{"id":2900,"date":"2016-04-18T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:19:23","slug":"united-in-the-lords-supper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/united-in-the-lords-supper\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;United in the Lord\u2019s Supper&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Max Morrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Celebration of Lord\u2019s Supper has always seemed to me to be a family event. The entire family shares the service together \u2014 mother, dad, children, even babes in arms \u2014as much as possible. It\u2019s for the entire household, as Passover was. The Lord\u2019s Supper also means gathering with fellow believers \u2014 the household of faith \u2014 and at church (if possible), not isolated at home when congregational fellowship is available.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One time when our children were small, we arranged a babysitter for the service. I\u2019ve regretted it ever since. Certainly, participation in the Lord\u2019s Supper is for those who have received Jesus as Savior and Lord. Thus, children are not encouraged to partake of the emblems, but they can feel the warmth of fellowship and sacredness of attitude that participants experience. They can soak up the vibes, in other words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reason for not encouraging (unbelieving) children to share the emblems is the warning given in 1 Corinthians 11:29, which says those who are not \u201cdiscerning the Lord\u2019s body\u201d (NKJV) eat and drink judgment on themselves. Unless they have accepted Jesus as their Savior, children are not discerning His body. They are not recognizing that Christ\u2019s body was broken for them, not distinguishing the meaning of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though Lord\u2019s Supper is a remembrance of Jesus and His atoning sacrifice, it stimulates several sentiments besides assurance of salvation. Significant among them is unity (togetherness, camaraderie, community, affinity). Sharing the emblems of Christ\u2019s body and blood has a bonding influence. It draws participants to the Prince of Peace. His death is what makes peace among people and with God possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As long as my parents were alive, though I was thousands of miles away from them many times, Lord\u2019s Supper gave me a feeling of closeness to them, for I knew that in the same evening, they and I were sharing the service and being of one at heart. I also find that Lord\u2019s Supper is a bonding in spirit with fellow believers throughout the world. We are drawn closer to our Lord that evening, and in this closeness, we are drawn closer to one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don\u2019t want to miss being with brethren for Lord\u2019s Supper if I can possibly be in their midst. It ties our hearts together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Max Morrow pastors in Owosso, MI.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Max Morrow Celebration of Lord\u2019s Supper has always seemed to me to be a family event. The entire family shares the service together \u2014 mother, dad, children, even babes in arms \u2014as much as possible. It\u2019s for the entire household, as Passover was. 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