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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: therefrom as much as he can.
And we have, in the first place, the clear text in the very words of
Christ: Do this in remembrance of Me. These are bidding and commanding
words by which all who would be Christians are enjoined to partake of
this Sacrament. Therefore, whoever would be a disciple of Christ, with
whom He here speaks, must also consider and observe this, not from
compulsion, as being forced by men, but in obedience to the Lord Jesus
Christ, and to please Him. However, if you say: But the words are
added, As oft as ye do it; there He compels no one, but leaves it to
our free choice, answer: That is true, yet it is not written that we
should never do so. Yea, just because He speaks the words, As oft as ye
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