Question 75: How does the Holy Communion remind and assure us that we participate in the one sacrifice of Christ offered on the cross and in all his blessings?

 

(On the Holy Communion)

Question 75: How does the Holy Communion remind and assure us that we participate in the one sacrifice of Christ offered on the cross and in all his blessings?

Answer: This is as follows: Christ commanded me and all believers to eat this broken bread and drink this cup. And with this command, he made this promise: First, as I clearly see with my eyes the bread of the Lord broken for me and the cup given to me, so surely the Lord's body was offered and broken for me and his blood shed for me on the cross. Second, as I clearly receive from the minister the bread and cup of the Lord given to me as symbols of his body and blood and taste them with my mouth, so surely the Lord renews and nourishes my soul with his crucified body and his shed blood for everlasting life.

Those who can participate in the Lord's Supper must be born again of water and the Spirit. These are believers who believe that they died with Jesus Christ on the cross (baptism by water) and were resurrected with Him (baptism by the Holy Spirit). Therefore, the Lord's Supper is a commemoration of their participation in His death and resurrection, in which believers drink the cup and eat the bread.

Otherwise, those who believe in Jesus and are saved by faith in him are merely believers under the law. They believe that Jesus' blood has forgiven their sins, but they never died with Jesus, and they do not believe that they have been resurrected with Jesus, seated in heaven, and live in heavenly life.

Believers under this law participate in the Lord's Supper and drink the blood of Jesus Christ, while those who eat His flesh eat and drink their own sin. They are those who daily sacrifice Jesus on the cross for the forgiveness of their sins.

 

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