Good morning. Welcome. I’m so glad that you are checking out our webpage. Last Sunday was “Easter Sunday,” a very special day in the hearts and minds of many in the religious world. Of course, we choose to remember Jesus’ life, death, burial, resurrection, and His promise to return not just one day out of the year, but each and every Sunday, the Lord’s Day, the first day of the week. Jesus and only Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Because He lived and died and arose from the grave, His blood washes away our sins. Because He lives again, we have the abundant life He spoke about in John 10:10. We know exactly where Jesus is right now; sitting, sometimes standing at the right hand of the Father. We are ready and waiting for the promise of His return to be fulfilled. We realize that His resurrection is our hope for eternal life in heaven. Read about the importance of Christ’s resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15.
Every Sunday after a few hymns, a prayer, and our lesson we also share in the Lord’s Supper. The unleavened bread represents Jesus’ body and the fruit of the vine represents His blood. In I Corinthians 11:24-25 Paul wrote for us what Jesus said before His death when He was with His apostles. Jesus took bread, prayed, broke it, then said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Then “In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do; as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’” In no way was the grape juice in the cup Jesus’ blood. He had not shed His blood yet. He did not cut Himself to bleed into the cup. And the juice did not miraculously change from juice to blood. If He did this, Paul would have told us. Jesus said “As often as you do this…” you remember Him. We are not drinking Jesus’ blood, nor are we eating His body. The bread and the juice are emblems that symbolize Jesus’ sacrifice. We remember when we eat and drink every Sunday, the first day of the week.
The Lord knows those who are His. Those who are His…are diligent to show themselves approved unto Him. Those who are His…work to not be ashamed. Those who are His…rightly divide the word of truth. They handle the word of God accurately. Those who are His…shun what is wrong and adhere to what is right. Are you His? We focused our attention this past Sunday on the second point in the series: We are not ashamed because we hear and obey. We worship Him in spirit and in truth. We say and do what God says. We seek to please only Him. On the evening we looked at the third thing Christians sometimes do to mess up their lives. We try to blame someone else for what we bring on ourselves. Instead of accepting the responsibility for their mistakes, Abram and Sarai blamed each other for their own foolish decisions. Let’s stop the blame game and take responsibility for our lives. MB
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