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The psalmist is fully aware of the fact that God is omnipresent. "The whole earth is full of His glory." It brings a full awareness that no matter where he is or what he is doing, God is there. There is nowhere that he can go to get away from God and the fact that God knows his every thought and every word even before it proceeds from his mouth. David already knows that God knows his every thought and every word. David is talking about slaying the wicked and hating those who detest God in vs. 19 through 22. Those thoughts and feelings of hatred and killing are not Godly so David is asking God to change his heart and direct him in the way of love.

This has always been one of my favoite Psalms. The common thread, as I see it, is that of God always speaking to us. His creation speaks volumes of His Majesty as well as His Word speaking volumes of who He is. The Psalmist seems to bask in God's Word by the meditation of His created Word and the revelation of His written Word. Yes, I have felt this way and continue to when I take the time to meditate on Him. The Psalmists wonder of creation seems to bring him into a place where meditation of God's creation makes him so much more aware of the revelation of His written Word. David is asking God to continually make him aware of the awesomeness of His creation in meditation and the revelation of His Word to reflect his own words. Everything in our Christian walk is a heart and mouth connection. What is in our heart will come out of our mouth.

This Psalm teaches that God is the one who holds all things together and sustains the universe in the essence of who He is. This Psalm teaches that we as human beings we were created for the purpose of being in His likeness and to have dominion over His creation. Our purpose is carry out His commands on earth with the authority He has given us by placing all things under our feet in the name of Jesus. This Psalm teaches that Jesus is the example of the glory and honor that we are crowned with to enable us to have the domion and authority that He has given us in the name of Jesus. This Psalm teaches us that we have the responsibility to rule and reign on this earth in the name of Jesus and to take the God given authority we have and recognize that all things have been put under our feet and that we are the ones with the dominion over our lives, not the devil.

Q2. What does koinōnia mean? Koinonia is a common bond shared in by all who have participated. Meaning that not only do I have a common bond with Jesus Christ but I also have a common bond with all partakers of salvation through His shed blood. What does it mean to "participate" or "share" in the blood of Christ? When Jesus went to the cross, I went to the cross. When He was buried, I was buried. When He descended, I descended, and when He ascended, I ascended. If that were not true, then I would not be able to be called a co-heir with Jesus. I would not be able to be seated with Him in heavenly places. My citizenship would not be allowed to be in heaven. Alleluia!! What an awesome God we serve!!

Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? The cup represents the blood that is in it. In Lev. it talks about the life of the blood is in the flesh. The blood represents the life of the person it is shed by. When we drink the cup of demons we are partaking of what those demons represent and when we drink the cup of the Lord we are partaking of what the Lord represents. Demon participation represents death - the Lord participation represents life. We cannot be doubleminded and think that we are honoring the blood of our Lord by participating in sacrifices offered to demons. What was going on in the church? They had gotten into idolatry which is loving or venerating anything more than God. What was the danger to the believers? They were placing themselves in a situation similar to those that God was displeased with in the wilderness. Those were worshippers of false Gods and some ate and drank sacrifices offered to the golden calf. 1 Cor. 10:8 - the result was that 23,000 suddenly fell dead in a single day. Read on through vs. 9-11 and see that these things were to admonish and warn us today. God will not be mocked!

(1 Corinthians 11:26) In what way is the Lord's Supper a proclamation? It is a proclaiming of our belief in recognizing we needed a savior personally and outwardly to unbelievers. It is a proclamation that signifies our hope (earnest intense expectation) of His return. To whom is the proclamation made? To God first and all the heavenly hosts of our trust and obedience to His ordinances that we believe that Jesus is coming again. It is also a proclamation of our belief to all who are present at the time. Why is this important? When a proclamation is enacted it ratifies and solidifies its significance in our lives. What happens to the church when its proclamation shifts to a different central theme? It might just as well close its doors or put up a sign saying - "Jesus you are not welcome here!"

Why is our remembrance of Christ's death so important? Christ's death is the crux of Christianity. Without His death we could not have a relationship with God the Father. In remembering His death we are reminded of God's love for us when we were yet sinners. What happens to Christianity if we neglect remembering in this way? It becomes a religion practiced instead of a relationship lived. What happens to us personally when we forget Christ's death? We become full of wasted knowledge and useless wisdom wide open to the deceitful schemes of the enemy. "I" becomes the central theme of our lives and we are no better off than when we were unsaved

a. What was the purpose of the Passover meal for future generations? b. Why was it to be repeated? c. What was to be remembered? d. What would have happened if the Jews had stopped remembering the Exodus? a. A sign of God's love and deliverance for them and their future redemption. b. To keep the hope before them always unto all generations. c. That they were His chosen people and that He would be back to redeem them. d. They would have fallen prey to all kinds of religious doctrines and eventually ensnared to disbelief in the return of their Messiah.

Anything we allow to become mundane in our lives is a reflection of the lack of graditude we have for what Jesus did for us on the cross. Each morning should be a new beginning for each of us in remembrance of His life in us as a result of His death for us. Jesus knew mankind and how easy it was for them to take things for granted and to forget the importance of what giving His life for us really meant. He wanted us to not only remember His death regularly but to remember His life in us daily. One way is through the Lord's supper. When I take the Lord's supper it is a reminder to me that Christ is in me and He is the hope of my glory. It reminds me that it is no longer I that lives but that Christ that lives in me. It reminds me that I can do the same works that Jesus did on this earth. It reminds me that greater is He who is in me than He who is in the world. The Lord's supper contains within it - wholeness, health, love, joy, peace and everything good that comes down from the Father of lights.

Prov. 4:17 - "They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. They were eating and drinking death unto themselves. Jn.6:53 Jesus said them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you". In Lev. 17 it talks of the life of the animal sacrificed was in the blood and made atonement for their souls. It is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life it represents. The blood we partake of represents the remission of our sins. Jn 10:10 - Partaking of the devil's bread and wine = kill, steal and destroy Partaking of Jesus's bread and wine = abundant life Throughout these scriptures we see that what we are to remember through His death is His life. His life given - His life risen - His life is in us - His life lives through us. That is what is most meaningful to me. It makes me reflect on Gal. 2:20 "It is no longer I that lives but Christ that lives in me." As I partake of communion I remember all aspects of what He did for me, but most importantly I remember the life of Him that is now living in me and how I must appropriate that life to glorify Him.

Anything catagorized as extreme is usually a sign of imbalance. To me, when receiving communuion I believe that the balance lies in the fact that not only are we remembering His death with enormous gratitude, piety and somewhat of a feeling of not deserving what He did for us and being very repentant of heart for our shortcomings, but to also remember what His death symbolizes regarding our life today. One of the missing factors, I believe, in the communion service is the part of rejoicing, therefore leaving the communion table still at the cross instead of being lifted up to our position in Christ as a result of His death.

I definitely believe that the communion elements are figurative and when I partake of them during a service or at home by myself or with my husband I recognize and am thankful that His death gave me life. I think that sometimes we major on the death and He is saying to us to major on the life that I have given you through My death. Without His death we would not have eternal life in the future and the abundant life now. In Jn.6:35 He tells us that He is the bread of life.