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  (CLIP) GOD'S DESIRE TO MEET WITH HIS CHURCH DURING COMMUNION
  by Francis Chan
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the significance of communion,
highlighting how partaking in the bread and cup symbolizes our
participation in the body and blood of Christ, uniting believers as one
body. The speaker reflects on the intimate desire of God to commune with
His people, not just individually but collectively as a church,
stressing the importance of coming together in unity to partake in the
Lord's Supper.

Topics: "Communion", "Unity in the Body of Christ"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 12:27, Matthew 18:20, 1 Corinthians 11:26

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the significance of communion, highlighting how
partaking in the bread and cup symbolizes our participation in the body
and blood of Christ, uniting believers as one body. The speaker reflects
on the intimate desire of God to commune with His people, not just
individually but collectively as a church, stressing the importance of
coming together in unity to partake in the Lord's Supper.

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CONTENT
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The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the
blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in
the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one
body, for we all partake the one bread. Okay, I've been meditating on
this passage this week. Where he says, this bread that we take, this cup
that we bless.

Okay, key word, we, this cup that we bless. This is such a fascinating
truth. I just want to share with you, and I hope it's not old to you,
but this morning, God in heaven wants, okay, wants, he desires, God
sitting on a stone, Almighty God who spoke the earth into existence.

I hope this is still great news to you. He wants to commune with us. Key
word, us.

Not you, yes you, but even more so us. That's why the church comes
together. This is God's desire.

Now, I came here, I was here like 7 a.m. God and I were communing
together, just in this room. He and I, that was good. He liked it, I
liked it, but what he wants more, when I studied the New Testament, is
he wants us.

He wants us united as one, coming before the body and blood of the Lord,
and he wants to commune with us in a special way.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/XKrqUQABhbc.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/francis-chan/clip-gods-desire-to-meet-with-his-church-during-communion/
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