May 27, 2007
Communion
I had the pleasure of delivering communion today at our house church. This is what I covered…
Genesis 6:5-7 (NCV)
The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked and that everything they thought about was evil. He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, “I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them.”
Genesis 6:11-13 (NCV)
People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere. When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil, he said to Noah, “Because people have made the earth full of violence, I will destroy all of them from the earth.”
Genesis 7:4 (NCV)
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made.
Genesis 7:17-24 (NCV)
Water flooded the earth for forty days, and as it rose it lifted the boat off the ground. The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on it above the earth. The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it. It continued to rise until it was more than twenty feet above the mountains. All living things that moved on the earth died. This included all the birds, tame animals, wild animals, and creatures that swarm on the earth, as well as all human beings. So everything on dry land that had the breath of life in it died. God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land -- every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat. And the waters continued to cover the earth for one hundred fifty days.
In the time of Noah, everyone was evil. Imagine everyone being evil. Imagine your family, friends, public officials, the people you see at the grocery, everyone is evil. Every thought, evil little itty bitty thing that they do, is evil and wicked. This isn’t a compliment of what happened. People talk about being wicked now and it is a compliment. And because these things happened then, God flooded the world. God looked at them and they did not have a bit of good in them, so he whipped them away with a flood. So what happened is this: All Sin – No Repentance – New Start. The flood is like a baptism that “cleans” the earth and gives it a new start.
Matthew 13:47-50 (NCV)
“Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was put into the lake and caught many different kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled the net to the shore. They sat down and put all the good fish in baskets and threw away the bad fish. It will be this way at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the evil people from the good people. The angels will throw the evil people into the blazing furnace, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”
Matthew 25:40 and 45 (NCV)
“Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.’” … “Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you refused to do for even the least of my people here, you refused to do for me.’”
The angels will come and separate the evil people from the good people. This is comforting simply due to the fact that there are good people to take out of the group. They separate the righteous from the unrighteous. And the scriptures from Matthew 25 show a detail of what the righteous and the unrighteous do. The righteous will even do the smallest of things for the “lowest” or “least” of people. That is an indication of how loving and serving the righteous person is for God. They do the little things that end up making a huge difference. The unrighteous will not do these things. What I believe to be interesting is that the unrighteous will still serve, but it will be “big” things, like in groups or such, and will not necessarily take on an individual effort. The unrighteous will make a show to look righteous, but will be far from it. But the fact still remains; there are righteous people out there in the midst of the unrighteous people.
1st Peter 3:18-22 (NCV)
Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit. And in the spirit he went and preached to the spirits in prison who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the boat. Only a few people -- eight in all -- were saved by water. And that water is like baptism that now saves you -- not the washing of dirt from the body, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. And this is because Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. Now Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God’s right side ruling over angels, authorities, and powers.
The water is like baptism – it cleans you from sin. In fact here it says that baptism saves you. It is a promise from me to God from a good conscience.
Hebrews 5:7-10 (NCV)
While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death, and his prayer was heard because he trusted God. Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned obedience by what he suffered. And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him. In this way God made Jesus a high priest, a priest like Melchizedek.
The focus on this scripture right now is this: he (Jesus) was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him. This is why the criminal on the cross next to Jesus could be saved without baptism. Jesus could give it to him, because he could. I follow Jesus, who gives salvation to the obedient, then I would do what the Bible says and be considered righteous. I do not follow what the Bible says, then I am not following Jesus and would be considered unrighteous. It’s that black and white. Jesus is the High Priest. He is the ultimate example. Communion is about remembering him and my conversion to him. Johnny Out.
Communion
I had the pleasure of delivering communion today at our house church. This is what I covered…
Genesis 6:5-7 (NCV)
The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked and that everything they thought about was evil. He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, “I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them.”
Genesis 6:11-13 (NCV)
People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere. When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil, he said to Noah, “Because people have made the earth full of violence, I will destroy all of them from the earth.”
Genesis 7:4 (NCV)
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made.
Genesis 7:17-24 (NCV)
Water flooded the earth for forty days, and as it rose it lifted the boat off the ground. The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on it above the earth. The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it. It continued to rise until it was more than twenty feet above the mountains. All living things that moved on the earth died. This included all the birds, tame animals, wild animals, and creatures that swarm on the earth, as well as all human beings. So everything on dry land that had the breath of life in it died. God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land -- every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat. And the waters continued to cover the earth for one hundred fifty days.
In the time of Noah, everyone was evil. Imagine everyone being evil. Imagine your family, friends, public officials, the people you see at the grocery, everyone is evil. Every thought, evil little itty bitty thing that they do, is evil and wicked. This isn’t a compliment of what happened. People talk about being wicked now and it is a compliment. And because these things happened then, God flooded the world. God looked at them and they did not have a bit of good in them, so he whipped them away with a flood. So what happened is this: All Sin – No Repentance – New Start. The flood is like a baptism that “cleans” the earth and gives it a new start.
Matthew 13:47-50 (NCV)
“Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was put into the lake and caught many different kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled the net to the shore. They sat down and put all the good fish in baskets and threw away the bad fish. It will be this way at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the evil people from the good people. The angels will throw the evil people into the blazing furnace, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”
Matthew 25:40 and 45 (NCV)
“Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.’” … “Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you refused to do for even the least of my people here, you refused to do for me.’”
The angels will come and separate the evil people from the good people. This is comforting simply due to the fact that there are good people to take out of the group. They separate the righteous from the unrighteous. And the scriptures from Matthew 25 show a detail of what the righteous and the unrighteous do. The righteous will even do the smallest of things for the “lowest” or “least” of people. That is an indication of how loving and serving the righteous person is for God. They do the little things that end up making a huge difference. The unrighteous will not do these things. What I believe to be interesting is that the unrighteous will still serve, but it will be “big” things, like in groups or such, and will not necessarily take on an individual effort. The unrighteous will make a show to look righteous, but will be far from it. But the fact still remains; there are righteous people out there in the midst of the unrighteous people.
1st Peter 3:18-22 (NCV)
Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit. And in the spirit he went and preached to the spirits in prison who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the boat. Only a few people -- eight in all -- were saved by water. And that water is like baptism that now saves you -- not the washing of dirt from the body, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. And this is because Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. Now Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God’s right side ruling over angels, authorities, and powers.
The water is like baptism – it cleans you from sin. In fact here it says that baptism saves you. It is a promise from me to God from a good conscience.
Hebrews 5:7-10 (NCV)
While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death, and his prayer was heard because he trusted God. Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned obedience by what he suffered. And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him. In this way God made Jesus a high priest, a priest like Melchizedek.
The focus on this scripture right now is this: he (Jesus) was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him. This is why the criminal on the cross next to Jesus could be saved without baptism. Jesus could give it to him, because he could. I follow Jesus, who gives salvation to the obedient, then I would do what the Bible says and be considered righteous. I do not follow what the Bible says, then I am not following Jesus and would be considered unrighteous. It’s that black and white. Jesus is the High Priest. He is the ultimate example. Communion is about remembering him and my conversion to him. Johnny Out.
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