This is “The Power of the Lord’s Table.” More than a wafer and wine, taking the body and blood of Jesus in Holy Communion is our covenant of deliverance. Discover in this message with Jentezen Franklin the relevance of the New Testament Last Supper. Miracles, healing, protection and the presence of the Lord are at His table.

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connection I know one need to calm down

I know I need to but I just feel like

shouting I still am thankful that my

name is written in the Lamb’s Book of

Life

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if you have your Bibles you can open

them with me to Psalms chapter 23 is

where I want to start let’s all read it

together we’re gonna take a moment read

it’s a very short chapter with six

verses the Lord is my shepherd I shall

not want he makes me to lie down in

green pastures he leads me beside still

waters he restores my soul he leads me

in the paths of righteousness for his

name’s sake yea though I walk through

the valley of the shadow of death I will

fear no evil for you are with me your

rod and your staff they comfort me you

prepare a table before me in the

presence of my enemies you anoint my

head with oil my cup runs over

surely goodness and mercy shall follow

me all the days of my life and I will

dwell in the house of the Lord forever I

want you to notice particularly because

that’s what I’m preaching on this

morning verse five you prepare a table

before me that table that he prepares is

the Lord’s table Holy Communion and all

that is in holy communion is contained

in the twenty-third Psalm the 23rd Psalm

is the same table as the Lord’s table

and I want to share with you today the

power of the Lord’s table the power of

communion when I come to the Lord’s

table I need to approach it with a fresh

appreciation it must never become common

this table that is before me today the

Lord’s table the fruit of the vine the

bread the Last Supper that Jesus had

with his disciples is so significant to

our faith that I

think if we’re not careful we will

approach it in a common manner and it

should not ever be approached without

full revelation of what is involved in

this meal now I want to show you the

power of the Lord’s meal today because

this communion meal that we celebrate

under the New Testament is the same in

the Old Testament as the Passover meal

you remember the story when they were

coming out of Egypt and God said I want

you to take a lamb and prepare a meal

and he told them what to do and he told

him how to eat that and he said that

that would cause deliverance to come to

your family it would cause deliverance

from bondage and deliverance from

sickness and disease miracles happen at

the Passover meal under the Old Covenant

and Jesus on the day of Passover in the

New Testament entered into the communion

meal and he instituted the Lord’s Supper

which was the Old Testament Passover

meal and if the Old Testament had that

kind of power in it when they ate the

meal how much more does the one that we

have today when I think about the fact

that the 23rd psalm is centered around a

shepherd the Lord is my shepherd and

then of course in the 23rd psalm is

implied sheep if you have a shepherd and

the sheep are gonna lie down in green

pastures their sheep and when I think of

the Lord’s table when he said thou

prepare us the table before my enemies

there’s a shepherd the great shepherd

Jesus who is always attracted to this

table this table cannot be protego nob

without the Shepherd’s appearance as a

matter of fact when they took the

Passover meal your Bible said that God

moved down from through the mountains to

the camp of Israel there is something

about the Lord’s table that requires a

bringing of a close presence of God

that’s why sometimes you feel something

when you do communion and it’s not just

any

Oshin there is a guaranteed presence of

God I know God is everywhere but he does

not manifest his presence everywhere but

he said anywhere this is entered into

with full knowledge of what you’re doing

my presence the presence of the shepherd

is there the presence of the sheep are

at the 23rd psalm and they’re at this

table because you and either are the

Sheep of his pasture notice that in the

23rd psalm thou anointest my head with

all and that has a reference to healing

and there is an anointing at this table

for healing in the Passover meal the

Bible said after they ate the meal there

was not a sick or feeble one among them

when they left Egyptian bondage

something that they ate in the meal it

became the meal that heals and when we

enter into this meal there is an abiding

healing anointing on this meal not only

that but in Psalms 23 there is a cup my

cup runneth over and we have the cut of

the wine of the New Testament and not

only was there a cup but there is

restoration he restores my soul in

Psalms 23 and this is a meal where God

says I restore things this is the meal

of restoration and then he said goodness

and mercy in Psalms 23 will follow me

and at this table is the goodness and

the mercy of God and here’s the point

when you put take of this meal with

faith it activates that’s a big word it

activates all of the promises of God

there were seven blessings that God told

Israel he would put on them after they

per took of the Passover meal for

example he said things like you’ll have

own life he said I’ll send my angel

before you

he said I’ll cause healing to come to

you he said prosperity would come on you

and you will become fruitful he said if

the enemies come at you one way they

will flee another because seven ways

because you will be under my

protection that was under the Passover

meal but Jesus on the day of Passover

purposely had the last supper with his

disciples so he could Institute this

meal the Lord’s table and all of those

blessings are activated when we partake

of this meal in faith I want you to

think about what I’m saying the Passover

meal came about and you remember what

God told them to do he said you are to

slay a lamb for your house and he said

you are to take the blood of the Lamb

and you are to place it on the side post

of your door paint it with blood on the

side posts of the door and over the top

post of the door you are to have blood

so you would be covered in the blood you

would be surrounded by the blood but he

did not say put blood on the threshold

because the blood is never to be

trampled and here’s the power of this

and God said and when my angel the Death

Angel it was not a demon it was an angel

and the death angel when he sees the

blood on your doorpost he the Death

Angel will pass over your house in other

words when you put this meal on you and

in you there is an application of the

blood the most powerful Avenue of Prayer

listen carefully the most powerful

avenue of prayer that you can ever learn

to pray is when you approach heaven this

way father I come in the name of Jesus

and I plead the blood of the Lamb

there’s something about pleading the

blood of the Lamb and listen if a deaf

angel could not cross the blood line

then I know one thing for sure if an

angel couldn’t cross the blood line the

devil cannot cross the blood line and

there’s power

there’s supernatural power at the Lord

table I plead the blood he commanded

them he said I want you to eat the lamb

that Passover and he said eat all the

lamb in Exodus chapter 12 not bits and

pieces some acknowledged Jesus as Savior

but they have not made him Lord saviours

only found 33 times in the Bible but

Lord has found 400 times and there’s a

difference between Savior and Lord

Savior means I’ve got fire insurance I

know I’m not going to hell

but he’s not Lord of anything in my life

I do whatever I want to do and I still

have him as my insurance blanket or my

insurance clause but listen to me if you

want joy he said eat all of it I don’t

just want him as Savior

I want him Lord of my life I want the

open doors and I want the closed doors

I want the yeses and I want the nose I

want the people he brings and I want the

people he says are not good for me and

when you say Jesus this is not the

Savior’s table it’s called the Lord’s

table and it’s because he must be Lord

eat it all I don’t just want salvation I

see baptism in the Holy Ghost on that

table I see deliverance from every

addiction on that table I see purity and

integrity on that table I see prosperity

on that table I see freedom on that

table and don’t take bits and pieces of

it eat it all eat it all think about

this the Lord’s table the communion meal

is the only thing of faith that we’re

told to physically touch every other

thing in that Bible he says you won’t by

faith not by what you can see and touch

but when it comes to this table

God says there’s something different

about this table it’s the only place he

makes active faith visible I want you to

come and I want you to hold the bread

and touch the bread and it is a physical

thing that you are touching

that will activate these blessings when

you partake of it I want you to hold the

cup I want you to drink the fruit of the

vine and when you drink it I want you to

understand what you were touching and

what you are seen every other thing you

walk by faith but this is a moment when

your faith actually is to be connected

to physical things that you can see that

represent his blood in his body and

really what he’s saying is just as

though I was the word in the beginning

and the word became flesh blood and

flesh and dwelt among us when you take

this meal you are reor he is being

reincarnated in you through the blood

through the body and the only Jesus that

people see is the one who comes through

you and you are to expect when you eat

this bread which is my body and you

drink this wine which represents my

blood then you are Christ as being

reborn reincarnated I’m not afraid that

word because that’s really what he wants

the Bible said your epistles read of all

men your friends will never read this

book but they’re reading you and you’re

supposed to be projecting Jesus and he

said I want you to physically take me in

so that I will project out of you

wherever you go say man somebody

he said this dude told his disciples

this do in remembrance of me

so it’s supposed to invoke memories that

when I enter into this meal

I remember how lost I was I remember how

low I was I remember how messed up I was

without Jesus how blind I was how

conceited and arrogant but at the cross

at the cross where I first saw the light

and the burdens of my soul and you don’t

understand that line if you’ve never

felt the burdens of your soul you

couldn’t get out of the pit you couldn’t

get out of the darkness you couldn’t get

out of the night of your soul but

suddenly at the crawl set the cross

where I first saw the light and the

burdens of my soul the addictions the

bondage the shame the guilt listen to

the words were rode away it was there by

faith I received my sight and now I’m

happy and now I’m happy all the day is

anybody still happy about Jesus this is

a joyful meal

it’ll give joy to you if you let it be

not sorrowful the joy of the Lord is

your strength if you’re running out of

joy you’re running out of strength come

to this table it’s a joyful celebration

hallelujah I know I need to calm down I

know I need to but I just feel like

shouting I still am thankful that my

name is written in the Lamb’s Book of

Life

Oh

when jesus told his disciples in Matthew

26 he said I want you to own it says

these words just to point it out again

he said on the first day of the feast of

unleavened bread which is Passover the

disciples came to Jesus and said where

do you want us to have Passover and he

said you were to go to a certain City

and you’ll see a certain you’ll go to

Jerusalem you’d see a certain man on the

street he’ll be carrying a pitcher of

water on his head and had that amazing

he said you tell him I need his house

he’s got an upper room he’s gonna give

me that house and we’re gonna have

communion up there before he didn’t they

didn’t know it but he was thinking

before I go to the cross and die sure

enough they found this guy notice that

he said this communion meal that I’m

about to to cut with you it’s gonna

happen in a house Jesus made communion

your house experience not just a church

house experience that whatever we do in

the church house he said it is not over

here but you’re carrying it back to your

house the victory the joy the peace the

goodness and mercy and all the anointing

and the cup that’s running over and the

blessings of this meal that are

activated it’s not just in this house

but it’s coming to your house this is

your house blessing it says in Exodus 12

that this is the beginning of the years

when they when they started and had the

Passover meal it begun it began a new

year this is the beginning of the year

this is the first month in other words

when we enter into communion in God on

God’s calendar he wipes everything out

and he says this is a brand new day this

is a brand new beginning

you cannot partake of this and it just

simply means that after you’ve had this

meal today is the first day of the rest

of your life the other stuff is over and

you can have whatever I

told you you can have and it starts here

and now the past does not control you

the ghost of guilt cannot haunt you

anymore this is a brand new beginning

clap your hands and praise God if you

believe in the power of the Lord’s table

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he said get full of the lamb this is

interesting and when they served them in

Exodus 12 the Passover meal I should

have put one out here

they had a side dish the Bible said if

the lamb is to be served under the Old

Covenant with bitter herbs bitter herbs

it was a side dish of bitter herbs and

that represents the bitter things of

life that whatever life sends you that

could stain you and leave you bitter the

rest of your life the sweetness of the

lamb is supposed to even out the

bitterness of life and notice the

bitterness is a side dish it was put in

a little side dish and they would put

salt water and certain herbs that they

would put in there and they would put it

in salt water representing the tears

that they that they cried in Egyptian

bondage and the point is this the

bitterness is of life are real and they

come to all of us the bitter things that

happen that that change everything in

your life but there just decide this and

the key to overcoming the side dish is

to eat the main meal which is the lamb

and the sweetness of the lamb will even

out the side dish of bitterness that

life serves you that whatever bitter

thing that could turn you mean and ugly

or just hard and cold instead you keep

eating all of the lamb you get full of

the lamb and the bitter things get even

doubt with the sweetness

of the lamb that’s the power of the

Lord’s table

he said now there’s gonna come

generations on down the road who weren’t

there at the Passover when you came out

of Egypt and the children are gonna ask

what does this meal mean and he said you

are to you are to take them back and

teach them how you were brought out at

this meal this is a generational meal

I want families to have this meal

together listen to this and Jesus said

that powerful thing right here as oft as

you do this you do this in remembrance

of me now watch this the opposite of the

word remember is dismember this member

means to be pulled apart so if there is

anything that has happened in a family

that was united and 1:1 together and

maybe a disagreement happened and there

is a dismembering when you come to this

table there is a supernatural power to

remember what has been dismembered

whatever disagreements whatever things

that have hit your family that are

tearing your marriage apart tearing your

family apart tearing your relationships

that you care so much apart he says when

you come to my table there is a

mysterious power on this meal that it

can take things that are dismembered it

can remember them

I’m talking to backsliders watching me

by television and all over this room and

at every campus who have been

dismembered you’ve fallen so far away

but if you will in humility approach

this table today God says I will

remember those who have been dismembered

by shame and guilt and sin

he says that all that they had in that

upper room with the disciples when Jesus

had the Last Supper all that we’re told

is bread and wine the fruit of the vine

that’s it no lamb Matthew Mark Luke and

John no lamb is mentioned there was no

lamb in the meal but the Passover had

lamb why where was the lamb the lamb was

not on the table the lamb was sitting at

the table but 24 hours from that moment

they would drag him out and hang him on

a cross and the lamb would be crucified

and any time we tell you the mystery of

this meal anytime you come to this table

you cannot approach it without the lamb

being on the table and at the table he

is here I know he’s everywhere but he

doesn’t manifest everywhere but wherever

you approach it with revelation of what

I’m sharing with you he is here not only

that there’s a mysterious recipe in the

in the wine because if you’ve ever

busted your nose and had it drip on a

white shirt there’s a crazy verse in

John that says if you confess your sins

he’s faithful and just to cleanse you of

all your sins the precious blood of

Jesus will cleanse you of all your

unrighteousness and take your stain of

sin away if you know anything about

blood if it drips on a white shirt that

doesn’t cleanse that shirt it stains

that blood stains that doesn’t cleanse

but the blood of Jesus is different

because it said in the book of

Revelation when everything’s over we’ll

be wearing white robes and he said these

are they whose garments are white

washed in the blood of the Lamb how do

you wash something in blood and it

becomes white and the stains are removed

there’s a mysterious ingredient in the

blood of Jesus Christ and it removes the

stains a sin and this is the power of

the Lord’s table

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