TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
1 Corinthians 10:14-22
1 Corinthians 11:24

“… this do in remembrance of me.”

THE MEANING OF THE LORD’S SUPPER (III)

3. Memorial. This view teaches that the Lord’s Supper is purely a remembrance and commemoration of Christ’s work on the cross. The bread and the cup are but signs and images to point people to the body and blood of Christ.

This view finds its basis in 1 Corinthians 11:24: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.”

The memorial view however fails to acknowledge the spiritual presence of Christ when we partake of the elements.

4. Spiritual. This view teaches that the Lord’s Supper is a spiritual exercise that ought to be taken with utmost seriousness. The fact that the Lord struck those who abused the Lord’s Supper with illness and even death lends support to this argument. “Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup” (1 Cor 11:27-28).

Thus, the Lord’s Supper must be partaken with utmost sobriety and reverence. When we do so with a worshipful spirit, the Lord will add His richest blessings to it.

The Lord’s Supper is both a commemoration of Christ’s death, and a spiritual exercise.

THOUGHT: The Lord’s Supper has its blessings.
PRAYER: Father, may I always examine myself before I partake of the Lord’s Supper.