When Seeing Isn't Believing Sermon on Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Days 29-30a

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:1-18

Congregation in our Lord Jesus Christ...

When we considered Lord's Day 28, we saw clearly the spiritual meaning of the Lord's Supper. There we were reminded that the value of this sacrament is not in what is physical. Rather, it's what the physical represents that's important. That's why we speak of this as a sign and seal of the Word.

Throughout the history of the church, however, Christians have had difficulty seeing this. Many have misunderstood and been seriously led astray in taking the physical to be the same as the spiritual.

We can look back at the various examples of this, and wonder why. We can think to ourselves, and even say out loud such things as, "How silly that Roman Catholics believe that it's the actual body of Christ they're eating!" Or even, "Who do those Lutherans think they're trying to kid by saying that once the bread and wine has entered into their bodies that it then becomes Christ's body and blood?"