Date: June 21, 2020
Series: Communion
Title: Coming to the Table as ONE
Preacher: Mark Adams
Scripture: Revelation 7:9
“Do not conform to the patterns [or the flow] of this world.” —Romans 12:2
“I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and the Lamb.” —Revelation 7:9
“Red, brown, yellow, black, and white they are ALL precious in His sight.”
“…make the two into one NEW man, thus establishing peace… reconciling them both into one body to God through the cross.” —Ephesians 2:15
“Bear one another’s burdens.” —Galatians 6:2
As you know, people of color are suffering because of recent repeated events that underscore the racial injustice that continues to plague our nation. To be a healthy church, a Biblical, HEAVEN-reflecting church, that goes against the flow, we all have to learn how to help bear this particular burden. We can’t come as ONE to the LORD’S table until we do so. What does bearing this burden involve?
1.) We must acknowledge the
.
2.) We have to acknowledge the
.
“If one part of the body suffers, every part suffers with it” —1 Corinthians 12:26
3.) We must acknowledge the
God paid to forgive us
.
“We must examine ourselves before we eat of the bread and drink of the cup.” —1 Corinthians 10:27
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” —Galatians 3:28
“remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, Who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall.” —Ephesians 2