Avoid

"Do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing?" 1 Corinthians 11:22.

Yipes! Scorn for God's congregation? Shaming people of low income? What in the world's this talking about? Talking about communion. The Lord's Supper. Breaking bread. Together. Talking about meeting together. Fellowship. Sharing lives together in Jesus. Recognizing each individual brother or sister as brother or sister. Appreciating individual parts of the whole, the living body of Christ. To dissect the body of Christ scorns the church of God. To avoid a brother or sister for their low standing shames Jesus' people. So we will not do that. Rather, we participate together in the body of Christ and share together in his covenant. Kingdom of God.

With a brother or sister today, we affirm the fellowship of Christ. We encourage all to assemble and commune. And, together, we give thanks that God has not avoided us.