46-The Last Supper And The Communion Service - NAS

1. Jesus Was The Lamb Of God. The Lamb Was An Important Part Of The Passover.
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus _coming_ to him and said, "_Behold_, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

2. The Account Of The Communion Service In The Four Gospels.
Matthew 26:26-30 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the _disciples_, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." [27] And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you; [28] for this is My blood of the _covenant_, which is poured out for many for _forgiveness_ 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_." [30] After _singing_ a hymn, they went out to the Mount of _Olives_.

Mark 14:22-26 While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body." [23] And when He had taken a cup and given _thanks_, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. [24] And He said to them, "This is My blood of the _covenant_, which is _poured_ out for many. [25] "Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the _kingdom_ of God." [26] After _singing_ a hymn, they went out to the Mount of _Olives_.

Luke 22:14-20 When the hour had come, He _reclined_ at the table, and the apostles with Him. [15] And He said to them, "I have _earnestly_ _desired_ to eat this _Passover_ with you before I _suffer_; [16] for I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is _fulfilled_ in the kingdom of God." [17] And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among _yourselves_; [18] for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes." [19] And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in _remembrance_ of Me." [20] And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is _poured_ out for you is the new _covenant_ in My blood.

John 13:1-17 Now before the Feast of the _Passover_, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would _depart_ out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. [2] _During_ supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to _betray_ Him, [3] Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, [4] got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and _taking_ a towel, He girded _Himself_. [5] Then He _poured_ water into the basin, and began to wash the _disciples_' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. [6] So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?" [7] Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not _realize_ now, but you will _understand_ _hereafter_." [8] Peter said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." [9] Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head." [10] Jesus said to him, "He who has _bathed_ needs only to wash his feet, but is _completely_ clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." [11] For He knew the one who was _betray_ing Him; for this _reason_ He said, "Not all of you are clean." [12] So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and _reclined_ at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? [13] "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. [14] "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also _ought_ to wash one another's feet. [15] "For I gave you an _example_ that you also _should_ do as I did to you. [16] "Truly, truly, I say to you, a _slave_ is not greater than his _master_, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. [17] "If you know _these_ things, you are _blessed_ if you do them.

3. Paul's Account Of The Communion Service And Its Purpose.
1 Corinthians 11:23-29 For I _received_ from the Lord that which I also _delivered_ to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which 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 He took the cup also 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. [27] Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an _unworthy_ manner, shall be _guilty_ of the body and the blood of the Lord. [28] But a man must _examine_ himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. [29] For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks _judgment_ to himself if he does not judge the body _rightly_.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we _break_ a sharing in the body of Christ? [17] _Since_ there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all _partake_ of the one bread.

1 Corinthians 10:20-21 No, but I say that the things which the _Gentiles_ sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become _sharers_ in demons. [21] You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot _partake_ of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

4. What Is The New Covenant?
Hebrews 8:8-10 For _finding_ fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS ARE _COMING_, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL _EFFECT_ A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; [9] NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR _FATHERS_ ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT _CONTINUE_ IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD. [10] "FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR _HEARTS_. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY _PEOPLE_.

Hebrews 8:13 When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is _becoming_ obsolete and growing old is ready to _disappear_.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus, the mediator of a new _covenant_, and to the _sprinkled_ blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

Participating in the communion service may be most meaningful after a person is baptized into the body of Christ and sees the need for a renewal of his or her relationship with Jesus and members of the church.

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