In Remembrance of Him

Happy Post-Easter Week!
In accordance to our lesson a few weeks ago,  I hope that you are done “rendering to Caesar what is Caesar’s” even as we ponder rendering our lives to God during this time of Christ’s resurrection!

Just a reminder that this coming Sunday is our joint picnic with South Bay Cornerstone Presbyterian. I hope we all have a great time of fellowship as we connect with our brothers and sisters in Christ!

Have a great week!
Byron

Harvest South Bay                April 12th, 2009
In Remembrance of Me
Great Expectations: Mark 14:12-31

Exposition:
The Passover Prelude
The Passover Prediction
The Passover Progression
The Passover Postlude

The One Principle to Reflect Upon

The Centrality of Jesus: The Lord’s Supper, and all of our current Christian traditions, turn us to the one theme of remembering Jesus and His role in our daily lives.

3 topics in particular

1. Jesus and Our Sin: The purpose of Judas is not for us to wag an accusatory finger at. The purpose of Judas is to expose our own penchant to betray God.

2. Jesus and Our Smallness and Significance: That the plan of Salvation through Christ makes our own lusts and wills insignificant while magnifying the importance of our lives because God uses us.

3. Jesus and Our Security in the Future: All thoughts of Jesus and His role in our lives need to include the hope that He secures for us in heaven.

Weekly Application Exercises
1. Take some time, post-Easter eggs and bunnies, to reflect this week on the whole passion week of Jesus, reading Mark 11-16. Instead of simply observing the events, place yourself in the shoes of the disciples, the crowds and even the Romans. How are we like them in their failings and how has God triumphed over those failings?

2. Ponder for a few minutes each day this week what heaven will be like. What in particular do you anticipate and what biblical themes resonate with your heart?