"In Remembrance Of Me"

[Mr. M]

Luke 22:19 He took bread and gave thanks and broke it, and gave unto them saying:
this is my body which is given for you; this do, in remembrance of me.

The practice of breaking bread in fellowship became the foundation of
Christian fellowship in the book of Acts.

Later, Paul wrote:
1 Corinthians 11:23, 24 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the night in which He was betrayed took bread;and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

This is a true definition of Christian leadership by the Holy Spirit; to receive from the Lord and deliver unto the congregation. Paul was not a participant at the last supper and had not been welcomed into the fellowship of the church in Jerusalem early on due to his fearful reputation. Yet the new communities were established in the breaking of bread in fellowship. The breaking of bread is not given to practice as a memorial before God, but a remembrance in the Lord’s sight.
Jesus said:
Matthew 18:20 “when two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

The Presence In the Breaking of Bread
This gathering together is initiated by the proper breaking of bread.
Continuing, Paul warns:
1 Corinthians 11:29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks
judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
To allow breaking bread to become an empty ritual, or to completely neglect the act
as obsolete is to deny the very presence of the Lord into your fellowship.

Paul concludes:
1 Corinthians 11:30 for this cause many have become infirm and many have died.

From Luke 24 we know that the presence of the Lord in fellowship is essential
to a right understanding of His word. After his resurrection, Jesus meets with two disciples
on the road to Emmaus, and has a conversation which is given to us as a memorial.

Luke 24:30, 31 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.

Once their eyes were opened, they testified:
Luke 24:32-35 And they said to one another, Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us? So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those with them gathered together, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon. And they talked about the things on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.

This is the Lord’s remembrance. This is to know Him.
Now is the time for believers to enter into the ministry of the burning heart.
To break the bread of sincerity and truth.
To call on the name of the Lord in remembrance of His mercy.

2 Peter 3:1 I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.

John 6:33 For the bread of God is he which comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world.