“God's covenants are His gracious instruments for the accomplishment of His purpose that the creation should serve Him. The covenant character of revelation appears in all the Scripture and binds the sixty-six books together in one unified Word of God.” (RPT 1.1)
I. Covenant Ratification
A. Definitions
Covenant: An official relationship between two parties.
Ratification: To affirm or establish.
B. Explanations
The Lord's Supper is the ratification ceremony of the New Covenant.
The elements of bread and of wine are about a relationship that we now have with God through Jesus Christ.
It's not about a change of their substance, it is about a change in our circumstance.
II. Covenant Renewal
The call for remembrance is not to communicate something that is no longer present, but to explicitly communicate a reality that is ever present.
The Lord's Supper can never be merely a memorial, but must always be recognized and participated in as an actual means of grace.
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Rev. David Reese served as the pastor of the Springs Reformed Church from 2002-2014. He is a graduate (Master of Divinity) of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA.
