Revelation 22:6-22
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My name is Chad I'm one of the pastors here grab your Bibles go to Revelation chap 22 it is the last chapter in the Bible so we are finishing up the Book of Revelation today we are in the uh what is some people call the prologue or the conclusion of the Book of Revelation and also it's it's the final word in the Revelation of God to us it's the last thing that was given spoken to to the Church and so we get to.
See God's kind of end to the Scriptures as we look at this together today when we when we started the Book of Revelation we tried to explain kind of in general what we were looking at and I want to show you kind of how we broke it down when we began we said that this is an apocalyptic book apocalyptic being the um genre of writing so there's history there's narrative there are the gospels there is prophetic works and and apocal alpic is specifically a revealing that's what apocalypse means and that's why we in English it's called Revelation it's a revealing it's.
God pulling back the curtain and showing us what's really going on and that's this book is an apocalyptic book and a letter written to A persecuted people so it was written at a specific time to a specific group of people to these churches in Asia Minor in the first century who were in the middle of being persecuted in the middle of hardship in the middle of difficulty under attack telling them to endure because Jesus is coming and as this book letter is finished and as it's concluding we're going to.
See today that it ends on the note of reminding them Jesus is coming he will return he's on his way his return is imminent that's the way this book ends that's the reminder for the Church in the middle of difficulty in this book we the beginning of the book is it we call the intro or the uh the prologue which is where we find out that John's receiving a Revelation that he's receiving this Vision that he's going to write it down he's supposed to write what he sees.
Then we go into two to three chapters 2 and three are the letters to the churches and then in chapter four he's taken to the throne room then we see uh the the Seven Seals and the Seven trumpets and then there's this kind of Crescendo section in the Middle where it really in Jewish writing was the the main point and that's these signs in heaven that are seen where multiple times during that the it pauses looks at the audience and says this is a call to endure this is a call to the endurance and the faithfulness of the Saints.
And then we saw the the bows and then Jesus's return and Triumph and judgment and now we're in the conclusion the epilogue the the last words of this that's where we are today we're going to pray and then we're going to jump into the text Lord our hearts are dull our ears are heart of hearing we ask for your spirit to help us so that as we read and consider your return May that awaken in us the appropriate amount of fear the appropriate amount of Joy the appropriate amount of Hope as we long.
For you to set things right we ask this in Jesus name amen Revelation 22: 6 and he said to me these words are trustworthy and true and the Lord the God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his Angel to show his servants what must soon take place that he that said it is likely the angel from the beginning of the book of Revelation it could also be the angel that was most recently speaking to John which is one of the Seven Angels who had one of the seven bowls it is not.
Jesus but he's going to quote Jesus and that's going to be important a little later on as we're going through this text but this is an angel for declaring this message and he says that his words are trustworthy and true and the the Lord the God of the spirit of the prophets has sent his Angel to show his servants what must must soon take place and that um is basically how the Book of Revelation starts that this Angel has been sent to show his servants what must soon take place that this is going to happen and this was in the be the very end of the.
First century when John was exiled on Patmos and saw and wrote this Vision verse 7even and behold I am coming soon blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book so that I is Christ it's Jesus is coming soon blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book that we are to be people who hold to the truth of the Book of Revelation and there's going to be several places in this uh chapter that we're going to.
Look at today where it's going to refer to some specific promises around the The Book of Revelation but it also is uh as Christians we just kind of understand that this applies specifically to the Book of Revelation but it also applies in general to the Scriptures that we're to be people who hold and keep to the word that we're to be people who know our Bibles and encourage one another with Scripture who point one another to Scripture who seek together to study it one of the things I'll do sometimes.
When our group meets is I'll say we study this because we believe it sits above us our goal as a community group is not to discuss what we like and don't like here if you want to confess that you don't like something confess it that's fine Now obey it you can dislike it you're a sinner there's going to be parts of the Bible you don't like it's not something you wrote it's something he wrote it's obviously going to contradict you in some places nobody's ever read the Bible and been like exactly that's what I've been saying all along no there are places here where it grades against us it it works against us it rubs.
Us and we're supposed to fall in line but this is something that we're to be people who love the Bible who love these words and who keep it and hold to it and specifically in the Book of Revelation we are to be people who hold to the coming Rescue of the king that when he peeled everything back he said you see all this chaos you see all this evil you see all that's going on endure endure endure because there's a king who wields a sword and he's on his way.
So we're to be people who keep to this verse eight I John and one who heard and saw these things and when I heard and saw them I fell down to worship at the feet of the Angel who showed them to me but he said to me you must not do that I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book worship God okay this is is where it's important that this is an angel speaking the words of Christ uh the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses don't hold that we should worship Christ as.
God that he's not a deity that he's not God himself he is obviously worshiped in the Book of Revelation we just read together where we are to sing to the lamb where the whole earth spoke blessing and glory and honor and power and might and wealth like all belong to the lamb so there's obvious places where Christ is worshiped and here we have Angel speaking it gets confusing because we don't get to see it but it's clear that we have an angel speaking this as a Herald to John and he's going to quote Christ later he's going to say I.
Jesus but he's quoting so if we were in medieval London and a Herold walked in and blew a trumpet everybody stopped they un unfurled a document and said he ye by order I King Humphrey the second we wouldn't go that's not King Humphrey that's a child in the king old you're obviously a liar we would understand he's speaking on behalf of the king that's what's happening here that this Angel is proclaiming on behalf of Christ declaring this message that's what we have here and what he's saying is that John as he takes all this in just Falls before the angel in worship and the angel immediately is like stop that don't do that which is.
One of the ways that you know Christ he he accepts worship because he's God there are people who fall before him on Earth in the gospels and he allows it but Angels who are demonic accept worship but those who are worshiping God follow God don't that's one of the things you'll see someone them fall down before him they go no no no no get up no no no no no no no no no you don't worship me and I love that that's included John writing this was like.
And then I tried to worship the angel and I got fussed that like if you've been reading the book of Revelation you're like this is a lot think how John felt like he he's overwhelmed at the end of this he just Falls and I think it's in honor of what he's seen and in honor but the angel says no no no no no let's you worship God I'm with you and with you and your brothers We Worship the Lord together and we are to worship.
God and God Alone which if Christ accepts worship that means he is God and we worship Him verse 10 and he said to me do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is near now one of the beautiful things about thist Scriptures is that it is clear it's clear but it's deep or if you think about it like maybe a an excellent painting or the Cy Chapel or something where it's it's obvious but it's intricate what I mean by that is.
When we look at the Scriptures some people will act like Scriptures has all this hidden meaning you got to really dig to the bottom and only the people who know this secret they they know the truth but everybody else is no the Bible is clear Jesus Christ has come to rescue us from our sin God made the world good we rebelled we cannot on our own save ourselves Jesus came because God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever would believe in him would not perish.
But have eternal life it's clear our hope is in Christ and Christ Alone in the work that he's done on the cross we're saved by faith alone not through works like these things are clear in the Scriptures but it's deep it's intricate there's a lot of places where it weaves in on itself where it shows the intricacies and one of the things I've thoroughly enjoyed in the Book of Revelation is seeing where it tags back and references and parallels Old Testament passages that give depth not not added Clarity it's not like it's confusing without it.
But it gives depth to it it adds richness to it and this is one of those places where as I was studying this I got very excited to see an added layer of depth here so when he says do not see seal up the words of this book we're just like okay but I think John would have gotten cold chills because that's a reference to the interaction with the Prophet Daniel which is the largest Old Testament apocalyptic book and there's a lot of parallels between the Book of Revelation and Daniel I want to show you this in Daniel chapter 12 Daniel has seen all this Vision he's heard all this stuff he's written it down.
He asked a question and they answer it he asked a question about timeline and they answer it and I love what Daniel writes I heard but I did not understand he asked the question and they answer and he goes H and then he just writes down well I heard what he said but I sure don't know what it meant I wrote it down for you but don't ask me because I don't know what he meant and then he says then I said oh my.
Lord what shall be the outcome of these things so he follows up he has another question and he said go your way Daniel for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end so he looks at Daniel Daniel's asking questions about this and he goes seal it we're not there yet and then John sees all this and he says don't seal it we're there if you watched the Marvel movies and Doctor Strange is dying and he looks over and says we're in the end game.
Now that's what's happening here where John is being told we're here you know what what we weren't ready for before when Daniel wrote Daniel was looking ahead but you see Daniel was looking at the first coming of Christ and the second coming of Christ and he was looking at history as it had to play out and some of the things weren't going to happen until Jesus came the first time until Jesus died until Jesus rose until he had accomplished his Earthly task of being the suffering servant that's all happened John's looking and they just said yeah we're it's happened.
Now this is why the book of Hebrews is going to say things like we're in the last days second Peter is going to say that first Peter is going to say the end of all things is at hand 1 Corinthians 10 the end of the ages has come they they understood that the work that had to happen through Christ had happened and now we're in the end times so if anybody ever ask you when do you think the end times will be.
Now you should look around first though and make it more you know suspenseful you don't but it's it's been that's that's what's happened this isn't sealed this can happen you know there there it just waiting on the imminent return of Christ you know how when you would get mad at somebody and You' say ain't nothing between me and you except for air and opportunity you know what I'm talking about that that's the situation we're in where it's all on his timing.
Now we're not waiting for the further fulfillment he can unroll it as as quickly as he wants he can return whenever he wants it's imminent and then uh Daniel says and this is just a further connection many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined but the wicked shall act wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but those who are wise shall understand and this is what happens here he says don't seal it which parallels with Daniel.
Then he immediately goes into the same idea of the pure and the wicked he says let the evildoer still do evil and the filthy still be filthy and the righteous still do right and the holy still be holy behold I am coming soon bringing my recompense with me that's repayment bringing what is owed bringing my recompense with me to repay each one for what he has done I am the Alpha and the Omega the first and the last the beginning and the end.
So this is Christ saying the same things that he who was Seated on the throne God the father said it's the Alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end Jesus says that's me and I'm bringing judgment I'm returning to repay each for what they have done and there's this statement in there that is let evildoers still do evil and the filthy still be filthy and the righteous still do right and the holy still be holy and I think part of that is just a declaration that that stuff's going to continue you until he returns that there's still going to be goodness righteousness Holiness those things aren't going to it's not going to disappear.
But there's still going to be evil and filthiness that's not going to disappear either so for the person who says everything's going to fall completely apart and there'll be nobody faithful no no no there'll still be people faithful and for the person who goes we're going to usher in and everything's going to be perfect and wonderful and beautiful no there's still going to be evil and filthiness those things are going to continue but I also think some of what is happening here is that it's it's a genuine.
See there's a there's a problem because you're you're listening to it and you're going okay have the righteous still do right and the holy still be holy fills genuine like that's what he would want but for him to say let the evil do or still do evil and the filthy still be filthy it's like what what part of I mean one of the main things of this book is a call to repentance so what's being said there but I think when he says I'm coming soon bringing my recompense with me it feels like a.
Father who's saying the phrase keep it up meaning that if you're doing right keep it up the words mean what they mean keep it up keep going keep laboring keep fighting for what is good but if you're not doing what you're supposed to and your dad says to you keep it it up he does not mean that my dad didn't use the phrase keep it up he just said all right that's all he'd say all right you knew that meant keep it up find out you want to.
See what I'm capable of you can find out real quick that's what that meant so if he was on the phone and we were making noise he opened the door and told us keep it up and close the door we didn't go I guess he wants us to be loud I don't know we knew it meant and I think that's some of what is being said here when he's saying continue in what you're in I'm coming bringing repayment with me and y'all that's wonderful and that's terrifying it's wonderful.
For those who are in Christ he sees he sees your labor he sees your effort you know how you you sin then you confess sin and there's part of you that thinks confession made it worse even though confession was the part of getting rid of it but it just feels worse but he sees that faithfulness as you give away money as you give away time as all the salesmen that are on your sales floor lie through their teeth constantly you say things like I don't know I'll find out.
For you and your sales are worse because of your honesty he sees it he knows it this is how this works following Christ there are times where things we could cut Corners we could make shortcuts we could do things and he says no let still do be holy still P pursue Holiness still fight against sin still repent still do what's right even when it's hard he sees it and he he repa and it's also a promise for those who are in Christ that they don't get away with it that those who have gotten away with it here harm someone use their power.
For evil use their influence to completely malign to sideline to put somebody in a bad position to whole whole classes and types of people who have worked in their way to give themselves more while they give everybody else less those sort of things where you're looking and going what is going on is there not Justice does he not see and there's this moment here where it's Christ is almost you can feel his hand tighten around the sword and he says I.
See behold I'm coming and that's terrifying if you don't know him and if when he returns he is not your welcomed savior Just Your Righteous judge this is one of the things that I will remind people periodically when we're walking through counseling we're studying the Scriptures together sometimes it seems like they think it's them versus me and I'm I'm just you have a lord I have a lord who is coming to repay and that's wonderful and that's terrible so may we live in light of that truth trusting in the goodness that he is the beginning and the end the.
First and the last the judge of all things we say this all the time we say this on Sundays we say as we're leaving we know that judgment is coming another way to say that is we know that the judge is coming verse 14 blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates outside are the dogs and Sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolators and everyone who loves loves and practices falsehood outside means not in the city it doesn't mean on the road to the city trying to get in it just means they're.
Not here it's it's a way of saying Lake of Fire outer Darkness some of the things that we've seen throughout the Book of Revelation and throughout the Scriptures they're they're not here they don't belong but it says blessed verse 14 blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life life and that they may enter the city by the gates y we lost the Tree of Life the tree of life was in the garden.
And when they sin and rebel specifically God says there has to be an angel placed at the Garden and a flaming sword in case they try to come back because they no longer have access to the tree of life that if they tried to get the tree of life it was going to go very poorly for them very quickly and that's been all of humanity has had no right to the tree of life until Christ paid the debt of our sin and in the new heavens and the new Earth we get to walk you sinful you br busted broken you perfectly known perfectly washed perfectly clean get to walk through the gates welcome and get.
To go to the tree of life and eat you have the right to it it's a beautiful promise uh if you want to do a study on it at some point there are seven blessings in the Book of Revelation this is the final one seven times where it says blessed are those this is the final one and it says blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life now one of the questions you should ask is how do you wash your robes does that mean he just said he's coming and he's going to repay.
So the immediate thought would be I better get it together but that's not in the Book of Revelation how you wash your robes it's Revelation 7 he sees all these people with white robes he says who are these clothed in white robes and from where have they come the angel says to him these are the ones coming out of the Great Tribulation they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb you wash your robes in the work of Christ in his Holiness not yours you are made clean by his righteousness which means that all those who've come to.
Jesus and said I'm dirty unless you wash me he's washed every time you've sinned and you've thought I'm so guilty I deserve to be punished that's true the washing is done with blood but by God's grace and mercy and Glory it's done by the blood of Christ not by us so that the payment is made so that when he returns turns and gives to those according to what they have done he does not repay those in Christ for their sin he repays them.
For everything they've done that was good he returns and we only get good things it's wonderful that's the Hope here that those who have trusted in him are washed are welcome through the work of Christ and that when he returns the repayment is only blessed blessing verse 16 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches I'm the root and the descendant of David the Bright Morning Star so Jesus sent the angel to Proclaim these things to the churches to bless the churches to encourage the churches to call them to endure.
And then he says I'm the root and descendant of David the Bright Morning Star meaning that he is the Messiah the promised one who was to come the Fulfillment of the the line of David the Bright Morning Star is a reference to numbers which is a prophecy of one who's going to come and who's going to conquer and who's going to rescue this hope of the Messiah Jesus says that's me verse 17 the spirit the Holy Spirit and the bride that's the Church say come and let the one who hears say come that's that come is to Christ the spirit and the Church are saying come.
Lord Jesus we're we're ready you're welcome we want you to return come it's a call to Jesus then it says this and let the one who is thirsty come let the one who desires take the Water of Life without price if you've been walking through the Book of Revelation with us or if this is your first time and you're reading this and you're saying I I want that I want forgiveness I want when Jesus returns for that to be good and glorious and wonderful I want that to be the day I've been longing.
For I want that I want to belong here maybe you show up and and you don't know who's new and who's not new and you're looking around the room and you're seeing people talk to each other and be excited and and you're seeing the love that shared here and you're going I I want that if you're thirsty come if you want that you can have it that's the promise that you can go to Jesus and say I want your forgiveness and he gives it and I want your mercy and he gives it I want to belong I want you to rescue me I want you to save me I want you to help me.
He does the Bible tells us that nobody will be put to shame who trusts in Jesus nobody says I was banking on Jesus I was hoping he would help I would hoping he would rescue I would hoping he would wash I would hoping he would make me clean I was hoping in him and that doesn't work everybody who trusts in themselves everybody who trusts in something else will be put to shame it will fall apart but nobody who trusts in Christ will.
If you're thirsty come you get to say Lord save me help me rescue me and he will he Delights to he loves you so much he died so that he might do that he shed his blood so that you might be washed clean that's his hope that's his Delight that's his Joy Heaven rejoices when that happens the one is thirsty come let the one who desires take the Water of Life without price Verse 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book.
If anyone adds to them God will add to him the plagues described in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of the pro of the book of this prophecy God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city which are described in this book we are to take the Scriptures seriously throughout Church history that we understand that this is particularly specifically describing applying to the Book of Revelation but it also Christians if just always understood as the Book of Revelation stands at the end of God's Revelation to us as a general understanding of how to treat the Scriptures.
When Jesus says not the little Dash that crosses the tea or the Little Dot that dots an eye will perish from the law all of it will stay all of it will hold all of it belongs that we're to be people who hold to and believe the word we're to be people who don't take away from it you you should be very careful the times when you want to say well that doesn't really count now there are places where we see that there are things that from the Old Testament that are fulfilled in Christ that he's fulfilled the law on our behalf we don't have a sacrificial system anymore.
Because we have a sacrifice but the Scriptures teach us that we understand that there are some places where things have changed as the Revelation is is unfurled but we can't look at things and go well that's not really what that means and we understand a little better than that now and we don't really apply that part but we're to be people who trust and know the word and believe it and hold to it and hope in it as we trust and believe and hope in Christ This is not to say that.
If you ever at any point are confused about a thing or say anything wrong suddenly your salvation is in danger that's that's not what this is being said here but it is to say to those who would try to make new Revelation on behalf of God or would try to cut large sections of the Scriptures out it's an indication of that they don't belong to Jesus verse 20 he who testifies to these things says surely I am coming soon amen come.
Lord Jesus these are the last two things that are written in the Scriptures one of them is Jesus says I'm coming soon and if you're paying attention he said soon many times in this text this is the fourth one where the word soon shows up just in this section that he's coming soon he's coming soon he's coming soon now Peter tells us that his Reckoning of soon is different than our Reckoning of soon in second Peter chapter 3 and I I just in general we know that you base soon off of the person who's speaking not the person who's listening this is most evident.
When dealing with children when will that happen the adult says soon the adult is operating on an adult timeline the adult also knows what soon means in that sentence for them because they're the one speaking so if my son says when is Christmas and it's November I can say soon but I know the whole calendar I can see it in front of me he doesn't and he can the same day say when is dinner and I can say soon and I have not lied to him either time.
But when I give him dinner he's thinking boy Christmas is about to be here and one of the things we need to understand is that when the Lord says soon that's some of what is to be understood that's what Peter says that a day to him is a thousand years a thousand years a day he's on a different timeline and he also sees it he knows exactly what's happening but the other thing we're supposed to understand is when he said don't seal it up soon means soon Peter says really he's not delayed he's patient he's kind there are those who belong to him who have not yet repented of their sin confessed him there are.
Those who will spend eternity with him that have not yet we have missionaries hadn't made it to him yet there are tribes and tongues and languages and people that needed somebody to go so that they might gather around the throne there are people groups there are those who need to belong to Christ and will worship him for eternity and he is returning soon but he also loves them and is at work with patience so that they might come but we stand where this soon is sooner than.
When John heard it and we should respond like the spirit like the bride and like John and say come Lord Jesus and I think one of the things that we should test our Souls with is how much do we say that long for that believe that hope for that how much do we actually look forward to the return of Christ I have a cousin who has worked in several political campaigns and when you're working in a political campaign you want that politician to get elected that's what you're working towards.
But the people who are working higher up in political campaigns it's not just this is the person they like so they're handing out some flyers it's that when this person gets elected they go from being in the campaign to being in the cabinet they they go work for them they go belong now if they don't win you don't have a job and you really built your last year or two or three years off of this person winning and y'all there's a hope and a longing.
For political positions political leaders that can put the Church to shame at times because we aren't living with the hope and the longing for Christ's return the way we ought to and I think we ought to look and say does my money look like I've pinned my hopes on Christ does my time look like I've pinned my hopes on Christ does the way I interact with my neighbors look like I've pinned my hopes on Christ does my hope and longing for my children.
Look like I've pinned my hopes on Christ I think sometimes when you talk to parents about their children they're hoping things like Comfort success a good job a nice life I don't know many parents and you say what do you want for your children and they look at you and say I want them to have such a thirst for the Gospel that they get run ragged for the sake of Christ I hope they bleed for him I hope they suffer for him I hope they get him whatever it takes there are places that do not know Christ there are neighbors in your people in your circle that do not know Christ I was thinking this.
Morning that if I found out I won't but if I found out 30 minutes before that Jesus was about to return I do not think for one half second I would think man I was really hoping to find out whether or not the Chiefs would three repeat but I might think I really should have told my neighbors about Jesus and there's a longing for the return of Christ there's an aching for the return of Christ that when John hears he's going to come soon he says yes come.
Lord Jesus and John is exiled on the aisle of Patmos for proclaiming the Gospel and there should be an ache and a longing in the Church that manifests itself daily in how we interact with the world around us as we long for the return of Christ but y'all he is going to return and it's going to be wonderful he's going to undo everything that's wrong he's going to restore what is right he's going to be praise and glory and honor to his name he's going to be Vindicated and Justified among the Nations he's going to be held high he's going to be praised he's going to be glorified we are going to gather with the.
Church with the Saints we are going to be washed and made new and we are going to stand in his radiant glory for all eternity come Lord Jesus he's going to wash away our sin make us whole we will be fully known but there will be no shame no guilt no lingering doubt come Lord Jesus that he's going to return and restore and make right and bring Jud judgement on the wicked and crush the head of the serpent and he's going to cast death into the Lake of Fire come.
Lord Jesus that he will one day sit ruling and reigning as the king with his enemies as his foot stol come Lord Jesus that everything that is broken in our bodies and in our minds everything that we've all this anxiety and fear and overwhelming nature of everything that's around us will be but a a hint of a whisper of a memory that points to the Glorious Radiance of Christ who rescues and redeems redem Sinners come Lord Jesus and the final words of the text the grace of the.
Lord Jesus be with you all amen y'all he doesn't say so get to it he doesn't say so you better keep it together now he's in the text he's called us to endurance he's called us the faithfulness he has but his final words are may his grace be with you may the forgiveness and the mercy the freedom and the joy of belonging to Christ be with you and I will tell you this Grace the genuine joy and freedom of Grace is what drives us to tell other people not fear the Delight that we have and knowing that we're forgiven is what drives us to confess the knowing that Christ will return and he will rescue.
And he will redeem and he will save someone like me who does not deserve it is what makes us want to tell others that we might live in Grace in just a moment we're going to take communion together and communion is one of the ways that we live in Grace it's one of the consistent reminders we we take communion off often it's one of the consistent reminders that we need the work of Christ to atone for our sin and that we have the work of Christ to atone.
For our sin I have appreciated that as I dip it and hold it and walk back to my chair that there's some realness it reminds me of the reality of the hope I have in Christ it reminds me of he actually shed his blood there are times where the juice drips on my fingers and I think no it really ran his blood was really spilled I am really washed because he really made the payment and then we get to live in Grace and we get to partake and say come.
Lord Jesus come rescue come bring Hope come bring restoration and then we get to leave and go live like our hope is in the imminent return of Christ who repeatedly tells us he's going to come like a thief we will not know when it's coming if you have not trusted in Jesus we invite you to if you are thirsting for salvation and hope and forgiveness you can have it not based off of you but based off of him Church family take a moment to confess to repent to.
Remember why you need the Gospel and then take communion if you are not a Christian communion is not for you you were invited to trust in Jesus but communion is not for you because you are not yet in Grace and you are not yet ready for him to come let's pray father may your grace be with us may you help us to endure and Lord may you come quickly in Jesus name amen band's going to come back up we're going to sing together and take communion.
When you're ready.