DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 25; Job 31; Matt. 13:24-43
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come. 1 Corinthians 11:26
\Several perspectives are emphasized in this lovely passage on the Lord’s Supper. Our hearts should be occupied with each. In this verse, we are to look backward to the cross and see our Saviour giving His life for us. Secondly, we are to look forward and anticipate His return, when we will not need the emblems anymore, but will see Him, be with Him, and be like Him. Again, we are to look upward to our great High Priest who is ever able to take our spiritual sacrifices and make them acceptable to God. Finally, we are to look inward. “Let a man examine himself” (v. 28), and then come with a pure heart to this holy feast. —Harold G. Smith
Calvary! O Calvary! Mercy’s vast unfathomed sea.
Love, eternal love to me, Saviour, we adore Thee! —Samuel T. Francis