Robert T. Young - "The Earnest Desire of Christ" (July 1, 1973)

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-	fires and goals in life	0:01
	here for every person.	0:06
	The Holy Spirit works in and through other persons	0:08
	and us as we relate to them	0:12
	and they relate to us.	0:15
	But beyond this type of human experience,	0:17
	mediated by the Holy Spirit,	0:22
	the truth of our faith	0:23
	is that each one of us	0:25
	has access to the presence of God.	0:26
	Everyone of us can know and feel the presence	0:30
	of God in Christ as our companion.	0:33
	Some of you know much better than I	0:38
	but all of us know that there may be moments	0:43
	when human companionship is not enough.	0:45
	Then, in those moments,	0:50
	the grace of God in and through Christ is very present.	0:54
	Christ says, "I give you another Comforter,	0:57
	"even the Spirit of Truth	1:00
	"which the world cannot give."	1:02
	The world can't take it away either.	1:06
	There's something eternal	1:10
	and ever present about this person	1:13
	and presence of Christ	1:16
	because here we are some 2,000 years	1:17
	after he lived in the flesh,	1:19
	talking about finding his presence,	1:21
	feeling his presence, knowing his presence.	1:23
	The earnest desire of Christ	1:28
	is to be a companion.	1:30
	A real person, yeah.	1:33
	For each of us today,	1:36
	now,	1:40
	a presence.	1:42
	As reminder of what his companionship really is constantly,	1:44
	he said, "Do this to remember me."	1:50
	Jesus knew we would forget,	1:55
	and we do.	1:58
	Not because we want to	1:59
	but because experiences come	2:01
	and experiences go	2:03
	and are quickly forgotten.	2:05
	Christ says, "Come in.	2:08
	"Come in as often as you will	2:13
	"and drink this wine	2:15
	"and eat this bread and remember me.	2:18
	"And I will be with you when you come in	2:23
	"and when you go out."	2:25
	The earnest desire of Christ	2:32
	is to be with you.	2:36
	Will you let him?	2:39
	Now?	2:41
	Amen.	2:46
	As Christ, we affirm our faith together.	3:00
-	We believe in God	3:07
	who has created and is creating,	3:09
	who has come in the true man Jesus.	3:12
	To reconcile and to make new the works	3:14
	in us and others by his Spirit.	3:18
	We trust him.	3:21
	He calls us to be in his church	3:23
	to celebrate his presence,	3:26
	to love and serve others,	3:29
	to seek justice and resist evil,	3:31
	to proclaim Jesus crucified and risen,	3:34
	our judge and our hope.	3:38
	In life, in death, in life beyond death,	3:40
	God is with us.	3:45
	We are not alone.	3:47
	Thanks be to God.	3:49
	(lively organ music)	3:52
	Let us offer a litany of intercession,	4:34
	petition for the needs of the world,	4:38
	our brothers and sisters and ourselves.	4:40
	Let us pray.	4:44
	Let us pray that the world may live in peace	4:47
	and that the church may achieve unity,	4:50
	fulfilling its service here and everywhere.	4:53
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	4:57
-	That all minsters and teachers in the church	5:01
	may be faithful servants of the Gospel,	5:04
	leading others into its way of life	5:07
	and strengthening their faith.	5:10
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	5:12
-	That the leaders of this nation	5:16
	and of the world may govern	5:19
	with justice and mercy.	5:21
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	5:23
-	That all our work may be done for the common good.	5:28
	That it be done in safety	5:33
	and that all may be spared from grinding toil	5:35
	which destroys the fullness of life.	5:38
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	5:42
-	That those who work on the frontiers of truth	5:46
	and those who enrich our lives	5:50
	with beauty and joy may be free	5:51
	to follow their vocations.	5:54
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	5:57
-	That those who suffer disease or poverty	6:01
	or loneliness or grief,	6:04
	may be healed and comforted.	6:07
	That those who are oppressed or persecuted	6:10
	may be strengthened and delivered.	6:13
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	6:16
-	Let those whom we have known	6:21
	and loved who have died in the faith	6:22
	maybe a glorious memory to us	6:25
	and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints.	6:28
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer	6:33
	through Jesus Christ our Lord.	6:36
-	Amen.	6:39
	Christ our Lord invites	6:44
	to this his table all who love him	6:46
	and who desire to live in peace with one another.	6:50
	May the peace of the Lord be with you always.	6:54
	And also with you.	6:59
	(tranquil organ music)	7:03
	As forgiven and reconciled people,	7:52
	let us offer ourselves	7:55
	and our gifts to God.	7:57
	(tranquil organ music)	8:08
	(choir singing)	9:15
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	9:45
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	9:49
	(choir singing)	9:53
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	10:16
	(choir singing)	10:23
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	10:47
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	10:51
	(choir singing)	10:56
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	11:49
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	11:52
	(choir singing)	11:57
	(lively organ music)	12:29
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:25
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:28
	(choir singing)	13:32
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:45
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:47
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:50
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:54
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	13:57
	♪ Amen ♪	14:05
-	Glory and honor to our God	14:14
	who prepares a table before us,	14:16
	who breaks bread that we may taste Heaven,	14:20
	who pours wine that we may receive salvation.	14:23
	Blessing and honor to our God	14:27
	who feeds us himself	14:31
	that love shall be incarnate in our blood,	14:33
	that mercy shall wedge in our flesh,	14:38
	that grace shall marrow in our bones.	14:42
	Blessing and honor and glory and power	14:47
	be unto Father, Son and Holy Ghost forever and forever.	14:49
	Oh God, our Father, receive these our gifts,	14:57
	receive our lives.	15:02
	Come down from Heaven to give us Heaven's bread.	15:05
	We are not worthy of this feast.	15:09
	We are sinners who do not hope enough,	15:12
	who do not love enough,	15:15
	who do not trust enough.	15:17
	We are ashamed	15:20
	and yet we dare to come	15:21
	to your table,	15:24
	not because we are good	15:26
	but in the name of Jesus Christ,	15:29
	who came not to cast out sinners	15:32
	but to save them.	15:35
	Come, Holy Ghost,	15:37
	hover over these elements	15:40
	that they may be instruments of grace	15:43
	for our salvation	15:47
	and for the mission of the church	15:49
	throughout the world.	15:51
	In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	15:53
	Let us offer unto God our prayer of thanksgiving	16:22
	and consecration for this Eucharistic supper.	16:25
	Let us pray.	16:29
	The Lord is with you.	16:30
-	And with you also.	16:32
-	Lift up your hearts.	16:34
-	We lift them up unto the Lord.	16:36
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.	16:38
-	It is right to give him thanks and praise.	16:40
-	Father, it is right that we should always	16:44
	and everywhere give you thanks and praise.	16:48
	Only you are God.	16:51
	You created all things	16:53
	and called them good.	16:55
	You made us in your own image,	16:57
	even when we rebelled against your love,	17:00
	you did not desert us.	17:03
	You delivered us from captivity	17:06
	and made covenant to thee our God and king.	17:08
	And spoke to us through your prophets.	17:12
	And therefore, we join the entire company of Heaven	17:15
	and all your people now on Earth	17:19
	in worshiping and glorifying you.	17:21
-	Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might.	17:24
	Heaven and Earth are full of your glory.	17:29
	Hosannah in the highest,	17:32
	blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.	17:34
	Hosannah in the highest.	17:38
-	We thank you, Father	17:41
	that you loved the world so much	17:43
	you sent your only son to be our Savior.	17:45
	The Lord of all life came to live among us,	17:48
	be healed and taught men,	17:52
	ate with sinners,	17:54
	and won for you a new people	17:56
	by water and the Spirit.	17:58
	We saw his glory,	18:01
	yet he humbled himself in obedience	18:04
	to your will, freely accepting death on a cross.	18:06
	By dying, he freed us from unending death	18:11
	and by rising from the dead,	18:16
	he gave us everlasting life.	18:17
	We remember that on the night in which he gave himself up	18:21
	for us, the Lord Jesus took bread	18:25
	and after giving you thanks,	18:30
	he broke the bread	18:32
	and gave it to his disciples saying,	18:34
	"Take, eat, this is my body	18:37
	"which is given for you."	18:39
	When the supper was over,	18:42
	he took the cup	18:44
	and again he returned thanks to you	18:47
	and gave the cup to his disciples	18:49
	and said, "Drink from this, all of you.	18:51
	"This is the cup of the new covenant in my blood	18:55
	"which is poured out for you and many	18:58
	"for the forgiveness of sins."	19:02
	When we eat this bread	19:05
	and drink this cup,	19:06
	we experience anew the presence	19:09
	of the Lord Jesus Christ	19:11
	and we look forward to his coming in final victory.	19:14
-	Christ has died, Christ has risen,	19:19
	Christ will come again.	19:22
-	We remember and proclaim with gratitude, heavenly Father	19:25
	what your Son has done for us	19:29
	in his life and death,	19:31
	in his resurrection and ascension.	19:33
	Accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving	19:36
	in union with Christ offering for us	19:41
	as the reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves.	19:44
	Send the power of your Holy Spirit upon us	19:49
	gathered here out of love for you	19:52
	and on these gifts.	19:55
	Help us know in the breaking of this bread	19:58
	and in the drinking of this wine the presence of Christ	20:01
	who gave his body and blood for mankind.	20:06
	Make us one with Christ	20:10
	and one with each other	20:12
	and one in service to all mankind.	20:14
-	Through your Son Jesus Christ,	20:17
	with the Holy Spirit and your holy church,	20:20
	all glory and honor is yours, Father.	20:23
-	Amen.	20:26
	In unity with Christ and each other, we pray.	20:28
-	Our Father in Heaven,	20:31
	holy be your name,	20:33
	your kingdom come,	20:34
	your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.	20:37
	Give us today the bread we need.	20:41
	Forgive us our sins	20:44
	as we forgive those who sin against us.	20:46
	Save us in the time of trial	20:49
	and deliver us from evil	20:51
	for the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours now	20:54
	and forever, amen.	20:59
	(tranquil organ music)	21:09
	(choir singing)	21:22
	The body of Christ given for you.	22:32
	The blood of Christ given for you.	22:35
	(tranquil organ music)	22:44
	(choir singing)	25:39
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	32:28
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	32:31
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	32:40
	(tranquil organ music)	32:56
	(choir singing)	33:34
	(tranquil organ music)	45:18
-	Let us join in our prayer of commitment.	45:56
	You have given yourself to us, Lord.	46:00
-	Now we give ourselves for others.	46:03
-	Your love has made us a new people.	46:06
-	As a people of love,	46:10
	we will serve you with joy.	46:11
-	Your glory has filled our hearts.	46:14
-	Help us to glorify you in all things.	46:17
	Amen.	46:20
	(lively organ music)	46:24
	(congregation singing)	46:59
	♪ Amen ♪	50:46
	♪ Amen ♪	50:51
	♪ Amen ♪	51:05
	♪ Amen ♪	51:13
	♪ Amen ♪	51:26
	(church bell ringing)	51:38
	(lively organ music)	52:01

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Robert T. Young - "The Earnest Desire of Christ" (July 1, 1973)

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Sermon start time: 00:01. Sermon end time: 02:51.
Just as it is a basic characteristic for humans to desire companionship, it is for Christ as well. Companionship with God is accessible to each and every one of us. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “The earnest desire of Christ is to be a companion – real, personal, intimate – to each one of us.”

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July 1, 1973

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Young, Robert T., 1935-2009

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Luke

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Luke 22:14-20

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