This meal that we share together is the first fruits of the Kingdom. This is our duty and our privilege as citizens of the Kingdom. But this is also the source of what ought to be flowing into the rest of our lives. We sit together around this table in joy, grateful to God for what He has done for us in Christ but also grateful for one another. This is the means that God uses to knit us together into one body, into one family, one nation, one language, one kingdom. The center of it all is right here.
But hypocrisy is a constant temptation. You eat here at this table with your King. This means that your loyalty is here, and traitors are not tolerated. If you are a subject of King Jesus then you are required to live like one. The fellowship and unity you display to one another here, you are required to show forth wherever you go: in your work, in your families, in your cars, on the phone, on the internet, and in all that you do. You cannot serve two masters. Those who try to do so are traitors to the crown.
As you well know, Adam and Eve plunged all of us into sin, and therefore we have all been disloyal, we have all been traitors. Therefore, this table is only for forgiven traitors and for those who know they have been disloyal, but have heard the great offer of mercy from the King. What is that offer of mercy? All who believe in Him may come. All who trust in Him are granted a complete pardon. Do you believe? Then come. Your sins are all forgiven. And God promises you blessings and goodness all of your days, a share in the inheritance of the King.
It is only those who persist in their treachery, those who refuse to turn and kiss the Son, it is only those who have to fear. Therefore, as a minister of the Lord Jesus, an ambassador of our Great and Good King, I command you to let go of any sin you are clinging to. Let it go now, and join with us, and rejoice before our King.
So come and welcome, to Jesus Christ.
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