WHY Do We Remember Jesus

In 1 Cor. 11:23- 26 the Apostle Paul writes, 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. And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
In the same manner also he took the cup after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim (1.e., declare and assert) the Lord’s death until He comes.

Let Us Remember WHY  We Remember.

Do we break bread and drink of the cup only because the Lord commanded us? Remembering Jesus should be a lifetime of fellowship with Him. We can, and do, remember... when, and where, and what, who, and how. But do we know WHY we remember Jesus? Is it because it is Sunday and He commanded us? Sundays only is religion. But that’s another study.

Abiding in Jesus, UNION with Him, keeps Him in constant remembrance.
Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” John 10:30
This union which is termed “hypostasis” is not well defined in scripture, like the words “rapture” or “trinity” are not well defined. But the obvious evidence is there.
The Blue Letter Bible says, “Hypostasis speaks of the Divine essence of God existent and expressed in the revelation of His Son, being of substantial quality or nature.”
And if the evidence escapes anyone, there is always Heb. 11:1, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen.
We should look up the word “substance” there. It is the word “hypostasis.”

Adam also spoke of union in Gen. 2:23-24, “She (Eve) is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.



And Paul expounds on that same passage in Eph. 5. And he goes on to say in verses 30-32,  For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church ....ONE FLESH!

Christ is Jesus and the church is us. This union may not be consummated yet, but we are betrothed to Him, and in ancient times, betrothed was as good as married although not yet consummated.

So WHY do we remember Jesus?

1. Because He is the Bridegroom.
Eph. 5:25-27 says, Christ loved the church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Here is yet another passage that admonishes us, here and now, to “grow up unto the measure of the fullness of Christ”... unto a perfect Christian. Do we think we are made “perfect” at salvation? Do we  think that we can cruise into glory, complacent in our salvation because God has saved us? Some would say “Yes!” Well, brethren, we are to grow into it. The goal of maturity is unity and to be like Christ, and we better make it a reality here and now because the Bride of Christ is to be spotless, holy, and without blemish.

2. We remember Him because we love Him.
Song of Solomon 1:4 says, ...we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
2:10 says, My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
2:16, My beloved is mine, and I am His.
5:16, He is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend
7:10, I am my beloved's, and His desire is toward me.
8:14, Make haste, my beloved

3. We remember Jesus because we are grateful. Every brother who shares anything of God’s word at any worship service ALWAYS says, “Thank You Father, and thank You Lord.” And it further encourages others, in whom gratitude and reverence wells up in our spirit, to share our love and gratitude also. As we become unified in our praise and prayer, we offer up to God our reasonable service of worship.
Rom. 12:1, Therefore I exhort you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living, holy sacrifice, pleasing [b] to God—which is your reasonable service of worship.
[b] The words “living, holy, and pleasing” show how unusual is the sacrifice that believers can now offer, in contrast to Old Testament sacrifices which were dead. ~NET commentary

 The Lord’s Supper proclaims His death.
Scripture does not say, "as often as we do this, we proclaim the Lord’s death, burial and resurrection." It admonishes us to remember that the Lord’s body was broken, and His blood was shed to ATONE FOR OUR SINS.
"Spend your wrath on my body, Father, and I will shed my blood for the remission of sins."
It was His death that atoned for our sins. The punishment He endured exonerated us from God’s wrath which was deservedly ours. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission. Heb. 9:22. The blood that He voluntarily shed redeemed us because it was innocent blood. His resurrection is proof that God is propitiated... satisfied.

Does anyone believe Jesus suffered so that we might have it "good" in this world?
Yes, shamefully, there are those that do.

Heb. 9:11-12 explains that Christ having come as a High Priest of the good things which have now come (the Gospel, being the New Covenant), entered once into the Holy Heavenly Tabernacle with His own blood and obtained eternal redemption.
Heb. 9:15 says, And for this cause, he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

The gospel we share should be commended by the life we live, so that “men might see our good works and glorify our Father Who is in heaven.” Matt. 5:16.