One of the great things that we do when we assemble with the saints on the Lord’s Day is observe the Lord’s Supper.  Our Lord established this as a memorial to help us always keep in mind His sacrifice for us on the cross.

Luke 22:19-20 (ESV)
¹⁹  And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰  And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Jesus makes it clear that the bread represents His body.  We must never forget how significant the body of Christ is in God’s scheme of redemption.  Without the body, there could be no sacrifice for our sins and, therefore, no salvation.  Read Hebrews 10:1-10 to see the significance of the body of Christ in God’s scheme of redemption.  We have been sanctified, separated, and set apart by the offering of His body.  We should be thankful every day that Jesus was willing to take on a human body and endure the trials and tribulations that He did, not only on the cross, but leading up to the cross as well.

Isaiah 53:3-4 (ESV)
³  He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. ⁴  Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Paul wrote eloquently of this as well.

Philippians 2:6-7 (ESV)
⁶  Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷  but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

Thank God Jesus was willing to do this for us.  It, however, was not enough.  Jesus had to shed His blood (Matthew 26:27-28).  When you partake of the cup every first day of the week, do not forget what it represents—the blood of a man who knew no sin.  That makes it extraordinary blood.  Blood that had the power to purchase the church (Acts 20:28), cause God to pass over our sins (Romans 3:25), and save us from the wrath of God (Romans 5:9).

The blood of Christ saves us from our past sins (Matthew 26:28), and from the sins that we commit every day (1 John 1:7).  Without the shedding of our Lord’s blood, we would be hopelessly, helplessly lost.

We have the privilege of communing with Christ and with one another by remembering His sacrifice for us every Lord’s Day when we assemble.  What a wonderful and edifying part of our assembling.  We cannot scripturally observe the Lord’s Supper at any other time.  The pattern outlined in the New Testament is that of observing the Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7), and we must do all things according to the pattern (Hebrews 8:1-5).  Make sure that you are in your spot this Lord’s Day when saints come together to break bread.

As you wind down for the night, think about these things.