They've Been With Jesus: Communion | Pastor Tyler Johnson | 05.03.26

So he goes, I'm astonished that you so quickly deserted the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel. Stop. Martin Luther said it best. The believer needs to preach the gospel to themselves every single day because they forget it every single day. The gospel's simple. To the religious person in the room, you think there's a a checkbox of things that you need to do each day to make sure that you're good. No. Jesus is the checkbox. He's the first and the last. It's all about Jesus plus nothing equals everything [00:41:15] (34 seconds)  #JesusPlusNothing

If I could put it this way, it's where we remember we are the body of Christ called to represent Jesus to one another and recognize him in each other. So one of the things that's supposed to happen in communion, it says we're one loaf. So when you when you get the bread and you have the cup in front you, one thing you're supposed to go is you're supposed to look at yourself and say, have I been Jesus to these people, and am I seeing Jesus in them? Or have I been divisive to these people, and have I been critical of them? And he's saying we're all in there's only one bride. This is all we got. And the reality is that the bride is flawed because of you. [01:13:59] (38 seconds)  #OneLoafOneBride

The early church, oh, they loved the cross. They were thankful for the cross. They were in awe of the cross. They had the wonder of the cross. They clinged to the cross. Yeah. You need to know something that when Jesus was here on this earth, not every question is created equal. Not every conversation is created equal. He was asked a 100 and plus 80 questions in his ministry. 180 plus questions. He only answered eight because he wasn't getting sidetracked on the peripheral. He had a focus. I need to get to the cross. [01:06:13] (31 seconds)  #FocusedOnTheCross

But the reality is is that what I have been noticing in the Christian movement is people are not rejecting God anymore. They're now just kinda redefining them. And what's happening in Galatians is a false gospel doesn't have to remove Jesus. It just has to reduce him. And that's what Galatians did, and that's what culture can do at times. But a church that is built on the word of God, that understands the scriptures, that that understands what communion is, you will not stray from the gospel. You'll actually be the church that God died for. He goes on to say, which is really no gospel at all. [00:42:24] (34 seconds)  #JesusNotReduced

Because that seeps into everywhere in your life. Right. There's so many Christians that will read the Bible, see a commandment, be like, well, maybe obey that next week. Wow. And this is a problem in the church. Yeah. The first thing we learn from communion, if Jesus says it, we do it. Can I get an amen for that? Amen. So good. Second thing we see, it keeps Christ at the center. Communion keeps Christ at the center. Communion is where we stop striving, and we start remembering it is finished. Communion pulls us back to what matters, the cross. [01:05:38] (32 seconds)  #IfJesusSaysDoIt

The church is an organization. It's the bride of Christ. So when we entertain gossip, allow constant critique, tolerate division, we're not just talking about people. We're talking about his bride. So let me be clear. Jesus is patient with broken people, but he is protective over his bride. You don't get a claim you you love Jesus while casually criticizing what he died for. You can honor the you you can't honor the head and then dishonor the body. Gossip in the church isn't harmless. It's personal to Jesus. Now let me do some teaching real quick. [01:17:19] (29 seconds)  #ProtectTheBride

And so you take the mirror, which is communion. It's the standard that Jesus has for your life. And you examine yourself. You repent of it. You don't justify it. You don't try to hide it. You bring it to the blood, and you say, Lord, will you forgive me? And when you examine yourself and you bring it, you walk away free. Come on now. Who doesn't want that in their life? Amen? Now the the the fourth one is it unifies the church. It unifies the church. Now this one's fascinating to me. I I I I never saw this till I really got in this study. So even for me, this has been great for me. [01:13:06] (33 seconds)  #ExamineAndRepent

This is Paul is saying. You know, on Paul, Saul to Paul, on the road to Damascus, Jesus literally met me there, called me, and sent me out. I have no editing authority. He goes, you have no editing authority. The angels have no editing authority. The gospel is the gospel. It goes on to say, am I now trying to win approval of human beings? Of course not. I don't know. I don't know what I don't know what happened where some Christians think they're not supposed to share the truth and upset people. It's gonna upset people sometimes. I just came to the conclusion, I'm okay with it. If you don't like it, talk to my boss. [00:43:09] (45 seconds)  #GospelIsNotEdited