8/15/2023 0 Comments Do it in remembrance of me![]() ![]() Paul does not mention the frequency of the supper, although the example of the church at Troas (Acts 20:7) and his instruction to the Corinthians about collecting money for poor saints in Judea both point to a regular participation on the first day of the week. It is a temporary supper (‘till He comes’), only necessary until we see Him face to face. We remember the man who said so long ago, ‘This do in remembrance of Me’.įor as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes (1 Corinthians 11:26).Īs the Corinthians met together as a church and partook of the Lord’s supper, they were proclaiming His death. He had a real body and He shed His blood on a cross outside Jerusalem. Each time we take the bread and cup we declare the historical basis of redemption in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, the incarnate Son of God. The Lord’s supper reminds us that salvation is not mystical. We are to remember that is, consciously call to mind the Lord Jesus in His life, death and resurrection, and what His work means for the forgiveness of our sins. His request, to eat and drink in memory of Him, involves more than a physical act. It is important to understand that He was speaking metaphorically: the bread and the cup represented His body and blood. At some point during the Passover meal, He took bread that symbolised the exodus from Egypt, broke it and said, ‘This bread is My body.’ It seems that the Corinthians had forgotten, or rejected, the instruction Paul had given them about the Lord’s supper he therefore explained again its origin and significance.įor I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread (1 Corinthians 11:23).Īgainst the dark background of betrayal, the Lord introduced this most beautiful ordinance. Just 20 years later in Corinth these social and cultural barricades were being rebuilt at the Lord’s supper. It was a far cry from the early Christians in Jerusalem who removed any potential social barriers by having all things common. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you (1 Corinthians 11:21-22). They had turned the simplicity of the Lord’s supper into a feast which displayed their fragmentation rather than their fellowship.įor in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others and one is hungry and another is drunk. Sadly, the Corinthians were guilty of selfishness. Therefore when you come together in one place (1 Corinthians 11:20). Indeed, five times within this context he mentioned them being together (vv 17,18,20,33,34). Although Paul had to correct other aspects of their conduct, he did not correct this practice when he wrote 1 Corinthians chapter 11. ![]()
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