Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Series: Worship in Spirit and TruthScripture: Matthew 26:26-28; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 “A sacrament is an outward sign by which the Lord seals on our consciences the promises of His good will towards us in order to sustain the weakness of our faith, and we in turn attest our piety toward Him in the presence of the Lord and of His angels and before men . . . A sacrament is never without a preceding promise but it is joined to it as a sort of appendix, with the purpose of confirming and sealing the promise itself, and of making it more evident to us and in a sense ratifying it.  By this means God provides first for our ignorance and dullness, then for our weakness … as our faith is slight and feeble unless it be propped [up] on all sides and sustained by every means, it trembles, wavers, totters, and at last gives way.” —John Calvin For the bread which you have broken, For the wine which you have poured, For the words, which you have spoken, Now we give you thanks O Lord. By this pledge that you do love us, By