Do You Do It?

Do You Do It?

 The storm clouds of rejection were swirling and the hatred towards Christ was climaxing. Tonight would be the night the enemies would hunt the Saviour down in the Garden, tie His hands and lead Him away to brutal beatings, vicious assaults, vile spittings, and humiliating taunts. Tonight He would be arrested and tomorrow our precious Saviour would be nailed to the Cross. Jesus and his little band of disciples had climbed the stairs of a Jerusalem home and now they had just finished eating the Passover Supper in the upstairs room. But something else was on the Saviour’s mind.

Just then, He reached for the bread and took it and gave thanks for it. Did the disciples quickly glance at each other wondering what this was all about? The Passover procedures they were fully familiar with….but what was He doing now? This is new. As they watched, He broke the bread and then passed it to them, telling them to eat their portion of it. He explained: “This is my body which is broken for you.” The bread represented His body that was ‘broken’ for our sins as He suffered upon the Cross. Then He reached for the cup. And this He also blessed and then passed around for them each to drink from. It’s significance, Lord? “It represents My blood which will be shed for you.”

And so it was, the very night of His betrayal, Jesus Himself commenced and authorized a new practise for Christians. It is called the Lord’s Supper. The Apostle Paul wrote about it in 1 Corinthians chapter 11.

Paul told the Christians:

“I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you,
That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
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.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood:
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew (announce or proclaim) the Lord's death till he come.”
(1Corinthians 11:23-26)

 Dear Child of God, do you do it? Do you do this on the first day of each week as the early Christians did? He really wants you to do it in remembrance of Himself. He wants you to eat the bread and drink from the cup and do your part in remembering each week the price He paid once-for-all to redeem you from your sins. Not only will it keep your own heart filled with appreciation and love for the Man of Calvary, but each time you do it, you announce once again to a perishing world that Jesus really did die for sins upon the Cross. He wants you to keep on doing it right up until the day He returns.

Here’s the clincher. Are you ready for it? Participating in the Lord’s Supper is not just a nice thing to do. It’s not just one of those things you ‘should’ do if it is convenient or ‘if’ it fits your schedule. He commanded that you do it! To not do it, is to be in the state of disobedience. “This do…” is in the imperative. So it is a command.

Are you associated with a company of believers who honor this command each Sunday? Would you take a job in a remote place if it meant you could not gather with Christians to carry out this weekly remembrance of the Lord? Think about it.