Luke 22:13-20 – We Celebrate By Remembering – Bible study

Luke 22:13-20 We Celebrate By Remembering The goal we have tonight is to worship God. The means by which we have to accomplish that goal is the Lords Supper. And the aspect of the Lords Supper we have to worship with tonight is remembrance. We want to remember the Lord tonight. What do we want to remember? I. We Remember His Sacrifice. A. By sacrifice, I want to take you down a different path tonight. 1. In years gone by, I have attempted to draw you attention to the fact that Jesus suffering did not start with His arrest. 2. I have said, that Jesus suffering started when He left heaven. 3. While I still believe that to be true, I want to use a different set of terms tonight. 4. The terms I want to use are: sacrifice, suffering, and separation. 5. While I am sure there was suffering in all three of these areas, I want to be more specific tonight. B. When did Jesus sacrifice begin? 1. It began when He left heaven. 2. Jesus sacrificed His life on the cross, but He sacrificed much more than His lifeand many of the sacrifices He made, were eternal sacrifices. C. Let us remember that Jesus is God. Everything that is said of God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, is true of God the Son. D. There are several attributes (characteristics) which are uniquely Gods and no other. 1. God is sovereign. 2. God is eternal. 3. God is unchanging (in His nature, i.e. holy, sinless, righteous) E. However, Jesus sacrificed some of His attributesand some forever. Which ones? 1. Jesus was and is omniscient. a. That means Jesus knows everything. b. This is the nature of God. Pro 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. c. However, while in human body, Jesus did not know everything. Mt 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 2. Jesus was omnipresent. a. That means He was everywhere at the same time. Pro 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. b. God could see all things because He was everywhere. c. Once placed within a human body, both ceased. d. Jesus is still in a human body, a glorified body, but still a body. e. Jesus sacrificed omnipresence forever. 3. Jesus was and is omnipotent. a. That means all powerful. Mr 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. b. Yet, when Jesus was on earth, He was limited in what He could do and was aided by the Godhead. 4. But it seems to me that there were other sacrifices Jesus made while on earth. a. He sacrificed the worship due Him. b. He sacrificed the glory that was His. c. He sacrificed the fellowship with God. E. How many were the sacrifices our Lord made that man may never comprehend?! I do not know, but we remember. II. We remember His suffering. A. Although I feel Jesus suffered in some measure by His sacrifices, His real suffering started with His arrest. B. A. Physical pain – The pain Christ endured in his execution was horrific – especially remembering His nerves would never deaden being without sin. Matthew 26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 1. They spit on Him. 2. They buffeted or hit Him with their fist. 3. They smote Him with their palms – slapped Him. 4. Then they made a game of their torment, blindfolding Him, slapping Him more, and commanding Him to tell who had hit Him. (Perhaps one day, He will.) Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 5. They platted a crown of thorns on His head. Mark 15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 6. They scourged Him with a cat-of-nine-tails for 39 licks. John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 7. They gave mock worship to Him with the crown of thorns, a purple robe, and a reed for a scepter. John 19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 8. They forced Jesus to carry His own cross, at least as far as He could. John 19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 9. They stripped Him (shamed Him) and gambled for His garments. John 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 10. They nailed Him to the cross 11. They crucified Him which was to affix Him to the cross in such a way that He would slowly die from suffocation, lung and heart congestion, and stress to cardiological and nervous systems. 12. How can such a thing happen to the Son of God? These things I cannot comprehend, but tonight we remember. C. Pain of debasement Psalm 113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! III. We remember His Separation. A. Something happened on the cross that I dont understand and I am not certain any human can. Jesus, One of the Members of the Godhead, was separated from the Father. Mt 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? B. This is the separationthe deaththat sin brings. 1. I do not know if this is when the separation began or just when Jesus acknowledged it, but by this time, Jesus and God have a barrier between them. 2. That barrier is our sin. 3. Thornes on your brow, stripes on your back, nails through your hands and feet hurt; but being separated from God hurts much more! 4. Was this the same kind of separation that the sinner experiences in hell? I am not sure I have all the answers but my guess would have to be yes. 5. How can such a state exists? I do not know, but tonight we remember! Paul in the book of Corinthians, gives to us the warning to be certain we do not partake of this meal unworthily. If you are without Christ, be saved. If you are saved, be certain you are right with God for this meal is important to God. It is the meal that He has given to remind us of what His Son has done.