Our Need To
Remember!
"That these days should be remembered
and kept throughout every generation,
every family, every province, and every
city....."
Esther 9: 28
To this day, Jews celebrate the festival of Purim,
the remembrance of
God’s delivering the Jews
from the genocide planned by the evil courtier,
Haman, in Persia.
Purim comes from the word pur, or “lot”—the lot
cast by Haman to determine the day of the Jews’
destruction. (See Esther 3:7; 9:24-27.) Annual
celebrations of milestone events help us recall
the favors of God.
In a similar way, Christ gave to His Church a memorial
celebration to observe when He returns to establish His
Kingdom on earth, typically referred to as Communion
or the Lord’s Supper. Communion celebrates the
passion of Christ at His death.
Bread remembers His broken body, and the cup
remembers His shed blood (Matthew
26:26-29).
When we celebrate Communion, “we proclaim
the Lord’s death till He comes”
(1 Corinthians
11:26).
Keep Christ’s sacrifice
by participating
in the Communion celebration regularly
remembering the past can strengthen
the present.
"How worthy is it to remember
former benefits, when we
come to beg for new."
Stephen Charnock