Scripture: 1 Cor 15:45, John 11:11-44, etc.
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world (Gal 6:14).
There are many different types of boasting in this world. People are proud of all sorts of things, including their possessions, position in society, family background, academic background, and degrees, as well as their intelligence, talent, and even good bodily appearance. However, the above Scripture admonishes us not to “boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,” which refers to his death. Why must we boast in his death? Since it was Christ, not us, who died, why should we boast about what someone else did?
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes (1 Cor 11:26).
These are the words that Paul spoke to the believers in Corinth to teach them about the meaning of the Lord’s Supper they had daily in the church. Note the statement “you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
The Lord’s Supper, Communion, is a reenactment of Jesus’ Last Supper and a declaration of the spiritual reality that we have become spiritually one with him. Here, “the Lord’s death” refers to not merely his death but also the death of all who believe in him. Our Lord gave up everything and was crucified. By everything, I mean the “world” with all kinds of pride that exists there. If Christ was crucified to the world, we, too, were crucified to it. The world has also been crucified to us and has become something that no longer exists and has no meaning to us. And those brought into this reality will move on to the next reality.
