John Calvin restored faith to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Faith as an instrument by which Jesus Christ is received in the Supper was nonexistent, indeed nonessential, in the Romish doctrine of transubstantiation which held sway for over 1,500 years before Calvin was born. The purpose of the Savior in instituting his Supper—the strengthening […]
Moved by Thy Spirit, Lord, O, how I hunger after righteousness! I see the table that Thy grace has furnished me. And drawing near in sweet communion with Thy saints, Together lay the mountain of our sins beneath the Cross, take hold of Thee And taste Thy goodness. What wondrous love is this, my God, […]
“Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came unto Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover?” (Matt. 26:17) So it was that the disciples found themselves present at the last feast of the Passover and first Supper of the New Testament, […]
In the article which appeared in last month’s issue, we discussed the sacrament of baptism as a means of grace. We reviewed briefly the form for the administration of baptism, and we ended with some questions as to the place that this sacrament had in view of our general subject of preparation. But before I […]
In three past articles we have discussed the means of grace in relation to our regular subject of Preparation. In two articles we have discussed the means of grace in general, and in the last article we have discussed the preaching of the Word as a means of grace. In this article we will say […]
What do our sacraments really mean to us? I am afraid that we are letting them become a mere formality. How many of us stop to think what our Baptism form means, until an infant is baptized in our church? And how many of us stop to think and meditate on the beautiful sacrament of […]
LESSON 37 The Woman’s Place in the Assembly of Saints I Cor. 11:2-16 In the following chapters Paul gives infallible direction to the Church concerning matters of order in divine assembly. Chap. 11 touches on two of these namely: the woman’s place in the service and, the proper observance of the Lord’s Supper. […]
A daughter of the church sends me the following question: “I have been asked by Sgt. N. N., of our N. church to forward you the following question: ‘Is it right for a Prot. Ref. serviceman to partake of communion outside of the True church, such as Army Chapels? If not, why not?’ “Would it […]
Question: “Is it proper for the minister to take communion at both services? If so, why do not the elders do this also?” Answer: We should consider that there is no rule which tells us that we may not celebrate communion every Sabbath or every time we worship. The number of times we celebrate communion […]