Reception of Lord’s Supper

It is worth receiving the Lord’s Supper frequently:
to remember Christ.

“Do this” – or even more accurately: “Keep doing this” – “in remembrance of me.” These are words so important that our Savior spoke them as he distributed his body to his apostles, and then he repeated them verbatim as he gave to them also his blood. 

When we repeat something, that means it is important to us, and we are emphasizing it. Therefore, an emphatic significance of Holy Communion – from the lips of our Savior himself – is that we keep celebrating Lord’s Supper in order to remember Him. 

You see: When we receive Christ’s true body and blood, it is impossible to miss the fact that God entered into our human flesh to accomplish His plan for our salvation. When we join in Holy Communion, what we receive is a most emphatic reminder that Jesus sacrificed his own flesh and blood in place of ours. And when we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we cannot mistake that our Savior also rose in triumph, to distribute to us the living elements of His true body and blood. 

All of that is a reminder that you and I need constantly. Therefore, receive Holy Communion regularly—and once again soon.

Do this in remembrance of me.
(1 Corinthians 11: 24 & 25)