Ephesians 2:14-16
"For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity."
When we give or believe bad reports about others
without warrant, without doing the hard work of confronting sin, or without
covering it completely in love, then we hinder communion. We are putting up
walls, or leaving up what others put up. Jesus took down walls of hostility. God’s
toward us in our sin. Our hostility toward God. And our enmity that grows like
weeds against each other if we let it.
This table also reminds us that God DID arise in
His anger and judge His enemies, as David asked in Psalm 7 [sermon text], and He did this at
the cross. The Son of David took all God’s anger and judgment on Himself,
though He was perfectly innocent of every charge. The punishment was fully
deserved by us, and taken by Him.
6/9/13
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