judas is always giving money to the poor. Right? So they figured that's what he's out doing. It's like, no, that's why he wanted all these donations. Don't worry. I'm going to give it all to the poor. Right? That was his game. Verse 30, He then, having received the sop, went immediately out, and it was night. Now go to Mark 14. Mark 14. We'll conclude in Mark 14, and then we'll get started on the Lord's Supper. Mark 14. Mark chapter 14. Mark chapter 14, verse 22, And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and break it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat, this is my body. Now let me just say a couple things about the Lord's Supper, because obviously there's new people at church. They're not used to how we do the Lord's Supper here. Maybe the church is new for a lot of people, so you're not really familiar with this at all, so a lot of these ideas, because a lot of times we take things for granted, but what the Bible teaches is that we have bread, and we have grape juice. Okay? The bread represents the body of Jesus Christ, which was broken for us. The bread is unleavened bread. It is not leavened. It is unleavened, specifically because leaven pictures sin in the Bible, and Jesus was sin-lit, so we use unleavened bread. And so the actual bread that you have, it is significant. You cannot just replace it with sky flakes or whatever. It's like it's not the same thing. It is unleavened bread. Okay? And then the other aspect is grape juice. You say, Well, why not fermented wine? Because you know the Catholic church, and a lot of churches use alcoholic wine. Well, once again, Jesus was sinless. It says, In him is no sin, and drinking wine is actually wrong. According to the Bible, it's alcoholic, and so we have unfermented juice, just like we have unleavened bread, because there was no sin in Jesus Christ. Okay? And the bread represents the broken body of Jesus, and the juice represents the blood of Jesus. Now, with the Catholic church, what they teach is that the bread and the juice actually turn into the body of Jesus, and the juice turns into the blood of Jesus. And no, we don't endorse cannibalism. It's like you do not have to worry. When you eat that bread and it enters your mouth, it is still bread. Okay? When you drink that juice, the reason why it tastes like grape juice when you drink it is because it is grape juice. Okay? So it doesn't literally turn into the body and blood of Jesus. That would also be something that's wrong. Now, there is symbolism in the Bible when Jesus said, I am that bread of life. What does he mean by that? Well, number one, he said, I am present tense, not that I will become bread one day. What he says is, I am that bread of life, just symbolizing how easy salvation is, because it's right in the context of belief. It's like it's as easy as eating a slice of bread. That's what salvation is. It's like drinking a glass of water, I am the door, opening a door. That's what he's stating by that. He's not stating he's literally to not buy. Okay? And so the unleavened bread pictures the broken body of Jesus, and the grape juice pictures the blood of Jesus Christ. Now, in other passages in the Bible, which we're not going to turn to for sake of time, it talks about the importance of the unity of the Lord's Supper and of the local church. And so as a church, we need to be unified as one, and he specifically talks about during the Lord's Supper. So part of that is that when we do the Lord's Supper, everyone's going to actually eat the bread at the same time. And so basically what's going to take place is that a few men are going to hand out the bread to everybody, and you're going to have a piece of bread. When you first get the bread, you don't just put it in your mouth immediately. You say, why? Because it's not a free-for-all. We need to be organized as a church, and then everybody is going to get the bread that wants to do the Lord's Supper. And then I will read verse 22 in the Bible, and when I finish and I say, take, eat, this is my body, you're going to see that once I finish that sentence, I'm putting the bread in my mouth, and everyone who's choosing to do the Lord's Supper is also going to do likewise. We're going to do it basically around the same time. So make sure you wait for everybody to get their bread, and once we do it, we all eat it at the same time. What I'm going to do is allow everybody to get their piece of bread, and then I'm going to give you a few moments to just kind of look at the bread, think about what Jesus did for you, think about his broken body, think about how he died and paid for your sins. And then after I've given you a little bit of time to think about it and pray silently, then I'm going to read verse 22, and then we'll all take the Lord's Supper. And then likewise, the next verse talks about the juice, and then the juice is going to follow. And then I'm going to give you time to think about it, and then after you've had time to pray about it, I'm going to start reading verse 23 where it says, And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And when I finish, I'm going to start to drink. And then when you see that, that's the cue that you also do likewise. Now, when it comes to people taking the Lord's Supper, if you are a parent in this room with young children, obviously you make the decision for those young children. When it comes to the Lord's Supper, what we're doing is remembering what Jesus did for us. If someone is not saved, they don't really understand it. So I'd say if you're here today and you're not for sure you're going to heaven, I would say that I don't believe you should take the Lord's Supper, but we're also going to allow you to make your decision going around as the bread goes around. If you grab a piece, then that's up to you to make that decision. With our family, our oldest child Zeph will take the Lord's Supper, but we're not going to have our other kids take the Lord's Supper. You say, why? Because of the fact they do not yet fully understand the Gospel. Now, I will say as a parent, it is a good teaching technique to your kids because they'll ask you, why couldn't I drink the juice like my kuya or ate got to? And you say, well, here's why. Starting in Romans 3, it's an opportunity to give the Gospel to them. And I'm not even really saying that facetiously. I'm saying that is what your kids are going to do. Well, why didn't I? It's kind of like when somebody gets baptized in the family. Can I be baptized too? No, you may not. And here's why. And then you get the opportunity to give the Gospel. So if your kids are not old enough, then just as a parent, you should just make that decision. Like, no, they're not able to. You obviously make that decision. Now, the one caveat to this, because I said if you're saved, you're welcome to take the Lord's Supper, but I will say this. The one thing that would prevent you from taking the Lord's Supper is if you have a major sin that would get you kicked out of the local church that I am not aware of. As far as I know, there's nobody that has an open sin here that would get them kicked out of the local church, as far as I know. But if you're in this room and you know that you do have a sin, like you're living in open fornication, open adultery, or open whatever major sin the Bible speaks about, then the Bible teaches you're not actually even welcome in the local church. So of course you wouldn't be welcome to take the Lord's Supper administered by the local church, but as I said, I'm not aware of that. But that's what the Bible's speaking about when it says there's many that are sick and sleep because you're brazenly taking the Lord's Supper when you know you're not worthy or allowed. I don't believe that's referring to just sin in general because obviously nobody's fully right with God. I do think an event like this is a reminder for us to get right with God, but as long as you don't have a sin that would get you kicked out of church, then I don't think you have any reason to fear. I'm never fully right with God, and so obviously we all have things that we struggle with, but I don't feel any concern of taking the Lord's Supper. You say, why? Because I don't have a sin that would get me kicked out of church, and as long as you don't have a major sin that would get you kicked out of church, you're welcome to take the Lord's Supper. That being said, every church I've ever been to there are people that choose not to take the Lord's Supper, whether they're afraid, just whatever. There's always people that don't take the Lord's Supper. If someone chooses not to take the Lord's Supper, don't start a rumor that they're living in adultery or they killed someone last night or something like that. I mean, it is completely up to them, and I'm serious about this. I've been to churches where there would be someone there for years and they never took the Lord's Supper, but there's someone who loved God. I don't know why they didn't take the Lord's Supper. You don't have to go up and ask them. It's just between them and God. Obviously, just worry about yourself. Then it says here, just to close up through verse 28, and then we'll start the Lord's Supper. He said unto them, verse 24, This is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many. Barely I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until the day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had sung in him, they went out into the Mount of Olives, and Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, but after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. In a similar way, we're going to take the Lord's Supper, and then we're going to have a closing hymn and a closing prayer, pretty similar to what they did. Then, of course, we'll move on to lunch. At this time, we're going to have the men they're going to hand out. Don't feel obligated to grab a piece, but if you want to take the Lord's Supper. Don't feel obligated to take the Lord's Supper. Don't feel obligated to take the Lord's Supper. Don't feel obligated to take the Lord's Supper. Whoa. Whoa. Mark 14, verse 22, the Bible reads, And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and break it, and gave it to them, and said, Take ye, this is my body. Whoa. Verse 23 in the bible reads, And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. That concludes the Lord's Supper. We're going to end with just a closing hymn and a closing prayer and then we will be done. God will take care of you, God will take care of you. He not least be the early light, God will take care of you. He that seeks the light, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, so every day or all the way, he will take care of you. God will take care of you, to be the golden heart of freedom, God will take care of you. With fingers, fingers, or by a seal, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, so every day or all the way, he will take care of you. God will take care of you, God will take care of you. Oh, drink me, please, little or high, God will take care of you. The thinking that will be denied, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, so every day or all the way, he will take care of you. God will take care of you, no matter what they be the test, God will take care of you. He that seeks the light, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, to every day or all the way, he will take care of you. God will take care of you. God will take care of you, to every day or all the way, he will take care of you.