表明主的牺牲
今天是星期日，如果你今天参加崇拜，你可能会守主餐或圣餐。世界上不少教会都会在今天聚集，专注在饼和杯上，并且聆听这几句满有能力的话：“这是我的身体，为你们舍的 … 这是我的血，为你们流的。”
在某种程度上，这些有形的饼和葡萄汁（或酒）见证耶稣在十字架上牺牲的爱。我们被邀请领取去吃，好叫我们能记得和相信，因着耶稣的死和复活我们得到赦免和新生命。
我们也被提醒，当我们守主餐时，我们是“表明主的死”直等到祂来。主餐本身便是一个对耶稣和祂所作的一切的见证。
我记得一次很特别的守主餐经历，就是在我们这个年轻家庭遇到一次严重汽车事故后的那个星期所经历到的。庆幸的是我们没有人受伤，然而那次意外本可能会有更严重的后果的。当我拿着这些耶稣受死的表记时，我对衪的牺牲怎样带来生命有新的体验。我们刚与死亡擦身而过，然而神决定我们在世上的目的还未完结。无论是生或死，我们都是属于祂的——那位为我们付上祂的一切的（海德堡要理问答第1题)。
耶稣啊，你是生命的粮。当我们敬拜你时，惟愿我们能感受到与你，与主内弟兄姊妹亲密的团契。感谢你把你的生命赐给我们。阿们。
哥林多前书 11:23-26
23我当日传给你们的，原是从主领受的，就是主耶稣被卖的那一夜，拿起饼来，
24祝谢了，就掰开，说：“这是我的身体，为你们舍的。你们应当如此行，为的是记念我。”
25饭后，也照样拿起杯来，说：“这杯是用我的血所立的新约。你们每逢喝的时候，要如此行，为的是记念我。”
26你们每逢吃这饼、喝这杯，是表明主的死，直等到他来。
Proclaiming the Sacrifice
"Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." - 1 Corinthians 11:26
Today is Sunday, and if you attend a worship service today, you might celebrate the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion. Many churches around the world will gather and focus on the bread and cup and hear these powerful words: "This is my body, given for you. . . . This is my blood, shed for you."
In a way, the tangible elements of bread and grape juice (or wine) bear witness to the love of Jesus shown in his sacrifice on the cross. We are invited to take and eat so that we may remember and believe that in Jesus' death and resurrection we find forgiveness and new life. We are also reminded that when we participate in communion, we "proclaim the Lord's death" until he returns. Communion itself is a witness to Jesus and all he has done for us.
I remember an unusual experience of communion many years ago. It was the week after our young family was involved in a serious car accident. No one had been hurt, but it could have been so much worse. As I held those symbols of Jesus' death in my hands, I saw with fresh eyes how his sacrifice brings life. We had experienced a close brush with death ourselves, but God had decided that our purpose here wasn't finished. In life and in death, we belong to him—the one who gave his all for us (Q&A 1, Heidelberg Catechism).
Jesus, you are the bread of life. As we worship you, may we experience close communion with you and our brothers and sisters in faith. Thank you for the gift of your life. Amen.
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