Exodus 12:24-27:
24 “Obey these
instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 25 When you
enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this
ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to
you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed
over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck
down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
1 Corinthians
11:23-25:
23 For I received
from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was
betrayed, took bread, 24 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.” 25 In the same
way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my
blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
We saw
a lot of neat things on our trip recent trip to Ontario. We saw a lot of statues, artwork and
displays. We did see a bit of history when we were on our trip. We saw an old
city hall in Woodstock that had one of Canada’s fist woman mayors. It was neat
seeing the historic City Hall because it was flying what was Canada’s flag back
then which is, of course, the Union Jack. We also saw the ROM and interesting displays
from Byzantium, Rome, ancient Korea, and China. Did you know that China had a
moveable type printing press about 200 years before Gutenberg? We often look
for historic Salvation Army things on our trips – our first hotel was actually across
the street from a Salvation Army – or family stuff: we did drive by a town
called Ramsay. In one museum I was able to see some old Rotary stuff. That was
neat because I am a Rotarian. We often look through old churches and read about
their history.
Our
Faith history is so important. We are told in the scriptures to never forget
what the Lord has done for us. The is what Passover and then communion are all
about. The is what testimonies are about. That is a big part of what the Bible
is about too – it is (as well as everything else) an anthology, a collection of
stories of what the Lord has done throughout history and whatever we can learn
from other people’s mistakes can save us from making the same errors. I invite us
all to make every effort to remember our faith history. As we remember our
faith history – both in the Bible and from our own and others testimonies – it will
encourage us to persevere and share that hope we have in Jesus with everyone we
meet.
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