Holy Communion


I was thinking about the breaking of bread and the wine/grape juice that we eat as part of our corporate worship gatherings and how important it is for us as a church family. It is really one of my most treasured moments every time we get together!


Then I read this today:

Jesus did not save us at a safe distance, as if by remote control. He threw Himself into our salvation with wholehearted abandon...Jesus sealed our new covenant hope by His very blood. He did not hold back at all...and in addition, our risen Savior, through His Spirit, visits us in Holy Communion with real-time experiences of His endless grace. By calling us to eat and drink, He is saying, "My dying love for you is so real you can taste it! Come. Take it in. Be renewed." So, "Do this in remembrance of me" invites us there. Why hold back at all? He didn't. And He doesn't."
-Ray Ortlund

Whoa!  Some pretty powerful statements of truth in this quote right?

By faith in Messiah Jesus, we have a new covenant based on His goodness and grace, and not on anything we do or have done. 

23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24 and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you.[a] Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.”
-1 Corinthians 11:23-25 NLT


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