The Sacred Feast

Sermon Notes of Reverend Harvey Alford Matney
(1868 – 1951)
February 21, 1931 – Lexington, Texas

Introduction

This do in REMEMBRANCE OF ME. Reminding ourselves WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST. As Paul would explain later, Believers in the present Age of Grace are Made Alive In Christ, and Seated in Heavenly Places In Christ Jesus. Not because of anything they did, or could ever do, but because of what Jesus accomplished, and God’s Favor! (Ephesians 2:1-10)
Like the fallen world, we once were far away from God, spiritually dead and without Him. Now, we are brought near, placed in the Body of Christ as He wills, because of the blood of Jesus. (Ephesians 2:11-13)
We are reminded of this Truth every time we partake of the bread and the cup, not as a religious ceremony, but by faith, confirming and Believing His Word to His Body.
Jesus will return and the world should take note. For the Believer however, one who has been raised to new life with Christ, we eagerly expect it and rejoice, because when He is revealed to the whole world, we will share in all His glory. (Colossians 3:1-4)

Paul was addressing this in his letter to the church at Colossae. You have to read the entire 2nd chapter to really appreciate all that was happening. And while all the specific difficulties are not listed, you can read between the lines. Satan was sowing seeds of division. Men were teaching traditions instead of Jesus. I like how the Amplified Bible translates it – “following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than spiritual world)” (Colossians 2:8).

In the second half of Colossians 2, Paul reiterates the victory Jesus had already won. There was nothing that they could do that would improve or enhance what Jesus accomplished. What they drank or what they handled, religious rules, were simply symbolic and had no real value. Their relationship with Jesus (the Word), is what really matters.

In this sermon, my Grandfather discusses the supremacy of the real Jesus. — Harrison Woodard

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