accepted because God’s Word teaches them. We have a God who is “big enough” to grant man sufficient freedom to act without coercion and be morally responsible, and yet He knows exactly what we will do and has incorporated all as part of His plan. During the meal Jesus instituted the symbols of His body and blood, which have been observed as ordinances by the Christian Church ever since. When He took the bread, prayed over it, and broke it for distribution, He said, “Take it; this is My body” (v.