Holy Thursday
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The Last Supper - Communion
The Last Supper - Communion
Last Supper isn’t just a fancy name, it’s truly the last supper that Jesus had before he was betrayed.
As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is my body.” And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.
Foot Washing
Foot Washing
Communion isn’t the only ordinance that we receive during the Last Supper.
Communion is there to remind us of the tremendous sacrifice that Jesus paid on our behalf.
That he was the perfect and spotless lamb, broken for our sake, to bring us back to God and His plan and purpose.
The ordinance of foot washing is recorded in the Gospel According to John.
This ordinance is one that less and less churches practice.
But it is there as a great reminder that we are to be humble and serve.
That no single one of us is greater nor worse than the rest.
This was something that historically wasn’t practice by peers, let alone by those who were “above” others.
It was a task reserved for a servant or someone who was showing great humility and respect towards who they were washing.
If Jesus could wash the feet of the man who betrayed him, we can we wash the feet of our brothers and sisters in Christ who we serve with and do life with.
After we read this passage, we will separate into groups of men and women.
Willette and I will begin by washing the feet of who is next in line and offer up a blessing of encouragement to them.
Then they will wash the next and encourage them, and so on until we end back with Willette and I.
I encourage you to embrace the experience. Realize that in the eyes of God, we are all sons and daughters, and He wan’t us to hold each other high esteem as an heir and an image bearer of the Most High.
Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him. When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.” “No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.” Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!” Jesus replied, “A person who has bathed all over does not need to wash, except for the feet, to be entirely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not all of you.” For Jesus knew who would betray him. That is what he meant when he said, “Not all of you are clean.” After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
