9.1 Becoming a Christian and joining a Church is a serious and life changing commitment, and should not be undertaken lightly. Commitment to a Church as a member involves: v) participating regularly in the Lord’s Supper (we invite to the
Let us eat and drink
6.5 The Lord’s Supper was instituted by Jesus Christ before He died, and local Churches should continue to celebrate it regularly as part of their meeting together until He returns. As Christians take the bread and wine together, they call
We should meet
6.4 The Church is to meet together regularly; each member should make it a priority to be present where possible, not neglecting this without good cause. Such meetings have the building up of one another as their purpose. This happens
A new Passover [2]
On the evening before he dies, Jesus shares an intimate meal with his disciples. It begins as a Passover, but feels like no other Passover meal his team have ever had, as the threat of his death hangs over the
The temple of life
Bezalel was gifted by the Holy Spirit to create a temporary temple for God, during the time of Moses (Ex 31:1-11). Over 1500 years later, Paul saw himself as a temple builder except of a grander kind: an eternal temple
One big tent
Peter has spoken of Jerusalem’s sins against Christ (v22,23,36) & God’s vindication of him (v32, 33). Many now respond with an anxious cry (v37), to which Peter replies with a call to repent (v38). They must turn back to God