Edible Words

Reformed Theology has always seen the sacraments as visible words. Our emphasis on word and sacrament does not break down into two distinct, non-overlapping emphases. Rather these are two mutually-informing sides of the same emphasis. God feeds us by his word, and we hear his word through the sacraments. Sacraments that are not illuminated by God's word are idolatrous symbols; we do not receive the word of God as fully as we might unless we eat them.

There is therefore great value in a time of corporate meditation prior to the administration of Baptism or to sharing in the Lord's Supper.

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