What God's Word Says
Read these passages in context and listen for what God exposes, promises, and gives in Christ.
What Does the Catechism Say?
What is the Sacrament? Where is this written?
What does this mean?
The Sacrament of the Altar is Christ's true body and blood under bread and wine, instituted by Him for Christians to eat and drink.
Official Book of Concord text from Concordia Publishing House.Law
What truth does God's Word expose?
Human reason is tempted to revise Jesus' words or make His Supper depend on our understanding.
Gospel
What does Christ give or promise?
Christ gives His true body and blood under bread and wine, instituted by Him for Christians to eat and drink.
Jesus at the Center
Take Jesus at His words. The Lord who died and rose gives Himself in the meal He instituted.
In Real Life
Faith where life actually happens.
- Listen closely to the Words of Institution in worship.
- Treat the altar as a place where Christ serves His people, not as a religious achievement.
South Lake Confirmation Book
Catechism in Real Life
Week 6Lord's Supper, what it isPages 148-152
Look for: Jesus' institution and His plain words about what He gives under bread and wine.
- Jesus institutes the Sacrament.
- His true body and blood are given under bread and wine.
- The promise is given and shed for you.
Review
Read the Words of Institution aloud and underline what Jesus says He gives.
Keep the Faith
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How Jesus Feeds Us
This resource confesses Christ's true body and blood given under bread and wine for forgiveness, life, and salvation: given and shed for you.
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Questions for honest conversation.
- Which words tell us what the Sacrament is?
- Why does instituted by Christ matter?
At the Kitchen Table
What does Jesus want us to hear in the words 'given and shed for you'?
Ten thoughtful minutes is plenty. Listen before correcting, welcome honest questions, and end in prayer.