Worship is . . . about Remembering
Looking at Deut chapter 5, Moses gives the 10 commandments to the people
5:12-15
The command here for the Sabbath is to "remember" that He is the one who brought them up out of Egypt.
Looking at Luke chapter 22, Jesus instructs his disciples
22:19
Jesus says to "do in remembrance"
I'm amazed at the significance given to the activity of "Remembering"
Don Sailers in his book, Worship and Spirituality: Spirituality and the Christian Life
What is your response to what he calls "redemptive memory"?
5:12-15
The command here for the Sabbath is to "remember" that He is the one who brought them up out of Egypt.
Looking at Luke chapter 22, Jesus instructs his disciples
22:19
Jesus says to "do in remembrance"
I'm amazed at the significance given to the activity of "Remembering"
Don Sailers in his book, Worship and Spirituality: Spirituality and the Christian Life
In worship, prayer, and the life of discipleship and godliness, remembering with the Scriptures over time and in all circumstances is precisely to turn in a new direction. We live, feel, intend, and understand the world differently because a shared biblical memory elicits emotions oriented toward the mystery of God. Entering the patterns of redemptive memory with the people of God is to risk conversion.
What is your response to what he calls "redemptive memory"?
posted by Phil English at 9:41 PM
1 Comments:
I think that redemptive memory refers to a reflection on Christ’s work of saving the human race through His once-and-for-all sacrifice of His life. Just as Deuteronomy 5:15 reminds the Israelites that they once were in bondage, but are now free, redemptive memory also takes us into the reality of our state of separation from God, which was reversed by Christ’s sacrifice, and ultimately brought new life and reconciliation with God. The consequence of engaging in such memory is to live in obedience to God and the precepts of life that He has set for all who decide to commit themselves into redemptive memory.
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