Meeting Christ at his Supper: a celebration of love.

The Lord’s Supper has been instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ.

He is our host and nobody should deliberately and knowingly stay away, nor choose other things before the Table where our Lord Jesus Christ expects us, according to his holy will, example, and command.

But God will certainly receive in grace at his table, all who also believe the sure promise of God, that all our sins are forgiven, only for the sake of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ and that the perfect righteousness of Christ is freely given to us as our own, as if we, ourselves, had fulfilled all righteousness.

We do not have perfect faith and we do not serve God with such zeal as he requires and we daily have to challenge the weakness of our faith and the evil desires which is part of being a human being. And yet, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, we are heartily sorry for these shortcomings and desire to fight against our unbelief and to live according to the will of God. Therefore we may be fully assured that no sin or weakness which still remains in us against our will can prevent us from being received by God in grace and from being made worthy partakers of his heavenly food and drink.

By his precious sufferings and his victorious resurrection he saved us and gave us the right to be called children of God. And as such, made us worthy partakers of his Supper.

May we fulfil Christ’s expectation to Supper with him with honour and with love.

What happens is this: God's wonderful, tremendous, awesome love flows into us and out of us. This love that God gives to us, we utterly want to give to others. It is a love that is willing to sacrifice for the good of others. Lets celebrate, then, God's love for us at his Table. And, in doing so, let us also celebrate our love for one another.

What love. What tremendous, awesome love!