The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

If you're going to come to the Lord's Table, you're going to have to take it seriously.

You cannot deal with the Lord's Table.

Superficially, you cannot deal with it heredically as the Roman Catholic Church does in the

mass.

You cannot deal with the Lord's Table, profuncturally, as if it's just a routine.

You have to come to the Lord's Table very thoughtfully and in a worthy way.

And what that means essentially is you've got to take a look at your life.

What you're doing is really the highest act of worship in the life of the church and

you are celebrating Christ's death on your behalf.

And it was your sin that put Him there and you don't want to come to celebrate His

death for your sin while holding onto that very sin for which He died.

So what it's saying is deal with the sin in your life.

And that means to acknowledge it and to confess it and repent from it and turn away from it.

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