All tagged communion

The Blood of Christ, Fills the Cup of Grace

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Precious Blood

Do we have the blood of Jesus on the casings above the doors of our lives? Are our lintels smeared with the blood of the lamb and the promise of eternal life? If we were to walk back in time, and down the streets of Egypt, we would see the very real blood of Passover lambs on the doorways of believers, and if we turned to the Holy Spirit he would reveal to us the spiritual reality of that act; then he would show us the power of the blood of Jesus Christ in our lives and would make tangible to us the promises of God... His grace, forgiveness, and everlasting life.

Communion; the Roux of Life and Love Everlasting

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Tasting Communion, Tasting Communion

What nourishes our faith? What does our Spirit consume for its strength? When we go to the Lord’s Table we feed our souls the flesh and blood of Jesus, and this sustenance brings us life, eternal life. To consume the body of Christ is to bring Him inside us... to allow Him to dwell in a physical as well as spiritual sense within us. Communion, it is the life-giving nourishment of the Christian experience… it is the most wonderful and satisfying meal taken in the tiniest of morsels and smallest of sips… It is the enormity of eternity in the most meager of earthly portions.

What are our Communion Remembrances?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Remembrances of Jesus

In communion we consume the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ, and as often as we do so, we are told to remember Him, but what are our remembrances? Do we recall His miraculous birth, the Sermon on the Mount, a particular miracle, his passion, death, resurrection, the moment we first embraced Him, or are our thoughts drawn to His return, and how we will become one with Him just as in marriage we become one flesh with our earthly spouse? Do we recall the thought of this ethereal spiritual reunion, and how He has brought peace to a relationship that was once marred by hostility, and by our rampant pursuit of sin?

Remembering Jesus in Communion, and the look in His eyes

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , The Eyes of Jesus

Jesus took on our sins to redeem us, and it was no easy task. While praying in the Garden of Gethsemane His sweat became like blood, and God felt it necessary to send an Angel to strengthen Him. The weight of our sin was so great that Jesus pleaded with His Father to take this cup from Him, but in the end He did His Father’s will, and as He died for us, we were made to live on in Him, and His anguish in assuming our sin, became our joy, as it was revealed through His grace.

Eating the broken Body of Jesus… a messy affair

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Breaking Bread

When Jesus gave His disciples the bread of His body during the first Communion, He did not cut it with a knife, or have it prepared with a perforation so that it would break cleanly into pieces. Jesus took a loaf of bread and simply broke it. Unlike a wafer it didn’t snap cleanly, but tore, and it’s edges were jagged, uneven, and ripped asunder; it was a messy tear. This is how He died for us… He died just as we live and die… messy, torn, imperfect, and yet made to be righteous, by His sacrifice, resurrection, and our coming ascension upon His return.