Click HERE for sermon audio “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. 25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth[d] wide, and a […]
Bread
Firstfruits
As we come to the Lord’s Table today, let us remember that though it is a small portion, it is a great feast, for we do not merely eat a piece of bread and wine, but by faith we partake of the Lord Jesus – not physically, but spiritually. The Lord’s Supper is our New […]
Strength for the Weak
The Lord’s Table is for weak and needy sinners. When we come to the Table, we are not to come trusting in or proud of our own strength or our own goodness. We are not to come full of ourselves and with our hands full of things to offer to God. Rather, we are to […]
Bread for Sinners
As the Lord’s Table is set before us today, we are reminded that God provides food for the poor. Not only does God care about the physical poor, but also the spiritual poor, poor sinners such as us. In His great compassion for poor and needy sinners like us, God has provided for us and […]
Calvin on the Lord’s Supper
As Jesus said, “Take, eat and drink. This is my body which is given for you: this is my blood, which is poured out for the forgiveness of sins.” Calvin comments, “In telling us to take, he makes it clear it is ours. In telling us to eat, he makes it clear that it becomes […]