What Happened to Communion?

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The sacrament of communion was given to us by God as a means of His grace. In the Lord's Supper, Jesus is really and spiritually present to minister to us. We are confirmed in the faith and in all the benefits of Christ's death. We are nourished, sustained, and strengthened through receiving the bread and the cup. In other words, the Table is for our assurance and for our growth in the faith. Sadly, this is not how communion is typically talked about in the church. What happened? Why is it not talked about this way? In today's episode Jon and Justin have a theological, historical, and biblical conversation about communion as a means of grace. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin discuss Reformed worship--and communion as a part of that. In addition, the guys give some thoughts regarding churches that do not observe communion regularly. Resources:Our episode on "What Happened to Baptism?"Our episode on "The Resting Heart Rate of the Christian Life"Ask Theocast on "What Are the Means of Grace?"1689 LBC 30.1"Truth We Can Touch" by Tim ChesterBarcellos's book on the Lord's Supper

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Justin. Today on Theocast, we are asking the question, what happened to communion?
0:09.3	If you listen to last week's episode, you know that we asked the question then, what happened to baptism
0:13.5	and had a conversation about the ways that the evangelical church typically views that sacrament
0:18.0	and how it's a little bit different, maybe a lot of it different than how Christians viewed it through history. Well, the same is true of communion.
0:24.5	So today, John and I are going to consider the Lord's Supper. Why did God give it to us?
0:28.9	What is it for? And the answers to those questions might surprise you. We hope that you find it
0:34.6	to be very encouraging and hope-giving, because for many of you,
0:39.5	frankly, the Lord's Supper has probably been something that's produced anxiety rather than giving
0:44.0	you assurance and nourishment and sustenance and strength. So be encouraging the Lord Jesus Christ
0:50.3	and what he has done for you today. Over in S.R., we're going to try to be helpful to people who
0:53.7	are in a context where the supper is maybe not practiced as regularly, and we're going to
0:57.4	give some thoughts there in general about reform and worship. So stay tuned. If you'd like to help
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1:11.6	Plus, we have a Facebook group if you'd like to join the conversation there. Thanks for listening.
1:27.2	Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian
1:33.3	life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.
1:37.7	Your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reform Church in beautiful
1:42.8	Spring Hill, Tennessee.
1:46.3	And I'm Justin Purdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in also beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. John, it's good to be with you
1:51.5	behind the microphones, man, and we're here on a Wednesday. It's been a holiday week, a little bit
1:56.7	unusual week for us, I guess, in that regard. Sometimes when you have a day off, an extra day off,
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