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The seed is the word of God (Luke 8.11).

The Lord's Supper*

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. “This cup which is poured out for you is the blood of the new covenant” (Luke 22.19, 20).

In His last days on earth, Jesus asked us to partake of the cup and of the bread in memory of Him—“the lamb who takes away the sins of the world through whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins from, given by his grace" (John 1.29; Ephesians 1.7)

The Bread of Affliction is a souvenir of how God delivered the Israelites from the bitter bondage of slavery, and the blood, a reminder of how God spared them from death. Likewise, the bread and the blood help us to remember the bitter death that Jesus endured and the bitter bondage of sin (John 6). We remember that we have passed from death unto life (John 5.24). And we realize that God will give us eternal life and pass over us in the Day of Judgment. So the Supper conveys a two fold message of mercy and grace, from death to life.

Even more, the bread symbolizes the church or the body of Christ. Just has the bread been kneaded until it was uniform, so too Christ works in His church to perfect her, to make her one (Ephesians 5.25-27). The Supper, like all meals in that culture, was an opportunity for fellowship, where others ate together, and shared life together. The Supper represents the eternal life that we will share together in the unity of love. The very word "communion' means to share. (I believe in the communion of the saints).

The Supper calls for us to repentance as we become aware of the truth of our condition which brings us to say, "have mercy on me God" (Luke 18.11-14). Not that we condemn ourselves, for there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8.1). But what we have in our heart overflows out of our mouth--"glory power and honor belong to you" (Rev. 19.1-10).  BECAUSE OF GOD WHO PUT AN END TO ALL OUR SHAME.

                                                When Satan tempts me to despair,

and tells me of the guilt within,

upward I look and see Him there

Who made an end to all my sin.

Because the sinless Savior died,

my sinful soul is counted free;

For God, the Just, is satisfied

to look on Him and pardon me.

to look on Him and pardon me.

                        Words by Charlie L. Bancroft (1841-1842)

                                                Performed by Sonic Flood.

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