1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Those the father as given to the son are drawn to Him as He is lifted up. The cross is the source of our healing and hope but to the perishing world it is folly.
The words – this is my body broken for you – are delicious to those being saved and they are repulsive to those who walk in their own wisdom and authority.
Lifting up Christ scatters the worldly wise and insults those who are their own gods. The cross disgusts those who are perishing. But to those who have been given eyes to see and ears to hear – the lifting of the Cross and the word nailed to it, draw all to Jesus.
Eating the fruit of the tree of life, which we do here now, is the only true nourishment for the people of God.
But those who aren’t His people, their rebellion is a hunger strike that surely leads to death.
Yet there is another way to run from this food common among evangelicals. And that is to say that the Lord doesn’t nourish His people in any special way – that the elements before us do not present Christ to us so that we might respond to Him in faithful eating.
But they do. It is the true nourishment of our souls by faith. Not faith in bread or wine but faith in God, faith in His Christ.
So, Come and welcome to Jesus Christ.
**In order to learn how to write decent Communion meditations, I am imitating others. This is was a rewrite of Pr. Wilson’s (So come and Welcome to Jesus Christ, Morning reading, January 3rd).
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