Simple Reminder
Stephen Whitney
Matthew 26:26-29
Experiments with uranium were part of Louis Slotin’s job as a research scientist in 1946. In one of his experiments, he conducted a test by bring two pieces of uranium close together. Just as an atomic reaction would begin, he would separate the two pieces with a screwdriver and stop it.
One day, while performing the experiment, the screwdriver slipped and the pieces of uranium got too close together. The reaction instantly filled the room with a dazzling bluish light. Slotin did not run to protect himself from the dangerous radiation. Rather, he tore the pieces of uranium apart with his hands, stopping the chain reaction. His quick action saved the lives of other scientists in the room, but 9 days later he died in agony.
What that unselfish scientist did is a picture of what Jesus Christ did on the cross. He willingly took on himself the radiation of
our sins and accepted the curse on our behalf. He died a painful death on the cross so that the power of sin was broken and we could be forgiven of our sins by God.
Jesus left his disciples a simple reminder of his sacrificial death.
Thomas Watson - ‘‘The Lord’s Supper is a visible sermon, wherein Christ crucified is set before us . .our communion with Christ is signified . . . by receiving the bread and wine.’’
Background
It was April 2, 33 AD and the disciples along with Jesus were celebrating the annual Passover meal together as they remembered that their forefathers had been delivered from slavery in Egypt some 1500 years earlier and Israel had become a nation.
The celebration was called The Passover because the angel who brought death to the firstborn sons of Egypt passed over the homes of the Israelites because they had put the blood of a lamb on the doorposts of their homes. The lamb had died in place of their sons so they might be freed from slavery.
BREAD - His Body :26
Jesus took some of the unleavened bread which was a re ...
Stephen Whitney
Matthew 26:26-29
Experiments with uranium were part of Louis Slotin’s job as a research scientist in 1946. In one of his experiments, he conducted a test by bring two pieces of uranium close together. Just as an atomic reaction would begin, he would separate the two pieces with a screwdriver and stop it.
One day, while performing the experiment, the screwdriver slipped and the pieces of uranium got too close together. The reaction instantly filled the room with a dazzling bluish light. Slotin did not run to protect himself from the dangerous radiation. Rather, he tore the pieces of uranium apart with his hands, stopping the chain reaction. His quick action saved the lives of other scientists in the room, but 9 days later he died in agony.
What that unselfish scientist did is a picture of what Jesus Christ did on the cross. He willingly took on himself the radiation of
our sins and accepted the curse on our behalf. He died a painful death on the cross so that the power of sin was broken and we could be forgiven of our sins by God.
Jesus left his disciples a simple reminder of his sacrificial death.
Thomas Watson - ‘‘The Lord’s Supper is a visible sermon, wherein Christ crucified is set before us . .our communion with Christ is signified . . . by receiving the bread and wine.’’
Background
It was April 2, 33 AD and the disciples along with Jesus were celebrating the annual Passover meal together as they remembered that their forefathers had been delivered from slavery in Egypt some 1500 years earlier and Israel had become a nation.
The celebration was called The Passover because the angel who brought death to the firstborn sons of Egypt passed over the homes of the Israelites because they had put the blood of a lamb on the doorposts of their homes. The lamb had died in place of their sons so they might be freed from slavery.
BREAD - His Body :26
Jesus took some of the unleavened bread which was a re ...
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