Communion: The Meal of Absolute Victory – Bill Johnson (Sermon Clip) | Bethel Church

Join Bill Johnson for a time of communion. Communion is the meal of absolute victory; Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross was more than enough to bring healing to our bodies and freedom from sin. Jesus commanded us to take communion in remembrance of Him, that we would continually live aware of the victory we walk in.

the resurrection of jesus

was for you

it was for you

had there been only one

human being

on the planet that sin and that one

person was you

everything jesus went through

he would have gone through

for you

for me every one of us

we’re going to share in communion which

is um

is becoming more important to me all the

time so if you could uh

grab the elements

please

i know that in in various traditions the

elements are to be

passed out by

uh

certain qualified leaders

but join with us

anyway this time we’ll ask jesus to

bless

this in your hands

jesus

on that passover night he took bread and

he and he broke it he took the loaf and

he broke it

and he made this statement i i don’t

understand this but i love the stuff i

don’t understand i i don’t i don’t want

to too quickly explain it away because i

know i’ll get it wrong

he said he broke the bread and he gave

peace to his disciples and he said

take

eat this is

my body

he didn’t say this represents my body

now a lot of people are trying to figure

out what that looks like i don’t know

what it looks like all i know is he said

take this it’s my body

later he says a number get sick

die

have all kinds of weakness struggles

because they don’t discern the

body correctly so what if we did this

if we took that bread and we held it

some of you uh your your own tradition

has taught you well in this and you

already approached the bread in the cup

as the body and blood of jesus

but many of us have come out of a

tradition that says it represents i’ll

let the theologians figure it out i just

want to run with what jesus said he said

take eat this is my body so what does it

mean to judge the body correctly

well

it can mean one of two things i

personally think it means both

one is that i come to this moment

with the same respect

as those as though this were the body of

jesus that i hold in my hand

number two

i come to you as members of the body of

christ with the same respect

as i would the bread

that is the broken body of jesus

there’s a divine health in that equation

now when i take the bread and benny and

i do it uh often many times uh

throughout the week

and when i take the bread out this

little wafer i like to break it because

i remind myself

that his flesh was torn his body was

broken we sang it today his body was

broken

i like to take the bread

and i break it

and i make this confession over my life

over benny over my immediate family

over people that i know and care for

that are really struggling and i this is

what i do

the torn flesh of jesus

represents the stripes that he bore

the scripture says by his stripes

we were healed

by his stripes the payment was made

then

for what i get to experience

now

in the same way my sin was atoned for 2

000 years ago today i get to experience

the liberty and the freedom of

forgiveness today

so when i take this cup this bread and i

encourage you to do so just make this

confession with me by the stripes of

jesus

i was healed

and then i want i want you just to take

a moment

just declare divine health some of you

are struggling with this pandemic you’ve

been hit with this disease i’ve got a

couple friends that almost lost their

lives but the lord had mercy on them and

there they are thriving today i’m so

thankful

and i i just i just announced that over

you this is a divine moment

take the bread and declare over your own

body over your own flesh by the stripes

of jesus i was healed

and then just put on your lips the name

of a friend

uh someone that you know that you care

for

for me kathy valentin allen ray

divine healing into their bodies

restoration

of what the enemy has stolen mark cooper

by the stripes of jesus mark cooper you

are healed

and i take this bread and make that

proclamation do it yourself just for a

moment take the bread

and say jesus i know that the price you

paid was more than enough

i declare healing right now

in jesus name

and they mentioned her name

now let’s receive this bread

with the same majesty and honor and

respect and reverend

that we would if we were holding in our

hands the body of jesus

another cup the blood

i know that eric earlier

i encouraged people to

write on the chat

that you want to receive christ if

there’s anyone in this moment

that has you’ve never surrendered your

life to jesus

do it right now do it now

this moment is for you today is the

beginning of eternity for you

a life of forgiveness a life of freedom

a life of learning to walk with jesus

for his honor for his glory

you hold in your hand a cup that jesus

looked at and said this is my blood

here’s the deal

without the shedding of blood there is

no

remission of sin no forgiveness

it required this this

covers sin

so i like to make several confessions as

i pray over my household my family

i like to just make the decree

the blood of jesus sets me free

i like to make that just throughout the

day at any given time just walking

around my property the blood of jesus

sets me free

it’s important that we say these truths

it’s important that we hear ourselves

saying but it’s also important that we

speak it into the cities the

neighborhoods that we live in the blood

of jesus

sets me free

but here’s what i also like to do

i like to plead the blood of jesus see

the blood of jesus poured out over every

single family member

of mine

i pray for my children their amazing

spouses

their children my grandchildren

i bring them all before the lord by name

and i pray that god would protect them

inside and out

the spirit soul and body they would be

safe

that they would have deep encounters

with him that god would give them a

hunger to know him that that gift would

be given it’s mentioned in jeremiah 24

that god would give them a heart to know

him

i pray for every single family member

that way

i want to ask you to do that right now

just take the cup hold it before the

lord and just declare over your family

the blood of jesus sets us free

bring their names before the lord i just

plead the blood of jesus over my life

some of you have

children who have wandered away from the

lord some of you have children parents

maybe who have never walked with the

lord but today is your day today is the

day i want you to make the decree we

just i just joined the name of john with

the lord jesus christ and i say

father bring him home

bring him to faith

hold that cup before the lord i’ll give

you just just a few seconds mention the

names of your family members

and make that decree i plead the blood

of jesus over them

the blood of jesus over them

thank you father

so this is my

my big confession that i make when i

hold the cup before the lord

as for me and my house

we will serve the lord

that’s my decree i prophesy

i prophesied

in my house in my bedroom in my kitchen

wherever i’m at i prophesied if i’m out

on the property sometimes i’ll take

communion as i walk on our land

and i just prophesy declare it as for me

and my house

we will serve the lord every single

family member has been set aside by the

grace of god to serve him well

i want you to do that right now

as for me in my house

we will serve the lord

amen

let’s receive the blood of jesus now

wow

it’s the meal of absolute victory

it’s the meal of absolute triumph

i pray that today

would be a day where god

initiates

a series of encounters

some of you have been tormented

by stuff you’ve given place to fear

and that fear has been robbing you and i

believe jesus wants to set you free from

that fear it was talked about in romans

8 all these things that are trying to

separate us from the love of god they

don’t have the authority to unless you

and i agree with them

in fear and we just say no to that right

now

there are some of you watching that have

hidden addictions

and you have this hearts desire to be

free listen just take it bring it before

the lord and say

i want liberty i want to be free from

this bring it before the lord i believe

there’s going to be a mighty mighty

deliverance for you

as just a note

chris valentin has made his book spirit

wars he and the publisher has made his

book spirit wars which is about

spiritual warfare describing this

climate that we are in right now they’ve

made it free available as an e-book

i want to encourage you we have tens of

thousands of believers all over the

world that watch this this this service

i want to encourage you take advantage

of this moment because there is such

insight there about your own freedom

your own deliverance your own liberty

let me pray for you and then we’ll end

this all right father

i thank you for the power of deliverance

the power of salvation

i thank you for the blood of jesus the

broken body of jesus we just give you

thanks

and i ask right now that liberty and

freedom

would be the testimony of the day

and we celebrate together the

resurrection

of jesus

amen

amen