From Background Notes [BN] for April 21st & 22nd written by Pastor Bob Brown:
Holy Communion is not the invention of the church but the gift of Jesus to the church. The Lord’s Table does not belong to the church but comes from the gracious hand of the Lord Jesus Christ and forever remains his table...
We do not believe that the church dispenses the sacrament, instead, the church becomes the hands of Jesus, doing his bidding, sharing his bread with his people. Rather than a place where persons are divided because of differing views about the nature of communion or who is qualified to receive it or what happens when they do, the Lord’s Table is where “we are one, at one table with the Lord.” The Eucharist celebrates the unity of the body of Christ, and we ought to freely make the association between the body of Christ that is the church and the body of Christ that we partake together. [BN, 8]
Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at ChicagoFirstChurch of the Nazarene –
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm
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