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Communion - Sandy 

1 Corinthians 1:9  9 God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:21 ESV 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

1Corinthians 11:27 AMPC 27 So then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy [of Him] will be guilty of [profaning and sinning against] the body and blood of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:28-31 AMPC 28 Let a man [thoroughly] examine himself, and [only when he has done] so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that [it is Christ’s] body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgment) upon himself.30 That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death. 31 For if we searchingly examined ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition], we should not be judged and penalty decreed [by the divine judgment].

1 Corinthians 10:16 16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 11:26 ESV 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes

1Corinthians 11:23-24 ESV 23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

1 Corinthians 11:25 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

2 Corinthians 13:14 NKJV 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

“The God of the Old Testament” – part 2

Recap on Part 1

• For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. Mal 3:6 ESV (see also James 1:17, Ps 102:25-27, Ps 90:2)

• Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face. Ps 89:14 NKJV AMPC - mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.

• Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 106:1 ESV (repeated 11 times throughout Psalms, Chronicles, Ezra and Jeremaiah).

• When God speaks for Himself - (see also Romans 9:14-15, Exodus 33:15-23)

Exodus 34:5-8 - “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

AMPC - mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face. Sample Old Testament – New Testament tie in:

Ezekiel 33:11 ESV - As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live

2 Peter 3:9 ESV - The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

If all these things are true (and they are), why does the way God dealt with humanity in the Old Testament look so different to how He deals with the world in the New Testament?

Prior to Christ, people throughout the