COMMUNION

"They communed together."—Luke 24:15.

    Some call it Communion, and some the feast of love, and others the Lord’s Supper, and  still others the Lord's Table. But no name by which it is known is more significant, more full of meaning, more beautifully sweet than the communion—communion with the

Master and with one another.

    Communion means drawing near unto God. Declares the psalmist, “It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God.” “And Abraham drew near to God’—so near that God could say of him as he never said of any other living man, “Abraham, my friend.”

    Communion means _ fellowship—fellowship with God and with one another. “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”

    Communion means entering into the holiest. “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.”

    Communion means dwelling in the secret place of The Most High. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.”

    Communion means abiding before God. “He shall abide before God forever.” "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light.” “Abide in me, and I in you.” “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love.”

    Communion means to sit together in heavenly places. "God hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” As we eat and drink may “We have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

    And may our minds and hearts and memories be quickened, and our eyes opened that we may see him also, the Invisible Guest, and seeing, may we sup with him and he with us.