Lord's Supper As A Means Of Grace

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“My specific focus is to show you how the Lord’s Supper is a means of grace. My answer is that the Lord’s Supper is a means of grace because of what the Holy Spirit does in the souls of believers when local churches partake of it. The Spirit effects or enhances present communion between the exalted Redeemer and his pilgrim people on the earth. Or it can be stated this way: the Lord’s Supper is a means of grace through which Christ is present by his divine nature and through which the Holy Spirit nourishes the souls of believers with the benefits wrought for us in Christ’s human nature which is now glorified and in heaven at the right hand of the Father.” (source)

“Assuming the three-petition view, Paul prays for spiritual invigoration in 3:16-17, spiritual education in 3:18-19a, and spiritual saturation in 3:19b.” (source)

“The Lord’s Supper is a soul-changing, soul-altering, spiritually nurturing ordinance as blessed by the Spirit of God to that end.” (source)

“It is a bond and pledge of present communion with Christ and the benefits he purchased for us and gives to us.” (source)

“As Bavinck said long ago, ‘He not only gave himself for his own; he also gives himself to his own.’^{31” (source)}