The world is a perilous place, and we do not make it any safer by pretending. The sacred things of God are always accompanied by many warnings, but for the faithful, and rightly understood, these warnings only serve to strengthen our faith in Him. The sovereign covenantal purposes of God are the only security we …
Nothing Can Stop Him
The Lord’s Supper is not impotent. The Lord’s Supper does not need our protection. If I were standing up here with an enormous lion, I do not expect that I would get many questions after the service, wondering “how I protected it.” In fact, I might not get any questions at all. But if I …
The Lion and Antelope
In the institution of the Last Supper, our Lord warned Peter about the spiritual peril he was in. He said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you.” The Lord went on to say that He had prayed for Peter, that after his return from failure, he would strengthen his brethren. We live in …
Dealing With Obstacles
This observance does not just knit believers together in the great koinonia—although it certainly does that. It also deals with obstacles to us being knit together, and if we keep coming to the Table in faith, it overcomes those obstacles. We are partaking of Christ as we eat and drink here. But we are partaking …
A Table of Groveling?
The disciples, Jesus said, were those who continued with Him in his temptations. And closely associated with this, He said that He appointed to them a kingdom, just as the Father had appointed unto Him. Confession of sin is certainly appropriate in the worship of God, but it belongs in our first approach to Him, …
Practicing More
This Table is the culmination point of all that we have done in assembled worship. Here all the hymns, psalms, prayers, amens, confessions, and heedings converge. This is the place where it all comes down. As we never tire of reminding you, it does not do this because it is a magic table, or because …
Our Lord the Waiter
At the establishment of the Lord’s Supper, the Lord Himself occupied the position of the server. Who is greater, He asked, the one who sits and eats, or the one who serves? And yet, He, the Lord, was the one who served. More than this, He has done the same thing at every celebration of …
Do Not Shrink Back
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched. You have not come to a mountain covered with smoke and fire, and with a backdrop of gun-metal thunderheads. You have not come to a mountain that is cordoned off, so that if even an animal strays onto the holy ground it must be …
Regal Communion
The disciples, Jesus said, were those who continued with Him in his temptations. And closely associated with this, He said that He appointed to them a kingdom, just as the Father had appointed one unto Him. Confession of sin is certainly appropriate in the worship of God, but it belongs in our first approach to …
Upside-Down Conquest
At the establishment of the Lord’s Supper, the Lord Himself occupied the position of the server. Who is greater, He asked, the one who sits and eats, or the one who serves? And yet, He, the Lord, was the one who served. More than this, He has done the same thing at every celebration of …