09 Easter: The Story of God

1) Lesson One: Remember
Bottom Line: Our history shapes who we are today
Central Text: Exodus 12:14-17, 26-28 Story of Passover and why we remember vs26
Today is an event in history and we need to remember that!

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2) Lesson Two: Receive
Bottom Line: Receiving communion is valuing Christ and unifying us as believers
Central Text: Mark 14:12-26; I Corinthians 11:23-26, 28; I Corinthians 10:16-17
I Corinthians 11:23-26, 28; 23-that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was treacherously delivered up and while His betrayal was in progress took bread, 24 And when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance. 25 Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance. 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord's death until He comes [again]. 27 So then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy [of Him] will be guilty of [profaning and sinning against] the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a man [thoroughly] examine himself, and [only when he has done] so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

3) Lesson Three: Respond
Bottom Line: The resurrection of Christ 2,000 years ago empowers us to respond in the bigger story of God today.
Central Text:
Matthew 28:16-20
Colossians 1:15-20
Col 1:20 And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.

All that God wants from you is consent to be loved by Him, consent to be saved…he died and had a choice and now he extends that choice to you!