The Rooms of Discipleship (5) - The Dining Room - Part 2

In Luke 6: 40 Jesus says, “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.” There is a training, a discipline in living the Christian life. And formal dining, deliberately partaking of the word of God, is a very real part of that training. If a person is neglecting their spiritual dining with Christ, they are neglecting an important part of their training in which they become like their Master. They are, in fact, neglecting this great salvation that has been given to them. If there is no preparation being done by a person in the kitchen of discipleship, there is no formal dining taking place in their heart. Sometimes this condition comes upon many people in the same local church, and as a result, our Lord Jesus Christ has to speak to them and to warn them of the spiritual danger that they are in. The way that He does this in our day is through the admonition of His word to their souls. Through the preaching of His blessed word He comes to us to teach us, to rebuke us, and to encourage us to dine with Him. So we want to understand, 1st of all this morning, that there is a confrontation in spiritual dining between ourselves and Christ. 2nd – We want to see that there is counsel that is given to us in spiritual dining, and then 3rd – We want to realize that that there is a church involved in our spiritual dining. So this morning I want you to continue on with me in our study of spiritual dining by having you turn with me to Revelation 3, verse 20.