It Matters, Part 3

It’s not just a meal. It’s about belonging, identity, and becoming part of something bigger.

Good News
Hillsong Worship

Holy Forever
Chris Tomlin

My King Forever
Bethel Worship

Remembrance
Hillsong Worship

Families Are Formed Around Tables

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Luke 22v14-23
And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.

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How Does Jesus Form a Family At The Table?
1. Jesus Anchors the Meal in the Past

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Luke 22v15
“I have desired to eat this Passover with you.”

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God rescues, God forms, God dwells, and God sends

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Exodus 12v1-13
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

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How Does Jesus Form a Family At The Table?
2. Jesus Amplifies the Meal for the Present

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Luke 22v19
And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

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1 Corinthians 5v7
“For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”

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Hebrews 9v12
“He [Christ] entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.”

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Trent Butler
“Jesus told the two leading disciples to get the Passover meal ready. By doing so, he created the Twelve into a family for this family observation. They had forsaken their own families and joined a new family. Their family celebration would be quite unique–a Passover celebration with God’s Passover Lamb for the world.”

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How Does Jesus Form a Family At The Table?
3. Jesus Anticipates the Meal as Our Future Hope

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Luke 22v16
“For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God…”

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Luke 22v18
…”from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

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Revelation 19v7-9
Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”–for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

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