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In Remembrance

6/7/2020

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          Hebrews 4:12 tells us this:  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  In short, God knows.  Today, Sunday, June 7, is the new quarter for our church.  On this day at the end of the sermon we celebrate the Lord’s Supper.  The passage is I Corinthians 11:24-26.  For our pastor’s purposes, though, he included verses 18 through 29.
          The Lord’s Supper is familiar to most of us.  It is the time that Jesus spent breaking bread with his disciples before he was arrested and crucified.  The bread was symbolic of the bread of life (John 6:57,58) and the wine was symbolic of Jesus’ shed blood for the remission of sins (Matthew 26:27,28).  When Christians celebrate the Lord’s Supper, it is a time to spend discerning just how much of Jesus have we eaten and drunk. 
          Pastor Josh backed up the story to give his listeners some more to take in and consider.  The story begins in I Corinthians 11:18.  “The Corinth church has problems, divisions over things that really don’t matter.  Don’t get bogged down and distracted over little things.” said Pastor Josh.  “Who is happier when you do this, the devil or God?  If the devil had his way, he would have killed me and taken me to hell with him long ago.  But God was rich in grace towards me and saved me.”,
          The big problem with the Corinth church, they weren’t coming together to eat the Lord’s Supper and discern their spiritual situation.  They just came to eat and drink.  They could go home for that.  Yes, Paul is giving them their comeuppance.  The time of the Lord’s Supper is not a ritual but a time of showing the world, “I choose Jesus.”  We show the purpose of the Lord’s death until he comes.
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    Linda Johnson

    Linda Johnson moved to Douglas County with her husband Tom 12 years ago after retiring from teaching. Following Tom's death in 2016, Linda began facilitating a grief support group called GriefShare through Sweden Church.​ She serves as the Sunday School teacher for our High School class. Her "Layman's Pen" articles are also published in the local paper, The Douglas County Herald. 

    Andrea Strong

    Andrea is Pastor Joshua Strong's wife. She also serves Sweden Church as Church Secretary, website administrator, and Sunday School teacher to the Intermediate Class.

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