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  THAT OTHERS MAY EAT
  by G.W. North
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Summary: To participate in the communion of the body of Christ, we must
break bread as Jesus did, symbolizing our willingness to lay down our
lives for others.

Topics: "Communion", "Sacrifice for Others"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 10:16

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G.W. North emphasizes the profound truth in 1 Corinthians 10 regarding
communion, highlighting that the act of breaking bread is essential for
true communion with Christ and one another. He explains that just as
Jesus broke the bread for others, we too must be willing to lay down our
lives for others to partake in this communion. North urges believers to
move beyond childish understandings and embrace the responsibility of
breaking bread for the sake of others, as this act embodies the essence
of communion within the body of Christ. The sermon calls for a deeper
understanding of our role in the community of believers, where each
member participates in the act of breaking for the benefit of all.
Ultimately, this communion reflects the unity of the body of Christ,
where every member contributes to the whole.

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In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul opens wider still the immensity of truth, more
widely than any other man has done: 'the bread which we break, is it not
the communion of the body of Christ?' Paul saw that when Jesus said,
'this do', He did so having Himself broken the bread. Like John in
another connection, the apostle 'saw and understood'. No wonder he later
pleads with us to put away childish thoughts and things and speech and
understandings and become men. To be in this wondrous Communion we must
do more than receive and eat the bread; as Jesus Himself, we too must
break the bread. He broke it for others to eat, so we too must break it
that others may eat.

The logic of it is inexorable. He laid down His life for us; we must lay
down our lives for the brethren.

He broke it for us so that we should see and follow His example. We must
or we shall not commune. Strange though it may seem, the act of
breaking, not the act of eating, is specified as the act of communing.
He broke for others to eat; so must we. In the act of breaking it is as
though for the purposes of communing, each member of the body in turn
momentarily becomes as the Head Himself who brings the whole body into
the Communion. The Communion is of the whole body, Head and members.
That, beloved, is the most high and holy of all our privileges, even as
it was His on that solemn, dreadful day.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/gw-north/that-others-may-eat/
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