Dearly Beloved Children Submission

Dearly Beloved Children

Submission

Submission is leaning on the KING.

All authority in heaven and on earth belongs to Him.

He has delegated it for our benefit.

Submitting to one another

can be a liberating freedom.

As a young man starting a church,

I was zealous for the things of God.

One of my studies was on the

“Table of the Lord.”

I wanted to know what type of bread

Jesus gave His disciples

the night He was betrayed

and what was in the cup.

What was the significance of these elements?

My study took me into the Old Testament and the Passover…

Through the New Testament with Jesus at the last supper…

 and the words to the Corinthians about the holiness of this meal…

I ended up in heaven at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

The bread and the cup were so significant

that God preserved them

with an eternal observance.

As I looked into the significance of the cup,

I discovered it was filled with the fruit of the vine

and that the drink was powerful enough

to make the Corinthians drunk.

Raised to think drinking was evil

I struggled with my findings.

After my study an amazing thing happened,

we were preparing for communion and

when the grape juice bottle was opened,

the lid shot to the ceiling;

the juice had turned to wine.

I was convinced that the proper way

to take communion was with wine;

even though I did not believe believers

should drink alcohol.

My convictions became a problem

when another man,

who was a recovered alcoholic,

said he would not take communion

if we used wine.

As the church was getting started,

we had asked a pastor to come

and help us get established.

He came to me privately and

asked if I would submit to him

if he prepared communion and

not tell me what was in the cup;

I said I would.

He also went to the other man

and asked the same question;

and he agreed.

I was liberated because of submission.

As I submitted to another,

I was free from the responsibility

of what was in the cup.

Because of submission,

I can fellowship with my brothers and sisters

where ever the table of the Lord is served. 

Scripture Reading

Ephesians 5:21 NIV

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Hebrews 13:17 NIV

17 Obey your leaders and submit to their authority.

They keep watch over you as men who must give an account.

Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden,

for that would be of no advantage to you.