Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine. – Matthew 7:6. These are words of our blessed Lord. “That which is holy” would also include the Lord’s Supper, which is one of our …

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Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief! – Mark 9:24. Faith, the faith of a poor sinner in his Savior Jesus Christ, constitutes the only true worthiness when appearing at the Lord’s Supper. But how about those whose faith is …

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Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. – I Corinthians 11:28. How should you examine yourself, and according to what rule, when you would eat of this bread and drink …

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Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. – II Corinthians 11:28-29. …

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Given for you. Shed for you. For the remission of sins. — Luke 22:19, 20 and Matthew 26:28. If in true faith we partake of the Lord’s Supper, we receive forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation. This is most certainly true. But …

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For we, being many, are one bread and one body; for we are all partakers of that one bread. – I Corinthians 10:17. Since the Lord’s Supper so greatly enhances our assurance of the forgiveness of our sins through our Lord Jesus …

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Given for you. Shed for you. For the remission of sins. — Luke 22:19, 20 and Matthew 26:28. It has already been briefly stated in last Saturday’s lesson what blessed benefit is offered us through the Lord’s Supper, and that we may …

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I have received of the Lord that which also I have delivered unto you. — I Corinthians 11:23. Thus St. Paul speaks of the instructions he received with regard to the Lord’s Supper. The Holy Supper is the Lord’s Supper in reality …

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Take eat… drink ye all of it – Matthew 26:26-27. The Lord’s Supper is the true body and the true blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the bread and wine, for us Christians to eat and to drink, instituted …

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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? — I Corinthians 10:16. It may seem disagreeable to speak …

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