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The Lord’s Table Just as water baptism outwardly declares an inward experience of salvation through the blood of the Lord Jesus, so each observance of the Lord’s Table is a powerful occasion for faith’s confession. In this ordinance, the Christian confesses before all heaven not only that he has believed, but also that he has not forgotten. “In remembrance” involves more than just memory; the word suggests an “active calling to mind.” The word “for” in v. 26 introduces the reason for the repetition of the Supper. It is an acted sermon for it proclaims the Lord’s death. The outward act of faith, as the bread and cup are taken, is an ongoing confession. Each occasion of partaking is an opportunity to say, proclaim, or confess again: “I herewith lay hold of all the benefits of Christ’s full redemption for my life—forgiveness, wholeness, strength, health, sufficiency.” The Lord’s Supper is not simply a ritual remembrance, but a powerful proclamation by which we actively call to memory and appropriate today all that Jesus provided and promised through His cross.