In 1 Cor 11 the Corinthian Christians are admonished and rebuked for the way they take Communion. And the fruits of this error are that: 1 Cor 11:30 âFor this cause [not taking Communion properly] many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.â As communion means to share the life of God, the life that God used to raise Jesus from the dead, something is missing, and God does not like it. He has a better plan, and what they were experiencing is not it. To put it simply, whatever most Christians are doing with Communion is not working as God intended, and is apparently no better than the Corinthian Christians were doing. The health records in evcery country in the world show that Christains have the same health stastitics as the non-Christians. Yete, the promise of the gospel is divine health and prosperity. Now, I donât know about you, but if I see that I fit a rebuke written in the Scriptures, then it is time for me to take notice and seek the Lord to fix what needs fixing. The nature of this rebuke in 1 Cor 11:30 is that, while Communion not the only source of blessing available, it is the bottom line of basic Christianity. And this is on two levels. First is the individual application for blessing, and second, it is a group or cultural benefit that transcends the individual and impacts the community for good. But the first key is each individualâs response. There is a story about a village where an elephant moved into the chiefâs hut. Because the elephant was so big, everyone had to move around it, and of course keep it fed so it would not get angry and hurt anyone. Years later business consultants used this to describe big problems or risks that were not being addressed, but just lived with. An obvious truth is being ignored or not addressed successfully. People pretend it is not there so they do not have to deal with the issues it represents. In Christianity, failure in Holy Communion, so that many are weak, sickly, people are dying early and many retain hard hearts toward God, is the âelephant in the room.â We have excused poverty, sickness, death and lackluster Christians as somehow from the hand of God to teach us. Yet the rebuke of 1 Cor 11:30 is that these problems are not from God, but a failure on our part, and can be healed. The only lesson is - are you fed up enough to deal with God for His solutions? And the message here is that, in spite of all our current best efforts, things in Communion are not working like God desires, the elephant is eating our breakfast, lunch, dinner, savings, heritage and joy, and we are suffering for this lack. Not a lack on Godâs part, but on ours. But there is good news. We have seen evidence that Communion can be taken and people can get healed on a regular basis. So our new book, Freedom in a Snake Bitten World, is an attempt to deal with the critical issues, this elephant in the room, and restore the practice of Communion to Godâs original intent, as a general method of divine healing and prosperity for the Christian. This is an exerpt from this new book. If you are interested in being a reviewer where you will read and comment on the book, please contact us on the Covenant Peace Ministries Facebook page.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 06:05:00 +0000
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