Added: Jan 23, 2012

From: harvestblades

Duration: 65:25

This is from a special two-week ten lesson series on the church with Bible teacher J.B Nicholson, Jr. They were recorded in Northern Ireland from September-October 2004. I will post the lesson and the QA separately and the link for the study guide is at the bottom of the description. Lesson 5 ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH: Baptism and the Lord's Supper Introduction: The religious life of the Old Testament was full of ritual, ceremony and God-ordained activity. There were special officiants, garments, furniture, days, and symbols. Complexity and endless repetition marked the Jewish religion (the only religion given by God). Everything was prescribed; virtually nothing was explained—why a lamb here, a goat there? why an ephah or a cubit or blue instead of purple? Any explanation at all had to await the unveiling of the "types" in the New Testament. But Christian worship is the opposite: very little is prescribed; virtually everything is explained. There are no vestments or ritual; no officiating priests or liturgy—since every believer is a priest (see 1 Cor. 11:23-34; 1 Pet. 2). Even the occasion for the Lord's Supper is left to us in the words "as oft." In a law relationship it would be right to dictate the day, but how do you dictate to your spouse when to tell you when to say "I love you"? Of course those nearest to the Lord thought He intended a weekly remembrance (see Acts 20:7, "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread"). Certainly the Lord Jesus did not mean "as seldom"! Another clear difference between the OT and the NT: the Jewish natural and visible "shadows" are replaced by spiritually discerned substance. Their tabernacle or temple, priesthood, altar, sacrifices, etc. were seen by all but they were only "figures of the true" tabernacle which is in heaven. Now, as the Lord Jesus said, we no longer must worship in Jerusalem; we "worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him" (Jn. 4:23). We "enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus" (Heb. 10:19), something no ordinary Israelite could do. *Resources! The audio file and study guide can be streamed or downloaded from here- http://www.uplook.org/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=637Itemid=89 The DVD, Audio CD or mp3 Cds can be ordered here as well as the study guide and other local church helps- http://www.goodnewsgranary.org/materials/localchurch-helps This site has other Christ-centered audio ministryt for free streaming or downloading- http://www.voicesforchrist.org/index.shtml

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