Sunday Re Cap (13th Dec 2009)

Health and Wholeness Through the Holy Communion (Part II)

What is the basis of Christ as our Passover Lamb? Is 53:7; 1 Cor 5:7-8; Jn 1:29; 1 Pet 1:18-25, John 19:32 & Exodus 12:46 (No bone broken).

Exodus Chap 12:

V8- Why the roasted lamb? Fire speaks of the wrath of God; and this was the picture of God's fire of wrath upon Jesus on the cross. Rom 5:9; 1 Thess 5:9.

V9-why not raw? Eating the roasted lamb signifies feeding on the finished work of Jesus on the cross. Not half baked or half cooked gospel. Half of our own efforts and half Jesus' finished work on the cross. Accepting that the full fury of God's judgment went upon Jesus. That is the only way to partake the HC.

V10-sorrow for only the night but joy comes in the morning! Psa 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. God's anger burned for a moment in time upon Jesus so that we can enjoy His favour for life! Here we are, thinking God is still angry for every sin against us. The HC is to remember that HIS FAVOUR IS FOR LIFE! Is 54:7-8, Ps 103:8-9. That moment has come and gone through the cross! God is no longer angry or will He ever be angry with us. Rom 5:8-9; 1 Thess 1:10. To say that God is angry with us is to say that the cross was insufficient!

If God had exercised and exhausted His fury and wrath upon Jesus on the cross; then what about Ananias & Sapphira? Acts 5:1-14.

The writer of Acts who was Luke was a very detailed man (physician). He uses certain terms to describe a believer or an unbeliever. Ananias was described as "a certain man" in Acts 5:1.

1. Certain man usually used for non believers in Acts. Acts 3:2, 5:1, 8:9, 9:33, 14:8, 19:24; Except Acts 18:7 and 25:14. In these cases, Justus was given a description (as one who worshipped God and the status of Paul was not Dr.Luke's words but the words of another non-believer.
   
2. Certain disciple usually used for Christians. Acts 9:10, 9:36, 16:1
   
3. This situation is not a norm in the New Testament church but a single event. A whole doctrine of judgment cannot be based on a single event.
   
4. God may have used this event to establish apostolic authority in the early church.
   
5. As Ananias and his wife were non believers, this outcome serves to remind the church that the Holy Spirit will avenge anyone in the church who was being taken advantage of.
   

Continued next week…

 

Samuel Hari © GROW BM