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A Worthy Manner

Taking the Lord’s Supper

What Does the LORD’s supper make us?

Introduction:  When does a couple actually get married?  It is when they say “I do”? When the minister pronounces them husband and wife? When do they consummate the marriage?

There’s a sense in which each of those moments is essential to the formation of a marriage.  But each also depends on the others.  That’s why, for example, if a marriage is never consummated, there's a sense in which the couple is not yet fully married. And this distinction carries legal weight; serving such a bond is an annulment, not a divorce.

We often think individually about our faith.  We think I go to church, I hear the word, I eat the bread and drink the wine, I’m reminded of Christ’s death and the forgiveness of sins, I go home. We think of the LORD’s supper as an intensified private devotion, but I want to argue that the LORD’s supper actually plays a critical role in putting the church together.  If we only approach it that we are giving into cultural individualism, which behind this thought is we really don’t “need” the local church.  But we do!  Celebrating the Lord’s supper together is an essential step in making a church a church.

The LORD’s Supper is when the group of christians become one body! The Lord’s supper makes many one.  Recall Paul saying in 1 Corinthians 10:16-17


Who should lead the Lord’s Supper?

A:  If a church has a pastor for pastors, one of the pastos should lead the Lord’s Supper.  If a church doesn’t have a pastor, they should decide together which of their members is most qualified-likely whoever regularly teaches the Bible.

Why should a pastor Lead the Lord’s Supper:

  1. The Lord’s Supper is an act of the church, and pastors are those who have been appointed to lead the church.  The whole church is accountable to hear and heed the Word, and pastors are those specially charge to preach and teach the Word.
    1. “2 Therefore an overseer[a] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[b] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,” -1 Timothy 3:2
    2. “9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound[a] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.” -Titus 1:9
    3. The Lord’s Supper is a “visible Word.” It dramatizes the gospel.  It presents the events of the gospel to our eyes, hands, and mouths.

      4. Nugget #1:  “It is true that the Lord’s Supper is only for sinners. But within that group, it is only for repentant sinners.” -Mark Dever


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