In this week’s episode of the Ask Me Anything Podcast, we listen in as Pastor J.D. talks about communion during a recent sermon.
Show Notes:
Three words arise out of Paul’s theology of communion that you should remember in every communion service
Proclamation
Participation
Examination
Proclamation (verse 26)
Normally you think of me, standing here, as the proclaimer, and I am. But Paul says the Lord’s Supper is itself a proclamation—the bread and cup are like visual aids; a sermon prop Jesus gave us to help us better reflect on the gospel.
The first thing communion proclaims is that we need to be saved!
Second, the bread and cup proclaim that you can be saved!
Third, we proclaim that suffering and death are not the end.
This table proclaims, “Death is not the end! Poverty is not the end. Jesus rose, and he will return again.”
This table proclaims that our hardship, like Jesus’ cross, is part of bringing God’s good plan into the world.
Fourth, this table proclaims that this church is first and foremost a community of the forgiven.
The Lord’s Supper is a sermon, a proclamation, that destroys all these divisions.
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