Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1935-11-02

By REV. A. s. 1Cyo

; Supper. How mitch unworthiness In
those discipies4 Doubling ThofnAs.
Skeptical Philip, Peter who denied
Him, John with his passion. Rssh
and weak James. and oil IL them
with a spot of cowardics in their
hearts which was soon 30 biaeken
in the fierce light which beat upon
them! But the Master looking be.
yond their faults and regarding The
brighter possibilities Of each. invited
them to his closest Fellowship, and
DR.. Luke, the physician, says In hid
Gospel, "And when the hour wal
come He sat down and The twelve
Apostles with Him. And He said Il
them-With desire have deslfed
to eat this Passover with you bsfors
suffer. For I say unto you'll viii
not any more eat thereof until Il b
fulfilled In the Kingdom. Of God.
And he took the cup and gave
thanks. and said: take this and di.
vide it among yourselves; for I say
unto you, I viii not drink Of the
fruit Of vine, until the Kingdom Of
God shall come, and He took bread,
and gave thanks, and broke it, and
gave unto them, saying. This is my
body which IS given for you this dc
in remembrance Of me.
Likewise -siso the cup, AFTER sup
per saying, This cup Is the New Test
ament in my blood, which II shed for
you. ~
Pauls acouat Of the instituting Of
the Lords Supper---For I rsceived+o4
the Lord that which aiao delivered
unto you" with these words Paul
prefaces in HIS letter TO the CORN.
thians his account Of the instituting
Of the Supper. By these words, he
refers to the spir:tual meaning Of
the rite rs coming home 70 Him
when he ponders the words spoken
by Christ to his followers.
Paul. reports the words 70 the
curches he founded even a. these
followsrs~of Christ reported to Him.
In Paups exposition Of the rite, he
frankly tells thcm.s- In partalking Of
the Lords Supper. "But lei n man
examine himself, a. %. let him sss
of the bread and drink Of the cup,
with thissindictment}, "For he that
eateth and drinketh unworthIy eat
eth and drinketfi' damnatisn 10, him.
self nor. discerning, the Lords body.
The Lords Supper, II God Wills,
which isialf"be sacredly. observed. al
IL Al, NJ, at Bethesda Baptist
Church, Ills 9Th Ave. So. Win nbs
administered BY PASTOR, Rev. ". e.
Warrington. "Is . monument nine.
teen centuries old whose sranscrip-
ton in memory OF Jesus the Savior"
is as legible rs when FIRST craven. By
partaking 81 The Lords Supper; We
in dramatic way proclaim Hi,
death. We eat the bread and drink
the wine in remembrance Of him.
ITO remtmber Jesus u 70 accept
But what L. IL to remember Jesus?
Him rs our Mediator, TO- trust Him
rs our Redeemsr, to love Him % our
friend, to follow Him 90 our teacher,
to obey Him - .our King. to take
him for our al and oil. Tor he esrstA
for US. OF all this the symbolic act
is q pledge.
/. II Christ received only perfect
ones to his table, He would sit there
alone. but He receives sincere souls
who have been saved By grace. or,
His grace, whatever may be our
faults. Those that are in need of
comfort, Of faith, Of purity, aud
peace. Of all that the son Of God can
give SO richly and waits to give 90
freely, for he Is able to supply an our
needs. Let 40 not refuse the Mast
er's welcome. 49,,
Wien David's place was vacant 1t
the royal table, Saul sid: "where-
fore cometh not the Son OF Jesse 70
meat, neither yesterday nor today?"
So when we absent ourselves from
the Lords table. q more gracious
King than Israel's marks our smpty
place.
so in memory Of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ's lore, let as
ITO remember Jesus II to eeeept
a. IT,