Memory is not just about things past. “Remember, you’re going to have to pay capital gains on that.”
Let’s all retire to our closets and read Augustine on memory. I can’t remember what he said, but I remember it’s good.
I think good works are not only signs/effects of grace but vehicles of grace. Weren’t we just talking about Ephesians (or was that Forest Keeper) and the good works God has prepared for us to walk in? He prepares them, He gives us the grace to walk in them. And where are we walking? Closer to him!
Is that a deal or WHAT?
IIRC, the Greek word conveyed not just memory, but actively learning from the memory - kind of like using July 4th to remember the founding of the US, reflect on what it meant and what the founders suffered and risked, and thus having a better understanding of what it means to be free.
To that extent, it is much more than just remembering what Jesus did, but how much further it goes than that is what theologians argue about. I would obviously draw the line somewhere short of transubstantiation, or requiring that an ordained priest perform the act. That goes well beyond the requirements found in scripture, so we come back to Sola Scriptura and Tradition, and how much weight one gives to each.
But I’d rather focus on how much the individual wants to be like Jesus, and what evidence there is of God working in his life to change him. There is a reason God didn’t give us a book of systematic theology...