What Makes the Lord´s Supper so Special?
Tim Melton
Isaiah 46:9
Research found that approximately 56% of information that we receive is forgotten after one hour, 66% after one day, and 75% after six days. Our tendency is to forget more than we remember.
We see this struggle with forgetfulness in scripture as well. Throughout scripture we are encouraged to remember and not forget.
Isaiah 46:9 instructs to, ''Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other.''
1 Chronicles 16:15 exhorts the people to, ''Remember God´s covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations.''
In Deuteronomy 6:12 we read, ''Take care lest you forget the Lord.''
Psalm 103:2 declares, ''Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.''
Remembering who God is and what He has done is essential as we grow in our faith. So much so that even the Holy Spirit helps us. In John 14:26 Jesus told His disciples, ''But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.''
We must intentionally work to remember. To keep God and His truths on the forefront of our minds we are to think on His Word and come into His presence in prayer (Psalm 143:5). If not, we fall prey to the perspectives and desires of the world. As we read in Psalm 73, Asaph recounted how his ''feet had almost stumbled, and his steps had nearly slipped'' when he saw how the wicked prosper. He felt that his efforts to keep his hands clean and his conscience clear had been in vain. His soul became embittered towards God. Asaph had ''forgotten'' the truths of God. But then in verse 17 it says, ''Until he went into the sanctuary of God.'' It was there that he remembered, and his perspective was reclaimed by the truth of God. He remembered the eternal end of the wicked and the eternal end of those who are with God.
Still seeing the unfairness of the world ...
Tim Melton
Isaiah 46:9
Research found that approximately 56% of information that we receive is forgotten after one hour, 66% after one day, and 75% after six days. Our tendency is to forget more than we remember.
We see this struggle with forgetfulness in scripture as well. Throughout scripture we are encouraged to remember and not forget.
Isaiah 46:9 instructs to, ''Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other.''
1 Chronicles 16:15 exhorts the people to, ''Remember God´s covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations.''
In Deuteronomy 6:12 we read, ''Take care lest you forget the Lord.''
Psalm 103:2 declares, ''Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.''
Remembering who God is and what He has done is essential as we grow in our faith. So much so that even the Holy Spirit helps us. In John 14:26 Jesus told His disciples, ''But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.''
We must intentionally work to remember. To keep God and His truths on the forefront of our minds we are to think on His Word and come into His presence in prayer (Psalm 143:5). If not, we fall prey to the perspectives and desires of the world. As we read in Psalm 73, Asaph recounted how his ''feet had almost stumbled, and his steps had nearly slipped'' when he saw how the wicked prosper. He felt that his efforts to keep his hands clean and his conscience clear had been in vain. His soul became embittered towards God. Asaph had ''forgotten'' the truths of God. But then in verse 17 it says, ''Until he went into the sanctuary of God.'' It was there that he remembered, and his perspective was reclaimed by the truth of God. He remembered the eternal end of the wicked and the eternal end of those who are with God.
Still seeing the unfairness of the world ...
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