As you know, as we come to this meal, we are coming to Christ. Moreover, if we are doing it properly, each time we come we are coming to more Christ. Although we have been given all of Christ in principle, we have not yet experienced all of Christ in time. We are temporal, finite …
Misers or Meddlers
A common name for this meal that we share together weekly is communion. This is a rendering of the Greek word koinonia, which has a range of meanings and possible translations. God gives to us in this meal, and ultimately, He has nothing to give but Himself—and so that is what He in fact gives. …
Altogether Lovely
The Lord Jesus is present here with us now, and He is altogether lovely. He visits us in our imperfections, but in the grace of God He does so in His perfections. God has not given us an adequate savior. He has not given us a “good enough” redeemer. The salvation that has been brought …
Much of Our Littles
The reason it is possible for God to pronounce the glorious vindication of “no condemnation” over us is because the imputation of the perfect obedience of Jesus Christ to us. This is our justification, this is our exoneration, this is our judicial deliverance. The Lord is our righteousness. But when we move from the subject …
Perfect Fellowship
In order for this to be a meal of true fellowship, it must be a meal of perfect fellowship. God is the God of all perfections, and He cannot look upon evil. He cannot fellowship with sin, or countenance iniquity. How then is possible for us to be here? We are fallen, sinful, and corrupt. …
At Home in Your Perplexities
When we come to commune with the Lord here, we are coming as we are. We have confessed all known sin at the beginning of the service, but as we come here to fellowship with the Lord, we still have all our difficulties, all our sorrows, all our troubles, and all our perplexities. In other …
An Invitation to Mess With It
We have a meal here that entails consecration. All of Christ is offered to you, and in natural return, you are summoned to come. But when you are summoned to come, this means that all of you is summoned to come. The cup of blessing is here, set before you. But we want always to …
Hunger for the Real Thing
This is a meal, and physically speaking it is a very plain meal. We have simple bread and red wine set before us. At the same time, you are invited to get a great deal out of it. You are summoned to feed upon Christ here, and all that Christ contains—and He is infinite—is available …
Dealing With the Dullness
The spiritual realm is the realm of ultimate realities. The material realm that you see and experience around you is certainly real materially, but it draws its ultimate being and reality from the will of God the Father, and this God must be known in spirit and in truth. This means that matter is the …
Slaying on the Way Down
We partake of the Lord’s Supper—on the physical level—by means of our mouths and throats. As we do this, we want to make sure we are not highlighting any radical inconsistency. Mouths and throats are used in other ways. “Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of …