The gift of memory is a powerful tool the Lord has given us to build up our Christian character. The ordinance of communion rests on this gift. As we gather here on Communion Sunday, we remember especially the facts and purposes of Christ’s earthly life and death.
- The Gospel has a history to be remembered
- It brings remembrance of our sin
- The cause
- Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
- The result
- Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
- The cause
- It brings rememberance of God’s love
- Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- It brings remembrance of Christ’s suffering
- Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. - Every degree of suffering Christ experienced is directly attributable to our sin
- Isaiah 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
- It brings remembrance the result of Christ’s suffering
- Pays the debt of sin
- I Peter 2:4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him.
- Brings us peace with God
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Pays the debt of sin
- It brings remembrance of our sin
