Dinner Church 2.0: Week Three

Christ at the Home Table

This week we bring our series, on the three tables that Christ inhabits, to a conclusion. As we examine the table of the home my prayer is that Christ will give us a new vision for sharing the love of Christ in a way that every one of us can do. As you prepare for Sunday I invite you to watch my short video, read the scripture below and then answer the reflection questions.

They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity— all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved. Acts 2:46–47

Reflection Questions:

1. What would this description of the early church look like today in the 21st century?
2. What would have to change for this description of the church to happen today?
3. What’s the first thing you would need to change to begin to live into this vision?

Dinner Church 2.0: Week One

Welcome to the first of our three-week sermon series called Dinner Church 2.0. Over the next three weeks we are going to examine three tables that Jesus inhabits and learn ways to join with Jesus at these tables in practical ways that help us to share His love with the people in and around our lives.

As you prepare for our service this weekend I invite you to take time to watch the video, read the scripture passage and reflect on the questions below. 

John 6:51-58

 ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

⁵² Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.

⁵³ So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. ⁵⁴ But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”

Questions for Reflection:

1. What do you think Jesus meant when he said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven?” (Vs. 51)
2. How did the people take his illustration that to live they must eat him? How do you interpret this today?  
3. What would it take in your life to fully identify with Jesus? Have you done this? If not, what is stopping you from fully identifying with Him?

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As we prepare for this weekend, I encourage you to watch the video, read the scripture and then spend some time answering the questions below. 

Mark 2:13    Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. ¹⁴ As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

Mark 2:15    Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) ¹⁶ But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?^b”

Mark 2:17    When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

Reflection Questions:

1. Why do you think the Pharisees objected to Jesus' dinner companions? 

2. What does Jesus' response say about what his ministry is all about?

3. What do you think are some implications of Jesus' response for us within the church today?