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“We do not, of course, worship the Bible but, under the supreme glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can never exalt or prize it to highly.” Alec Motyer
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Please open your print or digital Bibles to . . . (Read vv 1-6) This morning we are going to begin a two Sunday sermon series, 2 Days that Changed the World Forever … using the final three chapters of the gospel of Luke as our text.
Pray
Pray
All of us can look back at our lives and identify a handful of days which changed our lives forever. A few of these for me would include the day we moved out of the city of Harrisburg to Lewisberry in northern York County. This brought a whole truckload of changes … but the most significant is that for the first time in my life I got connected on a regular basis with a local church thru its youth group and … at a summer weekend retreat at Camp Penn near Gettysburg … Christ found me --- making that day a day that changed my life forever.
All of us can look back at our lives and identify a handful of days which changed our lives forever. A few of these for me would include the day we moved out of the city of Harrisburg to Lewisberry in northern York County. This brought a whole truckload of changes … but the most significant is that for the first time in my life I got connected on a regular basis with a local church thru its youth group and … at a summer weekend retreat at Camp Penn near Gettysburg … Christ found me --- making that day a day that changed my life forever.
Another, of course would be May 13, 1978 when I said “I do” when Pastor Charlie Scheihing asked me if I desired to take Sharon Pietrowski as my wife.” That day changed my life forever! And then there was the day just two months later … when I heard a woman’s voice say to me over the phone, “Congratulations, Mr. Smith, you are going to be a father!” Yup … at age 22 … and as I walked away from that phone booth, I was clueless as to just how much my life was about to change!
This morning and next week … we are going to take a look at two days … two days that did more than just change the life of this person or that … but two days that changed the world we live in FOREVER!
This morning and next week … we are going to take a look at two days … two days that did more than just changed the life of this person or that … but a day that changed the world we live in FOREVER!
Day One: 7 Events
Day One: 7 Events
As we consider the first of these two days, we will do so by doing a survey of what I consider to be the 7 key events of this, the final 24 hours of Jesus’ earthly life.
Now these 7 events occur in different venues … we will begin our survey in a Jerusalem upper room … then follow Jesus and his disciples as they walk to the Mt of Olives outside the city … where Jesus will enter the Garden of Gethsemane … then from there Jesus is led back into the city to face his accusers (while most of the disciples flee) … and finally … back outside the city to Golgatha as he is crucified. We then will finish our survey as his body is laid in a nearby tomb.
The Upper Room: The Last Super (Luke 22:14-22)
The Upper Room: The Last Super (Luke 22:14-22)
The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-24)
The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-24)
The Last Supper ()
The Last Supper ()
The Last Supper ()
The Last Supper ()
The Last Supper (vv. 14-38)
The Last Supper (vv. 14-38)
This event occurs AFTER Luke records for us the agreement betw Judas and Jesus’ enemies to hand Jesus over to them and the preparations for the passover meal … which they would share together in the upper room. Let’s get to the heart of what is happening here .... by reading
When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
So it is the Jewish Passover meal they are eating together … a meal instituted by God so that his people Israel would never forget their great deliverance from their bondage in Egypt.
And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Luke 22:
So … out of this Last Supper experience (which was the Jewish passover meal) … Jesus took elements that were on the table and established for the church what we know and love as the Lord’s Supper … or simply put … communion. Jesus gave this gift to us so that we would … through this powerful interactive manner … remember him and his love for us and what that love for us compelled him to do! And in using elements from the Passover meal … it was his way of saying, I am the only Passover Lamb you will ever need!
This main event occurs after Luke records for us the agreement betw Judas and Jesus’ enemies to hand Jesus over to them and the preparations for the passover meal … which they would share together in the upper room. Let’s get to the heart of what is happening here .... by reading .
Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.
When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. But look, the hand of the one betraying me is at the table with me. For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”
When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. But look, the hand of the one betraying me is at the table with me. For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”
So … out of this Last Supper experience (which was the Jewish passover meal) … Jesus took elements that were on the table and established for the church what we know and love as the Lord’s Supper … or simply put … communion. Jesus gave this gift to us so that we would … through this powerful interactive manner … remember him and his love for us and what that love for us compelled him to do!
“Look, the days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
“Look, the days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—my covenant that they broke even though I am their master”—the Lord’s declaration. “Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their iniquity and never again remember their sin.
Jeremiah 31:31
The Message of Luke b. The Plan of Salvation (22:7–38)
For the Jews, it meant the deliverance from Egypt into Canaan. But now it is to be filled with its full meaning, and from this year onwards will signify to the people of God a deliverance of the profoundest kind, from sin and death into eternal life. Moses’ exodus will be fulfilled in Jesus’s exodus.
The Message of Luke b. The Plan of Salvation (22:7–38)
For the Jews, it meant the deliverance from Egypt into Canaan. But now it is to be filled with its full meaning, and from this year onwards will signify to the people of God a deliverance of the profoundest kind, from sin and death into eternal life. Moses’ exodus will be fulfilled in Jesus’s exodus.
INVITE … to our Easter Thursday communion service this coming Thursday eve as we walk together through the events of the Last Supper
INVITE … to our Easter Thursday communion service this coming Thursday eve as we walk together through the events of the Last Supper
INVITE … to our Easter Thursday communion service this coming Thursday eve as we walk together through the events of the Last Supper and celebreate the sacrifice of Christ on our behalf!
Now … once the supper was over .... Jesus and his disciples left the upper room and walked through the night to the Mt. of Olives … once there, Luke records the account of Jesus and his prayer to his father in the Garden of Gethsamen.
The Prayer of Jesus ()
The Prayer of Jesus ()
After giving his disciples instructions to pray, he left them at the entrance of the garden … and here is what happened next according to Luke:
Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
The Garden of Gethsemane: The Prayer of Jesus ()
The Garden of Gethsemane: The Prayer of Jesus ()
A couple of things to note:
The Message of Luke b. The Plan of Salvation (22:7–38)
For the Jews, it meant the deliverance from Egypt into Canaan. But now it is to be filled with its full meaning, and from this year onwards will signify to the people of God a deliverance of the profoundest kind, from sin and death into eternal life. Moses’ exodus will be fulfilled in Jesus’s exodus.
Jesus knelt down .... usual posture for a Jewish man in prayer … to stand upright with eyes and hands lifted toward heaven. The fact that he fell to his knees shows the weight of the burden he was carrying! (Matthew and Mark note that he actually ended up face down on the ground … so heavy was his burden)
Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.
He uses a metaphor of a cup to refer to what laid before him … in this cup would have been two things ....
Then their whole assembly rose up and brought him before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”
1. The sins of humanity … all of the … past, present and future. As sin-bearer … he knew he would have to ‘drink’ this cup in its totality … draining it dry!
2. God’s wrath against that sin! A wrath so fierce that Jesus would cry out on the cross “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?!” ( and )
3.
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
BTW - This was the ONLY time in the gospel record where Jesus, in addressing God in prayer did not refer to him as “Father”
So after looking into this cup and seeing hell open up before him, Jesus shrank back and pled with the Father if justice could be accomplished in any other way … let it be done!
BUT THEN, with his very next breath, he said - “not my will, but yours, be done!”
You see .... for Jesus what mattered most … more than avoiding the horrors of hell itself was to do the will of his Father!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Luke adds the observation that Jesus was not alone in the garden as he prayed …
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.
Luke 22:
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Luke 22:
The book of Hebrews tells us that the angels are sent by God to minister to the needs of his elect, and here, of course, the supreme chosen one of the Father becomes the object of the ministry of the angels. (R. C. Sproul)
The book of Hebrews (1:14) tells us that the angels are sent by God to minister to the needs of his elect, and here, of course, the supreme chosen one of the Father becomes the object of the ministry of the angels. (R. C. Sproul)
One other event occurs in the vicinity of the garden once Jesus emerged from his agonizing time in prayer …
The Betrayal of Judas ()
The Betrayal of Judas ()
While he was still speaking, suddenly a mob came, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
While he was still speaking, suddenly a mob came, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
When those around him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?” Then one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.
But Jesus responded, “No more of this!” And touching his ear, he healed him. Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal? Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour—and the dominion of darkness.”
It is obvious from the question Jesus asks Judas … that the signal Judas had given to the men who came to arrest Jesus was none other than a kiss … a common greeting in that day and age. It was a greeting which … as it does even today … communication love and affection.
You know what an oxymoron is … yes? Two seemingly contradictory terms put together to express an idea … examples:
Pretty ugly, jumbo shrimp, original copy, virtual reality,
Recently a mailman offered this oxymoron … postal service!
Well what we have here is an oxymoron … a betraying kiss!
And if you have ever felt betrayed … as I am guessing you have … it cuts to the heart does it not? More suffering for our savior as this final day of his life unfolds!
The Denials of Peter ()
The Denials of Peter ()
They seized him, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.
As the rest of the disciples fled .... Peter followed at a safe distance. While waiting outside in the courtyard of the high priest’s house … Peter is asked not just once, not just twice but three times about his relationship with Jesus … here is what happens with his third and final denial . . .
As we move to scene three … Jesus is lead to the high priest’s house where he will await for the first of three trials which Luke records for us. And before the first trial starts … something happens out in the courtyard …Peter is asked not just once, not just twice but three times about his relationship with Jesus … here is what happens with his third and final denial . . .
But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Luke 22:
They seized him, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.
As we move to scene three … Jesus is lead to the high priest’s house where he will await for the first of three trials which Luke records for us. And before the first trial starts … something happens out in the courtyard …Peter is asked not just once, not just twice but three times about his relationship with Jesus … here is what happens with his third and final denial . . .
Question ---> Can you imagine what Peter must have felt the moment the rooster crowed and Jesus turned and looked at him? He had just a couple of hours earlier went on record to say, “I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”
which takes place in the courtroom as it details for us the three trials of Jesus as recorded by Luke … before the first trial starts … something happens out in the courtyard ...
But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Question ---> Can you imagine what Peter must have felt the moment the rooster crowed and Jesus turned and looked at him? He had just a couple of hours earlier went on record to say, “I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”
Can you imagine what Peter must have felt the moment the rooster crowed and Jesus turned and looked at him? He had just a couple of hours earlier went on record to say, ““I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”
Application ---> But … don’t miss this! Who wrote the letter included in the New Testament which we have been studying on Sunday mornings since mid September? Yup! Peter! He may have felt like an absolute failure here … but Jesus was not finished with him! And so with us! When we slip … fall down … or downright blow our walk with God … he is NOT finished with us either!
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So … Peter’s denials occur as Jesus is being held for the first of his three trials … let’s move on to them.
The Trials of Jesus (; )
The Trials of Jesus (; )
Jesus was tried before three different authorities:
Trial #1 - Before the Sanhedrin (Luke 22:66-71)
Trial #1 - Before the Sanhedrin (Luke 22:66-71)
The Sanhedrin was the Jewish Supreme Court. As Jesus was brought before them, they had already decided his guilt. But they needed something concrete to accuse him of … so note
They all asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?”
And he said to them, “You say that I am.”
“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from his mouth?”
Luke 22:70-
The Sanhedrin saw the confession of Jesus here as blasphemy as he was making himself equal to God. BUT … they had a problem. Even thought they could try a man and convict a man and even sentence a man … they could not carry out the sentence if it was a capital crime (one deserving the death sentence). And since this “blasphemy” of Jesus was, according to Jewish law, deserving of death … they had to take him to the only authority in town which could execute the death penalty … Rome!
Trial #2 - Before Pontius Pilate, Part 1 (; )
Trial #2 - Before Pontius Pilate, Part 1 (; )
Then their whole assembly rose up and brought him before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”
So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
He answered him, “You say so.”
Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”
But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”
Pilate wanted nothing to do with Jesus at this point. He found nothing worthy of conviction (let alone of a capitial crime) … so, looking for a way out, when he heard Jesus was a Galilean, he sent him off to Herod Antipas who ruled Galilee as a puppet ruler of Rome.
Trial #3 - Before Herod Antipas (Luke 23:6-12)
Trial #3 - Before Herod Antipas (Luke 23:6-12)
Beginning in we read Herod’s response:
Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see him because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him. So he kept asking him questions, but Jesus did not answer him. The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, mocked him, dressed him in bright clothing, and sent him back to Pilate.
Luke 23:8
So back to Pilate for the second part of Jesus’ trial before the Roman Governor
Trial #2 - Before Pontius Pilate, Part 2
Trial #2 - Before Pontius Pilate, Part 2
Read . . .
Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who misleads the people. But in fact, after examining him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse him of. Neither has Herod, because he sent him back to us. Clearly, he has done nothing to deserve death. Therefore, I will have him whipped and then release him.”
But the crowd would not allow Pilate off the hook. Now Luke in his account does not tell us something that the three other gospel writers tell us …
At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.
And so as Pilate hestitated to give into their demand to crucify Jesus … The crowd, knowing of this custom of course, demanded Pilate release a convicted murderer named Barabbas and to crucify Jesus. And even though Pilate was convinced in the innocence of Jesus … because the crowd kept up their pressure …
Instead they demanded Pilate release a convicted murderer named Barabbas to be released and Jesus to be crucified. And even though Pilate was convinced in the innocence of Jesus … because the crowd kept up their pressure …
Instead they demanded Pilate release a convicted murderer named Barabbas to be released and Jesus to be crucified. And even though Pilate was convinced in the innocence of Jesus … because the crowd kept up their pressure …
So Pilate decided to grant their demand and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
Luke 23:
Luke 23:24
And now the venue moves from inside the city to a place ourtsidwe the city walls called … “The Skull” — In Aramaic, the name is Golgotha. The Latin equivalent is Calvary.
The Crucifixion of Jesus (Luke 23:26-49)
The Crucifixion of Jesus (Luke 23:26-49)
Close your eyes … and focuse on the words of Luke as he describes Jesus’ crucifixion ...
Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with him. When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided his clothes and cast lots.
The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!” The soldiers also mocked him. They came offering him sour wine and said, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
An inscription was above him: This Is the King of the Jews.
Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment? We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three, because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle. And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.
Luke 23:
One of the best known politicians of ancient Rome was a man named Marcus Tullius Cicero. Born about 100 years before Christ, he became one of the most influential Romans of his era. Concerning crucifixion … he had this to say …
Cicero viewed it as “the penalty for slaves” and “a most cruel and most terrible punishment.” He maintained that “it ought not even to be discussed by Romans as it was too degrading”.
[1] Cicero also referred to crucifixion as a “most cruel and most terrible punishment.” He maintained that “it ought not even to be discussed by Romans as it was too degrading”. (Green, The Empty Cross, 22). In an ironic twist of history, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ has become the most talked of death in human history!
In an ironic twist of history, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ has become the most talked of death in human history!
In 1912 .... George Barnard, a Methodist Evangelist wrote this well known and well sung hymn.
In the old rugged Cross, stain'd with blood so divine
A wondrous beauty I see
For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above
To pardon and sanctify me
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
Now we come to the 7th and final event which I will hightlight this morning . . .
The Burial of Jesus ()
The Burial of Jesus ()
With Jesus now dead … all that is left is for his body to be buried.
The usual practice was to take the dead bodies of those crucified and throw them in a common mass grave. But this was not done with the body of Jesus … and for good reason. (think Easter Sunday!)
A man named Joseph … a follower of Jesus AND a member othe Sanhedrin (most likely the only one) … went to Pilate and requested the body of Jesus. Receiving permission .... here is what he did ...
Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed. It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Luke 23:
(Matthew tells us in his gospel that this was Joseph’s own tomb.)
Now why the mention of the Sabbath? Because the clock was ticking … and Joseph did not have time to properly prepare Jesus’ body for burial before the Sabbath began. But, Luke tells us, some women were watching and so they returned home to prepare the customary spices with which they would annoint Jesus’ body with on the day following the Sabbath … more on this next Sunday!
As I close … a couple of takeaways …
1. This final day of Jesus’ earthly life brought about the culmination of the very reason he came to earth - to pay the ransom price for our sin and to set us free from our bondage to sin!
1. This final day of Jesus’ earthly life brought about the culmination of the very reason he came to earth - to pay the ransom price for our sin and to set us free from our bondage to sin!
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”
Gospel invite
All of us are born into this world in bondage to sin. We need to be set free. Jesus Christ paid the price for our redemption IN FULL!
In addition, all of us are born into this world LOST! Instead of going God’s way … we go our own way. And oh, what a mess we make of or lives as a result! Jesus came to seek and to save the lost! Has he found YOU? Have you found him?
In the first chapter of the gospel of Mark … Jesus calls upon all to REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL!
Have you ever repented of your sin and rebellion against the God who made you?
Gospel invite
And have you ever believed the gospel? Believing Jesus was who he claimed to be (the Son of God) and did what he claimed to do (pay for your sins in full)
2. We can ill afford to forget the extent of Jesus’ suffering for us (why Jesus established the communion of the bread and the cup) with the command to “do this in remembrance of me.”
2. We can ill afford to forget the extent of Jesus’ suffering for us (why Jesus established the communion of the bread and the cup) with the command to “do this in remembrance of me.”
Another invitation to you .... in your bulletin you will find a devotional for this week .. one that grows out of this message today. One that I hope will get you even deeper into these two chapters than we were able to get today.