"Rise!" Smoothly Working Together
Bible verses for this teaching:
1 Corinthians 11:23-25
23 For this is what the Lord himself has said about his Table, and I have passed it on to you before: That on the night when Judas betrayed him, the Lord Jesus took bread,
24 and when he had given thanks to God for it, he broke it and gave it to his disciples and said, "Take this and eat it. This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me."
25 In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, "This cup is the new agreement between God and you that has been established and set in motion by my blood. Do this in remembrance of me whenever you drink it." TLB
John 17:20-23
"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. NKJV
Matthew 13:24-30
24 Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.
25 One night, when every one was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
26 When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.
27 The man's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?'
28 'It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him.
29 'No,' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.
30 Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.'" TEV
Matthew 13:33 (The Parable of the Leaven)
Another parable He spoke to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened." NKJV
Luke 13:20-21 (The Parable of the Leaven)
20 And again He said, "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened." NKJV
Leviticus 23:15-20
15 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
17 You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the first fruits to the Lord.
18 And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Lord.
19 Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering.
20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. NKJV
Colossians 2:11-13
11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him (Wheat) through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, (Wheat) having forgiven you all trespasses, NKJV
Ephesians 2:4-6
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, NKJV
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion#2842 of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion#2842 of the body of Christ?
17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. NKJV
1 Corinthians 11:17-22
17 Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19 For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.
20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.
21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you. NKJV
Proverbs 12:18
There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. AMP (Swords cut)
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. RSV
