How is it that we all go to church, we all read the Bible, but we believe, think and move so drastically different and in opposition to one another?!

Are we being exposed to truth? Was what you heard, what you saw, what you participated in “church” even of God? Did you hear a good sermon today?

Here’s how to tell.

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
— 1 John 4:1

Holy Communion is the cipher.

False prophecy divides and excludes; it obstructs the path to communion.

Even when the message decries oppression and injustices, if there is no Way presented to reconciliation, it is not of the spirit of God. God is a redeemer.

A true witness reveals the oneness that is already there and facilitates a greater enjoyment of Holy Communion.

Did it promote the bringing together, of the saved and those who are being saved, to the Lord’s table where we receive and celebrate His redemptive and atoning work to make us One? And, did it promote overcoming whatever attempts to hinder it?

That is good. That is of God.

When we come together, it should not be about the sermon anyway. It should be about Holy Communion, where we all participate, bringing something to give.