Foundations of the Beginning Fifth Communion Service Apostle Sergio G. Enríquez O. Guatemala, May 8th. Year of Abundance
Approaching to the Lord’s table is a judgment we suddenly face, thus we must judge ourselves before we come to His table, and we need to acknowledge our need of forgiveness if we confess we have sinned. Besides, we need to know that as we approach the Lord’s table we are appearing for trial before the Holy Spirit; when the moment comes for the church to be lifted to the clouds, we will appear for trial before the throne of the Son, where we will be judge to make known if we followed the way to the Lamb’s wedding, or we will be return to go through tribulation for us to achieve the spiritual level God desires for our lives. The judgement of the Father will be after, when all who did not reach the stature of the perfect man, will be called, and they will face a judgment before the great white throne, this is the judgment of the Father. However, today we have the opportunity to be judged here, us being the judges; we could deliver a lighter or a harder judgment, yet if we do it appropriately, when we come before the Lord’s table we could become weak, sick, or we could even die. Therefore, let us suitably judge ourselves before we come to the Lord’s table. Nowadays, we are confident that we will not be judge before the great white throne since the Son occupied our places at the cross of Calvary, He was blamed, though He was clean from all sin, but since He replaced us, the wages of our sins were death, moreover, He descended to the lake of fire in order to set us free from our duty to appear for trial before the great white throne at the end of the millennium. So because God is good, He grants us the opportunity to judge ourselves, before we appear before one of the abovementioned thrones. Another point we need to consider is because the Bible says if we come to His table in an unworthy manner, we become weak, ill or even pass away, then what will happen if we come in a worthy manner? We are able to understand that we will become strong, healed, and life will be ministered to us. This is why we must not participate of the Lord’s table irresponsibly, also knowing that if we come in due order before God, the Word of God is empowered to allow us to witness God’s prodigies; so if we are evangelists, as we open our mouths, people will be saved, if we have a healing anointing, when we open our mouths before the sick, they will be healed; the point is signs follow the Word, thus we see in Ezekiel 37:4-7 dry bones came to life, but first of all the Prophet prophesied on behalf of God, and then everything described in the book of Prophet Ezekiel took place. Then, when Communion is ministered, we believe the bread and wine we share, becomes the body and the blood of Christ, thus we receive a new beginning in our lives, and sins are cast out into the sea, and God do not remember them ever; it is a must for us to constantly remember this, especially when we come to the Lord’s table, we need to be reminded this is not a normal act, or something we can practice; we ought to be aware of the foundations God set from the beginning and for us to walk under these principles in order to avoid wandering away at any time. Acts 2:42 NCV They spent their time learning the apostles’ teaching, sharing, breaking bread, and praying together.
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Foundations of the Beginning Fifth Communion Service Apostle Sergio G. Enríquez O. Guatemala, May 8th. Year of Abundance
What we want to highlight here is the term LEARNING, which appears to be easy but it is not; for a strange reason some people are unable to learn specific activities, mainly because they are unwilling to do so; but is someone truly desires to learn, foremost when it is about the things of God, the Lord will activate what we need. Then, the point is that us being the ending times church, we need to learn what the Church did in the beginning, when there was no contamination that would have diverted them from the truth, from what God Himself taught them. Therefore, we need to learn from the apostles to be able to teach, and then in unity we will be able to participate of the Lord’s table. What we see here is the table of the beginning of the Church, which had 4 foundations: They learned They shared They participated They prayed When we all do this in unity, an unexplainable synergy is activated, especially when this is about a spiritual realm. WHAT DO WE NEED TO LEARN? 1 Corinthians 11:23 ICB The teaching that I gave you is the same teaching that I received from the Lord: On the night when Jesus was handed over to be killed, he took bread To participate of the Communion bread is something we must learn. Philippians 4:9 ESV What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. The consequence of learning from our Lord Jesus Christ will be that the God of peace will be with us.
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