Tag: Remember - 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:24-26

and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Tag:  Rememberance

The word "remember" in the above verse is unique.  Note what one Jewish Rabbi says about the word:

Ever since, the primary liturgical act for Christians has been the Eucharist, a ritualized replication of that moment, described by the Greek term for remembrance, anamnesis. The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship calls the Greek word ”practically untranslatable in English. ‘Memorial,’  ‘commemoration,’ ‘remembrance’ all suggest a recollection of the past, whereas anamnesis means making present an object or person from the past.” What matters is this sense of “making present,” as if past and present coalesce into a single intensive experience of “now.” It is as if we are able to inhabit two separate points in time simultaneously. Time stops momentarily (and momentously), as “then” and “now” become the same.

We are to "remember" Christ's death and resurrection for us.   This is a unique word to describe this.   When 9/11 happened we had a chance to "memorize" the event.  That is a any to remember it.  However, just remember it doesn't evoke the real meaning of what happened that day.  To really remember it we have to attempt to experience it and to bring back all that happened that day.   When Christ says, "do this in remembrance of me," He is saying that we are to not just recall and event but to bring Him present into our lives, again.  We are to call Him to mind as though we were there.  That moment is to be lived again.  Through the Spirit we can do this. Only through the Spirit.  We are to be thankful and to recall our experience with Him.   This is not simply a type of remembering like we would remember our check book.  This is a remembering like we would experience it all again and again.