John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all supplied with, one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and favor upon favor and even Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth, came through Jesus Christ."
The Spiritual Blessing talked about in the above scripture, begins with the Promise of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has now come into our lives and we have the Spiritual Blessings that couldn't be given to us, while we were spiritually dead in sin and trespasses. Paul writes in Romans 8:1-2 (Amplified), "Therefore, there is now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. For the Law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus (the Law of our new being), has freed me from the Law of Sin and of Death."
We know that "the life is in the blood" and that when the blood ceases to flow in any creature (including mankind), that creature dies. We read about the first Passover in Exodus, where death had to pass over the homes where the Israelites covered the entrance of their homes with the blood of the lamb. The blood signified that death has come for all that were in the house, but the destroyer had to pass over that home. The Law of Sin and Death (where sin was-death had rule) required that the blood of an animal was needed to temporarily put-off death.
The Lord Jesus appeared to Paul in 1Corinthians 11:25-26 (Amplified) and instructed Paul to tell the Church this, "Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant, ratified and established in My Blood, Do this, as often as you drink it, to call Me affectionately to remembrance. For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord's death until He comes again."
We take the cup of remembrance at communion, in order to continue remembering that by Jesus' Blood (His death), every requirement in the Law of Sin and Death has been met. Jesus made a declaration to the destroyer, that we're off limits to this Law. We don't do this, in order to remind the Lord, because He never forgets. It's not to remind the destroyer either, because he doesn't forget. We, however, do forget and thus, we take communion. The dictates of the flesh tell us that, "We don't deserve protection, but by the dictates of the Spirit, we're reminded that Grace has given us what we do not deserve.
This is the main thing that Romans 8:1 is saying to us. The Law of Sin and Death has met all the requirements in Jesus Christ and everyone who is in Him, has been set apart from the destroyer. The flesh will try telling you that, "You deserve to be destroyed," but if you'll allow the Spirit to dictate to you, then you can always know when taking communion, that Jesus met all the requirements of that Law.
Paul goes on in 1Corinthians 11:29-30 (Amplified), to remind us that when we take communion, while continuing to feel like we should be punished for our sins, then we eat and drink unworthy and have no faith in our Lamb. Thus, he writes, "For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that it is Christ's Body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgment), upon himself. That careless and unworthy participation is the reason many of you are weak and sickly and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death."
This dictate is under the Laws that govern Heaven and the spirit world. When we observe the Law of faith and the Law of the Spirit of Life, which is in Christ Jesus, which is the Law of our new being, then we're signifying our observance of the dictates of the Spirit. We know and signify, that we're free of the Law of Sin and Death.
Of course we don't deserve it, but this is what Grace has done for us. Grace has granted to us, that which is unearned and undeserved, the freedom from the Law of Sin and Death. We've misunderstood the Laws that govern the Spirit realm. Even the unclean spirits must abide by these Laws. We've made taking the cup of His Blood, a tradition, instead of Truth.
God's Word tells us that we "wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers of spirit forces in the spirit realm." The destroyer doesn't care about our fleshly rituals, but only the Truth of the cup of the blood remembrance. Taking this cup doesn't only serve to remind us, but serves notice to the destroyer that we understand the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus and the power of it. Everything we've done is under the Blood of Jesus Christ and the Law of Sin and Death no longer applies to us.
This stand of faith in the Blood of Christ, is one of the most misunderstood and misused laws that govern the Church. Our flesh keeps reminding us about our natural man, but the Spirit keeps reminding us of our new creation being. Whichever one we listen to, determines whether or not the destroyer has place in our lives. According to Jesus' Message to Paul, this is why so many are weak, sick and dead before their time.
Jesus told His followers in Matthew 6:33 (Amplified), "But seek (aim at and strive after), first of all His Kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides." God's way of doing and being right, is based on the Spiritual Laws that govern the Spirit realm. Man's idea of communion says, "Don't drink if there is sin in your life," but God's idea of communion is, "This is to remind you that there is no sin in your life."
Does this mean that if I have done something wrong, then the Blood still covers me? The answer to this question is, "Yes." You couldn't be in sin, anymore than when you first received Jesus and the Blood made you off-limits to the destroyer even then. If you've committed sin, then at least be spiritual enough to know that the Blood of Jesus is still cleansing and protecting you. If you do sin now that you're saved, then it's none of the destroyer's business. It's only between you and your Heavenly Father and He will deal with you, by the Kingdom Laws of faith.
We're supposed to be under the Kingdom rule, of our Father. What we do now, is of no use to the destroyer. Sin is not what brings sickness, weakness or premature death to the child of God, but it's our not understanding the Laws governing the Kingdom and it's King, that bring these things. We are supposed to remember His death, when taking the cup.
We've spent a lifetime, trying to govern the flesh-by the flesh. We've made up rules and man-made laws, in order to stop the flesh from doing wrong. Even the Law of Moses did this. We operate in a much higher Law than the old covenant. We live by and through the Law of the Spirit of Life, which is in Christ Jesus. This Law comes through the Holy Spirit and the Word of Truth, into our new creation spirit. We build and strengthen our spirit, through the Holy Spirit and God's Word, whereby we contain the lusts of the flesh, by being strong in the Lord and His Might.
We cannot overcome the flesh, by the flesh. This is man-made religion and has no profit in it, according to John 6:63 (Amplified) where Jesus says, "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life-Giver); the flesh conveys no benefit whatever, there is no profit in it. The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life." We are to rule the flesh, by the spirit and not by the flesh. The man-made laws of religion, only lead to more condemnation and guilt, which overflows to opening the door to the destroyer. Remember what Paul said in 1Corinthians 11:30 (Amplified), "This careless and unworthy participation is the reason any of you (in the Church) are weak, and sickly and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death." We must believe the Word and not the flesh. Remind yourself that, "By the Blood of Christ Jesus, you're off-limits to the Law of Sin and Death and the destroyer."
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