The Meaning of the Lord's Table—Fellowship and Oneness 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses (RcV) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 Cor. 10:16  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not 
the fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread which we 
break, is it not the fellowship of the body of Christ?  (17)  
Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many are one 
Body; for we all partake of the one bread.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
First Corinthians 10 has another expression for the bread-
breaking meeting. It does not call it a supper but a table 
[v. 21]. The first thing signified by the Lord's table is 
fellowship. The supper is for us to remember the Lord, and 
the table is for us to have mutual fellowship one with 
another. The emphasis here is not just the drinking of the 
blood of Christ but a joint participation in this blood. 
This joint participation is the fellowship.

The second meaning of the Lord's table is oneness. Here we 
see that God's children are one. We are the bread and this 
bread is the church. All of God's children are one in the 
same way that the bread is one. We have only one bread. 
Though this bread is broken up and is inside every one of 
us, it is still one bread in the Spirit.

Christ, like the bread, is originally one. God dispenses a 
little Christ into you and a little into me. The one Christ 
is now scattered and is dwelling in the many members. Christ 
is spiritual. Though He is scattered, He is not divided; He 
is still one. God gives Christ to you and to me, but in the 
Spirit Christ is still one. The scattered bread is still one 
in the Spirit; it is not divided. This bread represents the 
oneness of God's church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Prayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lord Jesus, as I consider the one bread at Your table, help 
me realize that I am one with all of God's children. I pray 
that nothing in my living would be contrary to this great 
spiritual fact. Also give _____ this understanding. Amen.

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Bible verses are taken from the recovery Version of the 
Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry from Watchman Nee, 
Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp. 267-269. Both 
are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.

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