Zac Poonen - The Meaning of the Breaking of Bread

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: The Meaning of the Breaking of Bread Date: 04/06/2025 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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Zac Poonen teaches that breaking bread is a proclamation of the Lord's death through how we live—dying to worldly attractions and sin, and rising with Christ to seek heavenly things. He emphasizes that true communion involves self-examination to assess whether we are actually living as those who have died and been resurrected with Christ, which is the deeper, transformative meaning of this practice that most believers fail to grasp.

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Proclaiming the Lord's death until He comesWe must avoid becoming too familiar with scripture and instead seek fresh depth, recognizing that between Christ's death and His return we are called to proclaim His death.

How we apply the proclamation in our livesProclaiming the Lord's death happens by recognizing that we died with Christ and are called to live dead to the attractions of the world and worldly reactions.

Self-examination since the last breaking of breadWe should examine ourselves to see if we have truly proclaimed Christ's death over the past month through our behavior at home and at work.

A deeper meaning than nominal ChristianityWhile 95 percent of Christians simply acknowledge that Jesus died on a cross, partaking in the bread and cup signifies our personal involvement in His death.

The revelation of being crucified with ChristThis truth was later explained by the Holy Spirit and written about in Galatians, meaning we now have no excuse not to understand what it means to be dead to sin and alive unto God.

Testing this truth in our marriages and daily lifeWe can ask whether our spouses see a real difference in us compared to our unconverted days, demonstrating true death to the old way of life.

The greatest secret in the whole BibleAlthough written plainly, 99 percent of believers do not truly understand what it means to behave like someone who is dead when tempted, irritated, or bothered.

Seeking things above as those raised with ChristColossians teaches that those who have died and risen with Christ keep seeking things above and set their minds on heavenly realities while performing their earthly jobs.Colossians 3:1–2

Walking the crucified and risen life moving forwardWe meditate on this truth during the breaking of bread so that God willing, each coming month we might walk a little better in the crucified and risen life.

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The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.

Self-examination since the last breaking of breadWe should examine ourselves to see if we have truly proclaimed Christ's death over the past month through our behavior at home and at work.

A deeper meaning than nominal ChristianityWhile 95 percent of Christians simply acknowledge that Jesus died on a cross, partaking in the bread and cup signifies our personal involvement in His death.

Testing this truth in our marriages and daily lifeWe can ask whether our spouses see a real difference in us compared to our unconverted days, demonstrating true death to the old way of life.

The greatest secret in the whole BibleAlthough written plainly, 99 percent of believers do not truly understand what it means to behave like someone who is dead when tempted, irritated, or bothered.

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