We can get so caught up in trying to get everything done, that if we are not careful, we forget things – even the important stuff! As believers, communion is one of the most important things we can participate in. It is so important that it is known as an ordinance. An ordinance is the closest thing that we get to by way of religious ritual. Suffice it to say, this is simply not something that we can afford to forget! Communion reminds us of the important event of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for our sin, so that we could be saved. It is a memorial to his death, burial, and resurrection. In the Old Testament, God gives the example of another memorial, the Passover, that shows us how to memorialize the important event of His working in our lives.

God freed his people in Exodus through the use of plagues to reveal his power to Pharoah. One of those plagues was the Spirit of God moving through Egypt and killing all the first born of those who did not have their doorframes smeared with the blood of a lamb. Those that did would have the Spirit of God “pass over” them. God did not want His people to forget about His freeing them, so He commanded they memorialize the event by celebrating Passover.

Big Idea: God wants us to remember what He has done for us. Exodus 13:3-10