Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from July 18, 2021

On the Nature of the Lord's Supper, Frequency of Partaking, and Self-Examination

Celebration of the Lord’s Supper – Form 1 Preparation and Invitation Brothers and sisters, there are many in the Church today who err by diminishing the importance of coming to the Lord’s Table, and those who err by exalting the Table as the most sacred and vital aspect of all of Sunday worship. Some only celebrate this sacrament once or twice a year, while others partake every week. Our Lord Jesus Christ instituted this sacrament of His body and blood, and said, “this cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me”. That we should partake often is clear, but how often the Lord has left to the discretion of the elders in His churches.  The solemn self-examination that is impressed upon all participants of the Lord’s Supper militates against partaking every week, as the examination required is specific to this sacrament, such that this is an extra-ordinary self-examination, remembrance, and proclamation of the Lord’s death. It is not ident