Mar 31

1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Memorise 1 John 3:16
“…we are all partakers of that one bread.”

In some churches, the keeping of the Lord’s Supper is sometimes referred to as observing or partaking of the “Holy Communion”. The Lord’s Supper is significant not only because of how it affects your own personal relationship with God, but also because of how it affects your relationship with fellow believers in Christ. In today’s reading, Paul describes the cup and the bread as the “communion” of the blood and body of Christ respectively. The word for communion in the original Greek language is “koinonia”, which carries the idea of participation and fellowship. We who receive the elements of the Lord’s table together are all participants of the body and blood of Christ, meaning that we share the common bond of all being members of the body of Christ. That is why Paul says that, although we are many different people, we are “one bread, and one body”. We are united as one in the covenant community of God’s blessings through Christ Jesus.

Knowing this, we are therefore to regard our fellow Christians as truly brothers and sisters in Christ. There should not be any irreconcilable differences or unsolvable conflicts between Christians, for what conflict can be so great that the blood of Jesus cannot overcome? Rather, we should show genuine care and concern for our Christian brethren. The bond that we share is not of earthly flesh and blood, but of the blood of Christ that has cleansed each and every one of us of our sins.

Dear teen, may you truly learn to love your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ with a true unconditional, sacrificial love. If there be any conflict or disagreements, resolve them before coming to the Lord’s table. And after partaking of the Lord’s Supper, may it fill you with a renewed zeal to love your neighbor as yourself, and to show true Christian charity to all who are around you.

Thought: “…if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” (1 John 4:11)
Prayer: Lord, may I be able to experience true “koinonia” with my fellow brethren.