326 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 28 - Lord's Supper Meaning

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 28 Lord's Supper Meaning We have always taught with the idea that people of course are active in their own local Church. Remember heaven is not going to be divided by denominations, we are all members of the Body of Christ, and if we're saved we're going to be in the same place regardless of denominational handle. "I won't eat another bite of meat as long as I live if it's going to be a stumbling block to others." I Corinthians 10:28 "But if any man say unto you, `This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it,...'" I Corinthians 10:31 "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." Now verse 32, and here is another admonition that fits just as well today as it did back in Corinth in Paul's day. I Corinthians 10:32 "Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:" We normally think of two, saved and lost, but here Paul puts it in three. Because the Jew was still a factor to be reckoned with when Paul writes to the Corinthians. Now a little later in his ministry Paul's writings are a progressive revelation in themselves. Paul's letters work the same way. I Corinthians 10:33 Now as you study Paul's letters I think you're going to become aware of one overriding thought, and that is the man could never get lost people off his mind. All that Paul could think about was lost people. People for whom Christ had already paid their sin debt, people for whom the blood of Christ had been shed, people whose lives were ready to be ransomed by virtue of His resurrection from the dead. All the sin from Adam until the last person that will ever live in time, their sin was laid on Christ on that Cross and God judged it. Which means that even the vilest member of some mafia or whatever you want to think of as vile, lost, wicked people, their sins are already atoned for. The only reason they'll go to an eternal doom, if they don't come into salvation in the meantime, is because they rejected Christ's atonement. I Corinthians 4:16 Now come on over to Philippians Chapter 3 and verse 17. Philippians 3:17 It's a fearsome thing to take the Gospel out to a belligerent world. Now, if you'll come back with me to I Corinthians and we'll go into Chapter 11. I Corinthians 11:1 "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." Now remember Paul writes to Gentiles in the world today just as surely as he wrote to the Corinthians in his day and time. I Corinthians 4, Philippians 3 and now I Corinthians 11. "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." Now Paul isn't setting himself up as the Savior of the world. He isn't setting himself up as some god. Never! Well, I don't see how I can because the Apostle Paul is that man that God designated to take salvation to the Gentiles. And if God designated it, then I make no apology for it. I Corinthians 3:10,11 For other foundation can no man lay than that (foundation) that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." The foundation and the finished work of the Cross. Paul was! Now let's go on the Chapter 11. I Corinthians 11:2 "Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, (the things that have been delivered, that have been taught by the Apostle Paul, and some of the other gifted men), as I delivered them to you." Now turn over a couple of pages to Chapter 15 when Paul says that "I delivered them unto you." Now don't lose sight of the fact that these Corinthians have heard none of this until the Apostle Paul came to town. I Corinthians 15:1 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you (not a gospel but ) the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand." I Corinthians 15:2a "By which (that is this gospel) also ye are saved..." Salvation! The salvation of Israel. "That old boy's estate was that guy's salvation." It saved him from bankruptcy. This is the same word. We are saved from an eternal doom and this Gospel is our salvation. I Corinthians 15:2b,3 "...if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you unless ye have believed in vain." Christ didn't just die for the sins of Israel, but the sins of these pagan Corinthians, the sins of America, the sins of Europe, the sins of the Orient. He died for them all. Now let's go on to verse 4. I Corinthians 15:4 Again, the Sovereign God was in complete control. Now let's go back to Chapter 11 and we have it here again, that all the things that Paul had instituted in the little group of believers. A dozen, two dozen, and if they had a huge home maybe they could get 30 or 40 in there. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible