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October 28, 2019

1 Corinthians 11:26
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
New International Version (NIV)

                 Do you remember when you could not partake of the Lord’s Supper? In our family and church family tradition, we were not allowed to eat the Lord’s Supper until we chose to be followers of Christ and were baptized. You can imagine as the third-born son this created some consternation. Why did my brothers get to eat and I did not? Many families have these conversations. I wonder, now that we can eat the Lord’s Supper, how important is it to us? It is hard to impress our culture: “Been there. Done that. Now what.” I only ask because Jesus instituted it.

                Paul received the tradition from the Lord and explained it to the believers in Corinth. In worship we reenact the very death of Christ as we eat the bread and drink the cup. We remember our unforgettable Lord who has forgiven and forgotten our sin, but has not forgotten us. This sounds more important than the way we have thought of it and treated it.

                The Lord’s Supper is a time of holy celebration, commemoration, proclamation and examination. In the Lord’s Supper we not only look up to God but we look inwardly at our own lives and confess our sins. In this chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul reminds us that the Lord’s Supper is serious business, so we should not take it lightly. This ordinance was given to the church. I get it: we can hear good sermons on-line these days. We can even sing great music. There may come a day when we wonder, “Why go to a building with other believers at all?” But corporate worship gives us a chance to commune with Christ and obey his ordinance of the Lord’s supper. This is what the church does together. We are the church.

                If the Lord’s Supper is really a symbol of Christ’s death, then it could never be “just” a symbol. That would be like saying about our wedding rings, “they are just symbols.” Symbols are significant because they signify something bigger and better. This year we have offered the Lord’s supper more often at Tallowood because I believe it is more important than we knew. I can’t wait to share the Lord’s Supper with fellow believers again soon. You, too?

Pray with me:

Father, thank you for the sacrifice made by our Lord and Savior, Jesus. Let us live a life of gratitude, a eucharist of thanksgiving, because you have graciously given us the goodness of life in your Son. Help us, like the early believers, to commit ourselves to the breaking of bread together. By your Holy Spirit, show us yourself, Father, and replicate the life of your perfect Son in us. We pray in the name of the One who gave his life for us. Amen.

This year our Every Day with Jesus readings will follow The Bible Project Read Scripture Plan. Copies of this reading plan are available at Tallowood Baptist Church, or download
the app at readscripture.org. Read through the Bible with us in 2019!
Joyfully,
Duane

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