In the Lord’s Supper, “remembrance,” means that the past act of Christ’s redemption and the future hope of consummation become contemporary to the people remembering. In a similar way, the generations of Israelites after the Exodus who had never even seen Egypt were to confess at the Passover Feast, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, and Yahweh our God brought us out from there with a mighty hand” (Deut 6:21). When we partake of the Lord’s Supper in the present, we participate in his redemptive death and resurrection in the past, and we proclaim his death until he comes in the future.

I got to record my testimony when introducing the series to the Next Steps class this past Sunday. I'll just post it here in case anyone is interested. The sound quality isn't great, sorry about that.

Does God have emotions? How we answer that question will have tremendous implications for our lives. We become what we worship. Worship a cold and distant emotionless deity and you will become cold, distant, and emotionless. But what if you worship Yahweh? "Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God; slow to anger and overflowing with loyal-love and faithfulness" (Exodus 34:6). The God of the Bible has revealed himself as a God who is deeply and emotionally invested in his creatures. How can we reconcile the idea that Yahweh's very name is "passion" (Exodus 34:14) with the idea that with him, "there is no variation or shadow due to change" (James 1:17)?