"And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and give it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
Luke 22:19 (NASB)
It is Easter Monday. The day after the celebration of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Yesterday was a great day. We were able to celebrate together as a church and had an attendance that was 20 percent or more higher than most of the other Sundays of the year. We praise God for that. And yet we are a people who are quick to forget.
I find it fascinating that we have a harder time celebrating and remembering the resurrection and its impact on our daily lives for the other 364 days of the year. Even at Christmas we are not really thinking about Jesus' death and resurrection. We simply think of the nativity. And yet this moment - the moment Christ was raised from the dead is the point where the proverbial rubber meets the road. If not for the resurrection, Paul says our faith is useless. vain. pointless.
This is why it is so nice that days before Jesus was resurrected he left his followers a perpetual reminder - we are to celebrate communion in remembrance. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 11 we are to do this remembrance until Christ returns. So between point A (Christ death, burial and resurrection) and point B (the return of Christ) we are to remember.
So don't forget that what we celebrated yesterday has implications that go on for all eternity! Remember.
