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1 Corinthians 11:23
"For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:"

This week we wrap up our Epiphany season study of close encounters with God. The Holy Bible is a written record of people's interactions with God. Last week we read about Jesus calling His Disciples and the briefest conversation He had with Nathaniel. That convinced Nathaniel that Jesus was the Messiah. Like Nathaniel we should all look for the REAL Jesus and open our minds to follow Him and learn from His teaching.

Nathaniel and the other Disciples got to walk and talk with Jesus. They knew Him as a teacher and a friend. They looked Him in the eyes and shook hands. On this side of heaven, we are not likely to experience Jesus the same way the Disciples did. BUT, we do experience Jesus! One of the ways we experience Jesus is the focus of our studies this week. We turn to Paul's letter to the Corinthians. "For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you," Phrases like this in Paul's writing are to let his readers know that he is NOT making up what he is writing. No, he is sharing what he was taught by Jesus. We don't know exactly how or when he was taught by Jesus. We can tell by the quality and character he was not only taught by Jesus, he was also an excellent student!

Paul is taking us back to the night Jesus was arrested. "That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:" Before the stress and drama of betrayal, Jesus was alone with His Disciples commemorating the Passover. But, then Jesus departed from the usual rituals of the special night...
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