Robert T. Young - "You Proclaim the Lord's Death" (February 8, 1981)

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	(soothing organ music)	0:03
	(soothing organ music)	3:15
	(uplifting organ music)	4:24
	(soothing organ music)	9:44
-	Following the choral introit, our processional hymn	14:42
	will be number 74 in your hymnbook.	14:46
	♪ I will greatly rejoice in the Lord ♪	14:59
	♪ For my soul shall exalt in my heart ♪	15:03
	♪ For he has clothed me with the garments ♪	15:08
	♪ Of salvation ♪	15:12
	♪ He has covered me with the robe of righteousness ♪	15:14
	♪ As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland ♪	15:22
	♪ And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels ♪	15:28
	♪ With her jewels ♪	15:33
	♪ With her jewels ♪	15:38
	♪ For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, ♪	15:44
	♪ And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up ♪	15:50
	♪ So the Lord God ♪	16:01
	♪ Will cause righteousness and praise ♪	16:05
	♪ Will cause righteousness and praise ♪	16:09
	♪ To spring forth ♪	16:13
	♪ To spring forth ♪	16:16
	♪ To spring forth ♪	16:18
	♪ Before all the nations ♪	16:20
	(cheerful organ music)	16:35
	(choir sings indistinctly)	17:10
-	Grace and peace be unto you from God our Creator	20:43
	and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.	20:46
	We would like to look at ourselves	20:51
	and be wholly pleased with what we see.	20:54
	But the Christian gospel calls us to be honest.	20:58
	Let us then make a bold recognition	21:02
	that we are not pleased with what we see.	21:05
	Let us pray.	21:09
	Lord, you made the world and everything in it.	21:20
	You created the human race of one kind.	21:24
	And gave us the earth for our responsibility.	21:27
-	Break down walls that separate us.	21:32
	And unite us as a single body.	21:35
-	Lord, we have been divisive in our thinking,	21:38
	in our speech, in our actions.	21:41
	We have classified and imprisoned one another.	21:45
-	Break down walls that separate us.	21:49
	And unite us as a single body.	21:52
-	Lord, you mean us to be a single people,	21:56
	ruled by peace, feasting in freedom, freed from injustice,	21:59
	truly human men and women, responsible and responsive	22:05
	in the life we lead, the love we share,	22:10
	the relationships we create.	22:14
-	Break down walls that separate us.	22:17
	And unite us as a single body.	22:20
-	Lord, pour out among us the tongues of your spirit,	22:23
	that we may each burn with compassion for all	22:28
	who hunger for freedom and humanness.	22:31
	That we may be doers of the word, and so speak	22:35
	with credibility about the wonderful things you have done.	22:38
-	Lord, direct us in ways we do not yet discern,	22:43
	and equip us for the service of reconciliation	22:48
	and liberation in your world.	22:51
-	Almighty God, in whom are hid all the treasures	23:12
	of wisdom and knowledge, open our eyes that we may behold	23:15
	wondrous things out of thy law.	23:20
	And give us grace,	23:23
	that we may clearly understand	23:26
	and heartily choose the way of thy commandments.	23:28
	Through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.	23:32
	The epistle lesson is taken from St. Peter's	23:38
	first letter to the Corinthians,	23:41
	chapter 11, beginning with verse 23.	23:43
	For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you.	23:50
	That the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed	23:55
	took bread, and when he had given thanks,	23:57
	he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you.	24:00
	"Do this in remembrance of me."	24:06
	In the same way also the cup after supper, saying,	24:10
	"This cup is the new covenant of my blood.	24:14
	"Do this as oft as you drink it in remembrance of me.	24:17
	"For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,	24:23
	"You proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.	24:27
	"Whoever therefore eats the bread or drinks	24:32
	"The cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner	24:34
	"Will be guilty of profaning the body	24:38
	"And blood of the Lord.	24:40
	"Let a man examine himself and so eat of the bread	24:43
	"And drink of the cup.	24:47
	"For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body	24:50
	"Eats and drinks judgment upon himself."	24:55
	That is why many of you are weak and ill.	24:59
	And some have died.	25:02
	But if we judged ourselves truly,	25:05
	we should not be judged.	25:08
	But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened	25:11
	so that we may not be condemned along with the world.	25:15
	Here ends the lesson from the epistle.	25:20
	Let us stand for the reading from the gospel.	25:24
	The lesson from the gospel is taken from St. Matthew,	25:35
	the 26th chapter, beginning with the 20th verse.	25:39
	When it was evening, he sat at table with the 12 disciples.	25:46
	And as they were eating he said, "Truly I say to you,	25:51
	"One of you will betray me."	25:56
	And they were all very sorrowful.	25:59
	And began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?"	26:01
	He answered, "He who has dipped his hand	26:06
	"In the dish with me will betray me.	26:09
	"The Son of Man goes as it is written of him.	26:13
	"But woe to the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.	26:16
	"For it would have been better that that man,	26:21
	"If he had not ever been born."	26:22
	Judas, who betrayed him, said, "Is it I, master?"	26:28
	And he said to him, "You have said so."	26:34
	Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread,	26:40
	and blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples	26:44
	and said, "Take, eat, this is my body."	26:47
	And he took the cup.	26:54
	And when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying,	26:56
	"Drink of it all of you,	27:00
	"For this is my blood of the covenant,	27:02
	"Which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.	27:05
	"I tell you I shall not drink again	27:10
	"Of this fruit of the vine, until that day	27:11
	"When I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom."	27:14
	Here ends the lesson from the gospel.	27:20
	In the name of the Father, who is the Son,	27:23
	God with us, Holy Spirit, amen.	27:25
-	Let us pray.	27:41
	Take, oh Lord, we pray thee,	27:44
	our speaking and our hearing.	27:48
	That your word may become alive	27:51
	and real to us in this moment,	27:52
	through Christ our Lord,	27:56
	amen.	27:58
	If we stop and reflect for just a few moments,	28:02
	the epistle lesson for today is surely	28:06
	one of the most interesting,	28:09
	and also one of the most important passages	28:12
	in all of the New Testament.	28:16
	For here is the place where the church is directed	28:19
	in the very words of Christ himself	28:25
	to commemorate his life and death and resurrection	28:30
	by celebrating the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.	28:35
	As Paul recorded the words of Jesus,	28:40
	Jesus says, "This do in remembrance of me."	28:43
	And though the Last Supper,	28:49
	the paradigm for the Lord's Supper,	28:52
	is described and takes place in the context of the gospels,	28:56
	Jesus does not there tell the disciples to do this again.	29:01
	Here, in Paul's letter to the church at Corinth,	29:08
	we are given that majestic invitation	29:13
	and that unforgettable mandate.	29:17
	This do in remembrance of me.	29:21
	For, and then Paul says, as often as you eat this bread	29:25
	and drink this cup, you proclaim	29:29
	the Lord's death until he comes.	29:32
	Paul not only has Jesus tell us to celebrate	29:36
	and remember by eating and drinking the bread,	29:39
	and eating the bread and drinking from the cup,	29:42
	Paul himself reminds us that every time we do that,	29:46
	something of eternal importance happens.	29:51
	That is, we proclaim the Lord's death.	29:56
	The story has been told of what the first Indian	30:02
	elected a bishop in the Church of England,	30:06
	a man by the name of Bishop Azariah, used to do when	30:09
	he baptized someone new to the Christian faith.	30:14
	He would say to the newly baptized believer,	30:19
	"Place your own hand on your head	30:22
	"and repeat these words after me:	30:26
	"'Woe to me	30:31
	"'if I preach not the gospel.'"	30:34
	Every baptized believer,	30:40
	place your hand, my hand,	30:44
	on our heads and say, "Woe to me if I,	30:46
	"if we, preach not the gospel."	30:50
	For you and I do preach the gospel all the time.	30:54
	We proclaim in word and deed the gospel of our Lord	30:58
	by the words we say, the actions we express,	31:02
	the feelings we share, by all that we are and do,	31:04
	we proclaim, we preach the gospel.	31:08
	But when we gather to break bread and drink wine together,	31:14
	we proclaim the gospel in a very special way.	31:20
	We proclaim the Lord's death.	31:24
	In the first place, you proclaim	31:28
	the Lord's death to yourself.	31:30
	It seems to me that we do need to remind ourselves,	31:34
	each of us needs to be reminded that someone	31:37
	has died out of love for each of us.	31:39
	So this is a time for personal reflection,	31:45
	remembrance, repentance and reliving.	31:47
	A time when each of us proclaims to himself	31:53
	or to herself the Lord's death,	31:56
	a time when each of us can truly, surely,	31:58
	deeply, personally know and believe	32:01
	that the Lord's death is for me.	32:03
	Thus this morning when you eat the bread and drink the wine,	32:10
	I invite you to proclaim the Lord's death to yourself.	32:13
	Will you say again, "This is for me."	32:19
	In the second place, though, you proclaim the Lord's death	32:26
	to all those gathered 'round you.	32:29
	The Lord's Supper, from the very first piece of bread	32:33
	and from the very first cup of wine until this morning	32:37
	has never, never been a private affair.	32:41
	It is personal.	32:46
	But it is not private.	32:48
	This blessed sacrament	32:51
	has always been a communal meal.	32:54
	An occasion when all present eat and drink together.	32:58
	And so we proclaim something to one another.	33:03
	We proclaim the Lord's death to each other.	33:07
	This supper,	33:12
	this meal symbolizing Christ's death,	33:14
	does say something to me.	33:17
	It also says something to us.	33:19
	This supper gives something to me.	33:23
	But it also gives something to us.	33:26
	This supper brings the presence of Christ to me,	33:30
	but it also brings the presence of Christ to us.	33:33
	Thus this morning when you eat and drink,	33:41
	I invite you to look around and be reminded	33:44
	that you proclaim the Lord's death to others	33:49
	who gather to eat and drink with you.	33:52
	And the third place you proclaim the Lord's death,	33:57
	to all those around, all those out there	34:02
	who care to take note and to observe that your life	34:07
	is given to Christ, and that Christ's life is given to you.	34:11
	As you eat this bread and drink this wine,	34:17
	your presence here, your presence around the table,	34:21
	your receiving the body and blood of Christ	34:27
	does proclaim something for all of the world to see.	34:29
	Your eating this bread and drinking this wine says that,	34:34
	where you go counts something for Christ.	34:40
	Who you are with says something for the Christ.	34:45
	What you do	34:52
	gives a message about the Christ.	34:54
	The Lord Jesus, on the night	35:01
	when he was betrayed, took bread.	35:03
	And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,	35:06
	"This is my body which is broken for you.	35:09
	"Do this in remembrance of me."	35:13
	In the same manner also the cup, saying,	35:17
	"This cup is the new covenant in my blood.	35:19
	"Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.	35:23
	"For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,	35:28
	"You proclaim the Lord's death until he comes."	35:34
	Come now, our Lord invites us.	35:40
	Let us break bread together.	35:44
	Let us drink wine together.	35:47
	Amen.	35:51
-	Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him	36:18
	and who desire to live in peace with one another.	36:22
	May the peace of the Lord be with you.	36:26
-	And also with you.	36:29
-	As forgiven and reconciled people,	36:32
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	36:35
	(soothing organ music)	36:48
	(singing in foreign language)	38:41
	("Praise Him from Whom All Blessings Flow")	44:20
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	44:37
	♪ Praise Him all creatures here below ♪	44:44
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	44:50
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	44:52
	♪ Praise Him above ye heavenly host ♪	44:57
	♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ♪	45:04
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	45:10
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	45:13
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	45:16
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	45:20
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	45:24
	♪ Amen ♪	45:33
-	Be seated.	45:47
	Lift up your hearts.	45:55
-	We lift them up to the Lord.	45:57
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.	45:59
-	It is right to give God thanks and praise.	46:02
-	Oh God, it is right that we should always	46:06
	and everywhere give you thanks and praise.	46:08
	Only you are God.	46:12
	You created all things and called them good.	46:14
	You made us in your image.	46:17
	Even when we rebelled against your love,	46:20
	you did not desert us.	46:23
	You delivered us from captivity,	46:26
	made covenant to be our God and king,	46:28
	and spoke to us through your prophets.	46:32
	Therefore, we join the entire company of heaven	46:35
	and all your people now on earth in worshiping	46:39
	and glorifying you, saying,	46:43
-	Holy, holy, holy Lord,	46:46
	God of power and might.	46:49
	Heaven and earth are full of your glory.	46:52
	Hosannah in the highest.	46:55
	Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.	46:57
	Hosannah in the highest.	47:01
-	We thank you, holy God, that you love the world	47:04
	so much you sent your only son to be our savior.	47:08
	The Lord of all life came to live among us.	47:13
	He healed and taught people, ate with sinners,	47:17
	and won for you a new people by water and the Spirit.	47:22
	We saw his glory.	47:26
	Yet he humbled himself in obedience to your will,	47:29
	freely accepting death on a cross.	47:33
	By dying he freed us from unending death.	47:37
	By rising from the dead, he gave us everlasting life.	47:41
	We remember that on the night in which he gave	47:47
	himself up for us, the Lord Jesus took bread.	47:50
	After giving you thanks, he broke the bread,	47:56
	gave it to his disciples and said,	47:59
	"Take, eat, this is my body, which is given for you."	48:02
	When the supper was over, he took the cup.	48:08
	Again, he returned thanks to you.	48:11
	He gave the cup to his disciples and said,	48:14
	"Drink from this all of you, this is the cup	48:18
	"Of the new covenant in my blood,	48:21
	"Poured out for you and many, for the forgiveness of sins."	48:24
	When we eat this bread and drink this cup,	48:30
	we experience anew the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ,	48:33
	and look forward to his coming in final victory.	48:38
-	Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again.	48:43
-	We remember and proclaim with gratitude, holy God,	48:49
	what your son has done for us in his life and death,	48:53
	in his resurrection and ascension.	48:58
-	Accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving in union	49:02
	with Christ's offering for us as a reasonable	49:06
	and holy surrender of ourselves.	49:10
	Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us,	49:13
	gathered here out of love for you, and on these gifts.	49:16
	Help us know in the breaking of this bread the presence	49:21
	of Christ, who gave his body and blood for all people.	49:25
	Make us one with Christ, one with each other,	49:30
	and one in service to all people.	49:34
	Through your son Jesus Christ,	49:38
	with the Holy Spirit and your holy church,	49:40
	all glory and honor is yours, God almighty.	49:43
-	In unity with Christ and each other, we pray.	49:48
-	Our father, who art in heaven hallowed be thy name.	49:52
	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,	49:57
	on earth as it is in heaven.	50:00
	Give us this day, our daily bread,	50:03
	and forgive us our trespasses,	50:06
	as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.	50:08
	And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.	50:12
	For thine is the kingdom,	50:17
	and the power and the glory forever, amen.	50:19
-	Because there is one loaf, we,	50:30
	many as we are, are one body.	50:32
	For it is one loaf of which we all partake.	50:35
	When we break the bread, is it not a means	50:43
	of sharing in the body of Christ?	50:47
-	When we give thanks over the cup,	50:53
	is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ?	50:56
	Amen.	51:00
-	The body of Christ given for you now.	51:09
	The blood of Christ given for you now.	51:23
	(soothing organ music)	51:30
-	The body of Christ, broken for you Shannon.	51:36
	The blood of Christ, shed for you.	51:48
	(somber organ music)	51:50
-	Our Lord Jesus said I am the bread of life.	57:57
	Those who come to me shall never hunger.	58:02
	Those who believe in me shall never thirst.	58:06
	Arise dear friends and go in peace.	58:10
	And may the bread of heaven, even Jesus the Christ,	58:14
	nourish your soul unto everlasting life.	58:17
	Amen.	58:21
	We invite you now to gather with us	58:27
	around the table of our Lord.	58:31
	The ushers will assist you, and we ask you to form	58:34
	two concentric circles around the altar,	58:36
	first beginning with those seated in the transepts,	58:40
	and then those seated in the nave.	58:44
	Let us share in the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.	58:47
	Amen.	58:53
	(soothing organ music)	58:54
	(liturgical choral music)	1:00:59
	(soothing organ music)	1:02:13
-	Jesus said I am come that they might	1:05:05
	have life and have it abundantly.	1:05:08
	Arise and go in peace, and may your abundant life	1:05:11
	in Christ overflow in deeds of love and service, amen.	1:05:15
	(uplifting organ music)	1:05:20
	(liturgical choral music)	1:08:34
	(uplifting organ music)	1:12:47
-	Jesus said I am the vine, you are the branches.	1:13:11
	By their fruits you shall know them.	1:13:16
	Arise beloved in Christ.	1:13:20
	And may the spirit of Christ so fill your life	1:13:22
	that the fruits of your life may draw	1:13:26
	you and others closer to our Lord.	1:13:29
	Amen.	1:13:32
	(soothing organ music)	1:13:33
	(choral liturgical music)	1:18:25
	(uplifting organ music)	1:19:51
-	Arise and go in peace, and may the peace	1:20:21
	of Christ go with you always, amen.	1:20:24
	(uplifting organ music)	1:20:28
	You have given yourself to us, oh Lord.	1:22:32
-	Now we give ourselves to others.	1:22:36
-	Your love has made us a new people.	1:22:38
	(congregation murmurs)	1:22:42
	Your glory has filled our hearts.	1:22:46
	Help us to glorify you in all things, amen.	1:22:49
	(uplifting liturgical music)	1:22:57
-	Before you leave, may I share	1:27:03
	two words of announcement with you?	1:27:05
	Many of you will want to know that last evening,	1:27:08
	in Morgantown, North Carolina, Dr. Fletcher Nelson died.	1:27:11
	Dr. Nelson was a man who loved Duke University,	1:27:16
	especially Duke Divinity School.	1:27:21
	A man who gave his life and his entire ministry	1:27:24
	for Christ and the church.	1:27:28
	I guess were it not for his efforts,	1:27:31
	and of course for the efforts of many others,	1:27:33
	the new Divinity School building may not be here.	1:27:36
	And also the Parish Ministry Fund,	1:27:39
	which has supported the education of many ministers	1:27:42
	in North Carolina for the past 12 or 15 years,	1:27:46
	would not have been established.	1:27:50
	I am sure that your love and prayers	1:27:52
	go out to the Nelson family at this time.	1:27:53
	Also, I would like to urge you to make plans	1:28:00
	for next Sunday afternoon at four o'clock,	1:28:02
	for the premiere performance of Ian Hamilton's "Vespers."	1:28:07
	The Chapel Choir and the University Chorale,	1:28:12
	under the direction of Ben Smith,	1:28:15
	will present that premiere performance here in the chapel.	1:28:17
	There is no charge.	1:28:21
	It will be a moving, rich	1:28:22
	and memorable experience for all of us.	1:28:25
	Many of you will remember Dr. Hamilton,	1:28:28
	as he was a Duke professor here in the music department.	1:28:30
	His compositions have stirred us and moved us in the past,	1:28:36
	and I'm sure that this will be	1:28:39
	another that will do the same.	1:28:41
	Next Sunday afternoon at four o'clock, here in the chapel,	1:28:43
	a premiere performance of Ian Hamilton's "Vespers."	1:28:46
	The grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,	1:28:52
	the love of God, the communion	1:28:56
	and fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you,	1:28:58
	and with those whom you love, this day and forever.	1:29:04
	♪ Amen ♪	1:29:11
	♪ Amen ♪	1:29:18
	♪ Amen ♪	1:29:25
	♪ Amen ♪	1:29:32
	♪ Amen ♪	1:29:40
	♪ Amen ♪	1:29:54
	♪ Amen ♪	1:30:07
	(uplifting organ music)	1:30:29

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Title:

Robert T. Young - "You Proclaim the Lord's Death" (February 8, 1981)

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Sermon start time: 27:41. Sermon end time: 35:56.
In this simple homily, the preacher describes the three arenas in which the Lord's Supper proclaims Christ's death: in our lives, in those around us, and in the world. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: "We proclaim in word and deed the gospel of our Lord by the words we say, the actions we express, the feelings we share, by all that we are and do, we proclaim, we preach the gospel. But when we gather to break bread and drink wine together, we proclaim the gospel in a very special way. We proclaim the Lord's death."

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February 8, 1981

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Young, Robert T., 1935-2009

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Robert T. Young - "You Proclaim the Lord's Death" (February 8, 1981)

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1. Robert T. Young - "You Proclaim the Lord's Death" (February 8, 1981)

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