Sunday Morning December 18, 2011
scriptures: 1 Corinthians 11, 1 John 4, 1 John 5
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Communion
Do you prepare for this time of remembrance?
1 Corinthians 11:23-33
As Jesus was preparing to die, He told the disciples what He wanted them to remember.
Let the bread remind you that His body was broken for you. He was preparing to sacrifice.
This was a specific action God wanted us to remember Him by.
Blood represents life. Jesus gave up all for us.
There is a debt that we owe and cannot pay. Jesus died to pay that debt for us.
Every Lord’s supper is a remembrance showing His death.
Remember that God loves you. Maybe that will help you love others.
Sacrificial living because Christ sacrificed Himself for us.
You have to truly reflect on God’s love and commit to living for Him.
If something is amiss, you have to repent and come to God.
Look in your own heart. Am I thinking about God and how much He loves me?
Some people get stuck in knowing they are wrong. It’s not about being depressed.
God wants us to repent and come to Him. That will bring cleansing and redemption.
Examine yourself and take the bread. Take in God and His offer.
Don’t play games with God. He can bring repercussions for you taking Him lightly.
Some of the problems that people have, even physically, they’re doing to themselves. Stop doing the things that bring harm.
1 John 4:1-24
A lot of people that consider themselves Christians don’t express this confidence in God in them.
Love one another. Love goes both ways. You would be expressing your love for God to and with others.
If you don’t love others, you don’t know God. He is love.
We might live through Him. How do I live through Him?
Love is defined by what God did for us.
After communion, your response is service.
Is God’s love perfected in you right now? If so, what are you doing?
If you know God’s love, you are motivated to love and serve Him.
Know is factual. Belief brings actions that trust in Him.
We love because God loves. We can be confident knowing that we are truly doing what God wants.
There is no fear in God. If you are afraid of God who has given everything for you, there is something wrong.
Realize that we are talking about the one who made the world, takes care of us to the detail.
Knowing that you are loved like that, living like you are supposed to, what is there to be afraid of?
You can’t be made perfect in love if you won’t do the things that he says.
We love, we do, because He first loved us.
You can’t love God while failing to love your brothers and sisters in Christ.
Is your definition of loving God consistent with His definition?
Take communion as a change moment.
If we love God, we will live righteously. We will love our brothers and sisters by not living sinful compromised lives.
If you love God, there is something you will do this week for others.