“When He had given thanks, He brake the bread and said, ‘Take, eat, this is My body broken for you, this do in remembrance of Me'”(I Corinthians 11:24).

In the common faith we celebrate a Sacrament called Holy Communion or the Eucharist. In this Sacrament we partake of the elements of the Sacrament, bread, representing Christ broken body, and wine or grape juice, representing Christ’s shed blood. Jesus instituted this Sacrament by what we call The Last Supper on the eve of His crucfixion and death.

Jesus instructs us to remember Him in His death by celebrating Holy Communion. In Remembrance of Me expresses a powerful, yet earnest desire for us to be joined with Him in His brokenness and sacrifice, the depth of which few really know or experience. It is a glorious invitation to partake with Him in His sufferings.

Remembrance (Def): (Gr): Mimesko from Mnaomai: Bear in mind, recollect by implication

In Remembrance of Me is not just “in memory of” but is intended to be an affectionate calling of Christ Himself to participate in His broken body and poured out blood, to be seriously mindful of Him in our union with Him.

Recollect by Implication (Def): Oxford Dictionary of the English Language: The action or state of being involved in something. Synonyms: Connected, Associated, Joined, Involved

In Remembrance of Me is Christ’s appeal, plea, invitation to be with Him in Oneness. Not that we simply remember His death, but that we be joined with Him in it, and that we constantly recollect and remind ourselves of our true life in Him.

The Apostle demonstrates this thought and understanding in his Epistles:

“Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body” (II Corinthians 4:10).

“I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet, not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in my mortal body, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

The Apostle declares the true connection, association and involvement we have in the Crucified, the Lamb of God, and Suffering Servant of God, our Father

In other passages the Apostle conveys this same thought to us, for example in his Epistle to the Romans he wrote:

“I beseech you, therefore, Brethren, by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:1-2).

Finally, let us consider his Epistle to the Colossians:

“If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things that are above where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth; for you are dead and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall you also appear with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4).

In all these verses we see the true meaning of in remembrance of Me. In all these verses there is a joining, a communion, an association, an involvement with Christ. Continue to recollect the implication of it all. Accept your glorious invitation from Him who Reigns on High, the Lamb of God, who sits on His Throne at the Father’s right hand forever and ever, Amen.

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