The Lord Jesus ordained this remembrance supper for us, and then supplies us with a world in which bread and wine are in abundance. But if we come to this table in presumption, pride, or unbelief, how great is our condemnation?

Many a parent has been mortified to discover a mischievous toddler misusing some toy or or household tool. Dad’s golf clubs make a great axe to fell the oak tree. Mom’s make-up is wonderful finger paint for the bathroom tiles. Perhaps the worst example of this is when you get your child a gift, and then they use it as a weapon against their annoying little brother.

A gift of kindness is horrific when misused for evil. This is precisely the sort of misuse of God’s gifts that the prophets frequently rebuked. Ezekiel put it this way, “Thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before [your idols]. My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour (Eze 16:18-19).” God kindly gave Israel the various sacrifices and ordinances.

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