What Makes It Special?

Scripture:
Matthew 26:26-28

What is it that makes Holy Communion important and special?  After all we are drinking juice, or in some cases wine, and eating bread.  When we were still attending a Methodist Church I had started a Bible study.  I wanted to begin with communion.  My thought was to kick it off with Holy Communion as a reminder of who Christ is and what He has done for us.  In Matthew chapter twenty six Jesus holds the first communion.  During the process He tells the disciples to do this in remembrance.  What are we to remember?  Simple, we need to remember that Jesus came to earth as God in human form.  He came to atone for our sins.  His blood marks a new covenant with God.  His death brings redemption to everyone who believes.  John 3:16 (NIV) “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  I believe that is what makes Holy Communion special.  Jesus knew we needed constant reminders.  What better way to give us a simple reminder of something so important.  A bit of juice and bread symbolically transformed.  This is something ordinary and simple and yet it reminds us of the most precious gift of all.  We make Grace out to be complicated.  In reality it is just as simple as Holy Communion.  Next time you take communion remember the full depth of what has taken place and what it means.  That is what makes communion so important, special, and holy.

Merry Christmas