8-13-06 Communion
Communion 8-13-06
THE LORD’S SUPPER The supper Jesus shared with his disciples a few hours before he was arrested and taken to his trial and death (thus often called “The Last Supper”); the breaking of bread Holy Communion, the Eucharist (the Greek word for “thanksgiving,” or the Mass.
The three Gospels and 1 Corinthians—speak of the Last Supper when Communion was instituted as taking place a few hours before Jesus’ arrest
It is also clear that the Last Supper had the significance of a Passover meal.
The association of the Last Supper with the Passover points to the importance of the OT background for our understanding of the meaning of the Lord’s Supper.
This OT background is equally important in understanding the words and actions of Jesus in the upper room.
Ref EX 12:1-39 10 Plagues ( final plague) death of first born unless the lambs blood is over the door post
Thus, similarity between Passover as a feast of the old covenant and the Lord’s Supper as a feast of the new.
Passover looks back with thankful remembrance to the people’s redemption and liberation from Egypt by the act of God, associated with the sacrifice of the Passover lamb.
Communion looks back with thankful remembrance to redemption by the act of God through the sacrifice of Christ.
The Accounts of the Lord’s Supper are recorded in Mark 14:22–26; Matthew 26:26–30; Luke 22:14–20 and 1Cor 11:23-29.
MK 14:22-26 22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” 23 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.
Also Paul explains more in;
1 Cor 11: 23-29 The Lord’s Supper 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.
24“This is my body.” What he said, according to all four accounts of the Last Supper, was “This is my body.” Christians in Catholic, Orthodox, and various Protestant traditions have differed in their understanding of the precise meaning of those words.
What is clear is THAT We are to“Do this in remembrance of Him.”.
in taking of the bread there is the realization of Jesus’ giving himself, to be broken on the cross, his life offered that we might have life.
25“This is my blood of the [new] covenant.” Jesus took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and handed it to his disciples for them all to drink.
26 the Lord’s death until his second coming.
27 unworthy eating and drinking has to do with their attitudes and actions towards each other.
28 All must test or examine themselves before they participate.
29 Bringing judgment upon ones self
REVIEW and have Communion
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