One Bread

While the church of God has not yet attained perfect unity, we should be laboring toward that unity. We must do this slowly and steadily, knowing that perfect unity will only come with the second coming of our Lord. This steady pursuit of unity requires that we flee idolatry. There are many idols but only one Lord. There are many idols and that is why idolatry fractures people into factions and divisions. And there is only one Lord, so those who partake of Him find that they are one with all of those who likewise partake of Him. Paul says this very thing in 1 Corinthians 10:17, “we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”

So not only is there one bread from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ. But there is also one bread, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said it, “we being many are one bread.” It is lamentable that at suppor of our Lord where we partake of the one bread, many Christian traditions still refuse to let members of the body partake of Christ’s body. God’s grace is upon our church, which says to all of those who are bread, who are baptized Christians, “Come and welcome to Jesus Christ.” And we should rejoice in that grace. 

But this sentiment must be more than a slogan. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. So as you come to this table, come loving all those who have God as Father, all those to whom He has said, “I am your God and you are my people. The only way to truly love that one bread is to come to the true bread who has come down from heaven. So come in faith and welcome to Jesus Christ.

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