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MonMondayNovNovember30th2009

A Communion to Remember

Posted Monday, November 30 2009 @ 11 AM byBryan Payne Tagged Communion Gospel 3 comments Add comment

During last weekend’s church service, I experienced something for the first time – communion with my 18 month old son Nathanael. He was sick and unable to go to the nursery so I took him into worship with me. As I held Nathanael in my lap, I prayed and meditated on the person and work of Jesus Christ. I was thanking the Father for crucifying His Son on my behalf when it HIT me, "Who would I be willing to kill Nathanael for!?" My mind began to race, I thought and I thought. But there was no one that I would kill Nathanael to save. As I hugged my son in my arms, my heart grieved at the thought of killing him. I pictured Nathanael beaten, bloodied, and gasping for breath. And then it hit me like a freight train running head-on into a bicycle. The Father didn’t look around the world to find people with enough value for Christ to die for. Rather, the Father sent His Son to the cross for those who were His ENEMIES…

My heart was crushed! I sat in my chair dumbfounded. I couldn’t think of a single person that I would give my son’s life for. But the thought of killing him for someone who hated me—repulsive! Yet that is exactly what the Father did. He gave His one and only Son’s life for you and me—the very people that hated Him.

I will never forget that communion. God used my deep love for Nathanael to illustrate the deepest love imaginable – His love for me. I don’t ever want to forget that lesson. Thank you, God, for your love. Thank you for crucifying Jesus Christ on my behalf, an unworthy sinner.

Do you have any communions that stand out to you? What truth did the Lord drive home in your heart?

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8)"

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