The New Life

XLIII.
THE IvORD'S SUPPER.
"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of
the blood of Christ ? The bread which we break, is it not a
communion of the body of Christ?"—i Cor. x. i6.
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He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood abideth in
Me, and I in him. He that eateth Me, he also shall live because
of Me."—John vi. 56, 57.
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life has need of food : it is sustained by
nourishment which it takes in from without.
The heavenly life must have heavenly food ; nothing
less than Jesus Himself is the bread of life "
: He
that eateth Me shall live by Me." ^
This heavenly food, Jesus, is brought near to us
in two of the means of grace, the word and the
Lord's Supper. The word comes to present Jesus to
us from the side of the intellectual life, by our
thoughts. The Lord's Supper comes in like manner
to present Jesus to us from the side of the emotional
life, by the physical senses. Man has a double
nature : he has spirit and body. Redemption begins
with the spirit, but it would also penetrate to the
body.* Redemption is not complete until this mortal
body also shall share in glory. The Supper is
' Ps. xlii. 3 ; Matt. iv. 4 ;
John vi. 51.
SRom. viii. 23 ; i Cor. vi. 13, 15, 19, 20 ; Phil. iii. 21.
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