John 1:29, The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’
When we
take the bread and juice, this is what we are to remember, that God came down
from heaven, took on the form of man and became the lamb of God, the sacrificed
lamb to die on a cross so that our sin can be taken away. He did this for us. God Himself paid the price.
Imagine
Bill Gates, billionaire, accepting to go to jail for you. Not even dying for you, just jail. He won’t.
Bill Gates isn’t even as powerful or as rich as God and yet God Himself
died for you.
Are you
aware that if the top richest people in the world pooled all their money
together we would end poverty and sickness and they would still have $40
billion dollars each but they can’t sacrifice their money for others. Yet Jesus, God Himself, didn’t just sacrifice
money but he sacrificed Himself.
Isaiah 53:5
says He was wounded for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities,
upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace [peace with God] and with
His stripes we are healed.
As we eat
the bread, let’s remember his body that was wounded for us and crushed for us
and chastised for us. As we drink the
juice, let’s remember His blood that flowed so we might be forgiven.
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