Remembering Him In The Lord’s Supper

February 2009 – Grace & Truth Magazine
Remembering Him In
... The Lord’s Supper

We are gathered here with a holy fear To remember the Son of God, Who was sent to earth through a humble birth To die on its blood-stained sod. He spent His life in a mortal strife With forces of sin and shame, And He did such good that they never could Bring discredit upon His name.
How we agonize as we turn our eyes For a glimpse of the Garden scene, Where the bloody sweat and the teardrops met On the face of the Nazarene. How our spirits groan as our souls are shown What He suffered at Calvary, While the teardrops fall as our hearts recall That He bore it for you and me.
We can feel the dread in the words He said As darkness enveloped the sky, When the God of grace hid His holy face From the One who was willing to die. And we’ve felt the gloom of the rocky tomb Where the body of Christ had been, But our souls rejoice at the angel’s voice That our Lord is alive again.
So we join as one to extol God’s Son As long as He lends us the breath, And we love to dine on the bread and wine That proclaim our Redeemer’s death; While we fix our eyes on the distant skies, For we long for the trumpet’s blast, When He’ll give the shout that will call us out To be with Himself at last.
By Edward Morriswww.noble-minded.org

... Until He Comes“For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:
The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,
‘This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying,
‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood;
do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.”
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 NIV