Volume 13: Now What?

Now What?

Communion Without Commission Is Compromise

The cross is not the end. It is the assignment. “It is finished” (John 19:30). The work is finished. The mission is not. “He is not here… He is risen” (Matthew 28:6). So now the question stands: Now what?

The danger is not unbelief. It is going back to normal. Celebrating an empty tomb… but living an unchanged life.

Because Jesus did not die just to be remembered. He died to be followed (Luke 9:23), not just remembered.

Do This In Remembrance of Me

Communion was never about literally consuming blood or flesh in a physical sense. It was about what the memory represented.

The night that Jesus was betrayed, He said, “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19).

Remembrance is never passive in Scripture. It is a call to action.

In the Old Testament, when God called His people to remember, He was not asking them to simply recall information. He was summoning them back into alignment.

After the crossing of the Jordan, God commanded Israel to take twelve stones from the riverbed and build a memorial (Joshua 4:6–7). Why? “So that when your children ask… you can tell them.” Memory was meant to move mouths to speak, hearts to stir, and generations to respond.

When the Passover was established in Exodus 12, it was not just a meal. It was a reenactment. Eat it this way. Prepare it this way. Tell the story this way. Every detail was intentional. Because remembering deliverance was meant to produce obedience, gratitude, and reverence.

Even the law itself was tied to remembrance. “Remember that you were slaves in Egypt” (Deuteronomy 5:15). In other words, let what I brought you out of shape how you now live. Memory was meant to motivate movement.

They wrote laws on doorposts (Deuteronomy 6:9). They bound them on their hands and foreheads (Deuteronomy 6:8). They built altars after encounters (Genesis 12:7–8). Every act of remembrance was physical, visible, and intentional. Why? Because forgetfulness leads to drift. And drift leads to disobedience.

So when Jesus lifted the bread and the cup, He was not introducing something strange. He was stepping into a pattern they already understood.

This is a memorial. This is a moment. This is a mandate. “Do this in remembrance of Me.” Not just think about Me. Respond to Me. Live because of Me.

When we take communion, we are not participating in ritual without reason. We are stepping into a sacred reminder that demands a surrendered response. His body broken calls us to die to ourselves. His blood shed calls us to live fully for Him.

Remembrance is responsibility. If you remember the cross, you cannot live casually. If you remember the cost, you cannot stay the same. If you remember His sacrifice, you are summoned to action.

Because in the Kingdom of God, memory is never just reflection. It is transformation in motion.

A Real Question

Someone asked me, “Why do Christians drink the blood of Jesus?”

And let’s be honest, without a proper explanation communion does sound like a strange ritualistic practice.

So let’s make it plain. Christians are not drinking literal blood. We drink wine or grape juice. It is symbolic.

When we take communion, the cup represents His blood (Luke 22:20). The bread represents His body. Nothing dark. Nothing hidden. It is deeply spiritual, but clearly symbolic. It is a reminder. A declaration. A covenant moment.

What the Blood Means

“Life is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11). From the beginning, covenant has always been sealed in blood. Not as ritual, but as reality. Because covenant is not a casual agreement. It is a binding exchange of life.

In the Old Testament, when covenants were made, animal blood was shed to signify that something had to die for something else to live. The innocent stood in the place of the guilty. Life was required to secure the promise.

And in one of the most powerful moments in Scripture, God Himself walked through the blood.

In Genesis 15, when God made covenant with Abraham, animals were split in half and laid opposite each other. In ancient practice, both parties would walk between the pieces, essentially saying, “If I break this covenant, let this be done to me.”

But Abraham did not walk through. God did. He bound Himself to a promise man could never uphold. He took full responsibility. He placed the weight of the covenant on Himself.

Blood has always meant this: Life for life. Promise sealed by sacrifice.

In the Old Testament system, blood covered sin. It postponed judgment. It allowed mercy to breathe, but it was never permanent. The sacrifices had to be repeated because the problem was never fully removed.

But all of it was pointing forward. Then came Jesus. Not another animal. Not another temporary offering. God in flesh. One sacrifice. Once and for all (Hebrews 10:10).

So when He said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood” (Luke 22:20), He was declaring something eternal:

No more repeated animal sacrifices. No more temporary blood covering. This is not just another covenant. This is God fulfilling what He started when He walked through the blood alone. This was God permanently changing the order of our access to eternal life. This is final.

Not Demonic But Divine

There are practices in the world where blood is used in dark ways. That is not what this is.

Jesus didn’t take blood from others. He gave His own. He didn’t trap people in fear. He freed them through love.

So when we drink the cup, we are simply saying: I believe in what You did. I receive the life You gave. I am covered by Your sacrifice. It’s not gothic. It’s grace.

Go Make Disciples

In addition to communion, Jesus gave a commission. “Go… make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).

This was not a suggestion. This was His second instruction as He prepared to leave. Communion calls us to remember. The commission calls us to move.

We are not just called to believe. Even demons believe and tremble (James 2:19). We are not just called to assemble. Crowds gathered around Jesus, but not all followed Him (John 6:67). God is not after consumers of religion. He is after disciples in relationship.

The call is clear. Go to the hedges and highways (Luke 14:23). Step into streets, spaces, and systems. Compel people not with pressure, but with truth and love. Call them out of their will and into His.

This is how the Kingdom multiplies. Not by sitting within confined walls with likeminded believers. But by sending followers to go make disciples. The same Jesus who said, “It is finished,” also said, “Go.”

That means the work of salvation is complete, but the work of spreading the revelation of relationship is not. Our lives have purpose now. And if you are only attending church services, and not going outside your traditional comfort zone to spread the gospel, then you are not fully walking in what it means to follow Jesus.

Now It’s Your Turn

He finished the work. Now we carry the message. Remember. Then move. Do this in remembrance of Me. Go make disciples of all nations.

So when the question rises, Now what? This is the answer. You remember until it reshapes the way you believe into an inconvenient faith. You move until it stretches you beyond tradition and religion into uncomfortable obedience.

Now what? Take your relationship with God seriously, enough to carry your cross. Die daily by crucifying the flesh and surrendering your will, so His can live through you. Now you follow. Now you get up and go. Now you live like He got up. Resurrection is not something you celebrate. It is something you demonstrate. If you remember Him, you will represent Him.