Tuesday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye (Open Heavens 19 April 2016) – In Remembrance of us

Topic: In Remembrance of Me [Tuesday 19, April 2016] 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. – 1 Corinthians 11:24

Read: 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 (KJV)
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.
Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 16-17, Proverbs
12:15-28
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.” - 1 Timothy 4:6
What should we put ourselves in remembrance
of? Paul, the apostle wrote:
“8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of
David was raised from the dead according to
my gospel: 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we
be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if
we deny him, he also will deny us:” - 2 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?
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written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General
Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, one of the largest evangelical church in
the world and also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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