Podcast
Being people of God's presence means seeing God; it means fellowship with God and with each other; it means holiness; it means going back down the mountain, and it means recognising our continual need for God's presence.
Meals with Jesus: Salvation, Transformation and Community at the Table
At this meal we see Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax-collector, receive welcome, acceptance and transformative salvation at the meal table. It challenges our assumptions of who is 'in' and who is 'out' and invites us to say yes to Jesus's invitation to be transformed, to have our lives brought more and more in line with the way of his Kingdom, today.
Meals with Jesus: Salvation, Transformation and Community at the Table
At this meal we see a glimpse of God's coming Kingdom, a promise of the great banquet feast that awaits us. And as we, along with the disciples, are called to partner with him in meeting the needs around us, we see also his enabling and abundant provision.
Meals with Jesus: Salvation, Transformation and Community at the Table
Jesus' behaviour at the meal table is an offer of salvation and transformation, an extending of community and fullness of life to the woman, to Simon the Pharisee, and to us today.
Passover is about Yahweh setting his people free so they can serve and worship Him, and about remembering and celebrating that freedom as we look forward to the future full coming of His Kingdom.
The way to holiness, the way to transformation is to set our minds on Jesus, so we starve the sin in our lives.