Text - 1 Samuel 17 - David and Goliath
David and Goliath includes a gruesome part that doesn’t make it into the Bible story pictures too often. In order to keep this part of the service from being too sentimental, I’m going to bring it up now. After the stone, David cuts off Goliath’s head with his own sword. Once that happens, once everyone sees the dead body, the battle is over, and it has yet to begin. Once the body is seen dead, the Philistines flee; the Israelites arise and shout and pursue.
This is where we find ourselves in the story. With a different Body before us. But when the Body of our Lord Jesus was affirmed dead by the Roman soldiers, the victory was won. But then a plot twist. Jesus comes back to life, His Body raised from death, and here it is before you. Our proper response is to arise, shout and pursue the Philistines.
But remember where the body is, that is before you. YOU are the Body of Christ, Paul writes to the church. The Body of our Lord is not before you on the table. It is gathered all around you, seated in chairs with you. You are united with Jesus, and you, His Body, are fed by faithful eating and drinking from this table.
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