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Conversations Over Bread And Wine
Meditations For The Lord's Supper
"Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."
If I should tell you that these words of Jesus are among the most helpful, positive, and affirming statements in the entire Bible, you would probably think me crazy. They seem clearly to be words of warning; they are threatening and intimidating. And because most of us don't like threats, we skip over them as quickly as possible, consigning them to that list of negative statements of Jesus we are content to ignore.
If I should tell you that these words of Jesus are among the most helpful, positive, and affirming statements in the entire Bible, you would probably think me crazy. They seem clearly to be words of warning; they are threatening and intimidating. And because most of us don't like threats, we skip over them as quickly as possible, consigning them to that list of negative statements of Jesus we are content to ignore.
