For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. (1 Corinthians 11:26)
" + "Football is a very interesting sport. It is a game of human chess where people strategize to determine the best means to either stop a team or to advance the game's ball down the field. One of the most strategic parts of the game the defensive portion. When on defense, it is absolutely essential to trick the opposing team as to what you plan on doing. The element of surprise is helpful towards stopping the offense from scoring. In other instances, the defense does not need to surprise the offense. It will show whatever defense it wants the offense to see. At this point, the defense doesn't care if the offense knows what it will do because they are confident that they will be able to stop the opposing team from gaining more yards or scoring.
" + "The question we must ask ourselves is, are we the same way? We must ask what we are showing the world. Are we showing the people around us the power of the gospel? Or, are we giving people a reason to doubt? Are we so confident in the power of our God that we are showing the power of his word? Do we believe we have the victory in Jesus, and act confident in the power that his word will come to pass? Or, do we retreat from the Lord through doubt and unbelief? What are we showing the world, and more importantly, what are showing our God?
" + "The scripture above tells us that what we show is very key to the God we serve and the people around us. Two things in the verse are important for our purposes. The first thing is that we must show the Lord's death. Now, in the context of a discussion on victorious living, this aspect does not seem to make sense. How can we mention the notion of victory in the same sentence of speaking of someone's death? Even though this scripture speaks of taking the Lord's Supper, it gives us an understanding of what Christianity is all about in the first place. We are supposed to be dying to sins all the time, killing every member that opposes Jesus (Romans 6-8). In this sense, we are called upon by the Lord to show his death. In essence, we are showing the destruction of sin when we show his death. Jesus became sin and destroyed the power of sin when he died on the cross for our sins (2 Cor 5:21). Showing his death is showing the power of God to remove the power of darkness, to deliver us from the evil that was inside of us. Showing the death of our Lord is necessary for people to see the confidence we have in the efficacy of his salvation. His death has done the job necessary for us to enter into the life of God.
" + "The second part of this verse punctuates the first. We show the Lord's death until he comes. How can we show the Lord's death until he comes? How can someone come when he is dead? This verse calls upon us to recognize the Messiahship of Jesus. He died for us. But he also rose again for us. His resurrection means that the death that he died was not the end of the whole matter. He was Christ, the Messiah, as he said he was. His crucifixion was to destroy sin and his resurrection proved that he had destroyed sin because sin could not make him stay dead. He died for the sins of others not for his own. When we show his death looking forward to his coming, we promote the kingdom of God. We show that God's dominion has been established through Christ for he has taken away the very thing that was causing a rift between us and the God who made us.
" + "Let's remember what it is we are showing the world brothers and sisters. This is essential because what we show determines what we are expecting. Do we expect the coming of our Lord or something else? God Bless.
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