When you’re trying to watch the game and somebody is
standing in the middle of the room, you might say, “You make a better door than
a window.”
Well, This sacrament is both door and window.
A door distinguishes who is inside from who is
outside. While everyone is invited to
Christ, only those who have accepted the invitation should partake. Communion puts a visible difference between
believers and unbelievers.
The Lord’s Supper is also a window. We are not meant to look AT it, but THROUGH
it, to the Lord Jesus. Do this in
remembrance of me. It’s possible to take
communion a thousand times, without really coming to Christ. The Israelites received manna and water from
the rock countless times, but most died unbelieving in the desert. And we believe some distinctive things about
communion: partake weekly. Covenant children should partake, too. Wine is proper element for the cup. This is all looking AT the sacrament. Jesus might put it like this: “you take
communion, because you think that in this you have life; but this testifies of
Me.”
This is why the Psalms speak so often of seeking
God’s face. Our faith does involve a set
a beliefs. But at its core it’s about
faith in the personal being who is God, and communion with Him. Seek His face today. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ and surrender.
Psalm 105:1-4
Oh, give thanks to the LORD!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD!
4 Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
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