The Deeper Meaning

In one of the books I have been reading (The Crux of the Matter), there was a great quote about communion.

The New Testament connects the Lord's Supper to many different things- sacrifice, covenant meal, lifeblood, fellowship meal, marriage feast, thanksgiving, church unity, manna, the messianic celebration of heaven, and more. If we open up all of its Old Testament connections, we get a picture bursting with meaning. Yet some churches rarely hear the Lord's supper linked with anything other than...that of memorial.

This statement couples perfectly with the metaphor of the Bible as a telescope-(you can know everything there is about the telescope[lens sizes, focal points etc.], but if you don't use it to search the galaxies you have missed the whole point. In the same way if you can quote the Bible forwards and backwards but have never used it in a way that helped you search out the mysteries of God and to know Him better, you too have missed the point.)

The Bible is to be treated with far greater respect than we typically give it. It is alive and active and yet we settle for knowing its vital stats instead of having an intimate relationship with God. The way we myopically treat communion is a prime example. We were commanded to do it in remembrance and so that is what we do. We have met the status quo and there is no need to dive deeper.

I have heard of Christian married couples who treat sex in this manner. We were commanded to be fruitful and multiply and so we do it. Meanwhile there is an atheist who wrote a book called The Passionate Marriage who says there is a huge well of intimacy that is there for the taking for those who will explore their spouse through the regular activity of sexual fulfillment.

When it comes to God, and the religious activities associated with Him, where do you stand (or lie as the case may be)?