Luke 22:19-20
Remembering
Tonight is the Lord’s Supper and in reading the Scripture, I noticed
two things that lead to the thoughts I will share tonight. I will
share the first one with you now and the other in a few minutes.
I noticed Jesus command, "This do in remembrance of me." There are
several reasons why we have this particular service, but one of
them—and one of the most important, is to remember. It is important
that we do not forget some things.
2Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and
abound, they make you that ye shall neither be
barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and
cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he
was purged from his old sins.
Tonight, I invite you to spend a few moments remembering with me.
I. I remember who I was.
A. I do not know who you were but I remember who I was.
B. I was lost.
1. That means that I was separated from God.
a. The sad truth is that I did not know that I was
separated from God.
b. To be honest, I did not know what God thought of me,
and I really did not care enough to find out.
c. Thank God for Christian parents who teach their
children who God is and what God thinks.
2. Even more, it means that I was God’s enemy.
Ro 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much
more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his
life.
a. Why was I ab enemy to God?
b. The short answer is because I was tearing down what
God was building up.
c. You might need the long answer for that to make much
sense.
1. God created every one of us for the same purpose,
to glorify Him.
2. As a separated sinner, I was not only NOT
bringing Him glory, I was stealing the glory for
myself.
3. That made me God’s enemy. I couldn’t hurt Him,
but I was working against Him.
3. I was damned.
a. When I have a tool that doesn’t work, I throw it away.
1. If my watch doesn’t keep the correct time, I pitch
it.
2. If I had to reset my watch every six months, I’d
throw it away.
b. You understand that hell is God’s heap? It is where
God throws the tools He created that do not work.
c. Someone might ask, "Why doesn’t God just snap them out
of existence?"
1. The answer - Because He created you to live
eternally.
2. Every once in a while, we need to remind ourselves
of where we were headed BEFORE we got saved!
II. I remember Jesus.
A. I remember Jesus gave the gift of His body.
1. There was a second thing I noticed from this Scripture.
2. I noticed that Jesus said of the bread, "This is My body;"
then He gave the bread to the disciples.
3. That was Jesus giving the disciples a gift. The gift was
His body.
4. We need to remember that Jesus is God and He did not have
a body.
5. Jesus’ body had to be specially created for Him.
Heb 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the
world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6. This body was made for one primary purpose- to make it
possible that God could die for mankind.
7. Sometimes we complain that Jesus asks us to give our
bodies as a living sacrifice. We forget that He gave His
body as a living sacrifice for us!
B. I remember that Jesus gave us the gift of His blood.
1. Not only did Jesus give us His body, He also gave His
blood.
2. Matthew and Mark both record Jesus making the same gesture
with the fruit of the vine and His blood.
Mt 26:28 For this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.
Mr 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my
blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many.
3. Then Jesus gave the blood to them.
4. It was a gift!
5. It was not just the body of Jesus that was necessary to
redeem mankind.
a. It was the blood of Jesus.
b. The blood had to be extracted from the body and then
applied to the altar.
6. Interestingly, God had always intended this to be the case.
a. \\#Ge 3:21\\ Where God made coats of skins.
b. All the way to the plain teaching of the blood’s
purpose and power.
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the
blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar
to make an atonement for your souls: for it is
the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law
purged with blood; and without shedding of blood
is no remission.
C. I remember that Jesus gave us the gift of His pain.
1. The only requirement was that the blood be removed from
the body and applied to the altar.
2. No pain was required.
a. Years ago, I read an article that said with a sharp
knife an experienced butcher could slit the throat of
an animal so quickly that the animal would feel no
pain and die in a few seconds.
b. Jesus could have died that way. He could have sat in
a Lazy Boy recliner, had a tube inserted in His vein
while He relaxed.
c. But He did not.
3. In fact, Jesus followed the image of the "Lamb of God"
being sacrificed in almost every way except one major one.
a. He did not die quickly or mercifully.
b. The sacrificial lambs did, but Jesus did not.
4. Jesus experienced, in part, three of the most brutal ways
of death.
a. He was beaten—not to death, but He was beaten.
b. He was scourged, another painful means which could
kill.
c. And He was crucified.
5. Is it not interesting that Jesus picked the time of the
cross to come die for our sins?
a. As there ever been a more painful method of death?
b. Jesus could have come 100 years earlier or 100 years
later and not faced the cross but He did not.
6. Why did Jesus give us the gift of pain?
a. Because His pain paid for our peace and our healing.
Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
b. Every twinge of pain He felt is a pain we do not have
to feel.
c. Every ounce of agony He endured is an ounce of agony
we do not have to feel.
d. Every strip He took is a sickness we do not have to
bear.
III. I remember what I now have.
A. I have redemption.
B. I have a new relationship with God.
C. I have a new life.
D. I have victory over the devil.
I remember!
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