Holy Communion

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I just had an interesting conversation with a Muslim colleague on the Holy Communion a few days back. Basically I explained that it was initiated by Jesus for us believers to remember His death until He comes again. It was originally a Jewish passover meal to commensurate God’s grace in sparing the lives of the first born of the Israelites when they were in Egypt when the Angel of Death came and took the life of every first born in every Egyptian family during that time including the first born of their livestock. The sign that caused the Angel of Death to bypass a home was the blood of an unblemished lamb splashed on its doors and Jesus later became the Lamb of God that redeemed us and avoided us as believers from eternal death and damnation.

The original Holy Communion was actually a proper meal that started with Jesus breaking the bread and giving thanks to God but for the congregation to partake it as part of a Sunday worship service it has been simplified over the years into a piece of bread and some juice. There is nothing physically magical in the bread and juice in the sense that they didn’t originate from any specific place or anywhere special like the zam zam water. Yet even though the significance is spiritual, there is something supernatural that could occur as we partake the elements. Believers have been known to have experienced healings and breakthroughs by just partaking of the Holy Communion. Nothing magical but there is both spiritual and supernatural significance. The only rule churches have is that we have to be believers to partake of the sacraments. If we have not accepted Christ, we must refrain from it as it is only meant for those who have accepted the death and resurrection of Christ in their lives.

In my previous church, we don’t just partake of the elements corporately but we use the time to also pray for one another or with families praying with one another. I think that’s a good practice to use that solemn time to pray for another and cultivate the unity of the spirit and the body. That as we remember what the Lord did for us and be thankful for the gift of salvation and eternal life, we give thanks together and use the opportunity to pray for the needs of one another.

Let’s partake the Holy Communion seriously, and the coming Sundays as we partake of the sacraments, use that time to examine ourselves, seek forgiveness and repent from our sins and thank the Lord for His love and mercy in calling us to be children of God, to be a part of the Kingdom of Heaven.