Rod Reynolds explores the subject of Christian fellowship. What does the Bible say about the proper foundation for Christian fellowship, and how may godly fellowship be practiced?
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Why God Became Flesh
Have you ever stopped to think why God–an eternal Being who existed before time began (as we count time)–would become flesh and blood? Does that not seem a bit peculiar, when you think about it, that the very Creator, the Being whose power sustains the entire vast Universe, would be changed into a mere human, infinitely weaker and limited by comparison?
Yet, the Bible tells us not only that such a thing actually happened, but it reveals why it happened. Why did God become flesh?
Boast in the Cross
A controversy arose in the early Church regarding circumcision, and coming under the Old Covenant, as opposed to faith in Jesus Christ and being redeemed through his sacrifice. Paul addressed this controversy in the book of Galatians. How is explained Paul’s statement to the Galatians “God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”?
Unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth
God intends that we learn spiritual lessons from his commanded festivals. What does keeping the Feast of Unleavened Bread with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (I Corinthians 5:8) teach us about how our corrupt fleshly nature may be replaced by a new and different nature — the Divine nature of God?
Did Jesus Eat Passover the Night Before His Crucifixion?
After I had written a publication titled When is the Biblical Passover?, available at cogmessenger.org, I received a “question,” from an individual, which was more like a challenge, with regard to whether the last meal Jesus partook of before his crucifixion as recorded in Scripture was a Passover observance. The idea that the last meal Jesus ate before his crucifixion was not the Passover meal is promoted by some among individuals who, contrary to Scripture, but in accord with the tradition of the Pharisees, assert that the Passover is properly observed on the fifteenth of Nisan rather than the fourteenth.