{"id":228,"date":"2005-06-24T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-24T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-06-25T22:18:20","modified_gmt":"2005-06-26T02:18:20","slug":"uplook-fridays1-corinthians-1124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/uplook-fridays1-corinthians-1124\/","title":{"rendered":"Uplook Fridays:1 Corinthians 11:24"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is an astonishing thing that we who have been
\nredeemed need a reminder of our Lord’s death on the cross. Yet it is so! If we
\nsearch our hearts and examine our ways, we shall find it is easy to forget. Our
\nLord, who knows well the weakness and treachery of our human hearts, has made
\nprovision for us to be constantly reminded. Thus He has established the memorial
\nfeast with this intent, “This do in
\nremembrance of Me<\/em>.”<\/p>\n


The Lord’s things
\nare sublime in their simplicity. This feast is so simple—“simple bread and
\nsimple wine, sweet memorials of our Lord.” Faith alone can interpret these
\nelements and in them catch the image of our beloved Saviour. Faith has learned
\nthe sound principle that natural things reflect the beauties and glories, even
\nthe sufferings of the Lord Jesus. It is seen in the elements on the table, the
\ntestimony of the true Bread and true Wine, and how He became food and drink for
\nour souls.<\/p>\n

It is most inspiring to read Church history and witness the many
\nstrange places where the saints have set up a table of sorts and used these
\nsimple memorials to remember their Lord. For instance, we find the Lord’s people
\nmeeting in the catacombs of Rome, in the Scottish moors, in concentration camps,
\nin exiles’ lonely prisons, on battlefields, in fact, in every kind of
\nplace.<\/p>\n

A Requested Remembrance
<\/strong>There is the Lord’s own
\nauthority for observing this feast. It is no sentimental arrangement by some
\nespecially devoted believers. In these words of our text, which had been
\ncommunicated to the Apostle Paul, the permanence of this service was
\nestablished. It was instituted by the Lord Himself in Matthew 26:26-28. Acts
\n2:42 records the first occasion of believers’ obedience to His command; and in
\nActs 20:7, we see that it became the general practice of the church to observe
\nthis on “the first day of the week.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

The words, “this do<\/em>” and “as oft as,<\/em>” contain the idea of repetition, that
\nthe feast is to be observed again and again. It is a request, as it were,
\nwritten by our Lord’s own pen. It is the decree of His own mouth, the fruit of
\nHis own omniscient mind, the perfection of His thought. All His instructions are
\nsurely designed by His wisdom and laid down by His grace. “I have received of the Lord,<\/em>” said Paul—which means a clear
\ncommunication from the Lord. The observance, therefore, is never to be one of
\nmere impulse or of natural inclination, but observed because the Lord has
\nordained that we should keep it.<\/p>\n

A
\nVisible Remembrance
<\/strong>The form of the
\nremembrance matches our weakness. We need to see something to aid our faith. We
\nmust handle things. It almost seems that pure faith is so feeble in most men
\nthat we need help through the physical senses. The Lord has provided for this
\nneed and given us these elements which can be seen and handled.<\/p>\n

The history
\nof God’s dealings with man, especially in communicating profound truth, is full
\nof visible and tangible objects for the senses to contemplate: the rainbow, the
\nPassover meal, the booths at the Feast of Tabernacles, the rod of Aaron, the pot
\nof manna, the stones of witness from the River Jordan, and hundreds more.<\/p>\n

The
\nbread and the wine are simply emblems—commemorative emblems.
\n“This is My body<\/em>”—not that the bread is His actual
\nbody, but that it represents His body. “This
\ncup is the new testament in My blood<\/em>”—not
\nthat the cup is the testament, but that the wine in it is a token of the
\ncovenant. It is metaphorical language which all of us use every day. Is not our
\nLord’s purpose clear as day? We are not to read mystical things into these
\nsimple emblems, and make them into something other than what they are. They
\npicture Christ. They are models of His saving work. They are there with one
\ndesign: to set forth Christ and proclaim His redeeming love.<\/p>\n

A Strengthening Remembrance
<\/strong>This remembrance feast draws
\nour hearts to God. While the elements on the table are only emblems, the feast
\nis not a bare commemoration. We rise above the elements. We gaze at our Lord
\nHimself, and it is on Him that our souls feed. The faith of the believer must
\nlook beyond the elements. All that our Lord is in Himself is the believer’s
\nportion.<\/p>\n

Now that we are in Him, His wisdom is ours to guide; His power is
\nours to uphold; His faithfulness and truth are our shield and buckler; His
\nSpirit is given us to teach, solace, and bless us; His righteousness is ours to
\nmake us walk uprightly; His heaven is ours to be our home. It is meditation on
\nsuch blessed realities which is the strengthening portion of this feast.<\/p>\n

A Personal Remembrance
<\/strong>“This
\ndo ye.<\/em>” Our remembrance of the Lord is more
\nthan a mere remembrance of the historical event of His dying. It is the
\nremembrance that it was for each of us personally—for me, even me! He does not
\nask that we remember the date or even the place of His sacrifice, but that we
\nremember Him. Our eyes must focus, not on the tree (on bits of wood supposedly
\nfrom His cross, or bits of the napkin once wound around His head) but on the
\nLord Himself. In the same way, we are not to remember the Lord’s Supper as a
\ndoctrine, or a precept, or an event; but we are to remember the Lord Himself.
\nOur thought must not stray from Him. We are not to magnify a man who distributes
\nthe elements. We are not to magnify the ordinance. We are not to make
\nsuperstition out of this feast. We are to remember only the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n

A Spiritual Remembrance
<\/strong>This gathering to partake of
\nthe Lord’s Supper is more than a ceremony. We are to come to it with spiritual
\naffections. The spirit of the believer must be exercised; the heart must go out
\nto Him. This means a sense of reverence and godly fear. We are to examine
\nourselves and so partake worthily; that is, we are to have regard to the true
\nworth of the feast. We are not to come here complacently, or lightheartedly, or
\nwith outlandish clothes, but with deep searchings of heart and great
\nappreciation of the wondrous Lord and Saviour, who is present in the midst. May
\nGod help us so to come.<\/p>\n

According to
\nThy gracious Word,
In meek humility,
This would I do, O Christ my
\nLord;
I would remember Thee.<\/p>\n

Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread
\nfrom heaven shall be;
Thy blood my peace, this cup I take,
And thus
\nremember Thee.<\/p>\n

When to the cross I turn my eyes,
And rest on
\nCalvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,
I must remember Thee!
<\/em>—James Montgomery<\/p>\n

From
\n"Worship & Remembrance" by Daniel Smith<\/p>\n

Published by Gospel Folio Press<\/p>\n

\n

Used by Permission. This
\nmaterial is protected by copyright. ©
\n 2005 Uplook Ministries.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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