Looking Upon the One They Pierced
March 5, 2023 · 21:53 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
On the first Sunday of March the congregation gathers for the Lord's Supper, a service set apart to remember the death of Christ. The pastor welcomes the church in the name of Jesus and invites everyone to settle their hearts on the meaning of the cross.
Reading from John 19, he recounts how a soldier pierced Jesus' side and at once blood and water flowed out - an eyewitness testimony given under oath so that we would believe. Today the church looks upon the same Lord who was pierced two thousand years ago.
In prayer he asks God to open their spiritual eyes to see how great the Father's love and mercy truly are. Communion makes believers partakers of Christ's sufferings - His broken body and His shed blood - and the church keeps this commandment with reverence and faith until He comes again.
Key Points
- Communion is set apart to remember and proclaim the death of our Lord.
- The pierced side of Jesus, flowing with blood and water, is sworn eyewitness testimony given so that we would believe.
- We are called to fix our gaze on the One who was pierced for us two thousand years ago.
- Only God can open our spiritual eyes to see the greatness of His love and mercy.
- At the table we become partakers of Christ's sufferings, His broken body and His shed blood.
- Jesus is the Lamb of God, slain in our place.
- We keep this commandment with reverence and faith until Christ returns.
Devotional
Come to the table with your heart already turned toward the cross. The blood and water that flowed from the side of Jesus are the proof of a love willing to be pierced for you. Ask the Lord to open your spiritual eyes, for only then will you see how vast His mercy really is. Eat and drink not out of routine but as one who shares in His sufferings, and do it in hope - for we remember His death only until He comes.
Today we look upon the One who was pierced for us two thousand years ago.
He is the Lamb of God, slain in our place.
We keep this commandment until He comes.
