Feb 22 2014
Just a supper, but what a supper!
Luke 22:7-23 The Lord’s Supper was about covenant relationships. Have we lost that?
The last supper has to be the most famous meal of all time, and no doubt the most influential. Painters have tried to capture the scene again and again. But what do they see in it? What’s so special about the last supper? Well Jesus did something that would have been quite shocking for any Jew of his day. He took the traditional Passover meal that was eaten in memory of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and told his disciples to start eating it in memory of him. That’s right. As the leader at the table that night he broke the unleavened bread and gave it out to his disciples saying “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” He also took the traditional Cup of Redemption and passed it around the table saying “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” We might say that he only did it with the bread and wine, but the bread and wine represented the whole meal. And the first Christians understood that because they continued to break bread together as part of a full meal in their homes (Acts 2:46). Does this mean we should be breaking bread as part of a full meal today? More
May 24 2016
The Lord’s Dinner
1 Corinthians 11: 17-34 (Audio Sermon)
When Jesus broke bread saying ‘this is my body,’ he and his disciples were eating a full Passover meal. When he held up the cup and said ‘this is the new covenant in my blood’ he held up the third cup out of four. Later when Paul rebukes the Corinthians for their selfish behavior at the Lord’s Supper we see that the early believers were still eating a full meal. It was known as a ‘love feast.’ In this audio sermon we journey from the Jewish Passover to the Last Supper, then on to the Corinthian love feast, and compare all these meals with the little cups and wafers we use today. Click the arrow to play –
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