Living out the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 10:1-22 (LD 29; BC 35)

We might be tempted to think that there is not a whole lot we can learn from Israel or the history of Israel.  They are a people who lived under the Old Covenant and they were people who did bad things while we are the people who are going to do good things because we are more informed right?  The apostle Paul wants the church to learn things from Israel’s history.  How does Paul use their history to show that we can fall into similar things?  What does the history of Israel have to do with us, our sacraments, and even the Lord’s Supper?

The Lord’s Supper (LD 28; BC 35; Luke 22:19-20)

We follow the structure of the Heidelberg Catechism which progresses as the preaching of the gospel, then baptism, and now the Lord’s Supper.  We have argued from the previous Lord’s Day that infants are baptized because they are part of the covenant of grace so the sign of circumcision and baptism have a correlation to one another pointing to the same covenant of grace.  If this is true, then we do we not allow infants to come to the Lord’s table if Christ is celebrating the passover?  Or is the passover merely the opportunity to lay out the Lord’s Supper?  So, what is the Lord’s Supper?

Choose Whom You Will Serve (Joshua 24:15)

Joshua gives the exhortation for Israel to choose whom they will serve.  The Lord is the one who has assured Israel that He chose them to dwell in the land that was promised to Abraham.  So, if the Lord has chosen this people then why must this people choose the Lord? This is a rather strange declaration, and what does this have to do with profession of faith?