What was the error of the people in John 6?
Peter Lombard “A visible form of an invisible grace.” & “a sign of the grace of God.” Augustine of Hippo “sacred signs.”
WCF 27 “There is, in every sacrament, a spiritual relation, or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified.”
2 MEN WORKING IN THE LORD'S SUPPER (Jn. 6:32-35) You must see with your eyes of _____________, the man Christ Jesus, giving His body and His blood for you
2 OFFERS PRESENTED IN THE LORD'S SUPPER (Jn. 6:27-29, 35, 36) A minister (pastor) can give you a ________________ token (bread & wine); Jesus Christ can give you _______________!
The bread & the wine are offered to you as a _____________ & a ____________ of a greater offer.
2 INTRUMENTS IN THE LORD'S SUPPER (Jn. 6:28-29, 33-35, 47) There are 2 instruments in the Lord's Supper. One of these is _______________, the other is __________________. You take the bread and the wine with your mouth. But there is a more important instrument than your mouth – the spiritual instrument of your ________________.
2 OUTCOMES OF OBSERVING THE LORD'S SUPPER (Jn. 6:47-51)
If you fail to see past the ___________ ___________ to the spiritual reality, you will get nothing from the sacrament. |