In the midst of sin, betrayal, and disobedience, Christ offers grace and calls his people to obedience.

Christ invites all who find their hope in him to examine themselves at the table. United with Christ and with one another, we can find the courage to face our brokenness and find forgiveness as part of the body of Christ.

Participation in the Lord’s Supper does not require our perfection, but our repentance. While we go to the Lord’s table with hearts heavy from all the ways we fall short, we leave with the joy of our salvation.

The Lord’s Supper represents a new exodus, one where Christ leads us out of the futility of our sin and into the freedom of the salvation we find in him. This is the grace of the Lord’s Supper. Nestled in God’s call to obedience is God’s provision for our disobedience. While the pervasive nature of our sin separates us from God and from each other, it is through our communion with Christ that we find communion with one another.

The Lord’s Supper is not only about the elements—the bread and the wine or juice that we share— but also about our partaking in those elements together. Through the Lord’s Supper, Christ offers us an opportunity to participate in our salvation.

Though Christ does the work, we are given the opportunity to surrender to his will by practicing repentance and professing our faith.