Remember our Saviour!

(1Corinthians 11:23) "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

Holiday Season again, even if it is only a long weekend, we celebrate time away from work and not much thought is given to why we commemorate this break. This is only one of two ordinances we are require to partake in as believers, the other is water baptism. I agree with the obvious thoughts of some, it is not only the Easter weekend when we remember the Lord Jesus’ death; we are instructed to do this as often as we remember Him. “For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.” (1Corinthians 11:23-26) - Bunny rabbits and chocolate Easter eggs have nothing to do with the equation whatsoever, it is just another decoy thrown into the mix to get people to focus on something else, Eastern egg hunts and the like. Whether we have the actual dates correct or not I will not waste time with, but some religion around this holiday has perverted and made a mockery of what Christ actually achieve on Calvary. They are now ending their period of “lent”, a custom some religions practice, for forty days where their follows are expected to give up something as if they could earn acceptance from God by doing this. God will never ever accept any sacrifice from mankind to justify themselves before a Holy God outside of His own Son’s sacrifice. The message is clear, repent from our own works, confess our sin before God, call upon the name of Jesus Christ the Lord and then only will we find acceptance. In other words, if you are asked what you have given up for Lent, then our answers should all be the same, “we have given up Lent!” We must find repentance from dead works, as this custom is a dead work. What is a dead work? It is exactly what it claims to be, dead, it cannot produce life! “Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.” (Hebrews 6:1)      

This is what we now must celebrate; “Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits upon the throne of glory. The highest place that heaven affords is his by undisputed right. It is sweet to remember that the exaltation of Christ in heaven is a representative exaltation. He is exalted at the Father’s right hand, and though as Jehovah he had eminent glories, in which finite creatures cannot share, yet as the Mediator, the honours which Jesus wears in heaven are the heritage of all the saints. It is delightful to reflect how close is Christ’s union with his people. We are actually one with him; we are members of his body; and his exaltation is our exaltation. He will give us to sit upon his throne, even as he has overcome, and is set down with his Father on his throne; he has a crown, and he gives us crowns too; he has a throne, but he is not content with having a throne to himself, on his right hand there must be his queen, arrayed in “gold of Ophir.” He cannot be glorified without his bride. Look up, believer, to Jesus now; let the eye of your faith behold him with many crowns upon his head; and remember that you will one day be like him, when you shall see him as he is; you shall not be so great as he is, you shall not be so divine, but still you shall, in a measure, share the same honours, and enjoy the same happiness and the same dignity which he possesses. Be content to live unknown for a little while, and to walk your weary way through the fields of poverty, or up the hills of affliction; for by-and-by you shall reign with Christ, for he has “made us kings and priests unto God, and we shall reign for ever and ever.” Oh!, wonderful thought for the children of God! We have Christ for our glorious representative in heaven’s courts now, and soon he will come and receive us to himself, to be with him there, to behold his glory, and to share his joy.” (C.H.Spurgeon)

So when everyone else runs away with the festivities and the chocolate feasts let us be sure we are counted amongst the number proclaiming His sacrifice on our behalf, let us remember to highly exalt His name, for He alone is worthy!

Signing off

Tyrone