The Aim of the Lord’s Supper
March 4, 2010
Given that we hope to celebrate the Lord’s Supper again this coming Lord’s Day, it’s important that we reflect on the aim of the meal that we intend to celebrate. The Lord’s Supper is a means of grace that encourages believers as they persevere in the faith, or as J.C. Ryle puts it,
“The Lord’s Supper is not a converting or justifying ordinance, and those who come to it unconverted and unjustified, will go away no better than they came, but rather worse. It is an ordinance for believers, and not for unbelievers, for the living and not for the dead. It is meant to sustain life, but not to impart it – to strengthen and increase grace, but not to give it – to help faith to grow, but not to sow or plant it. Let these things sink down into our hearts, and never be forgotten.” (J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1985], 310, 311.)
HT: Erik
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