You won't get it in a sermon, you won't get it in a song, but you will get it at the Lord's table.

Dr. Tony Evans says communion is the place where God's covenantal authority can be accessed.

There is not power in the Jews, but there's power in the blood.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

A little piece of bread and a tiny cup of grape juice. To some people, that's all there is to communion.

But Dr. Evans says finding the richness in the ritual starts with understanding what it means and taking it more seriously. Let's join

him as he explains. The book of Malachi is a book of questions and complaints. The people are

complaining God is nowhere near. He can't be found. He's not blessing them. He's not taking care of

them and we still go into church. We're still worshiping you and you's not taking care of them. And we still going to church.

We're still worshiping you and you're not coming through for us.

We don't get it.

And God's complaint back is the reason you're not seeing me,

you're not giving me what my name calls for.

You're just giving me what you want. And even that your

governor wouldn't take. Lambs that are blind and lambs that can't walk. And you bringing them

and offering them and you don't understand why I'm not all that excited about you showing up

a church. He says in verse 12,

for you say that the table of the Lord is despised. Now let me tell you what the table of the Lord

is or was back in Malachi's day. It was the altar. It was the altar. On the altar is where they sacrificed the

animals to God. What was it about this table that they should not been complaining about?

In fact, they should have been excited about the table, but instead they were weary about the table.

God is transcendent.

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