A WAY OF ESCAPE
Psalm
23:5
5You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
The
table is set. The bread and wine are there, and Jesus says to you, “Come, my
child, partake.” But you tell Him, “Lord, I am unworthy!” You are also afraid
to come because you have been taught that if you partake in your “unworthy”
state, you will come under God’s fiery judgment!
My
friend, you are as worthy as worthy can be because Jesus has washed you whiter
than snow and qualified you with His own blood! The most humble thing you can
do now is to acknowledge His perfect sacrifice and accept His invitation with
gladness.
In
1 Corinthians 11, Paul tells the church how to partake of the Lord’s Supper so
that they will not drink judgment to themselves. The word “judgment” in verses
29 and 34 is krima in the Greek, which means “divine sentence”. In the
context of this passage, it refers to sickness.
But
when was this divine sentence of sickness passed? It was passed when Adam
sinned. (Genesis 3:19) When he sinned, death entered the world (Genesis 2:17),
and man would grow old and weak, fall sick and die.
So
it is not that God is passing sentences of sickness on people today. How can
that be when Jesus said, “For God did not send His Son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John
3:17) God is not in the business of condemning but saving! And the Greek word sozo
for “saved” also means to preserve, heal and make whole.
God
does not want you to suffer the divine sentence of sickness that is already in
the world, so He has given you a way of escape, paid for by the blood of His
Son. He wants you to be healthy and whole, without the diseases of the world, and
He has made this possible for you through the Holy Communion.
So don’t be robbed
of this tremendous blessing any longer because of erroneous teachings that put
fear in your heart. Come boldly to the Lord’s Table today and receive afresh
His health, strength, wholeness and life!
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