Sermon Outline for Communion Service: Embracing a Deep Spirituality

Objective of the Sermon: To lead the listeners to make the decision to seek a deep spirituality in their lives with God on a daily basis.

Base Text:

Theme: The need for deep spirituality.

Introduction

1. Reflection:

• The suffering of Jesus on the Cross was of intense physical and emotional agony.
• The instincts of a normal man in this situation would block his reasoning.
• The instinct of a normal man would be to fight or flee.
• However, with Jesus, it was different.
• He was able to say, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
• The secret: deep spirituality!
• Even in the midst of intense agony, Jesus overcame his human instincts.
• He gave us a great testimony of deep spirituality.

2. Main Affirmation:

Like Jesus, we must develop a deep spirituality that enables us to overcome our human instincts of preservation or retaliation in times of affliction.

3. Transitional Sentence:

Characteristics of Jesus that demonstrated His deep spirituality.

A) Jesus had a spiritual vision of events

• When He said "Father," Jesus was showing there was someone there that others couldn’t see.
• People only saw the cross, the nails, the blood, the groans, but Jesus saw the Father.

• Many times we are so focused on circumstances that we fail to see the work of God.

B) Jesus had real intimacy with the Father

• Jesus had been accused by the Jews of declaring Himself equal to God because He said that God was His Father.

• This intimacy with the Father became evident, and it did not diminish on the cross of Calvary.
• The difficulties of life reveal whether or not we have intimacy with God.

C) Jesus experienced true love for people

• Jesus interceded for His tormentors before the Father, who might have manifested His wrath upon them.
• Moses did this several times for the people of Israel.

• A person who truly loves can intercede even for those who cause them pain and distress.
• Interceding for someone who wrongs us is a demonstration of true love.
• We cannot hate a person and, at the same time, pray for them.

D) Jesus could truly forgive His aggressors

• Forgiveness is not dependent on feelings.

• It is an act of obedience and faith before God.

• One way to truly forgive is to understand the limitations of those who have offended us.

• This changes the "monstrous" image we have of the person who has hurt us.

• Jesus recognized that His tormentors did not know what they were doing.

• Resentment and bitterness are significant obstacles to deep spirituality.

Conclusion

1. Reflection:

• Even in intense agony, Jesus overcame His human instincts of self-preservation or retaliation.
• Jesus demonstrated profound spirituality.

2. Main Statement:

Like Jesus, we must develop deep spirituality that enables us to overcome our human instincts of self-preservation or retaliation in times of distress.

3. Application:

• The Communion should be a time of reflection.

• Are we living a true spirituality?

• It is in times of distress that our spirituality or our carnality is revealed.

• To live a deep spirituality, we must ask the Lord for forgiveness for our carnality and cry out for Him to fill us with His Spirit.

• If we live this spirituality, we will be able to react like Jesus, even when offended, attacked, or hurt by someone.

• Like Jesus, we will be able to say, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

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