Accompanying text: 1 Samuel 11-12
God deals with sin at this table. Of course, Jesus Christ has dealt with sin once for all on the cross. We don’t atone for our sin by eating and drinking here, or by working up repentant feelings hard enough so as to feel worthy. That is NOT how God deals with our sin here. Instead, God offers us such fullness, such a feast, on this table, it is all that we need – union with our Creator and Savior. Since all things hold together in Jesus Christ, what could be better than union with the center? So taste and see that the Lord is good. But there is a catch. This is such a full and complete feeding, that there is not room in us for both Jesus Christ and and our sin. We only get to sit at one table: this one, or the world’s. Where will you be fed? Cming to this table in faith and in the Spirit, week after week will push out the desire for sin. Continuing in your sin will corrode your desire for this table, and you will be here less often, or with less faithfulness.
Come, let us renew the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. May we proclaim His faithful deliverance of us – that He has not and will not forsake us, even if we forsake Him.
The symbols of Christ’s victory over the serpent are before you, placarded as a banner. And He has brought you to his banqueting table. And His banner over you is love.
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