A Meal for the Ages
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Have you ever had one of those meals that was so memorable?..... what about a meal that ended in everyone leaving.... and leaving quickly?.......
If you were planning the perfect meal with Jesus, would you want to control the emotion of the moment?...... Want to set the stage for everything to be perfect?
Disciples were asked to go and prepare the passover.....
Jesus gets there and no servant washes their feet so Jesus does
Judas is called out as the betrayer.....
Jesus shares he is emotionally troubled
Let’s everyone know he is going to be betrayed
There is food..... with new significance given by Jesus...... Powerful
There is singing
There is a moment when the leader of the disciples is told he would deny Jesus.... argument ensues
Jesus is praying.... no one else can seem to do it....
Jesus is arrested… and he is completely abandoned
Dinner party ...... Success? or Failure!?..... but this is Gods plan this is God’s purpose for Jesus!
This morning, I want to walk through this text in Matthew 26 and highlight a few things for us this morning as we see this meal for the ages!
1. Jesus Establishes the New Covenant
1. Jesus Establishes the New Covenant
17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’ ”
- Passover meal - Exodus 12 - Male sheep or goat, roasted, unleavened bread and bitter herbs,
And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt.
And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
God passed over the houses where the blood of the lamb was covering the doorposts…Marked as God’s chosen people who obeyed his command!
26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you,
28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus establishes the “New” Covenant Meal
quick Note on Covenants - We don’t use this language much.... but a covenant is an agreement.... Like your HOA.... God establishes them (not us to God)..... agreements with him backing himself that he will do it......There are always signs and sometimes meals that mark a reminder of the covenant agreement.
Adam - Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil..... Blessing for obedience, curse for disobedience
Noah - No longer flood the earth..... The rainbow - the sign
Abraham - Start of the nation of Israel - Circumcision..... marking out God’s people
Moses - Law - The Law was given sign - Special celebrations and meals given - Passover was one of those meals
David - King on the Throne forever - continuation of the promise to Abraham and Israel
The New Covenant - Promised by prophet Jeremiah in OT, seen here to be put in place by Jesus Christ
Sign is faith..... The blood is no longer on the doorpost, but the blood of the Lamb of God is on our hearts in Faith!
meal - unleavened Bread and Wine/fruit of the vine
The Bread - unleavened matza - Not Panera bread! - His Body given, broken for the forgiveness of sins
the Wine - represented his blood that was shed - Without the shedding of blood there is no atonement for sin.
22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Jesus Emphasis
Not literal, but figurative....Not canabalism
The bread and wine do not become Jesus
Jesus is not somewhere hiding in or around the Bread and Wine
Jesus commands us to do this in remembrance of him
We do this in fellowship with Him and our church family
o Looking backward and looking forward
As of as you do this..... do it in remembrance of me.
We look backward to Jesus crucifixion and resurrection from the grave..... giving us the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:26-28 “26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
We look forward in anticipation that we will drink this cup in heaven with him v. Matthew 26:29 “29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.””
Looking Inward and Outward
We examine our hearts as Paul instructs the Corinthian church
1 Cor 11:28 “28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.”
We proclaim outward Jesus’ death until he returns
1 Cor 11:26 “26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
2. Jesus is troubled
2. Jesus is troubled
o Troubled in spirit
21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
Jesus felt everything and did not sin..... Hebrews 4:15 “15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
Betrayed
21 And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
22 And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”
23 He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.
24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
25 Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.”
You may have had a friend that has betrayed you.... but not unto arresting you when you were innocent and didn’t deserve it!
- Denied
31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
33 Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”
34 Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
35 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples said the same.
- Abandoned
56 But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Our language concerning this last few hours before the cross and the cross itself.... Is that we say.... “Jesus suffered”..... and yet it goes to show how little it is understood.... take for instance the hym by Joseph Hart in the 1700’s
Much we talk of Jesus' blood,
But how little understood!
Of His sufferings so intense,
Angels have no perfect sense.
Who can rightly comprehend
Their beginning or their end?
'Tis to God and God alone
That their weight is fully known.
See the suffering Son of God,
Panting, groaning, sweating blood!
Boundless depths of love divine!
Jesus, what a love was thine!
("Thine Unknown Sufferings" by Joseph Hart, 1712-1768).
You may think, Brothers and Sisters, that you know something of Christ’s sufferings, but they are a unfathomably deep, a height to which the human imagination cannot soar! - Charles Spurgeon
To explain deepest emotions of Jesus would be for my words to fail..... Whatever you have experienced in the past, in the present or in the future.... Jesus has walked that road, and here he knows a troubled soul.... he knows betrayal of friends.... he knows denial..... he knows abandonment!
But we celebrate today the meal for the ages because...... Jesus Drank the Cup.
3. Jesus Drank the Cup
3. Jesus Drank the Cup
36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”
37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.
45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
- Garden of Gethsemane
John...... He entered the Garden..... like adam and eve .... Only one who could enter into a Garden and come our sinless! He came out obedient and still ready to accomplish the purpose of the cross before him!
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
Jesus’ prayer Take this cup from me
Images of the wrath of God in OT
Jeremiah 25:15 + The cup is used as a symbol of God’s wrath several time in the Old Testament (Jeremiah 25:15-16; Isaiah 51:17, 22; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 23:28-34; Habakkuk 2:16). It is likewise used as a symbol for enduring God’s wrath in Revelation 14:9-10 and 16:19.
Jesus Drank the Cup of God’s wrath so that we might share in the cup of life for eternity!
Jesus Drank the Cup of God’s wrath so that we might share in the cup of life for eternity!
Jesus Drank the Cup of God’s wrath so that we might share in the cup of life for eternity!
He was sinless, yet he died in our place..... the sinless Jesus for the sinful humanity..... the righteous JEsus for the unrighteous
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
He satisfied the wrath of God
10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
He was obedient even unto death, death on a cross
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Jesus Drank the Cup of God’s wrath so that we might share in the cup of life for eternity!
This morning.... the invitation is real it is still available this morning to all of us..... the new covenant of faith found in Jesus Christ our Savior.
You deserved the cup of gods wrath… every drop.... your good works didn’t lessen it.... .your earthly wisdom could not avoid it...... The reality for us all was death… eternal death.... separation from God for eternity in Hell.
Jesus drank it to it’s completion....No more passover lambs needed! He drank every last drop..... once and for all!
If we believe in Jesus for the forgivenes of our sins, we are forgiven and have eternal life with him.
Will you this morning come to the table in faith? There is cup that awaits us this morning..... in Faith, we share in this meal with Jesus and other brothers and sisters in Christ..... The cup of fellowship and eternal life with Jesus Christ...... and one day we will share it with him in HEAVEN!
Baptized in like faith or church member at LCBC
It is a time to celebrate, to look backward and to look forward to look inward and outward!
Take Jesus now.... feast on him in faith… and then talk to me after the service!
Deacons come forward.
Bread - Body
23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when 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.”
Look Backwards -
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
WIne - Blood
25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Look Forward -
29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Let us worship together as the disciples did that first night of the New Covenant established by Jesus...... Singing together with our voices raised to God and in encouragement of each other.... the Doxology!