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This is a really interesting passage in this week’s Come, Follow Me:
“Although the sacrament involves a personal commitment between you and the Lord, it is also an experience you share with others. We almost always partake of the sacrament together, as a body of Saints…How does partaking of the sacrament help you feel closer to Christ and other believers? How do these verses influence your feelings about the sacrament and the way you prepare for it?”
The scripture referenced here is 1 Corinthians 10:17, which reads: “For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”
It’s interesting, I’ve never actually thought about the importance of taking the sacrament with the ward. During the lockdowns, when we were administering the sacrament at home, I will admit that it felt a bit different. It was fine, but just not the same.
I think there really is something about participating in ordinances with fellow Saints, especially the blessing and partaking of the sacrament. It’s an ordinance where the entire ward participates at the same time and where we, like Paul writes, “are all partakers of that one bread”. I think the Lord intends for it to be a shared experience.
Unlike baptism, where an individual is making covenants for the first time, during the administration of the sacrament we are collectively able to renew those same covenants.
Sorry for the long post, but I had never considered this before and it really struck me. What do you guys think?
Sometimes a movie comes out that can change the world for good by exposing a terrible evil that doesn’t want to be seen. “The Sound of Freedom” was made 5 years ago but the opposition used every possible device to prevent its distribution. Go see it.
While nothing graphic is shown and it’s done very tastefully, the message comes across loud and clear of the horrors of child slavery and the absolutely terrible things these poor children go through.
I was very worried about watching it as I can’t stand to see anything done against children but I made it through just fine. It’s a gripping story that I only knew a little about. Every adult needs to see this movie. Teenagers, maybe. Children, not recommended.
There’s a little swearing, lots of smoking and drinking, some violence, and several scenes that are kept to your imagination.
If you’ve been a victim of such terrible deeds it may trigger some of those memories.
There’s a reason Jesus said that those who offend one of his little ones should have a millstone cast about their neck and thrown into the sea.
An interesting side note is that while looking at the available seating in the theater as it was almost full, I noticed that Indy 5 had only 15 people in it!
This is a monumental movie that will hopefully change a world that definitely needs changing. This is a partial fulfillment of the prophecy about exposing the dark deeds of those who think no one knows what they are doing.
No one will escape Eternal Justice though.
No one!
#SoundofFredom