There are no mere ceremonies in the religion of Christ. Nothing is done merely to represent something else. Whoever performs anything that Jesus has commanded, as though it were a mere representation of something else, no matter how good that something else may be, has missed the life of the deed. Jesus did not indulge in play-acting, and He gives us no make-believe work to do. In following His commands, we have to do real things. So in the Lord’s Supper we partake of the body of Christ, and not a mere representation of His body. EVCO 254.1