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    The Lord's Supper
    The Lord's Supper
    The Lord's Supper
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    The Lord's Supper

    By Thomas Watson

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    "The Lord's Supper" by Thomas Watson is a timeless masterpiece that invites readers on a profound journey into the heart of Christian faith and communion. In this eloquent work, Watson skillfully explores the significance of the Lord's Supper, revealing its deep spiritual truths and practical applications for the believer's life.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWaymark Books
    Release dateSep 14, 2023
    ISBN9781611049862
    The Lord's Supper
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    Thomas Watson

    I am a writer, amateur astronomer, and long-time fan of science fiction living in Tucson, AZ. I'm a transplanted desert rat, having come to the Sonoran Desert of the American Southwest many years ago from my childhood home in Illinois. I have a B.S. in plant biology from the University of Arizona, and have in the past worked as a laboratory technician for that institution. Among many other things, I am also a student of history, natural history, and backyard horticulture.  I also cook a pretty good green chili pork stew. But most of all, I'm a writer. The art of writing is one of those matters that I find difficult to trace to a single source of inspiration in my life. Instead of an "Aha! This is it!" moment, I would say my desire to write is the cumulative effect of my life-long print addiction. My parents once teased me by claiming I learned to read before I could tie my own shoelaces. Whether or not that's true, I learned to read very early in life, and have as a reader always cast a very wide net. My bookshelves are crowded and eclectic, with fiction by C.J. Cherryh, Isaac Asimov, and Tony Hillerman, and nonfiction by Annie Dillard, Stephen Jay Gould, and Ron Chernow, among many others. It's no doubt due to my eclectic reading habits that I have an equal interest in writing both fiction and nonfiction. The experience of reading, of feeling what a writer could do to my head and my heart with their words, eventually moved me to see if I could do the same thing for others. I'm still trying to answer that question.

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      The Lord's Supper - Thomas Watson

      The Lord's Supper

      The Lord's Supper

      The Lord's Supper

      Thomas Watson

      Waymark Books

      Copyright © 2023 by Waymark Books

      This is a proofread and newly designed edition of a public domain work.

      Contents

      Introduction

      1 The Seven Supernatural Virtues in Christ's Blood

      2 How Should We Prepare for the Lord's Supper?

      3 Six Differences Between a Sincere Faith and a Hypocritical Faith

      4 Six Signs of Great Faith

      Introduction

      And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matthew 26:26-28 

      In these words, we have the institution of the Lord's Supper. The Greeks call the sacrament a mystery. There is in it a mystery of wonder and a mystery of mercy. The celebration of the Lord's Supper, said Chrysostom, is the commemoration of the greatest blessing that ever the world enjoyed. A sacrament is a visible sermon. And herein the sacrament excels the Word preached. The Word is a trumpet to proclaim Christ. The sacrament is a glass to represent Him. 

      QUESTION. But why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper appointed? Is not the Word sufficient to bring us to heaven? 

      ANSWER. The Word is for the engrafting; the Sacraments are for the confirming of faith. The Word brings us to Christ; the Sacrament builds us up in Him. The Word is the font where we are baptized with the Holy Ghost; the Sacrament is the table where we are fed and cherished. The Lord condescends to our weakness. Were we made up all of spirit, there would be no need of bread and wine. But we are compounded creatures. Therefore God, to help our faith, not only gives us an audible word but a visible sign. I may here allude to that saying of our Savior, Except ye see signs, ye will not believe, John 4:48. Christ sets His body and blood before us in the elements. Here are signs, else we will not believe. 

      Things taken in by the eye work more upon us than things taken in by the ear. A solemn spectacle of mortality more affects us than an oration. So, when we see Christ broken in the bread and, as it were, crucified before us, this more affects our hearts than the bare preaching of the Word. 

      So I come to the text. As they were eating, Jesus took bread. Where I shall open these five particulars in reference to the Sacrament: 

      The Author. 

      The Time. 

      The Manner. 

      The Guests. 

      The Benefits.

      1. The Author of the Sacrament, Jesus Christ.

      Jesus took bread. To institute sacraments belongs, by right, to Christ, and is a flower of His crown. He only who can give grace can appoint the sacraments, which are the seals of grace. Christ, being the Founder of the Sacrament, gives a glory and luster to it. A king making a feast adds more state and magnificence to it. Jesus took bread, He whose name is above every name, God blessed forever, Philippians 2:9. 

      2. The time when Christ instituted the Sacrament; wherein we may take notice of two circumstances: 

      It was when He had supped; after supper, Luke 22:20, which had this mystery in it, to show that the Sacrament is chiefly intended as a spiritual banquet. It was not to indulge the senses, but to feast the graces. It was after supper. 

      The other circumstance of time is that Christ appointed the Sacrament a little before His sufferings. The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, 1 Corinthians 11:23. He knew troubles were now coming upon His disciples. It would be no small perplexity to them to see their Lord and Master crucified. And shortly after they must pledge Him in a bitter cup. Therefore, to arm them against such a time and to animate their spirits, that very night in which He was betrayed He. gives them His body and blood in the Sacrament. 

      This may give us a good hint that, in all trouble of mind, especially approaches of danger, it is needful to have recourse to the Lord's Supper. The Sacrament is both an antidote against fear and a restorative to faith. The night in which Christ was betrayed, He took bread. 

      3. The manner of the institution; wherein four things are observable:

      The taking of the bread;

      The breaking of it;

      The blessing of it; and

      The administering of the cup.

      1. The taking of the bread. Jesus took bread. 

      QUESTION. What is meant by this phrase, He took bread? 

      ANSWER. Christ's taking and separating the bread from common uses holds forth a double mystery. 

      First, it signified that God in His eternal decree set Christ apart for the work of our redemption. He

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