Theocast
What Happened to Communion?
July 27, 2022
Summary
The sacrament of communion was given to us by God as a means of His grace. In the Lord's Supper, Jesus is really and spiritually present to minister to us. We are confirmed in the faith and in all the benefits of Christ's death. We are nourished, sustained, and strengthened through receiving the bread and the cup. In other words, the Table is for our assurance and for our growth in the faith. Sadly, this is not how communion is typically talked about in the church. What happened? Why is it not talked about this way? In today's episode Jon and Justin have a theological, historical, and biblical conversation about communion as a means of grace.
Topics
- Episode focus: What Happened to Communion?
- The sacrament of communion was given to us by God as a means of His grace
- In the Lord's Supper, Jesus is really and spiritually present to minister to us
- We are confirmed in the faith and in all the benefits of Christ's death
- We are nourished, sustained, and strengthened through receiving the bread and the cup
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Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on Theocast, we are asking the question: what happened to communion?
If you listened to last week's episode, you know that we asked the question then, what happened to baptism?
and had a conversation about the ways that the evangelical church typically views that sacrament and how it's a little bit different, maybe a lot of bit different than how Christians have viewed it through history.
Well, the same is true of communion.
So, today, John and I are going to consider the Lord's Supper.
Why did God give it to us?
What is it for?
And the answers to those questions might surprise you.
We hope that you find it to be very encouraging and hope-giving because for many of you, frankly, the Lord's Supper has probably been something that's produced anxiety rather than giving you assurance and nourishment and sustenance and strength.
So be encouraged in the Lord Jesus Christ and what He has done for you today.
Over in SR, we're going to try to be helpful to people who are in a context where the supper is maybe not practiced as regularly.
And we're going to give some thoughts there in general about reformed worship.
So stay tuned.
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Thanks for listening.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reformed Church in beautiful Spring Hill, Tennessee.
