THE LORD’S SUPPER is celebrated in this
congregation in the confession and glad confidence that, as He
says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine,
but His very body and blood to eat and to drink for the
forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and
with one another. Our Lord invites to His table those who trust
in His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to
forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show
forth His death until He comes. Because those who eat and drink
our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm
and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is
confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in
doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of this
congregation and the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, and yet
desire to receive the sacrament, are asked first to speak with
the Pastor.
For study, see Matthew 5:23; 10:32; 18:15-35; 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.