Luke 22:14-23, "Do This in Remembrance of Me" - a podcast by Benjamin Glaser

Yesterday morning in worship we celebrated the Lord's Supper. This is something that despite all of our differences that every true church of Christ does at the command of the Lord Jesus. However, what we disagree on is what exactly the Supper means and why it matters. This week we looked at the gospel of Luke and his testimony as to Christ's giving of this sacrament. But that is not all. In this current series on Improving Your Baptism we have taken time to see how our Baptism affects our Christian life from day-to-day. If we are to grow in grace in light of our being made members of the Kingdom of God than how do we do it? 

The Bible teaches us that Jesus Christ is the only spiritual nourishment we need. We feed on Him by faith. We are fed by His Word, through prayer, but especially through the visible words of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 1 Corinthians 10:16 says, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?". Here we see that the Lord's Supper is the coming together with other members of the body of Christ to eat the bread, and drink the cup, in unity and with the real spiritual presence of Christ in the meal. As we commune together we are given the spiritual food we need to fight against sin, fight against the temptations of the flesh, and be comforted by the death and resurrection of Jesus for our blessing. 

To miss this meal is to keep necessary nourishment from our souls which desperately need it.

As John Calvin notes, "If it is then so essential to salvation not to overlook the gifts which God has given us, but diligently to keep them in mind, and extol them to others for mutual edification; we see another singular advantage of the Supper in this, that it draws us off from ingratitude, and allows us not to forget the benefit which our Lord Jesus bestowed upon us in dying for us, but induces us to render him thanks, and, as it were, publicly show how much we are indebted to him." 

Have a blessed week in His Name!

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