Radix Fidem

My wife and I celebrated the Lord's supper in our home worship this past Sunday. It's really pretty simple.

I take the position that, unless someone is at risk as a recovering alcoholic, we should be using real wine. It doesn't take much, just little cups and couple of sips in each one. We chose to use gluten-free crackers for the bread because of my wheat allergy. See how that works? You could easily use apple cider and corn bread if that's your local stuff.

I read a few verses from Luke 22 and noted the whole point of the passage is the end of the Covenant of Moses for Israel. The Seder was the symbol of how Israel as a nation was born. Thus, Jesus stripped away the Passover Lamb because He replaced it with His sacrifice on the Cross. All we need now is bread and wine as the symbols of the New Covenant at the birth of His nation of hearts.

Then I cited a few words for those two elements, and we consumed them in silence. That was it.

I like that. I always enjoyed celebrating the Lord's supper as part of the services at the church I used to attend. There was something so uplifting and special to partake as He and His disciples partook that last evening together. Wish I lived close by so I could have joined in.

(11-05-2019, 03:22 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: [ -> ]My wife and I celebrated the Lord's supper in our home worship this past Sunday. It's really pretty simple.

I take the position that, unless someone is at risk as a recovering alcoholic, we should be using real wine. It doesn't take much, just little cups and couple of sips in each one. We chose to use gluten-free crackers for the bread because of my wheat allergy. See how that works? You could easily use apple cider and corn bread if that's your local stuff.

I read a few verses from Luke 22 and noted the whole point of the passage is the end of the Covenant of Moses for Israel. The Seder was the symbol of how Israel as a nation was born. Thus, Jesus stripped away the Passover Lamb because He replaced it with His sacrifice on the Cross. All we need now is bread and wine as the symbols of the New Covenant at the birth of His nation of hearts.

Then I cited a few words for those two elements, and we consumed them in silence. That was it.

Aside from the main spiritual aspect of this, this is one of the sweetest things I've read in a good while.