THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

Read  1 Corinthians 11:20-34 

Key Verse: “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.” 

The Lord's Supper is an event for all Christians. It is the beginning of what will eventually be the greatest sacrifice that our Lord Jesus Christ made.  In the gospels it is merely a passover meal eaten by Jesus with his disciples, But as we have known, that Our Lord Jesus Christ made a covenant with his disciples that night. When he went back to the father, in the book of Acts is is said that the disciples continued with the breaking of the bread with the growing number of believers in Christ.

What does the breaking of the bread mean for us? Paul's first letter to the Corinthians states that it is done as a memorial of the Lord's death until he comes. We remember his great sacrifice on the cross, the bread being his body and the wine being his blood. We remember why he came into this world, and we also await his return. Again, a remembrance and memorial.

When I was a Catholic, the mass shows that according to them, the bread and wine becomes the actual body and blood of Christ. Again, this is far from what the bible really says about him. This is more a deception, a sleigh of hand. 

However, the church in Corinth was reprimanded by Paul because they didn't take the breaking of the bread seriously. This is a remembrance in the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ, thus he reproved them. He then replied " For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body" (verse 29).      

So, when we gather in the breaking of the bread, let us be solemn in prayers. Let us eat and drink in accordance with the how Paul instructed the church in Corinth, In this we remember Our Lord Jesus Christ's sacrifice, and his promise that he will return.

MAY JESUS BLESS YOU!!

BRIAN LUCIANO

JUNE 13,2017