Mr. M

My only question with regard to a fruitful discussion of sovereignty would be, does it involve the exercise of authority?

Hebrews 10:30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

I believe you are referring to this John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” This is a bit beyond pointing out faults, which we should not do to each other, much less the world. Christians should stand up for their moral beliefs, and man o woman, is that battle raging! And yet there are those presiding over same sex marriages as ministers of God?

Sure it does, if you are willing to look at the 75 scripture references you make and claim supports the Holy Trinity doctrine as you believe it. Universalism employs the same methodology. How about you provide a biblical testimony. "at the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses let every matter be established"

Who needs the Holy Spirit when they have gotquestions.org? Sounds like an idol to me. John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. Deuteronomy 5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

His brothers were traveling to Jerusalem for the great feast. Why? It is a requirement of the Law. This is a perfect example of what Paul is discussing here: Romans 9: 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. By following the Law, which required every male to "appear before the Lord" three times a year, they could say, like Paul: "concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless." Yet they had ears but could not hear, and eyes but could not see, for the Messiah stood before them, but they did not believe, not having even a mustard seed of faith. When the Lord says "your time is always ready", this word 'ready' means prepared. It was pre-determined by statute. Contrast that, for example, to the recent discussion of Philip the evangelist, who was obeying direct orders from the Holy Spirit. So they kept the feast...SO WHAT. Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain. The Lord, of course, honored the Law by traveling to the feasts...(to appear before Himself?) John 7:10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. ...He was there to do His Father's Will. And what was that? 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. So we see that the Holy Spirit would not exercise authority independent of the Son. John 16: 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. .

If only we could get back on topic and discuss sovereignty, and the source of all authority.

In what way are they different? What I am seeing is that you will not confirm the recognition of authority that is presented in the scriptures, and how that relates to sovereignty, which is the topic you originated. Does the Son of God (God the Son is not in scriptures) exercise independent sovereignty, or does He always submit to His Father? Again, you refuse to acknowledge the scriptures quoted in my responses, but you think you can force your dogma on others, and place labels on them. How about this one for a label:NON-DOGMATIC.

I am in full agreement with Thomas. John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

Yes, but I do not use the terminology "Holy Trinity" as it is not presented that way in the scriptures. It ignores the relationship between the three with regard to authority, as they are expressed in the scriptures, which you still refuse to acknowledge or respond to, so this is again, the final question I will be answering. We know nothing of God the Father, other than what the Son has revealed to us. 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Everything the scriptures say about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Particularly what they say with regard to the relationship between them. You wanted to discuss sovereignty correct? The topic of discussion therefore is authority. Apparently you have no response to the scriptures I have posted. If this is your attempt to drag me into a debate on dogma, you are barking up the wrong tuffet mz muffet. The trinity doctrine is to me nothing more than Christianity's way of dancing around the Shema, which the Lord accepted as the first commandment of all. No more questions until you respond to my last post.

So, a lesson on the trinity doctrine, rather than get an understanding of the authority that the bible clearly teaches? John 5: 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. Do you trust the teachings of the apostle Paul? 1 Corinthians 15: 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. There is a difference between illumination and indoctrination.

Wow! Six paragraphs, and no mention of the Son of God. Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. If God were not sovereign, Christ's authority would be meaningless. This is a testimony to the academic nature of so much theology, that men and women would have the audacity to "hotly debate" such an essential principle. I don't even consider the exercise to be truly Christian in nature. This is the secular humanism that invades the true doctrines of our faith. Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for You hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created. Truth! Amen! Halleluyah!

John 7: 1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world. 5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him. 6 Then Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come. This is a very explosive passage, but before addressing what the title proposes, let me ask a question to open the discussion. Please read the passage again, and share what the Spirit shows you. No posting of commentaries, wiki-notes, or got ? Why does the Lord tell the sons of Mary and Joseph, his own brothers, none of whom had come to believe in Him, "your time is always ready? Why are they free from the hatred of the world?, And What does this have to do with keeping the Great Feast? Okay, that is three questions, but they are tied together by the narrative, and the season in which the exchange occurs. ("the time" is kairos=season, not kronos=date/time)

I found this quite illuminating, in the realization that what the Lord expected of those who serve at the table, to simply break bread together on the Sabbath! And yet they despised the week old bread? Rather than understand this is the bread of His Presence, covered by the frankincense. The Bread of the Tabernacle Leviticus 24: 5 And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. 6 You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. 7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute. Malachi 1: 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense (prayer) shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. 12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat (bread), is contemptible.

This is the fulfillment of the Law: Romans 13:10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. The standard among the brethren beloved is even higher, and the testimony to the world. John 13: 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 15: 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

This is the fulfillment of the Law Romans 13:10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. The standard among the brethren beloved is even higher, and the testimony to the world. John 13: 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 15: 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 1 Corinthians 4: 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death works in us, but life in you. Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church. 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

The Ten Commandments were recorded as the basis for the covenant between God and Israel. The rest of the Law pertains to relations among the people, and to the land. Deuteronomy 4: 11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice. 13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess. The two tablets are kept in the Ark of the Testimony, for these are the words that everyone heard. What is that testimony? That man can hear the Voice of God, and live. Unfortunately, the people pulled back rather than draw near, and established the basis that continues today, of people wanting a leader to listen to God for them, and tell them what to do. Deuteronomy 5: 23 “So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24 And you said: ‘Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he still lives. 25 Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 You go near and hear all that the Lord our God may say, and tell us all that the Lord our God says to you, and we will hear and do it.’ We have been invited to draw near to God, everyone individually, to hear His Voice, and not just leaders. Hebrews 10: 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. This drawing near and hearing His Voice, knowing His Voice, and obeying is true salvation. John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. God’s purpose is not established by man’s will, but the question “will you serve Him?” must be answered by choosing to be obedient, as Paul testified to King Agrippa: Acts 26:19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.” What then is accomplished by this divine purpose Paul describes? Romans 9:11 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls. How then are we to apply this knowledge to our lives? 2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our “entrance” into the eternal Kingdom of heaven is the place we receive the “heavenly vision”.

Psalms 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Thy precepts. Throughout Psalms 119, David speaks of commandments, statutes, judgments, and testimonies. These words are Torah. A precept is a personal mandate. It is beyond the do’s and don’ts of covenant law; to the Lord’s Will for you personally. Notice that David says he “seeks Thy precepts”. This is what Paul is referring to here: Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. To seek and find the Lord’s personal mandate, is to know The Father’s Will for you. Psalms 119:27 Make me understand the way of Thy precepts: so shall I talk of Thy wondrous works. Every saint has a unique voice in the kingdom of heaven that is accessed by the Lord’s precepts. Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. The Lord’s Mandates, established in the Spirit of Christ, keeps us in the Light of Life. Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Other references to having a personal mandate in Psalm 119 4 You have commanded me to keep Your precepts diligently. 15 I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. Under our personal mandate, we choose our companions wisely. 63 I am a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your precepts. Notice how the world’s hostility is ramped up against someone who seeks, finds, and walks in the personal mandate given by the Lord’s precepts. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. 78 Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; but I will meditate on Your precepts. 87 They almost made an end of me on earth, but I did not forsake Your precepts. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. 134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts. 141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts. We walk in the Light of Life when we follow our personal mandates. 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness. 93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have given me life. 159 Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness. We cannot read about precepts in the scriptures, we must seek and find that good, and perfect and acceptable Will of God for us personally. 94 I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts. When we are born again from above, we receive the Spirit of Wisdom 100 I understand more than the elders, because I keep Your precepts. We overcome false teaching by following our personal mandate. 104 Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. 128 Therefore all your precepts, all I consider right; and I hate every false way. The Lord is an ever present help to those who seek His precepts. 168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. 173 Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your precepts.

Romans 9:20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the ‘thing formed’ [G4110=plasma] say to Him who forms [G4111=plasso] Why have you made me like this? Paul here is not making reference to the creation of man in Genesis, or the creation of the nation of Israel. This is the regeneration of the spirit of man, as spoken by the prophet. Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms [G4111=plasso, VXX] the spirit of man within him. Romans 9: 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? Paul makes reference to the prophet, while conveying his words upon all the nations of man. Habakkuk 1: 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them [plasso, VXX] for correction. The prophets also speak of the spiritual regeneration to come with the restoration of Israel. Jeremiah 33:2 Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed [plasso] to establish, the Lord is His name; 3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first. 8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me. The prophet confirms that this is the work of the Savior Isaiah 53:11 BST The Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of his soul, to shew him light, and to form [plasso] with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many well; and he shall bear their sins. As the nation of Israel is the work of the Lord in the flesh, so the Messiah forms “the spirits of just men made perfect”, which is His Bride. Isaiah 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you [plasso], you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! 22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. 23 Sing, O heavens, for what the Lord has done! Shout, you lower parts of the earth. Break forth into singing, you mountains; O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel. 24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you [plasso] from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 5: 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father has been working until now, and I have been working. 18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish —the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. John 6: 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God. Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me is given everlasting life. John 9: 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him? 37 And Jesus said to him, You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you. John 10: 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me? 33 The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God. 36 Do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? John 11: 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 24 Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this? 27 She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world. John 14: 7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him. 8 Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us. 9 Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, Show us the Father? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. 12 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 17: 1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

1 Corinthians 9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live off the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? By this we can discern the meaning of the expression “Priests and Levites”. Any qualified man of the tribe of Levi could minister at the Lord’s Altar in Gifts and Sacrifices. Only sons of the line of Aaron, further refined by Phineas, later Zadok could partake of the Lord’s Table in the Holy Place of the Temple. The Table Of The Lord Luke 22:29 And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, 30 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom… The table of the Lord in the Sanctuary was the place where the Lord's bread was laid before Him for the tribes of Israel. Exodus 25:30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always in the Holy Place, outside the veil where the lampstand and altar of incense were placed. The place where the Lord's incense was offered was called an altar, only the place of the show bread is called a table. All were anointed within the sanctuary. Exodus 30: 25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; 27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense. The place for breaking the bread of fellowship was at the Lord’s Table, among the sons of Aaron in the Holy Place every Sabbath. Leviticus 24:8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him above the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute. This is the meaning of the term 'purpose of heart'. Acts 11:23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with the purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. Breaking the bread of fellowship is the place where our hearts are laid out before Him, and where we minister to one another in Spirit and Truth. This must be holiness unto the Lord. 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. Without a holy table of the Lord, the fellowship of love among the holy priests defiled their worship. Malachi 1:12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his bread, is contemptible.