This week, we celebrate Memorial Day. America set this day apart to remember the men and women who died to ensure, protect, and preserve our freedom. When we choose to remember those who went to war and did not come home, we honor them. When we choose to remember we convey to ourselves and others the value, the worth, of their lives given to the cause of freedom. When we remember, we say they did not die in vain. When we remember, we value the freedoms that they died to ensure and to protect. To remember is to not take for granted their sacrifice. To remember is to use our freedoms in a way that is worthy of the sacrifices made to ensure them. Thus, I have to ask, do you really remember?
The Bible says that for freedom Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1). Jesus died to secure that freedom for us. We are free from the laws of sin and death. In Christ, there is no more condemnation. In Christ, we are no longer in bondage to sin. In Christ, death has been defeated. Before He died, Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, so that we would remember His sacrifice. When we remember, we honor Jesus. When we remember, we convey His worth. When we remember, we value Him and what He purchased for us. When we remember, we make sure our ”manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ” (Philippians 1:27). Thus, I have to ask, do you really remember?
For Further Study: Read 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 and Ephesians 4:1-3
