2011.01.21
Do this as often as you eat it in remembrance of Yahooshua
By
James Robertson
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You may know it as "Communion"
Another meaningless religious word.
The covenant meal or rehearsing the covenant or similar would be more meaningful language.
How frequently do you do this?
Do you do it yourself?
or do you wait for a priest of pastor or other office bearer to officiate on your behalf?
Do you have to use specially manufactured "wafers"
do they have a crucifix or other symbol on them?
or do you just use a piece of unleavened bread (bread without yeast) -- Jewish Matzos, a water biscuit, etc or do you just use ordinary bread?
or do you take some tiny fragment because you do not like unleavened bread?
do you use wine with alcohol or grape juice?
does it matter?
I suggest that it DOES MATTER!
Do you have a profound realization of the offering {sacrifice} that Yahooshua made in order to open the door for you to be your own priest, for you to be able to come before the throne of Grace with boldness, for you to have a personal relationship with Daddy Yah, in order for him to be your advocate, in order for you to have an offering for sin, for you to have access to divine health and healing and divine provision and set apartness {sanctification} and salvation? etc
If you do NOT have such a revelation you sin and should seek it.
If you do not rehearse the covenant or take the covenant meal with due reverence you sin.
It is reported that Yahooshua was at table with his followers and took the bread that was served with the meal and told his followers that this represented his body and that they should "do this as often as you eat it".
How frequently do you eat bread and do NOT do it in remembrance of Yahooshua's offering for you?
and the wine that was served with the meal and told them that this represented his blood of the new covenant shed for remission / forgiveness of sin and that they should "do this as often as you drink it".
How frequently do you drink wine or grape juice and do NOT do it in remembrance of Yahooshua's offering for you and the new covenant that he introduced?
You should do it EVERY TIME YOU EAT bread OR DRINK wine or grape juice!
Wafers with crucifixes and crosses on them should be avoided!
If you cannot bring yourself to eat a meaningful portion of the bread, rather do NOT do it at all.
I have reached a point where every morning at breakfast i break a portion of unleavened bread at the start of the meal and at the end of the meal i take a small cup of grape juice and in each case pray appropriately. In doing this i remember what Yahooshua did for me and what it means and i claim the promises of the covenant to REMIND MYSELF what it means.
I also pray that i may walk in the fullness of the covenant and that i may be taught the full meaning of the covenant.
I commend this practice to you.
At times when i am under intense pressure or seeking to sanctify myself or fasting i do this up to three times a day -- at each meal time -- the point is to remind YOURSELF of the covenant and to claim the promises.
You should pray as led but following are the lines along which i pray:
At the start of the meal: "Father i thank you for this food and i ask you to bless it to my body and bless those who prepared it."
Pause, reflect on what Yahooshua went through, sometimes i rehearse in detail all he suffered and was subject to in order that i may not take the bread and wine lightly.
Taking the bread "Father i recall that on the night that he was betrayed Yahooshua took the bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to those who followed him saying, 'take, eat, this is my body given for you, do this as often as you eat it in remembrance of me'
"Please help me to walk in the fullness of what this represents to you and teach me the fullness of what it means to you".
I then pray whatever i feel is appropriate at that time, sometimes nothing and sometimes a very detailed prayer, quite frequently "Father i ask that i may be put to death with Yahooshua that you may live in and through me"
I then eat the rest of the meal.
At the end i take the cup, i use grape juice but you are at liberty to take wine, and pray "Father i recall that after supper Yahooshua took the cup and gave it to those who followed him and said 'this is my blood of the new covenant shed for you and for many for forgiveness of sins, do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me'
"Father i ask that i may walk in the fullness of all this cup represents to you and that you will teach me what it means to you"
I then pray as i feel appropriate reciting the promises of the covenant, pray for the day, protection, deliverance, etc
for example:
"i thank you that no weapon formed against me shall prosper, that your messengers {angels} encamp around me to protect me, that every tongue that rises against me in unrighteous judgment will be refuted, that you supply all my needs according to your riches in glory through the anointing that was upon Yahooshua, that you are able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that i can ask or imagine, that i walk in divine health," etc
I encourage you to adopt a similar practice, we do NOT walk in the fullness of the covenant by remembering it now and again and we insult Yahooshua by waiting for some other person to officiate when we are entitled to take the covenant meal ourselves.
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