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"Communion As One Body"
(Taken from "Little Known Bible Verses and Facts")

(October 24, 2007)

God teaches us in 1 Corinthians 11:29-32 "For he who eats and drinks {the body and blood of Christ} in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. NKJV

Notice, many of God's people are weak, or sickly, and dying because we are not discerning Christ's ONE Body correctly as we take communion. This whole site could be devoted to this one subject and still there would be things left to say. God tells us that we are to judge our SELVES, and not our brothers and sisters in Christ's ONE Body. This does not mean just before we put the bread and grape juice/wine to our mouths as we partake in communion. It means daily you "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others {without unconditional, non-judgmental love and compassion}, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. [Matt 7:1-5; NIV]

God has put a spiritual law into effect: "YOU JUDGE AND YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD IN THE SAME WAY AND DEGREE", but we are the ones that activate this law with our minds and hearts. We have been given the mind of Christ, but we must listen to His correction. Within God's HOLY Spirit we have been given God's own heart, but we share this ONE heart with all our brothers and sisters who walk and worship in God's Spirit. This is the testimony of Christ in us. Even the angels of God carry Christ's Testimony within themselves <Rev. 19:9-10>. Remember, Christ was {and is} this "unconditional, non-judgmental love" when He sacrificed Himself for all mankind and their continued sin.

James instructs us, "...If anyone does not stumble in Word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts (makes wild claims {brags about}) great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire {needing the "Fire" Baptism}, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body {ours and Christ's ONE Body on earth}, and sets on fire the ‘course of nature’; and it is set on fire by hell. [James 3:2-4:3]

It is our tongue and heart that "defiles our whole body". Prior to our spiritual re-birth through the Holy Spirit our tongue is a "fire, a world of iniquity", "set on fire by hell", leading us down the world’s path or way of thinking, speaking and doing. If there is no transformation and correction within the believer, Christ's sacrifice has not become their reality, and they continue to exist in their own "self" righteousness as opposed to Christ's righteousness. These "judge" their brothers and sisters in His one Body, and "fail to discern {see} the Lord's Body" as His mind, nature and love do. True Communion brings us into one accord with Christ’s mind, nature and love within us and our brothers and sisters, the other members in His one shared Body.

Suggested Reading: October 20, 2007 "Why Christ’s Body Members Are Unable To Heal Today" and "In His Name"

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