Memorial Feast
Tomorrow our nation celebrates Memorial Day, a time to remember those gave their lives in military service for our nation. And as Christians we are quite familiar with this kind of memorial celebration and remembrance because it’s what we do here every week. This meal is likewise a memorial in which we remember, and more importantly call upon God to remember, how Jesus Christ gave His life in service to God and His holy nation, the Church. It was the death of Jesus Christ in battle that secured our life, liberty from the guilt and power of sin, and an eternal inheritance where true happiness is found. Of course we don’t view these things as “rights,” but rather as gifts of God’s grace. We don’t deserve life, liberty, and happiness, but death, bondage, and misery. It was by undergoing the latter, which we deserved that Jesus gave us the former, which we did not deserve. Therefore let us celebrate the death of Jesus for us and the blessing that flow to us through this memorial feast!
