Tag: One in Christ

One Bread for One Body

“23For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24and 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 11:23-24 (ESV)

In the above I have written as relates to the taking of the Lord’s Supper. I have only referenced the taking of the bread (as I am studying the word “bread”), although the taking of the cup also applies here. Notice that the bread starts as one part and is broken into being parts of the whole. I have to remember that the bread of Christ is one just as we the body of Christ are one.

“16The 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? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.” – 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (ESV)

I believe that it is easy to forget that we are one body of Christ and that we are all working to the same goal of spreading the gospel for the LORD and bringing glory to Him. We are one in doing so. We may be only single parts carrying out the work of Christ, yet we are working toward the same.

It is my responsibility to work with, not against my brothers and sisters in Christ. I have to help them to carry out the will of God and pick them up when they are weak and celebrate them when they are strong. I have to be a part of the whole and come together as one in the fight against the evil one.

We are one in Christ!!!

What is your view of those around you? Are you separate from others and going it alone? What if we progressed as we should as one body of Christ in our work toward fulfilling His will in this world and the next?

We are One, New Together

New: “having recently come into existence” – Merriam-Webster Online

You and I are “new” together. I know that seems a bit strange as you come from not here with me. I am from a small town in Texas and you are from, well face, I may not know, but not necessarily from a small town in Texas. Yet, in the name of Christ, we are the same.

This is not something that would have come about without Christ. We come from different places and have different cultures and certainly look different, but we are the same in the name of Christ. We serve the risen savior. We worship Him and have become the same based on Him. Our being one together in Christ is new and something never seen before and will never be seen again.

I look at where I am in the world today and begin thinking of all the division in this world. I think of how we are all at odds with one another based on whatever society says we are to be at odds. What a poor example we are setting for those who are with us and those who will come after us. There is so much separation as the world only thinks of itself and what can be had by the one.

“14For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.” — Ephesians 2:14-16 (ESV)

I propose that we come together, not for me, but for you. I believe that we should be coming together as one, new together. We should be putting our differences aside to be new together. As I noted the definition of “new”, we should be the example of just coming into existence where something was not before. I propose unity and working to spread the same gospel.

There is plenty of time to be different in the way we go about things. The way we look. The way we speak. But there is not enough time to be at odds as to our purpose. I have to be like you and you like me in the approach to spreading the gospel to reach all corners of the world.

So, you and I may not be from the same small town in Texas. We may come from different cultures. We may be different in language. We may look different and act different and frankly, be different. But we are new together. One in our goal to ensure that the gospel reaches everyone.

What is your approach to you and I together? Are you looking at us as being different? What if we approached this all as though we are one, new together in Christ with one goal?