Unity

This Sunday is Resurrection Sunday, also known as Easter. It is the day we celebrate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ rising from the grave and in doing so granting us victory over the grave as well.

There are a lot of things that go through our minds as we commemorate this monumental event that changes everything. We may think about the horrible pain Jesus went through as He was tortured and then crucified. We may reflect upon how the Trinity was divided as Jesus hung on the cross and became our sin. Then of course the exhilaration of resurrection when bursting forth from death into life and the conquering of not only death and the grave, but the devil himself.

Yet, there is one more wonderful component of this event that I think we overlook sometimes and that is the unity that comes from the death and resurrection of Jesus. You may ask the question: How does this bring unity? Well, Jesus gives us a clue to this at the “Last Supper.”  Jesus reminded His disciples that the bread represented His body and the wine represented His blood. In my devotions, in I Corinthians 10:17 the Apostle Paul says this, “Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.”

This speaks of a perfect unity among all people who identify themselves with Christ through the “Lord’s Supper.” There are two sacraments that believers participate in, one is baptism and the other is the Lord’s Supper. Both identify us with Christ, but also with one another because as the Apostle Paul states it, “we all partake of one bread.” Jesus is the “Bread of Life” that all believers partake of.

This Friday we will be participating in the Lord’s Supper together. My challenge is for us all to ponder upon what Christ has done for us when it comes to our salvation, but also look around and realize that everyone participating not only identifies with Christ but also with one another. Jesus died to save us from sin, hell, and the grave, but also to make one big amazing family.