2 Peter 3:8-9
"But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance."
Jesus means for this Table to bring
us to repentance. He patiently waits for thousands of years, for the world to
come to repentance. This is not stalling for time, like He is scrambling trying
to keep His promise against such an evil world. God has no power struggle with
the world at all. Men either come to Him in repentance or they don’t. This
Table is meant to bring about repentance. We celebrate this Lord’s Supper every
week, and every week we are to do so in a worthy manner, not clinging to any
sin, but confessing. Resolving conflicts weekly, putting besetting sins away
weekly.
The woman at the well put down her water jar and went to tell her town
about Jesus. You are now at the well. You have experienced the convicting and
forgiving power of Christ. It is time to set your sins down, and go tell your
town about Him. But first, let us drink of the living water, turned to the wine
of joy.
1/1/12
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