This Do In Remembrance of Me

In Luke 22:19&20 we read the very familiar passage, And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

And so we remember the Lord every Sunday morning in our worship around these elements. This morning, I would like to remember our Lord by way of Genesis 18. We know the chapter where the Lord (Jehovah) appeared to Abraham on His way to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. They had gone too far. Their sin was VERY grievous.

OUR nation has gone too far.

Thou Shalt Not Hate

There is a movement, a program in the world to eliminate hate. At first consideration, it would appear to be a great idea. Let’s put all our energies into LOVE. We must not “hate” our neighbor, but we must “love” our neighbor. Now that is not only scriptural, but it is a commandment.

Scripture tells us of a certain “expert” in the Law who asked Jesus concerning “loving your neighbor” saying, “Teacher, who is my neighbor?” You can, and should read about it in Luke 10.

That Which Edifies

During the course of every week lately, I pray and hope to find something from the Word which edifies us in Christ. In one sense, just about anything from God’s word edifies, because, as Jesus said, “they speak of Me!”

But I hope to find that which would build us up together, as the Lord wills, of course.

Jesus came to edify... before the cross and after the cross. If the scriptures, in their entirety, speak of Jesus, it’s for the purpose of edification. Nothing that God does for us through and by Jesus excludes edification.

“Edify” means “to build up.”

The Assurance of Spiritual Life

Months ago, a brother said to me, “We are not guaranteed a spiritual life.” And that disturbed me. It disturbed me enough to do my own study.
I wondered...
1. ”How can I not have a spiritual life if I am Born Again ???”
2. Who is this “new man” God has created in Christ Jesus Who is my life?
3. Who is this new man renewed after the image of the One who created him.
4. If, as the Word says, I have been given a new spirit and a new heart of flesh and
    not of stone – where do they reside... in this earthly body of sin?
5. Hasn’t this old man been crucified with Him, so the body of sin might be
    done away with...so that the Holy Spirit can now take up residence in a child of
    God?
6. And how can we be a heavenly creature if not spiritual?
7. If my citizenship is in heaven and of the household of God then I must be a new
    heavenly being because “flesh and blood cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

Grace and Glory

Heb. 2:9 says, But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

The perfect oneness of Christ and His Church, and the consequent reciprocity of interest and affection which exists shows that while Christ represents the Church above, the Church represents Christ below; while she is glorified with Him in heaven, He is glorified in her on earth. ~ said Octavius Winslow, 19th century preacher 

The Grace of God!

Titus 2:11-12, For the Grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present age.

This passage in Titus is all about Jesus, being the Grace of God; bringing salvation; He has appeared; to teach us; to deny ungodliness, and worldly lusts; to live soberly, righteously and godly; in this present age.

The word “deny” has the idea of disregarding one's own interests, by forsaking, or renouncing a thing, whether evil, or good... IF it is ungodly and a worldly lust.

"Soberly" suggests “the exercise of that self-restraint that governs all passions and desires, enabling the believer to be conformed to the mind of Christ” -according to Vine’s Dictionary.

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.