Communion - On the Cross

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Pastor Dom walks us through the significance of the cross for communion. Luke 23:3434 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”Luke 23:42-4342 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” 43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”Matthew 27:45-4645 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Psalm 22:11  My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?  Why are You so far from helping Me,  And from the words of My groaning?Psalm 22:33 But You are holy,…2 Corinthians 5:21  21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.1 John 3:5  5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.Psalm 22:33 But You are holy,…John 19: 25-2325 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”Ephesians 6:22 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:Matthew 5:1717 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.Romans 3:23 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:2525 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,Luke 23:4646  And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’John 19:30 30 …And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.