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The Bread Declaring the Believers' Oneness

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses (RcV) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 Cor. 10:17  Seeing that there is one bread, we who are 
many are one Body; for we all partake of the one bread.
12:12  For even as the body is one and has many members, yet 
all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so 
also is the Christ.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
The basic element of the Lord's table is the bread. This 
bread is very crucial. In a general sense, this bread 
represents all God's children. In a particular sense, it 
represents God's children in a particular locality. If some 
of God's children gather together and see only themselves 
and if their bread only includes the few of them, that bread 
is too small. It is not inclusive enough. The bread must 
include all of God's children in a locality; it must 
represent the church in that locality. This is not all. The 
bread must also include all of God's children on earth. We 
must see that this bread declares the oneness among God's 
children. If we want to establish a church that is our own, 
our bread is too small and cannot represent the whole 
church. If there is a table in a place and those attending 
that table cannot say, "We who are many are one Body," we 
cannot partake of that bread because that is not the Lord's 
table.

We must remember the Lord, and our hearts must be open to 
the brothers and sisters each time we break bread. All God's 
children, as long as they are redeemed by the precious 
blood, are included in this one bread. Our hearts need to be 
enlarged by the Lord; they need to be as large as the bread. 
Though we are many, we are one bread. Even those brothers 
and sisters who are not breaking bread with us are also 
included in this bread. This bread does not allow us to be 
narrow people.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Prayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that the bread on Your table declares 
the oneness among God's children. Grant me to see how great 
this bread is. Hallelujah, it includes all those who are 
redeemed by Your precious blood. Lord, open my heart to 
every believer. Amen. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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. 269-270. Both 
are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.

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