The Sacrament

Many people get excited about someone getting baptized, for it is the opportunity to be cleansed of all our sins. Some people hand out invitations, it is announced in just about every meeting during the Sunday block. People are assigned to speak about what is taking place, while some are asked to sing. It is a very importance ordinance, baptism, but it is rather sad that it only happens once in your life. Or does it?

No, baptism, doesn’t just happen once in our life, but it happens every Sunday. Is it as big as your first baptism? No, but it still plays a very important role in your salvation. The baptism that happens every Sunday is also known as the sacrament.

The sacrament, what a wonderful thing it is. I have spent much time thinking about the sacrament, and what it means to me. It is a wonderful thing, if we understand what it is all about.

“O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of they Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of they Son, and witness unto Thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.” (D&C 20:77)

The sacrament is a renewal of the covenants we made at baptism and also, a way for us to become clean again, much like we were directly after our baptism. So, what is this covenant?

Well, a covenant, for the purpose of this article, is a two way promise between you and the Lord. You will do your part, and the Lord will do his part. The three things we say we will do are as follows:

1. Take upon the name of Jesus Christ
2. Always remember Him
3. Keep His commandments.

In return the Lord has stated that He will allow us to always have the Spirit to be with us.

How much more could we ask for? The promise that we can always have the Spirit with us if we just live righteously, take Christ name upon us, and always remember the Lord in all that we do. Having the Spirit with us at all times can do so much for us. It can help us to understand the scriptures better, help us to shine with the light of Christ, and, most importantly, help keep Satan away.

While these are all wonderful things, we must make sure that we are not seeing the sacrament as just an easy way to repent of our sins. We must be doing everything we can to be a worthy member. For those of us who have made terrible mistakes in our lives, we must make sure that we are not drinking damnation onto our souls.

“ For whoso eateth and drinketh my flesh and blood unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to his soul…” 3 Nephi 18:29

If we make these mistakes, we should take time to repent and go through the proper steps of repentance and have honest sincere repentance. Then, we should make sure that we are striving in every way possible to live worthily and use the sacrament to cleanse us from our little mistakes.

As I said before, the sacrament is a great and wonderful thing and I am so very grateful for the chance it gives me to renew my baptismal covenants with my Heavenly Father. I leave these things with you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

God speed.