DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

Newsletter 208 August 29, 2010

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DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

Paul wrote to Timothy, his son in the faith who would carry on his life work after his own death these words:

(2 Timothy 2:15) “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

These words apply equally to anyone, even today, who would share his faith with others. Three rules will assure us that we are “rightly dividing the word of truth.” They are 1. Know who is speaking. 2. To whom he is speaking. And 3. In what context is he speaking? In our text here, this is very important.

1. Christ is speaking. He was soon to be given all authority both in Heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18) 2. He is speaking to the twelve instructing them that they must also teach believers to continue to keep this memorial until he returns for them to take them to Heaven, their eternal home. And 3. The context. This was observed at the annual Passover feast, using the special food used for that feast. That was a very organized, precise event with great meaning to the Jews who had been delivered from slavery in Egypt Everything had a meaning, from the lamb, its blood placed on the door lintels, unleavened bread, the fresh wine, and the absence of any yeast whatever in the entire house, not only the food. The lamb, and the blood represented the Christ to come and give himself as a sacrifice for their sins. The wine, his blood through which the lost could be saved, and the bread his body, free of any contamination. Yeast in either the wine or the bread represents sin, totally absent in the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:23-29 (King James Version)

AT THE CLOSE OF THE PASSOVER FEAST, JESUS MAKES THE APPLICATION

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: (1 Corinthians 15:3, Galatians 1:12, Colossians 3:24, Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:17-29, 1 Corinthians 10:16)

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.

HIS BODY WAS BROKEN ON CALVARY OR ALL MANKIND OF THE WORLD
(John 3:16)

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. (1 Corinthians 10:16, Exodus 24:6-8, Luke 22:20, 2 Corinthians 3:6)

LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. HE SHED HIS FOR OUR SINS.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. (John 21:22, 1 Corinthians 4:5)

This memorial is to be observed “steadfastly” until he returns for his own. (Acts 2:42) “And they continued steadfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”

LET ALL HIS PEOPLE REMEMBER THIS.

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. (Hebrews 10:29)

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.(Matthew 26:22, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Galatians 6:4)

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

It is not enough to just be present in body. This a memorial not to be neglected, and not to be treated as a casual ritual, as it had become to the Corinthian Christians. Clearly. Then, as today, those who partake in a disrespectful manner or not at all, are doing so to their own destruction. .

Acts 20:7 “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speech until midnight.”

It is for this purpose that Christians assemble on the first day of every week, not to hear a sermon, not for a rousing song service, and not even for prayer. These things are important, but note that Paul knew that they would assemble on the first day of the week to observe this memorial. It is my conviction that this is why John was alone on the prison island of Patmos on the Lord’s day. (Revelation 1:10) I recall J. Russell Morse relating that he saved scraps of bread and a little, water, all that he had, that he might observe this memorial in his prison cell in Communist China during World War II. Can we, with all that we have, do less? My own father and mother in law, in mid-winter, fled that same war over the mountains of Tibet to seek refuge in India. To me, these are great men and women of the faith.


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I RESOLVE TO READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2010
AUGUST
29th. Sunday – 2 Chronicles 31, 32, 2 Timothy 2, Psalm 104:1-14 30th. Monday – 2 Chronicles 33, 34, 2 Timothy 3, Psalm 104:15-25
31st. Tuesday – 2 Chronicles 34, 36, 2 Timothy 4. Psalm 104:26-35
SEPTEMBER
1st. Wednesday – Isaiah 1, 2, 2 Corinthians 1, Proverbs 21:13-23
2nd. Thursday – Isaiah 3, 4, 2 Corinthians 2, Psalm 105:1-11
3rd. Friday - Isaiah 5, 6, 7, 2 Corinthians 3, Psalm 105:12-22
4th. Saturday – Isaiah 8, 9, 2 Corinthians 4, Psalm 103:23-36
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE

”He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

2 Corinthians 5:21

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