The Miracle Of CommunionFire Lets Us See All Things New

The Holy Spirit is able to give us memories of things that haven't even taken place yet!

Part of a Letter In Response to the Question of Constant Communion?

The Lord invited us to "Do this"! As Wesley said, "That in and of itself is enough!" If our hearts pound with Jesus grace and goodness, it creates a response of the heart. We don't respond out of obedience to a 'command' so to speak, but more from an awareness of just how wonderful our Savior is, so we want more! His love for us brings us back every time.

As far as revelation in vision or hearing goes, perhaps I need to address the spiritual mechanics of that a bit more and perhaps better. 

You remember the little exercise we did when I spoke the word "flower"? (See "Consider the Lilies" in the right hand column). Imagine for a moment, if you think the word, "Pulpit"? Or your wife, the word "Women's Auxiliary Meeting"? Pastor, what would be the first thing that came to mind? Would it be a morning when you saw the Lord confirm your message with signs following? Would it be a dialog with a neighbor? Would it be an alter call when several people gave their hearts to the Lord? And to the Mrs., Pastor, what high point might she remember when meeting with the Sisters? Would it be about an outreach or decision that supported the growth and testimony of the fellowship? Perhaps it would be about a family that was cared for or a special event that went particularly well?

All I am saying is that context is what persuades our thinking or ignites our capacity 'to remember' and 'realize' something in our memory. 

We think of some thing that is memorable. Those good and sometimes difficult memories surface more quickly than more subtle things that have escaped our memory cache over the years. If we encounter an event where someone is ill and we pray for them we might say, 'You know I remember a time when we prayed for ____ and was so blessed at how quickly they seemed to recover once we anointed them and prayed the prayer of faith for the sick according to the Scriptures. 


This fragile world is temporary... 
In CommunionFire its power and influence is shattered 
To reveal the gems of glory that will last forever! 
Now we know - Jesus is Our Savior, Lord, Bridegroom and King!

Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of Me". It is Jesus who shares His memories with us. It is the Holy Spirit that brings our the "family photo album" or event videos.  The first encounter I had was when the Holy Spirit brought to mind the entire life of Jesus like a rapid fire microfiche covering the cradle to the cross. The next day was just one snippet of Jesus calling Peter  and then in the wine, me! It was just one picture from the entire photo album or like one video.

When 2 Corinthians 4:18 says what we see with our natural eyes is the realm of the temporal or temporary. But when He opens our eyes to recognize (as in Luke 24 at the The Table in Emmaus) He shows us the "unseen" (that which the world cannot see - but only his friends - for He no longer calls us servants, but friends and he only reveals His secrets to His friends) The unseen is that which is eternal!

Then in 2 Corinthians 3:18 He says, "The veil is pulled back (on the temporary to reveal the eternal) and we "see" His glory (full of grace and truth) as in a mirror or (1 Corinthians 13:12 or dark glass) - think of Paul saying this in 'today's technology' - the TV screen is 'dark' until we hit the remote - then the picture (vision, revelation) appears! When the picture appears - Jesus is in it somewhere! "First our eyes 'wake up' when the picture appears. Then we 'recognize Jesus' in the picture. The holy Spirit helps us to see Him and recognize Him! When we do, something happens. We are being transformed from one degree of glory to another by The Spirit who is The Lord! 

Then we understand the meaning of 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 

17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; (Transformation) the old things passed away; behold, all things become new. 

(In His Glory we are being transformed from one degree of glory to another - as in each time we have Communion when we feed on His Body and Drink of His Blood and then the veil pulls back and we feed on His eternal life, love and presence and our eyes open; and we recognize Him; and His love transforms us because we see Him personally - we are first hand witnesses)

18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Also said by King David, He prepares His Table before me in the very presence of my enemies. There He anoints my head with oil (Christ the anointed one anoints us with the oil that allows us to 'see Him' or have revelation of Him. When we do, our cup overflows with His Goodness and mercy! (And we know it is the mercy of God that heals and reconciles and the goodness of God that leads to repentance. 

Repentance is just this - "He opens our eyes and we realize" that "He who knew no sin was made to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." We realize that when Jesus said, "It is inished!" It was! There is nothing more that is necessary. He paid the price in full and all we need to do is "BELIEVE". Be Bold & Believe". If you believe than you can sit at His Table and feast on the Bread of His Flesh and Drink the Wine of His Blood to be able to Feast on His Eternal Presence. 

How better to lift up Jesus than to have Him lift us up! Then His grace flows from us and we become a tree of righteousness in Him, the planting of the Lord. Then others can "taste" and "see" the Lord is good for themselves. They are not dependent on our encounter or experience but He meets them right where they are, as they are for who they are at that moment. It is your personal encounter that is a first hand witness to the reality of Jesus in your life. They see the effect of His transformation in your life and are drawn to Him because they can tell you have been with Him!

Okay - the "writers" continue their writing - but the Word of the Lord endures forever! 
Thanks for 'wading through' these notes with me!
Love in Jesus to you both!
Have a wonder-filled day!