The Lord's Supper

We are gathered here this morning to remember our Lord Jesus Christ who died and rose on high. He died to redeem us from eternal death and the power of the devil, so that we might live a new life in him. He died that we might die and he rose that we might live.

We are gathered here not only to remember the great gift of life, but also to proclaim to all the world that Jesus’ death and resurrection are true. And we agree that God is God and we are not.

We are gathered here to remember his death, to proclaim his life, and also to feast on him. Some of you here today are hungry because you haven’t eaten since breakfast. Others are hungry with a hunger that you don’t understand. You hunger for life and the kind of life that you heard proclaimed here this morning through the message of God’s word.

This table and all that it represents is the source of life for you. Come and eat with us. Recognize that Jesus died on your behalf. Come and drink with us. Recognize that Jesus was raised to life for you. He can give you new life as you partake of him in this most holy meal.

Before you do, however, know this, that your participation in this meal is not some sort of magical event. Christ is truly here with us. We are in his presence in the Holy of Holies, worshipping with the saints who have gone before us and with all the saints on earth who are currently gathered in this heavenly place. Your participation with us, in this meal is an admission by you that you are submitting yourself to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And you are doing this because it is true and right, wonderful and beautiful, glorious and majestic.

Christ has fed us through the spoken word just given. He also feeds us in this meal; not because it is bread and wine, but because it is truth and life. We are eating the one who is the way the truth and the life. Come, let us proclaim the death of Jesus until he comes and as we do, let us remember the words of the account given on that night so long ago: “And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.”