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1 LORD S SUPPERTABLE TALKSREMEMBERING JESUS: THIS DO IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME Ernest Clevenger23 LORD S SUPPER TABLE TALKSREMEMBERING JESUS: THIS DO IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME byErnest Clevenger, Copyright 2013 Ernest Clevenger, Jesus1 Cor. 11 of JesusLuke 2 of JesusLuke 2 JesusMatthew 4 of JesusJohn1 miracles of JesusJohn 2 of JesusMatthew 7 chooses twelveLuke 6 JesusJohn 1 the I AMJohn 8 , the MessiahJohn 1:40-42;4 day of Jesus miraclesLuke 8 , the RabbiJohn 1 day of Jesus teachingJohn 8 the bread of LifeJohn 6 the son of manMatthew 18:10-11, et the MediatorHebrews 12:23-25; 1 Tim. 2 the WordJohn 1 the ProphetJohn 6 feeds thousandsMark 6 the Son of GodMatthew 16 the Stone of Stumblingand Rock of OffenseRomans 9 acknowledged by PeterLuke 9 foretells his death and resurrectionMark 8:31-9 the Good ShepherdJohn 10 explains the cost of discipleshipLuke 14 blesses little childrenMark 10 authorityLuke 20 the ultimate high priestHebrews 4:13-15.

2 10 celebrates the Passover feastMatthew 26 prayer for believersJohn 17 trials of JesusJohn 18:12-14, 28, crucifixion of JesusHebrews 10 burial of JesusMark 15 resurrection of JesusMatthew 28 appearances after His resurrectionJohn 20 s attestations of JesusJohn 20 always with usMatthew 28:16-2058 IntroductionAfter observing many congregations policy, formats and traditions as related tothe observance of the Lord s Supperfor more than seventy-five years, these TableTalks have been prepared to encourage more young men to participate and to provideideas for a wider remembrance of things Jesus did while on earth. The Lord s SUPPER isto be in memory of Jesus, which surely includes remembering more than just His death,burial and resurrection. Perhaps, if those who could participate in the administering ofthe Lord s SUPPER had brief, simply prepared scripts, they might be more inclined to takepart in this area of the TALKS are structured:Each presentation is brief, just one or two can be individually printed for easy distribution.

3 The TALKS are available in bothMSWord and PDF. Both files can be edited as needed. Each talk consists of:Scripture Reading:The NKJV is used in these TALKS , butthe version of choice may be easily : Both observations about the Scripture andinformation about the incident described is given in a short upon the individual using these TALKS and the congregation sformat, the comments can be edited to either condense or expand them for bread:The prayers supplied are can be interchanged to fit a sermon topic or hymn sung. Most of theprayers are designed to stimulate the thoughts of the communicant as wellas to express to the Father our corporate for the fruit of the vine:The length of the prayersvary, most are declarations of faith, expressions of thanks, petitions forstrength, or explanations of for offering:These are designed so that over aperiod of weeks God is thanked, glorified, and petitioned, and theaudience is encouraged to liberality and informed of the purpose of Permission:Permission is hereby given to print and distribute thisbook, in whole or in part, and/or to copy any talk, and to edit any content as may Clevenger, do in remembrance of meRemembering JesusSCRIPTURE READING:I Cor.

4 11 I received from the Lord thatwhich I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on thesamenight in which He wasbetrayed took bread;24and when He had given thanks, He brokeitand said, Take, eat;this isMy body which is brokenfor you;do this in remembrance of Me. 25In the samemannerHealsotookthe cup after SUPPER , saying, This cup is the new covenant in do, as often as you drinkit,in remembrance of Me. 26 For as often as youeat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord s death till He :Because it is God s plan to transform us to become like Jesus andJesus commanded that we weekly remember him, we really need to concentrate onwhat Jesus is like to remember him in those many ways. In our lives and in our worshipnothing could be more is more to remembering Jesus than his death, burial and resurrection. Forthe next several months our Lord s SUPPER scripture readings and comments will bedirected toward various aspects of remembering Jesus, helping us not only to obey hiscommands, but helping us to become like disciple in First Century Judaism, not only learned his rabbi s sayings, hewanted more than anything else to become just like his rabbi.

5 That doesn t meanwe necessarily become sandal wearing itinerant preachers wandering the hills ofPalestine. Rather, it s the personality and character of Jesus we are to often we have a tendency to read theGospels as rule books, looking forinstructions which is not entirely wrong but misses much of the point. If the authorsonly wanted us to learn some rules, they d have written rule books. Instead,they wrotestories true these stories reveal Jesus interacting with his family, hisfriends, his disciples, religious leaders, political leaders, and even God , theinspiredauthors intend for us to get to know Jesus the personandremember his life as well as his s Gospel starts by introducing Jesus as the Cosmic Jesus, through whomGod created the heavens and the earth, co-eternal with God the Father. In thebeginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was with God. John 1 we nowpartake of the Lord s SUPPER let us remember Jesus as creator ofheaven and for Father.

6 We ask your blessings upon this bread,and upon us, as we eat it in remembrance of your Son and our Savior, Jesus for fruit of Father. As we partake of this fruit of the vinein memory of Jesus may our thoughts center around His creative powers, being thankfulfor Him making us, making our world, and providing all things needful. In Christ s name, for Father,We worshipYou,a generous God,whoseson Jesus was both a gift and great followers of Jesuswe find our deepest joyin givingback to you,and that s why we give this offering cheerfully!In Jesus name, do in remembrance of meBirth of JesusScripture Reading:Luke 2 it was, that while they were there, thedays were completed for her to be she brought forth her firstborn Son,and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was noroom for them in the there were in the same country shepherds living out inthe fields, keeping watch over their flockby behold, an angel of the Lordstood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were the angel said to them, Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you goodtidings of great joy which will be to all there is born to you this day in thecity of David a Savior, who is Christ the this will be the sign to you: You willfind a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.

7 13 And suddenly there waswith the angel amultitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:14 Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men! 15So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven that the shepherdssaid to one another, Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come topass, which the Lord has made known to us. 16 And they came with haste and foundMary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a when they had seen Him,they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18 Andall those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the Marykept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Comments:While Mary was still engaged to Joseph, she miraculouslyconceived through the Holy Spirit, as foretold to her by the angel. When Mary toldJoseph about the expected child, he had every right to feel disgraced. He knew the childwas not his own, and Mary's apparent unfaithfulness carried a grave social not only had the right to divorce Mary, under Jewish law she could be put todeath by Joseph's initial reaction was to break the engagement, the appropriatething for a righteous man to do, he treated Mary with extreme kindness.

8 He did notwant to cause her further shame, so he decided to act quietly. But God sent an angel toJoseph in a dream to verify Mary's story and reassure him that his marriage to her was9 God's will. The angel explained that the child within Mary was conceived by the HolySpirit, that his name would be Jesus and that he was the Messiah, God with we partake of the Lord s SUPPER ,we need to remember that it was God whosent forth His Son: Galatians 4:4: But when the fullness of the time had come, Godsent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law. Prayer for Father, we ask Your blessings upon us; and helpus to remember it was You who sent Your Son, as we partake of this bread. In Christ sname, for fruit of in heaven,as we partake of this fruit of thevine, which symbolizes the blood that was shed by Christ, we pray that we do so in amanner that is pleasing and acceptable to you,in the name of our blessed savior, JesusChrist, for Father,May the words of our mouthsand themeditations of our heartsand the giving of this offeringall show our thankfulness to youfor sending Your son,O God our Rock and our Redeemer.

9 In Jesus name, in remembrance of meChildhood of JesusScripture Reading:Luke 2 behold, there was a man inJerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for theConsolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon it had been revealed tohim by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord s he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the ChildJesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,28he took Him up in his armsand blessed God and said:29 Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace,According to Your word;30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,32A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,And the glory of Your people Israel. 33 And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child isdestined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spokenagainst35(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts ofmany hearts may be revealed.

10 36 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribeof Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husbandseven years from hervirginity;37and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not departfrom the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and comingin that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked forredemption in when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, theyreturned to Galilee, to their own city, the Child grew and becamestrong in spirit, filled with wisdom;and the grace of God was upon :This account of Simon and Anna is one of the very few childhoodincidences of Jesus found in scripture. The other most remembered story probably isabout Jesus at age twelve in the temple. As Jesus commanded us to partake of HisSupper in remembrance of Him, it is certainly appropriate to include things we haverevealed about His for Father, we ask your blessings upon this bread weeat in memory of Your Son, Jesus theChrist.