Facts about the Lord’s supper
The
Lord’s Supper is the meal established by our Lord (I-Cor.11:20). It was instituted at supper time. Inseparable
from this is the expression "the Lord's table" (10:21), where we
additionally track down the name "the cup of the Lord".Other terms
were introduced in the church, such as communion (Gr.koinonia, participation,
i.e., a festival in common, I-Cor.10:16), and Eucharist (“giving of thanks”),
because of the hymns and psalms which accompanied it. This was instituted by
the Lord Jesus Christ when he ate the Passover meal with His disciples just
before the Passover. As they were
eating, He took the break and blessed it, and broke it and gave it to His
disciples for to eat, symbolizing His body which was to be broken for
them. Afterwards, He took the cup, gave
thanks and gave it to them for to drink as a symbol of His blood which was to
be shed for the forgiveness of sins (Matt. 26:26-30; Mk. 14:22-26; Lk.
22:14-20). On the night prior to His demise, Christ accumulated with His pupils
to eat the Passover dinner. In the setting of His ancient feast held in
remembrance of God’s redemptive of His people from slavery of Egypt, Jesus
turned to the future and His imminent redemptive death, which was to fulfilled
not only the Passover but all previous sacrifices rites. No longer would His
disciples look back redemptive types; from now on, they were to remember Him
and His perfect, final sacrifices which were given for them. The account of the
institution is recorded by each of the synoptic writers (Mt.26:26-29;
Mk.14:22-25; Lk.22:17,20) and the apostle Paul (I-Cor.11:23-26).
The
meaning of the Lord`s supper is primarily summed up in the command of Christ,
“This do in remembrance of me” (Lk.22:19; I-Cor.11:24-25). It is first and
foremost a memorial rite of Christ and His redemptive death, even as the
Passover was remembrance of God`s redemption of His people from the bondage of
Egypt (Ex.12:14; 13:3, 9; Deut.16:3). Based upon a common participation in Christ
and His salvation, there is also in the Lord`s Supper a communion of believers
in the unity of His body (I-Cor.10:16). These two thoughts of the remembrance
of Christ and the fellowship with the members of His body are focuses of the
celebration of the Lord`s Supper.
We
partake Lord’s table because of its divine institution (Lk.22:19-20), historic
inauguration (1 cor.11:23), apostolic interpretation (1 Cor. 10:16,17; 11:26). It
reminds us of the spiritual benefits to examine self and led to restore the
fellowship with God. It also reminds us of the benefits of the cross and commemoration of the death of
Christ. To remember the death of the
Lord Jesus Christ for us until He comes (1 Cor. 11:24-26; Lk. 22:19). To bring
unity and love in the church by reminding the same of the unity of the body of
Christ (1 Cor. 10:16-17; 11:16-30). To bring forgiveness to the believer by the
examination and judgment of himself before the Lord’s supper (1 Cor. 11:27-32).
To bring healing by evoking faith in the believer in discerning the Lord’s body
(1 Cor. 11:29-30).
At the point when we take an
interest in the Lord's supper we represent the passing of Christ on the grounds
that our activities give an image of his demise for us. At the point when the
bread is broken it represents the breaking of Christ's body, and when the cup
is spilled out it represents the spilling out of Christ's blood for us. For
this reason partaking in the Lord's Supper is additionally a sort of
declaration: "For as frequently as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you broadcast the Lord's passing until he comes" (1 Cor. 11:26). Jesus
told his followers, "Take, eat; this is my body" (Matt. 26:26). As we
separately connect and take the cup for ourselves, every last one of us is by
that move declaring, "I'm taking the advantages of Christ's demise to
myself." When we do this we give an image of the way that we partake in or
share in the advantages acquired for us by the passing of Jesus. Similarly as
standard food feeds our actual bodies, so the bread and wine of the Lord's
Supper give sustenance to us. Yet, they additionally picture the way that there
is profound sustenance and reward that Christ is providing for our spirits for
sure, the function that Jesus initiated is in its very nature intended to show
us this. The bread broken represents the collection of Christ defaced and
broken for our evildoings, rebuke and recuperating. (1 Cor. 11:24-29; Isa.
53:4-5). The wine symbolizes the blood of Christ shed for the forgiveness or
remission of sins (Matt. 26:28). The Scriptures imply a daily breaking of break
even as they met daily (Acts. 2:42; 46).
Every
believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should partake of the Lord’s supper. This means every born again Christian who has
been made a partaker of the body of Christ (Matt. 26:29; Lk. 22:18-30; 1 Cor.
10:16-17). The Lord’s Supper should be taken with reverence (1 Cor. 11:20-22;
33-34) It should be taken worthily. The
believer must examine and judge himself and ask forgiveness for any sin
committed (1 Cor. 11:27-32). It must be taken in faith discerning the Lord’s
body (1 Cor. 11:29). It must be taken in unity and love for one another putting
away strife and divisions (1 Cor. 10:16-17; 11:16-30). It must be taken with
thanksgiving and blessing (Matt. 26:26-27; Lk. 22:17; 1 Cor. 10:16; 11:24). When Christians participate in the Lord’s
Supper together they also give a clear sign of their unity with one another. In
fact, Paul says, “Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for
we all partake of the one bread” (1 Cor. 10:17).
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