Devotional Thoughts

Colossians 1:12-14    "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:  (13)  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:  (14)  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins"    In Romans 5:11, Paul reminds us that we "joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." We have been reconciled back to our Heavenly Father through Christ Jesus. I want us to think about the word atonement for a few moments. If I counted correctly, the word is mentioned 80 times in the Old Testament and only once in the New Testament. Most of that 80 times is in the book of Leviticus where the law  and instructions were given to the priests for making the sacrificial offerings unto God. That which I find interesting is in the meanings for the word in the different Testam...

Luke 22:15  "And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:" What a great blessing we have in this verse of Scripture.  We observe the Lord's Supper in remembrance of the atonement that was accomplished through the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ.  Paul reminded the Church at Corinth that they were to have proper thoughts of heart and mind when observing this service. He wrote to them the words of our Lord, "And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." (1 Corinthians 11:24-25)  The key phrase in those passages are that we are to observe the Lord's Supper, "in remembrance" of Him. But I would like to think about another phrase t...