OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-TUESDAY-19/04/2016-IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Memorise
And
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my
Body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 1st Corinthians 11:24
Read
1st Corinthians 11:23-29,
1 Cor 11:23-29
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:
24 And
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After
the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is
the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me.
26 For
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death
till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and
drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood
of the Lord.
28 But
let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that
cup.
29 For
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
KJV
MESSAGE
There is one significant and fundamental
reason (among other important reasons) why the Holy Communion (The Lord’s
Supper) was inaugurated by our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Jesus died for
us, shedding His blood to atone for our sins because it is written, “…and
without shedding of blood there is no remission.” (Hebrews 9:22). Consequently, When Jesus Christ said we should
observe the Holy Communion often in remembrance of Him, but it takes a deep
level of wisdom to understand and remember what He went through for our
redemption. One important thing to note here is that Jesus Christ knew what He
would go through to die for His friends. Having died for us, He surely doesn’t
want His gesture of love to be forgotten by the people He did it for. We
unfortunately often forget the passion of our Lord, which led to His ignoble
death. This is why we do things that, by implication, necessitate our Lord’s
going back to the cross frequently.
“If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put
him to an open shame.”
Hebrews 6:6
Most people backslide
because of their loss of memory about the agony of the death that the Saviour
suffered in order to procure salvation for us. The Bible says:
“If thou put the
brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus
Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou
hast attained.”
1st
Timothy 4:6
What should we put
ourselves in remembrance of? Paul, the apostle wrote.
“Remember that Jesus
Christ of the seed of David was raised from the death according to my gospel:
it is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall also live with
him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will
deny us.”#
2nd
Timothy 2:8. 11-12
In an ideal situation, communion should be
taken as frequently as possible in order to enable us remember the death of our
Lord and the reason for it. The Bible says we should not be forgetful hearers
but doers of the Word (James 1:25).
When we gather for Holy Communion, everyone is compelled to carry out a
self-examination so that he or she does not eat to damnation according to our
Bible text for today. May the passion, suffering and death of Jesus Christ
avail for us through eternity in Jesus name.
Action Point
Do you remember what Christ
went through for you often enough?
Bible in one year
2nd Samuel 16:17,
Proverbs 12:15-28
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