MONDAY February 16, 2026
Sanctified Through Christ
By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:10
Through Christ’s offering of His body as a sacrifice for sin, we now have been set apart––sanctified. Was Jesus’ sacrifice sufficient? Yes! Notice what this verse informs us: ...we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.
Why then do the Catholic clergy insist that when Catholics partake of communion, the actual bread and wine become the real presence of Jesus’ body and blood? It simply is not true. Honestly, the Catholic Church overlooks Scripture. When Jesus was crucified, He died once––it was all over. He resurrected and is seated at the right-hand of the Father.
Jesus is no longer on the Cross. He is not crucified over and over again when taking communion. It does not work that way. The bread and wine are only a symbol of Jesus’ body and His blood. Christ was sacrificed once––it never needs to be repeated. Consider the truth of what Jesus said when He instituted communion with His Disciples:
...He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.” (Luke 22:17-20).
Underline this phrase in your Bible: “...do this in remembrance of Me.” When we take communion, the wine is symbolic of Jesus’ blood, and the bread is symbolic of His body. We partake of these elements in remembrance of His death––His broken body and His shed blood.
The past significance of the Lord's Supper is made clear by the word remembrance. In the Lord's Supper we look back to the Lord's death. We remember his substitutionary atonement, first of all; it is this that the broken bread, representing the Lord's broken body, and the wine, representing his shed blood, most clearly signify.
~James Boice~
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