Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

When God speaks, things happen. When there was nothing at all besides Him, He said, "Let there be light,' and there was light" (Genesis 1:3). Through the angel Gabriel, He told the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear a Son, and she did. Through apostles and prophets and pastors and parents and grandparents and neighbors, He shares the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection, and people come to faith. His Word does what it says because His Word has the power to create.

That is how something as simple and ordinary as eating a bit of bread and drinking a sip of wine can give you forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation. When our Lord Jesus invites you to His table and blesses the bread and wine with His Word, you receive His body and blood for the forgiveness of your sins. No other huamn's word could do that. No parent or grandparent, no pastor or priest can make bread and wine into Christ's body and blood, much less bless you with forgiveness on the authority of his own words. Our Lord, however, is not just any other human being. He is also true God with the Father and the Spirit. His Word brought creation into being at the beginning. His Word turned water into wine at Cana. His Word healed the sick and raised the dead. His Word unites His body and blood with bread and wine, through which you receive forgiveness, life, and salvation.
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