John 6:48 I am that bread of life.

Once a month we serve communion. We offer both the unleavened and the leavened bread. I always make a point to partake of the leavened bread. I suppose it doesn’t matter, but we are told to do this in remembrance of what Christ did for us. Christ represents both the unleavened and the leavened bread.

Christ lived the perfect sinless life, He was the unleavened bread of life. While on the cross all the sins of all mankind for all time were placed upon Him. He died for those sins, yours and mine. The bull without spot was slain for the sins of Israel, its atoning blood sprinkled upon the mercy seat.

Hebrews 10:9-10 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

I worship, follow, and obey the risen Christ, the leavened bread of life.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In 2005 I developed a UTI which eventually formed a culture in my blood. It nearly killed me. I felt like I was knocking on heaven’s door when I began seeing demons in my room. I praised the name of Jesus and they fled from before my eyes. Was I delusional? I cannot say, but real or not they fled when Jesus was praised, so I do not really care, the result was relief.

When sin gets under your skin and takes up residence your heart hardens. This is true for both believers and non-believers. Believers, having tasted of the glorious blessings are more likely to repent and return to restored relationship. I say more likely, I cannot say always. I am not going to make any statement about lost salvation. I will say that death is no longer having fellowship with God. Adam died spiritually the day he ate yet lived for hundreds of years.

If you have been living under the umbrella of God’s grace, receiving blessings and protection in right relationship with God, why risk losing that? When we ignore sin and allow it to become “our god” we suffer in the here and now. We are meant to have the abundant life in Christ. We cannot receive that abundant life while clinging to sin.

Song of Solomon 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Yes, in deed, how?