This morning we were blessed to hear from Pastor Danny as he taught on communion and The Lord's Supper. At Calvary, we receive the communion elements in our response time each week. We come forward and someone places the small cup in our hands and says something like, "This is the body and blood of Jesus given for you."
While many of us would not describe the cup of juice and the small wafer as a meal or even a snack, it's actually much, much more than that. It is a feast, a feast of rich meaning and delicate symbolism.
1. The Lord’s Supper connects us to the past. It’s an invitation to remember. When we take the cup, when we eat the bread and drink the juice we are transported to the table with Jesus, where he gives the command to carry this act forward in remembrance of him.
2. The Lord’s Supper connects us to God. When we take this cup, when we remember that Jesus is our redemption, our deliverance, our access to the life and goodness of God, we are reminded that in Jesus' victory, God is no longer separate. We are now reconciled and connected to God.
3. The Lord’s Supper connects us to a future hope when Jesus will gather his followers from every tribe, every nation, every language and all will once again have full, unrestricted access to the tree of life and we will feast together with Jesus for eternity.
4. The Lord’s Supper connects us to each other. We receive direction from Paul in 1 Corinithians 11, "So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together."
We are to celebrate communion, our connection to the past, our connection with God, our connection to a future as a unified people and as a healthy church body.
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