======================================================================== WORSHIP AND LORD'S TABLE - PART 4 by Bakht Singh ======================================================================== Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of worship, thanksgiving, and fellowship in our Christian walk, highlighting the transformative power of the Lord's redemption and the need to praise Him for His work in us. Duration: 16:17 Topics: "Communion" Scripture References: Psalm 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of thanking and praising God together as a community. He compares the gratitude expressed by those who have escaped danger in war to the gratitude we should have for being rescued from a far greater danger, our sin. The preacher highlights the preciousness of the Lord's sacrifice and the high price he paid to redeem and forgive us. He encourages believers to continually bless the Lord and have a song of praise and thanksgiving in their hearts. The sermon concludes with an exhortation to magnify the Lord and exalt his name together. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Before we start, let us see some verses from the Bhagavad-gītā of Śrāmad-Bhāgavatam, chapter 34, verse 1. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Thirdly, magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together. Magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together. Then verse 8. Or taste and see. Lord is good. Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. He is good. Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. Exalt the Lord with me. Lord is good. Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. All of us whose sins are forgiven, have been purchased by the Lord Yesterday by the fruits of blood, have a great desire to glorify their Savior more and more day by day. If your experience is genuine, then that must be the first reaction, to thank the Lord more and more daily. If your experience is genuine, then that must be the first reaction, to thank the Lord more daily. If your experience is genuine, then that must be the first reaction, to thank the Lord more daily. How we have become extremely worthless and useless, because of our sin and sinful nature. How we have become extremely worthless and useless, because of our sin and sinful nature. You find as the light of God has shined more and more into you. You find as the light of God has shined more and more into you. Then only you will begin to see, how we have become extremely worthless and useless, because of our sin and sinful nature. Then only you will begin to see, how we have become extremely worthless and useless, because of our sin and sinful nature. There are some diseases which can never be easily understood by outward diagnosis. There are some diseases which can never be easily understood by outward diagnosis. And then you know, how horrible these have been in the person. And then you know, how horrible these have been in the person. The same is also by the sinful disease. By no human means, we can never find out its real nature. And when you take part in the last table rightly and properly, And when you take part in the last table rightly and properly, then these two things will be brought to you. then these two things will be brought to you. How corrupt you had become, now how precious you have become, Lord, You decide. And what a high price He had to pay to redeem us, to forgive us and change us. And that will make you say these words, I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. This is one of the sure signs of those who are truly born again. The worst of the state, the Lord may keep them, they have still a song of praise, song of thanksgiving and victory. Even if the Lord keeps them in any situation, there is still a song of praise, song of thanksgiving and victory in their hearts. Verse 3, O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together. O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together. You are not satisfied only by thanking yourself, you want others also to join with you. You are not satisfied only by thanking yourself, you want others also to join with you. In the past days, past weeks, there were some persons in great danger because of the war and the war area. In the past days, past weeks, there were some persons in great danger because of the war and the war area. Now their friends, their relations, their neighbours are so full of gratitude, how the loved ones have come back safely. Now their friends, their relatives, their neighbours are so full of gratitude, how the loved ones have come back safely. But we have been rescued from a far greater danger than the danger of the war. But we have been rescued from a far greater danger than the danger of the war. And our Lord wants us to be thankful to Him together. And our Lord wants us to be thankful to Him together. And out at home we thank Him everyday. And now on Sunday, last day, we want others to join with us and thank our Lord for what He has done for us. And now on Sunday, last day, we want others to join with us and thank our Lord for what He has done for us. Not only He has delivered us from the power of death and Satan, but He has saved us for a very high purpose, to be with Him forever as the King and Priest. Not only He has delivered us from the power of death and Satan, but He has saved us for a very high purpose, to be with Him forever as the King and Priest. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. Verse 5. They are gathered in one big heap. They select one out of so many with a very nice color. And put that in the center. And then after a day or two you find the whole heap has the same color. Because they love themselves as they are, they won't have the same color. But when they are put together, and when you put one melon inside, it is a very nice color. Then you find the whole heap of those melons has the same flavor and same color. Now you find this happen, and Lord will come again. We have been like him. Even though we have so many marks of our past lives. But we are going to be transformed completely. And we shall be like him. And for that again we have to praise him. And we have to again be kept in the Lord's diplomatic style. There is Psalm 34 verse 8. O taste and see, Lord's good. Blessed is the man that is in him. O taste and see. Now we want you also to have the same experience. We are not satisfied by having ourselves the same experience. We want our neighbors, our friends, our enemies, all alike to come and taste the same thing. And that is why we take part together in the last table. Many more may find the same joy through our transformed life. Many more may find the same joy through our transformed life. Now we go to worship for a little while. Only you won't be heard. If you don't worship with a loud voice, others won't be able to hear you. Please finish your worship with a loud voice. Then many more can take part. ======================================================================== Audio: https://sermonindex1.b-cdn.net/26/SID26154.mp3 Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/bakht-singh/worship-and-lords-table-part-4/ ========================================================================