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“And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”
The Lord gave Abraham a reminder that he belonged to God. Every morning when he got up from his bed and went outside he would be reminded of the fact that he had a covenant with God. God would never forget the contract but Abraham would need to be reminded because God knows that people are likely to forget. Now that the Lord Jesus Christ has died on the cross and dealt with the legal problems that flow from sin we don’t need to have any physical reminder. The Lord Jesus Christ gave us the Lord’s Supper so that we can remember from week to week that He died in our place for our sins. However, it is not enough just to go to the Lord’s Supper each week. Abraham was reminded every day of the covenant that God had made with him; it is good for every Christian to prepare every day so that the do not offer to God something that cost them nothing when the come to the Lord’s Supper ( see 2 Sam 24: 24). If we prepare for the Lord’s Supper every day of our lives then we will become what we think. That is, the more time we spend meditating on the Lord Jesus Christ and everything that He has done for us we will become more like Him. As we become more like Him, the Holy Ghost will change the world through our witness. This is not a time for self indulgence but a time to preach the word about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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