Who May Come to the Lord’s Table?
Biblical Self-Examination
If you are visiting with us today, you may wonder whether or not you should receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. As we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we are reminded that this is the Lord’s Table. Communion at this table indicates our union and communion with Jesus Christ, as well as our union with His Body, the Church. In that the Scriptures teach both a personal responsibility for self-examination (1 Cor.11:27-29) and a responsibility of the elders for the oversight of the church (1 Peter 5:2), we invite you to participate in the Lord’s Supper today if you are able to wholeheartedly affirm the following as true:
I trust in Christ, and in Christ alone, for salvation. I have repented of my sin and have put my faith in Jesus Christ as my only Savior and I am depending upon Him alone and nothing in myself for a right standing before God. By eating the bread and drinking of the cup, I am acknowledging that I am a sinner, without hope, except in the sovereign grace of God, and that I am trusting in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
I am seeking to live a repentant, upright and godly life. I am not living in unrepentant sin and wilful disobedience to the commands of God in Scripture, but am striving by the help of the Holy Spirit to glorify God with my entire life.
I have been baptised in the name of the Triune God, I have made a public profession of faith in Jesus Christ, and I am an acknowledged member in good standing in a church that professes the gospel of God’s free grace in Jesus Christ. I have not been excommunicated or asked by my church to refrain from taking communion.
Affirmation
I wholeheartedly affirm that each of the above statements is true of me.
If you are unable to affirm any of the above 3 statements, we kindly request you to refrain from participating in the Lord’s Supper.