1a-- Remembering his Death

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When we think at the Lord's Supper about Christ's death, what do we think about, his suffering, the Passion of the Christ so graphically grabbed us with it. Do we think about his loneliness on the cross--"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

When we think about death, we are often afraid. We are afraid that there will be nothing, that all of our efforts in this life are gone. We do all we can to postpone our death, sometimes the most devout of us, is afraid of dying, yet, as we think of Christ's death on the cross today, let us remember what The author of Hebrews says,

Heb 2:14-16
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. NIV

When we remember the death of Christ during communion time, all of those thoughts about Christ dying are accurate, but this morning, let us remember, that by His death, he was destroying the power of death and releasing us from the fear of dying. Most of us will still go to great means to prolong our life here on earth, but because of Christ, we no longer have to be afraid.


Prayer: Thanks for freeing us from the power of death and releasing us into eternal life.
Thanks for the suffering that you did for us. For the pain you bore.