Last week I was given the opportunity to buy an authentic crown of thorns.  Normally priced at $84.99, this real “crown of thorns” could be mine and the seller would give me a 30% discount on the deal.  The sales person did warn me about buying and wearing this crown as this product is not designed to be a “wearable” item.  The recommended use is wrapping it around a wooden cross which can also be purchased for a nominal fee.

I wanted to ask if the thorns in this crown were of the same type worn by Jesus (Mt. 27:29) but just listened to the sales pitch.  Then, after leaving the store with no crown of thorns and no wooden cross in hand , I thought of how many will gladly buy and display things like crosses and thorny crowns while overlooking what God has said we are to use.  Notice what Paul said in 1 Cor 11:23-26:

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,  “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”  25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”  26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

The world often tries to point people to Christ and His sacrifice with physical images and objects.  God’s method for pointing people to the Lord and His death is the Lord’s Supper.  Every week (Acts 20:7) Christians are to come together in various places – some with no roofs and walls – to remember the death of Christ.

Do we remember Jesus’ sacrifice on a weekly basis in the way God has described or do we use a method devised by men?  After you answer this question check out Lk. 6:46.

Brad Price
www.abiblecommentary.com