The Bread = Life
The Cup = Eternal Salvation
As God’s will soaked into Paul’s
heart, Paul reached out to the Christians in Corinth in A.D.54-55.
He attempted to appeal to
their inner fulfillment as he warned them about being careful not to fall.
Their immorality was like
that from Israel’s history. As a result of testing the Lord, twenty three thousand
of their forefathers died. Paul’s appeals seem to be endless. Why were they so
deaf to his words? Why are we so numb to these warnings?
We have heard it said that
we cannot serve both God and money for money is an idol if not properly used. The same is true for many other things of this world.
Paul says; “Therefore, my
dear friends, flee from idolatry. I speak to sensible people; judge for
yourselves what I say. Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks
a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a
participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are
many, are one body, for we partake in one loaf.” 1 Corinthians 10:14-17
Visualize how even though
we partake in the body and blood of Christ in many locations throughout the
world, it as though we are eating from the same loaf and drinking from the
same cup. How cool is that! Now as we exit our places of worship how do we
conduct ourselves? “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons
too.” 1 Corinthians 10:21
Our world seems to be
continuing in a downward spiral with immorality of all types being revealed to
us and our children. It is more than concerning and so big it feels hopeless
but is it really any different than in A.D. 54?
Despite popular belief the
Bible does not say God won’t give you more than you can handle, it says this;
“No temptation has seized you
except what is common to man. And God is Faithful; he will not let you be
tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also
provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
It does not say it will be
easy, but that He will be there to offer us an out, better options than those
the world leads us to…….The Bread---Life
The Cup---Eternal Salvation
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