August 18
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
Throughout the centuries when churches gathered, they have partaken of the Lord’s Supper. These were meant to be moments to remember what Christ had done, the sacrifice he had made, as well as the foundation for unity it provided to the church.
Yet sadly, a time came in the church of Corinth when the meal became more about them than the Lord. Paul rebuked them for failing to remember Christ during the celebration that was supposed to be all about him. Rather than the Supper uniting the church, it only increased divisions. Paul reminded them, and by extension us, what we should be doing when we take the Lord’s Supper. We are to remember Jesus’ final meal with his disciples and how he made the bread and wine a symbol of his body and blood. What is the power of remembrance? How should remembering Christ transform our lives? The meal is not only meant to be an act of remembrance but a proclamation of Christ’s future return. The reality of Christ’s return and the hope it brings should transform our todays. Communion becomes a victory meal where we remember the victorious King of kings and Lord of lords. The bread and wine place our vision about Jesus and away from us. So, the next time we gather for communion let us come ready to remember and proclaim Christ’s death and his return to others and ourselves.
Father God, thank you for what your Son has done for me. May I also live transformed by the reality that Christ is returning one day. Amen.
How might you deepen your personal experience of the Lord's Supper to better honor Christ's death and return?
Throughout the centuries when churches gathered, they have partaken of the Lord’s Supper. These were meant to be moments to remember what Christ had done, the sacrifice he had made, as well as the foundation for unity it provided to the church.
Yet sadly, a time came in the church of Corinth when the meal became more about them than the Lord. Paul rebuked them for failing to remember Christ during the celebration that was supposed to be all about him. Rather than the Supper uniting the church, it only increased divisions. Paul reminded them, and by extension us, what we should be doing when we take the Lord’s Supper. We are to remember Jesus’ final meal with his disciples and how he made the bread and wine a symbol of his body and blood. What is the power of remembrance? How should remembering Christ transform our lives? The meal is not only meant to be an act of remembrance but a proclamation of Christ’s future return. The reality of Christ’s return and the hope it brings should transform our todays. Communion becomes a victory meal where we remember the victorious King of kings and Lord of lords. The bread and wine place our vision about Jesus and away from us. So, the next time we gather for communion let us come ready to remember and proclaim Christ’s death and his return to others and ourselves.
Father God, thank you for what your Son has done for me. May I also live transformed by the reality that Christ is returning one day. Amen.
How might you deepen your personal experience of the Lord's Supper to better honor Christ's death and return?
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