The Lord's Supper

The Lord’s Supper

As Jesus was coming to the end of His earthly journey, He called His disciples together so that they might share the Passover meal. It was an intimate time, a time of fellowship, but also a time of reflection, and a time for Jesus to foreshadow the most significant event of all time to those closest to Him.

            It was a time when Jesus was about to show how much He really loved us, by giving up his life in the cruelest of ways, by being nailed to a cross. Because of sin, man must die, but Jesus gave His life, one death for all of mankind who would trust in Him by grace through faith.

            It’s an intimate time, a time of true fellowship that can only happen between true believers and their Redeemer. For that reason, we ask that only those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior partake. We practice Open Communion which means that you don’t have to be a member of the church to participate, but we ask that only those who have a saving knowledge of Jesus receive the Lord’s Supper

Luke’s gospel says “14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15 Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

Pray and Pass the Bread

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

Pray and Pass the Cup

Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

Closing

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.