A Communion Liturgy
Exhortation This table is for those who admit their weakness and need grace, not those who claim goodness. The Gospel confirms that Christ’s perfect sacrifice fully covers all our failures and moral debts. We examine ourselves not to achieve worthiness, but to confess our continuing need for his mercy and turn away from self-reliance. Approaching this meal without honoring Christ's work is a spiritual danger, yet receiving it with genuine repentance and faith brings deep spiritual union with him. Therefore, if you are relying on Christ alone for your standing with God, draw near. Come, then, and receive the bread and cup as concrete assurances of his love and the eternal life secured by his death. Words of Institution 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (CSB) - [23] On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, [24] and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." [25] In the same way also he took the...