Remembering the Lord

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24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

– 1 Corinthians 11:24
(NASB® © 2020)

“In remembrance of me” is more literally translated: “To call to mind.” Three thoughts can be derived from this, which are an instruction for every believer.

Firstly, the Lord’s Supper is only for those who are saved and whose sins have been washed away. This follows from the fact that only a child of God can call the Lord Jesus “to mind.” How can a person who is not saved call back something he knows nothing about?

Secondly, the Lord Jesus is the central point of the Lord’s Supper because it is there to “call Me to mind.” Every aspect of His glorious person should be before us at the memorial meal: His life, His sufferings and His death, and the glories that followed. The worshippers are not the subject of the gathering, but Christ is the central and unique focus.

Thirdly, the peculiarity of the word “remembrance” or “calling to mind.” It only occurs (apart from Lk 22 and 1 Cor 11) in Heb 10:3 (“a reminder of sins every year“), where it is used to show that the sacrifices in the Old Testament were indeed a remembrance of sin. The annual return of the animal sacrifices was a reminder to the worshipper that his sins had not really disappeared last year. What a contrast to the position of a Christian!

When we come before the Lord each week, we are not preoccupied with our sins (they are gone), but we are preoccupied with the wonderful person of the One who put them away and paid such an infinite price (Himself) for them.

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