The Unleavened Bread of Communion Symbolizes the Church
THE UNLEAVENED BREAD OF COMMUNION SYMBOLIZES THE CHURCH OF JESUS-CHRIST: “For we, though many, ARE one bread and one body, for we all partake of that one bread” 17 For we, though many, ARE one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. 1 Corinthians 10:17 6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore, purge out the old leaven, that you may BE A NEW LUMP, since you truly ARE unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same FUNCTION, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually…
Summary of The Gospel of His Body and His Blood
In presenting this Gospel we begin with the following: SIN LEADS TO DEATH “Death” here is a large concept that includes all of the consequences of sin: Hell, the Second Death, boredom, loneliness, war, sickness, famine, poverty, the killing, stealing and destroying of the devil, shame and any other negative condition one can think of. Sin and Death are all that is wrong with this world and the human condition. “Sin” and “death” are the most Biblical and all-inclusive words to describe man’s fallen condition. The above statement completely and wholly sums up man’s problems. RIGHTEOUSNESS LEADS TO LIFE (BLESSINGS) SIN LEADS TO DEATH (CURSES) This second statement, “Righteousness leads to Life,” is an equally all-inclusive and dominant theme in the Bible. This theme sums up the Law, the Prophets, and Bible promises. It is the exact opposite of the first theme. Righteousness here means right living. Life here means blessing, nourishment, support and provision in every dimension of our…
The Gospel of His Body and His Blood
View summary here If you were to try to summarize in a few words the entire Bible regarding faith and practice; how would you do it? Maybe a simple phrase like the following would do it for you: “Trust and obey, for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.” Someone might quote John 3:16. Some might say that this task is impossible. The entire Bible is too vast and diverse to summarize in just a few short sentences; it is impossible even to summarize its basic instructions for faith and practice. And furthermore, someone might object that summarizing the whole Bible has nothing to do with the Gospel which is the title of this chapter. The Gospel of His Body and His Blood Well, let’s start with one basic sentence, and let’s see where it leads us. (You people need to calm down!) SIN LEADS TO DEATH The above statement is certainly…
Slaying the Me Monster
Slaying the ‘Me Monster’ 12”How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer…. 13 For you have said in your heart: “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.” Isaiah 14:12-14 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5 The above scriptures describe mankind’s problem. The following scriptures give us the solution to mankind’s problem. 20 “I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live…
Jesus Died to Get You UNSTUCK on YOURSELF
One of the two most important reasons why Jesus died on a cross was to get us unstuck on ourselves. You might say, “Well, He died so that we can be forgiven for our sins.” Right. That is also why Jesus died. There are probably quite a few people that you know, where you would love to stick the title of this teaching on their refrigerator door, or on their desk at work. You, yourself, might need to look into this a little further. Jesus Died to Get You UNSTUCK on YOURSELF I intend to give lots of scriptures to prove the validity of the above title. There is absolutely nothing so freeing as to be unstuck on one’s self so that God can use a person for his God ordained purposes in life. There is absolutely nothing so freeing as letting God’s Spirit use me; instead of being all caught up in what people think of ME; or thoughts…