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The Lord’s Supper It
happens every first day of every week. It
is not limited to just one or two places in the world, but wherever Christians
come together. The Samaritan woman
by the well asked Jesus where her people should be worshipping God.
She was thinking in terms of As
followers of Christ, we come together on the first day of the week to sing songs
of praise, join together in prayer, give as we prosper, teach the word of God,
and observe the Lord’s Supper. Each
is important, but only the Lord’s Supper is limited to Sunday.
At Some
times people question why we do this every first day of every week.
They think it makes the Lord’s Supper too common or ordinary.
Such is sad to think that remembering the death of Jesus on the cross
could ever become ordinary or common. The
Lord’s Supper is not a ritual, but a testimony to Jesus’ death.
As
we eat of the unleavened bread, we are to remember the body of Jesus as He died
on the cross for our sins. “Take,
eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me” (1
Corinthians 11.24). Reading through
the Gospels we see the torture of Jesus. Soldiers
beat Him without mercy, put a crown of thorns on His head and then hit those
thorns so they dug into His scalp, These actions are described for us to see the
cruelty of the people. The body of
Jesus was offered as the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
As
we drink of the fruit of the vine, we drink of the blood of Christ.
That blood was shed on the cross for our sins.
“For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins” (Matthew 26.28). It
is through the blood of Christ we have redemption, Ephesians 1.7.
His blood was offered to establish a new covenant, a New Law, the Law of
Christ. Without the shedding of
blood there is no remission, no forgiveness of sin, Hebrews 9.22.
As
we eat of the unleavened bread and drink of the fruit of the vine, we think of
what Jesus went through and what He did for us.
We look backward to the cross, but we also look forward to His return.
“For as often as you eat this bread
and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes” (1
Corinthians 11.26). Let
each of us make sure we never forget. Dennis
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