The Lord's Supper Sunday

We will celebrate the sacrament of the Lord's Supper next Sunday morning. For the remaining four days of the week, I will post a paragraph from the bulletin text which introduces the sacrament and comment on it. Here is the first one.

"The Lord's Supper is a sacrament instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ as a means of grace for all who trust him as Lord and Savior (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). It is not a Presbyterian supper; it is the Lord's Supper. Therefore, we invite all who are truly trusting Christ and are in fellowship with him to join in this sacrament."

As a "means of grace" the Lord's Supper is an "ordinary" means through which the Holy Spirit ministers the benefits of Christ's redemption to his people. As we receive the sacrament by faith, the Spirit nourishes us spiritually, strengthening our faith. Think of the Supper as a spiritual banquet to which you have been invited by Christ to share in, and to take great delight in, the grace of his redemption. For the finest of fare is being offered - his very body.