Jesus paid the price. He paid our price. We don't have to continue to pay for our sins. I am talking about things we have done that have been in rebellion against God. (Obviously breaking the law has just punishment).
Life isn't about a long list of religious rules.
There is NOTHING standing between you and Jesus' blood and righteousness!!
Not a church.
Not another person.
Not ANYTHING!
Life is about realizing God is for you.
God sees you.
God hears you.
God forgives you.
Communion/sacrament, whatever you label it, is for anyone who wants to repent of their sins and turn to JESUS!!
ANYONE!
It disgusts me that people would dare set rules in place that exclude people from partaking in communion because they ARE TOO SINFUL! The whole point of the ceremony is to remember we are all lost and we ALL NEED JESUS!
Before communion I always take a minute or two and repent and confess anything I feel I have done wrong, to God. It is between He and I. It is a beautiful thing.
What makes one person worthy and another unworthy? Seriously!?
People kid themselves if they think they are worthy and a peer isn't. Because technically NONE OF US are worthy!!! And we all deserve to rot in hell! But because of Jesus hanging bloody and broken on the cross, we can be forgiven!!
And that is beautiful.
JESUS SAVES!!
THE KEY WORDS IN THESE VERSES ARE "ALL AND WHOEVER". It is for everyone at whatever time they choose to turn towards Christ and repent.
Forgiveness is not conditional. It is unconditional. If someone apologizes they need to be forgiven. God forgives us.
It is a scary concept to think that other men are keeping forgiveness from their fellow man just because if a set of rules.
It is only logical that people won't feel forgiven if they are excluded from partaking in a ritual that is meant to be a reminder of Jesus' sacrifice. It allows us to remember we have a great hope in Jesus!
WE ALL SIN!
I'm so irritated by the fact that people are living their lives feeling condemned.
And I pray they are able to see the evil behind forbidding someone to take sacrament.
End rant.
Bible verses::::
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (Romans 3:21-26 NKJV)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (ESV)
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
JOHN 6:26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”…. I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
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