The Table is the sign of God's enabling our confession and repentance which is met by the forgiving grace extended through Christ's death on the cross. All persons can be forgiven and made new in Jesus Christ. The Christian Church is called to hold out that invitation of the Gospel, with its forgiveness and acceptance and communal oneness to all persons. It is through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, administered by his body, the Church, that the old life of sin and death, which is the end of every abortion decision, can be done away with. The new life in Christ of faithfulness and goodness can begin.
Abortion is commonplace in our society.
Many in our congregations have participated in abortion decisions in some way and are bearing a heavy burden of unresolved guilt. At our Lord's Table we are assured again and again that because we have come to Jesus in repentance and faith, our Redeemer surely has taken upon himself the full burden and penalty of all our sin, and has removed them from us forever. We are freed to start anew, assured that we are fully accepted and deeply loved by our Savior. God has no pleasure in the death of anyone. We rejoice in the resurrection.