BROKEN FOR YOU - At the last supper, Jesus identified himself as the sacrificial animal whose blood would seal the new covenant, and he invited his disciples to partake of Him fully. His eternal, unchanging covenant is still inviting the lost to receive Him fully and be saved. When you celebrate the Lord's Supper, remember the covenant sealed with the blood of your Savior. His body was given and broken for you. His blood was shed for the remission of your sins. His sacrifice at Calvary assured your eternal place in God's kingdom. In celebrating His supper, remember His sacrifice.- “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?” - After two parties entered into a covenant, they celebrated by sharing a memorial meal. Using wine to represent the blood of the slain animal and bread to symbolize its flesh, they fed each other to symbolize becoming one. At the last supper, Jesus identified himself as the sacrificial animal whose blood would seal the new covenant, and he invited his disciples to partake of Him fully. His eternal, unchanging covenant is still inviting the lost to receive Him fully and be saved. When you celebrate the Lord's Supper, remember the covenant sealed with the blood of your Savior. His body was given and broken for you. His blood was shed for the remission of your sins.

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Broken For You

His sacrifice at Calvary assured your eternal place in God's kingdom. In celebrating His supper, remember His sacrifice.

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At the last supper, Jesus identified himself as the sacrificial animal whose blood would seal the new covenant, and he invited his disciples to partake of Him fully. His eternal, unchanging covenant is still inviting the lost to receive Him fully and be saved. 

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When you celebrate the Lord's Supper, remember the covenant sealed with the blood of your Savior. His body was given and broken for you. His blood was shed for the remission of your sins. 

Rod Parsley

 

 

“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?” - 1 Corinthians 10:16

 

After two parties entered into a covenant, they celebrated by sharing a memorial meal.

Using wine to represent the blood of the slain animal and bread to symbolize its flesh, they fed each other to symbolize becoming one.

At the last supper, Jesus identified himself as the sacrificial animal whose blood would seal the new covenant, and he invited his disciples to partake of Him fully (Matthew 26:26-28).

His eternal, unchanging covenant is still inviting the lost to receive Him fully and be saved.

When you celebrate the Lord's Supper, remember the covenant sealed with the blood of your Savior.

His body was given and broken for you.

His blood was shed for the remission of your sins.

His sacrifice at Calvary assured your eternal place in God's kingdom.

In celebrating His supper, remember His sacrifice.

Welcome His presence.

And celebrate His coming.

His covenant meal points to his past atonement on the cross . . . His presence in you through the Holy Spirit . . . and His coming again to take you home.

Jesus, whenever I partake of communion, I will remember the cross.

I will come into Your presence welcoming the Holy Spirit.

And I will celebrate the joy of Your return to take me home.

Amen.

Further Reading

1 Corinthians 10:16

Matthew 26:26-28

Matthew 26:17-30

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ARISE SHINE - The Lord calls us not just to endure the darkness but to arise in His manifest glory! Some of us feel defeated; others are worn out and weakened by the increasing gloom in the world. Yet it is here, where depression would otherwise capture our souls, that we are commanded to rise. To throw off oppression is not just an act of faith; it is an act of obedience. It is time to cancel our plans to be miserable! Through the blood of Christ, we break our covenant with death and darkness; we obey the voice of our destiny! Right at this moment, new life from the presence of God is descending into your spirit. Receive it! Accept it! Obey it! - "It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ" - The Word of God states plainly -- no, it commands those at the end of the age to be fearless in the face of darkness! The Lord calls us not just to endure the darkness but to arise in His manifest glory! People argue about the timing of the Rapture, but what I am presenting here does not disturb any popular eschatology. I'm saying between now and whatever scenario you believe, there will be a time of increasing glory for true Christ followers. Some of us feel defeated; others are worn out and weakened by the increasing gloom in the world. Yet it is here, where depression would otherwise capture our souls, that we are commanded to rise. To throw off oppression is not just an act of faith; it is an act of obedience.

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Arise Shine!

The Lord calls us not just to endure the darkness but to arise in His manifest glory! 

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Some of us feel defeated; others are worn out and weakened by the increasing gloom in the world. Yet it is here, where depression would otherwise capture our souls, that we are commanded to rise. To throw off oppression is not just an act of faith; it is an act of obedience. 

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It is time to cancel our plans to be miserable! Through the blood of Christ, we break our covenant with death and darkness; we obey the voice of our destiny! Right at this moment, new life from the presence of God is descending into your spirit. Receive it! Accept it! Obey it!

By Francis Frangipane

 

"It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ" - (2 Thessalonians 2:14).

 

The Word of God states plainly -- no, it commands those at the end of the age to be fearless in the face of darkness!

Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, the Spirit of the Lord orders His people:

    Arise, shine; for your light has come,

    And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

    For behold, darkness will cover the earth,

    And deep darkness the peoples;

    But the Lord will rise upon you

    And His glory will appear upon you.

    Nations will come to your light,

    And kings to the brightness of your rising.                                           --- Isaiah 60:1-3

Traditionally, because the second half of Isaiah 60 contains references to the millennium, some have placed the fulfillment of this entire chapter in the age to come.

But let me ask: Will "darkness . . . cover the earth" in the millennium? During the glorious reign of Christ when death, sin, and sorrow are banished, will ‘deep darkness’ still rest on ‘the peoples’"?

The fact is, while Isaiah's prophecy does indeed conclude in the millennium, it begins during the last hours of this age.

Clearly these first three verses of Isaiah 60 are a pre-Rapture, pre-millennial command from God.

The Lord calls us not just to endure the darkness but to arise in His manifest glory!

People argue about the timing of the Rapture, but what I am presenting here does not disturb any popular eschatology.

I'm saying between now and whatever scenario you believe, there will be a time of increasing glory for true Christ followers.

Some of us feel defeated; others are worn out and weakened by the increasing gloom in the world.

Yet it is here, where depression would otherwise capture our souls, that we are commanded to rise.

To throw off oppression is not just an act of faith; it is an act of obedience.

It is time to cancel our plans to be miserable!

Through the blood of Christ, we break our covenant with death and darkness; we obey the voice of our destiny!

One may argue, "But you do not know my difficulties."

Listen to how the Amplified Bible renders the Lord's command: "Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you -- rise to a new life]!"

Right at this moment, even as you read these words, new life from the presence of God is descending into your spirit.

Receive it!

Accept it!

Obey it!

You see, God's plan is that here on Earth, in us, the glory of the Lord will be revealed.

The luminous, radiant light of His presence, as it shone from Moses' face and flooded Solomon's temple at its dedication, as it radiated from Jesus and bathed His disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration -- that light of God's presence shall arise from within us at the end of the age!

This same divine glory shall, in ever-increasing degrees of brightness, appear upon us in the years prior to the Lord's actual Second Coming.

In truth, this great work of grace has already begun.

We are part of the Holy Spirit's expansive

preparation.

God is gathering together His people. We are learning to humble ourselves in repentance and prayer; we are finding friendship and unity with other Christians.

Indeed, our reconciliation across denominational and ethnic barriers has an immeasurable reward attached to it.

As valleys are "lifted up, and every mountain and hill . . . made low . . . then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together" (Isaiah 40:4-5).

God is qualifying us to receive His splendor!

Nations shall come to His light and kings to the brightness of His rising!

Adapted from Francis Frangipane's book, The Days of His Presence, available at www.arrowbookstore.com.

Francis Frangipane is the author of numerous bestselling books, including "The Three Battlegrounds" and "Holiness, Truth and the Presence of God." He is also the founding director of In Christ's Image Training (ICIT), an online ministry school with students in over 120 nations. ... Google Books

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THE BOOKS AT THE JUDGMENT - The names in this book are not saved on the basis of their deeds. They are saved on the basis of Christ’s being slain. Consider the thief on the cross. Jesus said that he would enter paradise. But 99.9% of his life will be sin. God will open the books. First, he will use the lifelong record of sin to glorify his Son’s supreme sacrifice. And, second, God will read that last page, where the thief’s dramatic transformation on the cross is recorded. This work of God in his life, recorded in the books, about that last day will be the public confirmation of the thief’s faith and union with Christ. And Christ will be the basis of his salvation, not his works. What is written in the books is a public confirmation of our faith and of union with Christ. There will be recorded there the kind of life in Christ that shows the reality of faith — the reality of regeneration and union with Christ. We enter each day as a Christian: confident that our condemnation is past, and that our name is in the book of life. The One who began a good work in us will bring it to completion at the day of Christ.

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The Books at the Judgment

Christ will be the basis of his salvation, not his works

John Piper

“All who dwell on earth will worship [the beast], everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.” (Revelation 13:8)

Salvation is secured for all who are written in the book of life.

The reason that being written in the book of life secures our salvation is that the book is called “the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.”

The names in this book are not saved on the basis of their deeds. They are saved on the basis of Christ’s being slain.

But John says in Revelation 20:12, “I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.”

So, how then does the record of our lives contained in “the books” have a part in our judgment, if we are saved on the basis of Christ being slain?

The answer is that the books, which record our deeds, contain enough evidence of our belonging to Christ that they function as a public confirmation of our faith and our union with Christ.

Consider Revelation 21:27: “Nothing unclean will ever enter [the New Jerusalem], nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

Here the result of being written in the “book of life” is not only not perishing, but also not practicing detestable, sinful behaviors.

For example, consider the thief on the cross. Jesus said that he would enter paradise (Luke 23:43).

But what will judgment be like for him when the books are opened? More than 99.9% of his life will be sin.

His salvation will be secured by the blood of Christ. His name will be in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.

Then God will open the books. 

First, he will use the lifelong record of sin to glorify his Son’s supreme sacrifice.

And, second, God will read that last page, where the thief’s dramatic transformation on the cross is recorded.

This work of God in his life, recorded in the books, about that last day will be the public confirmation of the thief’s faith and union with Christ.

And Christ will be the basis of his salvation, not his works.

Therefore, when I say that what is written in the books is a public confirmation of our faith and of union with Christ, I do not mean that the record will contain more good works than bad works.

I mean that there will be recorded there the kind of life in Christ that shows the reality of faith — the reality of regeneration and union with Christ.

That is how we enter each day as a Christian: confident that our condemnation is past (Romans 8:1), and that our name is in the book of life, and that the one who began a good work in us will bring it to completion at the day of Christ.

John Stephen Piper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Bill and Ruth Piper January 11, 1946. When John and his older sister were still small, the family moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where John spent his growing-up years. His father was an itinerant evangelist, and his mother died in 1974 in a bus accident while visiting Israel.

Schooling

At Wheaton College (1964–68), John majored in literature and minored in philosophy. Studying Romantic literature with Clyde Kilby stimulated the poetic side of his nature, and today he regularly writes poems to celebrate special family occasions. As pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, he would also compose story-poems (based on the life of a biblical character) for his congregation during the four weeks of Advent each year. At Wheaton John also met Noël Henry, whom he married 1968.

Following college, he completed a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California (1968–71). While at Fuller, John discovered the writings of Jonathan Edwards.

John did his doctoral work in New Testament Studies at the University of Munich, Munich, West Germany (1971–74). His dissertation, Love Your Enemies, was published by Cambridge University Press and Baker Book House. Upon completion of his doctorate he went on to teach biblical studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, for six years (1974–80).

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