This is a continuation of the Two Cups Study

"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (Revelation 21:8 NKJV)

            I dare you to not find yourself in that list!  We all have done most if not all of those things at one time or another.  But it is our faith that will lift us above the Cup of God’s Wrath.  It is only because Jesus drank that cup for us that we won’t have to drink it ourselves.  Thank God for the grace He has shown!

            Maybe the picture here is that the Cup of God’s Wrath has grown so large like a lake that there is room for the lost to dwell in it and not just drink it. 

The Cup of Communion 

(The Cup of God’s Grace)

Thus says your Lord, The LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: "See, I have taken out of your hand The cup of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury; You shall no longer drink it. (Isaiah 51:22 NKJV)

            There is no escape by us from drinking of the Cup of God’s Wrath.  It is our due and it must be drunk.  But even before the birth of Jesus God knew that He would make a way for us by sending Jesus to drink that Cup for us. 

            Here, years before the hope had been fulfilled, God offers that hope to His people.  “I have taken out of your hand The cup of trembling,”.  Jesus has taken that Cup from our hands and has drunk it Himself.  WE NEED NO LONGER DRINK IT!

            From our terrified and trembling hands God has reached out and taken the Cup of His Wrath and drunk it for us.  One can only imagine the terrible and bitter taste of that Cup.  One can only imagine all He suffered for us!

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."  Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.  "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.  "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom." (Matthew 26:26-29 NKJV)

            Life is consistent.  When we stop smoking we usually take up another habit to take its place.  When demons are cleaned out the heart must be filled with Jesus or even more come back.

            It was not enough to take away the Cup of God’s Wrath, another Cup had to be given us to replace it.  The Cup of God’s Wrath has been replaced by the Cup of God’s Grace.  The Cup of the Blood of the News Covenant is ours to drink instead of the Cup of Wrath.

            We really do have a choice!  Which Cup will you drink from?  No one is too good to not have to drink from the Cup of God’s Wrath and no one is too bad to not be able to drink from the Cup of God’s grace.

            Notice something wonderful here.  As we drink from the Cup of God’s Grace we also receive the bread, the “Body of Christ broken for you”.  And we through Jesus become part of His body and are in relationship with Jesus and through Him everyone else who is part of His body and drink from the Cup of God’s Grace.