∙ SO MANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HOLY COMMUNION HAVE ROBBED MANY BELIEVERS OF AN IMPORTANT GOD ORDAINED AVENUE OF HEALING AND WHOLENESS.
∙ TODAY WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME ISSUES THAT CAUSE CHRISTIANS TO MISS DIVINE BENEFITS OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
∙ SOME EVEN SHUN THE LORD’S TABLE ALTOGETHER.
∙ OUR TRADITIONAL CHURCHES TOLD US MANY STRANGE THINGS ABOUT HOLY COMMUNION
∙ WE ALL GREW UP IN TRADITIONAL CHURCHES THAT TAUGHT US THAT GOD IS A JUDGING GOD
∙ THAT HE IS NOT REALLY A LOVING FATHER BUT THAT HE IS A VERY ANGRY GOD
∙ IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A BALANCED KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER.
∙ IT IS GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT JUST MERCIFUL AND KIND BUT CAN GET ANGRY AND JUDGE HIS PEOPLE
∙ THEREFORE IT IS GOOD TO CONFESS ALL OUR SINS BEFORE PARTAKING IN THE COMMUNION
∙ BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY ,WE MUST ACTUALLY TRUST THAT PARTAKING IN THE COMMUNION WILL BREAK THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THOSE SINS
∙ AND WE MUST ALSO TRUST AND BELIEVE THAT AS WE RELEASE THE BLOOD OF JESUS ON OUR LIVES AND PROPERTY , IT WILL PROTECT AND DELIVER US FROM ALL EVILS
∙ THAT IT WILL PROTECT US FROM ALL SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES
∙ MANY BELIEVE CONCLUDE THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM NOT TO RECEIVE GOD’S ANGER ON THEIR LIVES, THEY WOULD RATHER NOT PARTAKE OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
∙ BUT HERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HOLY COMMUNION,IT MUST NEVER BE TAKEN WITH FEAR ,DOUBT OR UNBELIEF ,NEVER ,EVER
∙ HEBREWS 11:6
∙ BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM: FOR HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.T IS A MYSTERIOUS
∙ IT IS GOD’S PERFECT REMEDY FOR SIN, SICKNESSES, POVERTY ,CURSES AND DEATH
∙ THE LORD’S SUPPER WAS FIRST CELEBRATED ON THE PASSOVER BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUE PASSOVER
∙ LUKE 22 :15-20
“AND HE SAID TO THEM, “I HAVE EAGERLY DESIRED TO EAT THIS PASSOVER WITH YOU BEFORE I SUFFER. FOR I TELL YOU, I WILL NOT EAT IT AGAIN UNTIL IT FINDS FULFILLMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AFTER TAKING THE CUP, HE GAVE THANKS AND SAID, “TAKE THIS AND DIVIDE IT AMONG YOU. FOR I TELL YOU I WILL NOT DRINK AGAIN OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE UNTIL THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES.” AND HE TOOK BREAD, GAVE THANKS AND BROKE IT, C AND GAVE IT TO THEM, SAYING, “THIS IS MY BODY GIVEN FOR YOU; DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” IN THE SAME WAY, AFTER THE SUPPER HE TOOK THE CUP, SAYING, “THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT D IN MY BLOOD, WHICH IS POURED OUT FOR YOU
∙ DURING THE PASSOVER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ,THEY KILLED THE LAMB AND PUT THE BLOOD ON THE DOOR POST
∙ THIS CAUSED THE DESTROYER TO PASS BY THEM MEANING THEY HAD PROTECTION FOR THEIR FAMILIES
EXODUS 12:13
THE BLOOD WILL BE A SIGN FOR YOU ON THE HOUSES WHERE YOU ARE; AND WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD, I WILL PASS OVER N YOU. NO DESTRUCTIVE PLAGUE WILL TOUCH YOU WHEN I STRIKE EGYPT.
∙ THE BLOOD WAS FOR THEIR FORGIVENESS, THE BLOOD COVERED THEIR SINS AND APPEASED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
∙ THE BLOOD WAS ON THEIR DOOR POST OUTSIDE THE HOUSE
∙ BUT WHAT DID THEY DO INSIDE THE HOUSE ? LOOK AT EXODUS 12:8“THAT SAME NIGHT THEY ARE TO EAT THE MEAT ROASTED OVER THE FIRE, ALONG WITH BITTER HERBS, AND BREAD MADE WITHOUT YEAST. “
∙ THEY ATE THE ROASTED LAMB AND THE UNLEAVENED BREAD
∙ THIS WAS TO GIVE THEM STRENGTH FOR THEIR WILDERNESS JOURNEY
∙ IT WAS NOT NATURAL STRENGTH THAT THEY GOT AFTER EATING THAT NIGHT BUT A SUPERNATURAL ONE
∙ THIS IS WHY PSALM 105:37 SAYS THEY WERE NOT FEEBLE .
∙ TWO MILLON PEOPLE IN THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT ANY HEALTH FACILITIES FOR SO MANY YEARS
∙ NO DOCTORS, NO NURSES, NO EMERGENCY CLINIC, NO SUPERMARKETS.
∙ NO SHOWERS NOR EXCHANGE OF CLOTHES NOR SHOES, THE BIBLE SAYS THEY ATE THE FOOD OF ANGELS.
∙ THEY WERE LIVING A SUPERNATURAL LIFE, BUT THEIR IGNORANCE DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO SEE GOD’S PRESENCE WITH THEM
∙ WE KNOW THAT THIS OLD TESTAMENT PASSOVER LAMB WAS A MERE SHADOW OF THE REAL SUBSTANCE
∙ IF THE SHADOW WORKED SO PERFECTLY HOW MUCH MORE THE REAL THING
∙ BRETHREN LET US STOP ALL THE IGNORANCE AND WORRIES, FORGIVENESS AND HEALING GO HAND IN HAND
∙ THE FAITH THAT YOU HAVE FOR FORGIVENESS IS THE SAME FAITH FOR YOUR HEALING HALLELUYA!!!!!!
∙ WHEN WE REMEMBER THE LORD’S DEATH AS WE PARTAKE OF THE COMMUNION WE ARE TELLING THE PRINCIPALITIES THAT THEY ARE NOT RULING OUR LIVES
∙ COL 2:15 SAYS THEY ARE DISARMED AND MOCKED THROUGH THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE LORD AMEN
∙ APOSTLE PAUL SAYS IN 1COR 11 :29-30:
- “ FOR ANYONE WHO EATS AND DRINKS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING (DISCERNING) THE BODY OF THE LORD EATS AND DRINKS JUDGMENT ON HIMSELF.
THAT IS WHY MANY AMONG YOU ARE WEAK AND SICK, AND A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. “
∙ HERE PAUL WAS POINTING OUT THE REASON WHY SOME CHRISTIANS DIE BEFORE THEIR TIME.
∙ THEY HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED AND UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
∙ THEY HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED FOR THEM AND ALL MANKIND BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
∙ THEY SIMPLY DON’T RECOGNIZE THE BODY OF CHRIST AS THEIR POWERFUL MEDICINE THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THE HEALING OF THEIR BODIES SOULS AND SPIRIT.
∙ DAVID SAYS “HE PREPARETH A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES…….”
∙ PSALM 23
∙ “THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; I SHALL NOT WANT. HE MAKES ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES: HE LEADS ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS. HE RESTORES MY SOUL: HE LEADS ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE. YES, 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 FOR EVER.”
∙ THIS PSALM SPELLS OUT ALL THE BENEFITS WE GET FROM THE HOLY COMMUNION
∙ PROTECTION, PROVISION, SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND RESTORATION
∙ PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, COMFORT AND VICTORY.
∙ POWER AND PRESERVATION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD FOR EVER, ALL IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY.
∙ THAT MEANS THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IN YOU RENDERS THE PRESENCE OF THE ENEMY POWERLESS
∙ THE HOLY COMMUNION IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO OPEN YOUR EYES THAT THE LORD IS PRESENT WITH YOU
“AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE SAT AT MEAT WITH THEM, HE TOOK BREAD, AND BLESSED IT, AND BROKE, AND GAVE TO THEM. AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW HIM; AND HE VANISHED OUT OF THEIR SIGHT.” LUKE 24 30-31
∙ PARTAKING OF THE HOLY COMMUNION GIVES US HEALING SPIRIT SOUL AND BODY
∙ IT IS GOD’S NATURE AND WILL TO HEAL PEOPLE.
∙ IT IS EVEN HIS WILL FOR US TO BE HEALED AND LIVE IN HEALTH “BELOVED, I WISH ABOVE ALL THINGS THAT YOU MAY PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH, EVEN AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.”3 JOHN:2
∙ WE SEE THIS DEMONSTRATED IN MATT 8 :“WHEN HE WAS COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN, GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM. AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A LEPER AND WORSHIPPED HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF YOU WILL, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN. AND JESUS PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TOUCHED HIM, SAYING, I WILL; BE YOU CLEAN. AND IMMEDIATELY HIS LEPROSY WAS CLEANSED.”MATT 8:1-3
∙ HOW COULD JESUS HAVE HEALED THE LEPER JUST LIKE THAT?
∙ JESUS HAD NOT EVEN DIED ON THE CROSS YET,AND THIS WAS LEPROSY THE VERY SYMBOL OF SIN
∙ JESUS WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN AWAY AND SAY TO THE LEPER “JUST WAIT I WILL SOON DIE FOR YOU ON THE CROSS”
∙ GUESS WHAT? HE SAW FAITH IN THE LEPER THE BIBLE SAYS HE “WORSHIPPED HIM, SAYING, LORD, IF YOU WILL, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN. AND JESUS PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TOUCHED HIM, SAYING, I WILL; BE YOU CLEAN. AND IMMEDIATELY HIS LEPROSY WAS CLEANSED.”MATT 8:1-3
∙ WHO TOLD THE LEPER HE COULD BE HEALED AND THAT IT WAS GOD’S WILL?
∙ THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD MUST HAVE BEEN SPEAKING BETTER THINGS FOREVER
∙ SO THE BLOOD JUST WHISPERED TO THE LEPER THAT HE COULD BE HEALED
∙ IT MUST HAVE WHISPERED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO TOUCH THE HELM OF THE CLOTHES OF JESUS TO THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF THE BLOOD
∙ IT MUST HAVE SPOKEN TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB OF ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT THEY GOT
∙ IF IN EXODUS 12 THE BLOOD WAS ALREADY SPEAKING DELIVERANCE TO ALL THOSE WHO WOULD EAT THE LAMB AND PUT THE BLOOD ON THEIR DOOR POST
∙ IT MUST HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO THE TWO SPIES THAT JOSHUA SENT TO JERICHO.
∙ OR ELSE HOW WOULD THEY HAVE KNOWN TO PREACH TO THE WOMAN WHO JUST KNEW ABOUT THE POWER OF THEIR GOD AND BEGGED FOR MERCY FOR HERSELF AND HER FAMILY?
∙ THEN THEY SAID TO HER ,BY THE WAY HERE IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU AND YOURS WILL BE SAVED IN JOSHUA 2: 18-21
∙ 18 BEHOLD, WHEN WE COME INTO THE LAND, THOU SHALT BIND THIS LINE OF SCARLET THREAD IN THE WINDOW WHICH THOU DIDST LET US DOWN BY: AND THOU SHALT BRING THY FATHER, AND THY MOTHER, AND THY BRETHREN, AND ALL THY FATHER’S HOUSEHOLD, HOME UNTO THEE.
∙ 19 AND IT SHALL BE, THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL GO OUT OF THE DOORS OF THY HOUSE INTO THE STREET, HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIS HEAD, AND WE WILL BE GUILTLESS: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL BE WITH THEE IN THE HOUSE, HIS BLOOD SHALL BE ON OUR HEAD, IF ANY HAND BE UPON HIM.
∙ 20 AND IF THOU UTTER THIS OUR BUSINESS, THEN WE WILL BE QUIT OF THINE OATH WHICH THOU HAST MADE US TO SWEAR.
∙ NO CHRISTIAN SHOULD DIE FROM ANY SICKNESS OR DISEASES IF WE WOULD ALL THINK AND TALK LIKE RAHAB TODAY
∙ NOTE HER FINAL WORDS AND ACTION IN VERSE 2121 AND SHE SAID, ACCORDING UNTO YOUR WORDS, SO BE IT. AND SHE SENT THEM AWAY, AND THEY DEPARTED: AND SHE BOUND THE SCARLET LINE IN THE WINDOW.
∙ THE MATTER WAS SETTLED AS FAR AS SHE WAS CONCERNED.
∙ NO MORE FEARS ,NO MORE ANXIETIES ABOUT ALL THE VIOLENCE AND ALCOHOLISM OR WITCHCRAFT AND IMMORALITIES IN HER FAMILY.
∙ SHE SIMPLY BELIEVED GOD AND BROUGHT ALL HER FAMILY MEMBERS TO SALVATION AND SAFETY UNDER THE BLOOD
∙ JESUS DIED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD TO TAKE WAY ALL OUR SINS AND SICKNESSES
∙ HE WAS MANIFESTED ON EARTH THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY ALL THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL INCLUDING DEATH AND HELL.
∙ 1 JOHN 3:8 HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; FOR THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING. FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.
∙ HE DIED SO THAT YOU AND I WOULD NOT FEAR OF DEATH NOR DIE UNTIMELY DEATH
∙ HE DIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEACE ON EARTH AND ETERNAL LIFE AFTER DEATH
∙ HEBRES 2:13-15
∙ AND AGAIN, I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM. AND AGAIN, BEHOLD I AND THE CHILDREN WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN ME.
∙ 14 FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE ALSO HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME; THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL;
∙ 15 AND DELIVER THEM WHO THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH WERE ALL THEIR LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE.
∙ HE WAS EVEN MADE POOR SO WE CAN BE RICH
∙ “ FOR YOU KNOW THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT, THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET FOR YOUR SAKES HE BECAME POOR, THAT YOU THROUGH HIS POVERTY MIGHT BE RICH. 2 COR 8:9
∙ NOTE SOMETHING THAT APOSTLE PAUL SAYS IN 1COR 11 :29-30 “FOR THIS REASON MANY ARE WEAK AND MANY FALL ASLEEP…….”
∙ SLEEP HERE MEANS DEATH NOT REST
∙ PAUL SAID ,FOR THIS REASON…..” HE DID NOT SAY FOR THESE REASONS
∙ HE POINTED OUT TO ONE SINGULAR REASON WHY CHRISTIANS BECOME WEAK AND SICK AND DIE BEFORE THEIR TIME
∙ WHAT IS THE REASON? THEY DON’T KNOW WHY JESUS DIED FOR THEM
∙ OR RATHER THEY DON’T REALLY BELIEVE, UNDERSTAND OR APPRECIATE THAT DEATH IS NOT THEIR PORTION
∙ YOU MUST HAVE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY
∙ YOU MUST RECEIVE IT WITH PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVING
∙ THEN WILL YOU REALLY PARTAKE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
∙ TODAY YOU MUST RECEIVE THE DIVINE LIFE AND STRENGTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR AND THEN EXTEND THAT MERCY TO YOUR FAMILY AND THE WHOLE WORLD THROUGH YOUR FAITH AND PRAYERS
∙ LET EVERY PERSONAL WEAKNESS, SICKNESS AND DISEASE AND FEARS DISAPPEAR NOW IN JESUS NAME
∙ DEATH MUST DIE IN ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES IN JESUS NAME
∙ THE LORD MADE SPECIAL PROVISION FOR OUR HEALTH PEACE AND PROSPERITY ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY.
∙ THE EARLY CHURCH UNDERSTOOD THE SECRET POWER OF THE LORD’S TABLE
∙ THAT WAS WHY ……’“………..THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES DOCTRINE AND FELLOWSHIP IN BREAKING BREAD , AND IN PRAYERS“.ACT 2;42.
∙ HALLELUIAH!!! THEY MADE A BIG DEAL OF THOSE THINGS THAT GOD SAID TO THEM
∙ THEY TOOK GOD AT HIS WORD IT IS NO WONDER THAT THEY EXPERIENCED SO MUCH OF GOD’S PRESENCE AND POWER ALL THE TIME
∙ ACTS 2 :43-46 SAYS THAT THEY BROKE BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND MANY SIGNS AND WONDERS WERE DONE BY THE APOSTLES.
∙ YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE HOLY COMMUNION AS OFTEN AS YOU NEED TO IN YOUR HOMES
∙ INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, YOU ARE A ROYAL PRIEST AND AS A ROYAL PRIEST YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO MINISTER TO GOD AND PARTAKE OF THE COMMUNION ON YOUR OWN AT ANY TIME
∙ WE ARE MOVING BACK INTO GOD’S PRESENCE AND POWER IN JESUS NAME
∙ WE ARE GETTING BACK THE REVELATION OF THE POWER OF GOD IN JESUS NAME.
∙ OUR UNDERSTANDING IS NOW OPEN BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST IN JESUS NAME
∙ HEALING, PEACE ,PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY ALL THIS IS OUR RIGHT
∙ GOD WANTS TO RESTORE THE TRUE MEANING OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST BACK TO THE CHURCH,.
∙ HE WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF HOLY COMMUNION
∙ HE WANTS US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOLY COMMUNION IS GOD’S CHANNEL OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS FOR HIS PEOPLE AND FOR ALL MANKIND BY EXTENSION
∙ IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT PAUL SAID IT WAS NOT A FAILURE TO DISCERN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST THAT CAUSES WEAKNESS AND DEATH OF THE BELIEVERS,
∙ BUT A FAILURE TO DISCERN THE BODY THAT MAKES THE PEOPLE TO BE WEAK AND SICK AND TO DIE BEFORE THEIR TIME
∙ IT IS AMAZING THAT WE BELIEVE THAT OUR SINS ARE WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
∙ THAT ONE DAY WHEN WE DIE WE ARE GOING TO HEAVEN
∙ THE EVIDENCE THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD TO WASH AWAY OUR SINS IS THAT WE STOP SINNING
∙ IF WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE POWER OF SIN WILL NOT BE BROKEN THROUGH THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
∙ WE WOULD STILL BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF SIN AND DEATH
∙ BUT WE BELIEVE AND SO WE CAN’T SIN OR TOLERATE SIN ANYMORE. PRAISE GOD
∙ WELL THE SAME FAITH MUST BE USED TO RECEIVE HIS BROKEN BODY FOR OUR HEALING AND WHOLENESS AND THAT OF OUR FELLOW MAN
∙ THE BODY AND THE BLOOD ARE TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND NOT TO BE TREATED AS ONE.
∙ THEY ARE TWO ELEMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TWO FOLD APPLICATION IN THE COMMUNION.
∙ THE FRUIT OF THE VINE, WHICH IS THE BLOOD IS FOR OUR FORGIVENESS AND THE BREAD, WHICH IS THE BODY IS FOR OUR HEALING.
∙ THE BLOOD IS FOR OUR FORGIVENESS AS STATED IN COLOSSIANS 1:14
“IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS”
∙ EPH 1:7 SAYS IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMPTION R THROUGH HIS BLOOD, S THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RICHES T OF GOD’S GRACE
∙ EVERYTIME YOU PARTAKE OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE, YOU MUST REMEMBER WHAT HE DID FOR YOU AND HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU ARE FORGIVEN AND HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHTEOUS
∙ YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN YOU THE RIGHT STANDING BEFORE GOD
∙ NOW YOU CAN COME BOLDLY INTO HIS PRESENCE AND WHEN YOU PRAY YOU KNOW THAT HE HEARS YOU.
∙ MOST CHRISTIANS UNDERSTANDS THAT, BUT MANY DON’T KNOW HOW TO DISCERN THE LORD’S BODY.
∙ JESUS SAID TO THE WOMAN WHOSE DAUGHTER NEEDED DELIVERANCE
“FIRST LET THE CHILDREN EAT ALL THEY WANT,” HE TOLD HER, “FOR IT IS NOT RIGHT TO TAKE THE CHILDREN’S BREAD AND TOSS IT TO THEIR DOGS.”
∙ JESUS WAS ACTUALLY SAYING THAT HEALING WAS ONLY FOR GOD’S COVENANTS PEOPLE
∙ HEALING IS FOR THOSE WHO FIRST RECEIVED THE BLOOD FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF THEIR SINS
∙ FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, HEALING IS PART OF THEIR COVENANT RIGHT AND BLESSINGS
∙ IT IS NOT A COVENANT RIGHT OF UNBELIEVERS.
∙ THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COVENANTS THOUGH GOD CAN HEAL THEM BY MERCY,
∙ SO FROM THIS INCIDENT JESUS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HEALING IS THE CHILDREN’S BREAD
∙ BUT THE WOMAN PUT HER FAITH IN THE LITTLE CRUMPS THAT FELL FROM THE TABLE AND CLAIMED HER DAUGHTER’S HEALING
∙ IF THE LITTLE CRUMBS WHICH STANDS FOR GOD’S MERCY COULD HEAL HOW MUCH MORE THE WHOLE LOAF
∙ SUFFICE TO SAY THAT MANY OF US JUST GO AFTER THE CRUMBS, WHILE WE SHOULD STAND ON GOD’S COVENANT PROMISES
∙ WHEN JESUS SAID TAKE EAT, THIS IS MY BODY IN MATT 26;26, THE DISCIPLES DID NOT NEED ANY EXPLANATIONS FOR THEM TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
∙ THEY KNEW THAT HE WANTED TO IMPART IN THEM THE SAME LIFE HEALTH AND WHOLENESS THAT HE HAD
∙ THESE MEN WERE WITH HIM DAY AND NIGHT AND THEY NEVER SAW HIM SICK OR DISCOURAGED.
∙ THAT IS THE TESTIMONY OF APOSTLE PAUL IN 1 COR.11:23-24
- “FOR I RECEIVED FROM THE LORD WHAT I ALSO PASSED ON TO YOU: THE LORD JESUS, ON THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED, TOOK BREAD,AND WHEN HE HAD GIVEN THANKS, HE BROKE IT AND SAID, “THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH IS FOR YOU; DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” IN THE SAME WAY, AFTER SUPPER HE TOOK THE CUP, SAYING, “THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT IN MY BLOOD; DO THIS, WHENEVER YOU DRINK IT, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.”
- WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER HIM? AND WHAT GOOD DID HE DO FOR US TO REMEMBER HIM?
- WE MUST REMEMBER DAILY THAT HE DIED FOR US, AND THAT WE BELONG TO HIM AND THAT HE IS COMING BACK SOON FOR US
- FOR ANYONE WHO EATS AND DRINKS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE BODY OF THE LORD EATS AND DRINKS JUDGMENT ON HIMSELF.
∙ THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST WAS SO FULL OF LIFE THAT EVEN HIS CLOTHES WERE SOAKED WITH HIS HEALTH
∙ THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD FOR 12 YEARS, CAME TO HIM AND SIMPLY TOUCHED THE HELM OF HIS GARMENT AND WAS HEALED INSTANTLY.
∙ MATT 8:17 SAYS”HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND BORE OUR SICKNESSES“
∙ MINISTERATION
∙ FINALLY LET US LOOK AT COL. 3:1-17 AS WE RISE TO PRAY
∙ IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST, SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST SITTETH ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.
∙ 2 SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH.
∙ 3 FOR YE ARE DEAD, AND YOUR LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD.
∙ 4 WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, SHALL APPEAR, THEN SHALL YE ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY.
∙ 5 MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH; FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, INORDINATE AFFECTION, EVIL CONCUPISCENCE, AND COVETOUSNESS, WHICH IS IDOLATRY:
∙ 6 FOR WHICH THINGS’ SAKE THE WRATH OF GOD COMETH ON THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE:
∙ 7 IN THE WHICH YE ALSO WALKED SOME TIME, WHEN YE LIVED IN THEM.
∙ 8 BUT NOW YE ALSO PUT OFF ALL THESE; ANGER, WRATH, MALICE, BLASPHEMY, FILTHY COMMUNICATION OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
∙ 9 LIE NOT ONE TO ANOTHER, SEEING THAT YE HAVE PUT OFF THE OLD MAN WITH HIS DEEDS;
∙ 10 AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN, WHICH IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM:
∙ 11 WHERE THERE IS NEITHER GREEK NOR JEW, CIRCUMCISION NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, BOND NOR FREE: BUT CHRIST IS ALL, AND IN ALL.
∙ 12 PUT ON THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, HOLY AND BELOVED, BOWELS OF MERCIES, KINDNESS, HUMBLENESS OF MIND, MEEKNESS, LONGSUFFERING;
∙ 13 FORBEARING ONE ANOTHER, AND FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, IF ANY MAN HAVE A QUARREL AGAINST ANY: EVEN AS CHRIST FORGAVE YOU, SO ALSO DO YE.
∙ 14 AND ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS PUT ON CHARITY, WHICH IS THE BOND OF PERFECTNESS.
∙ 15 AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO THE WHICH ALSO YE ARE CALLED IN ONE BODY; AND BE YE THANKFUL.
∙ 16 LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM; TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS TO THE LORD.
∙ 17 AND WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED, DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM.