The only word that I can see wasn’t used in Paul’s words
but Nephi and Luke both said was “given.” I think that this word is important
for us to know and to realize. Christ has literally given His body up for us so
we can return to God again through saving ordinances. He has given His body as
a gift for us, with no price for us to pay. It’s our own choice that we follow
Him and use His saving grace for our salvation.
Comparing Corinthians and 3 Nephi, in 3 Nephi, it actually councils us to forbid the person
who is unworthy of partaking of the sacrament to not take it.
à D&C 46:4 “Ye are also commanded not to cast any
one who belongeth to the church out of your sacrament meetings; nevertheless,
if any have trespassed, let him not partake until he makes reconciliation.”
Paul taught that taking the sacrament unworthily brought
upon themselves damnation, not the ordinance of renewing and cleansing yourself
of the body and blood of Christ.
à Mormon 9:29 “See that ye are not baptized
unworthily; see that ye partake not of the sacrament of Christ unworthily; but
see that ye do all things in worthiness, and do it in the name of Jesus Christ,
the Son of the living God; and if ye do this, and endure to the end, ye will in
nowise be cast out.”
In order to make the sacrament more meaningful each week,
I can read hymns, the scriptures, think about Christ’s Atonement and how the
bread and water represent His sacrifices and pain and suffering for our sake,
and think about what I can do better for the upcoming week.
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