COMMUNION MEDITATION: Two classes of humankind …

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Some unidentified person once sat down and penned a list of what he or she called “two classes of humankind.” It’s a short list containing the following:

1. Sinners, saints.

2. Wicked, righteous.

3. Unbelievers, believers.

4. Reprobates, heirs.

5. Enemies of God, friends of God.

6. Foolish, wise.

7. Tares, wheat.

8. Ungodly, godly.

9. Children of the world, children of the kingdom.

10. Those who live after the flesh, those who are led by the Spirit.

Now that you get the gist of the list, you likely can add to it (I encourage you to do so!).

But let’s ask the important question: What is the dividing factor from one side of the list to the other? Or, how can we move from sinners to saints, wicked to righteous, unbelievers to believers, reprobates to heirs, enemies of God to friends of God, foolish to wise, tares to wheat, ungodly to godly, children of the world to children of the kingdom, and those who once lived after the flesh to be among those who are led by the Spirit?

The answer is demonstrated to us as we partake in Communion — Jesus offered up His broken body, and shed His blood, so that we could be reconciled to God in a whole new life in and through Him.

“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him,” 2 Corinthians 5:17-18.

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me,” Galatians 2:20.

As we observe Communion, let us remember it is only by the sacrifice Jesus made of Himself that we have “changed class,” or as the Apostle Paul described it, “For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins,” Colossians 1:13.

Scotty