Remember Pearl Harbor 2 It proclaims the gospel. A Timeless...
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1 2 3 THE QUESTION Why do we practice the Lord’s Supper? THE POINT The Lord’s Supper shows the essence of the gospel. Remember Pearl Harbor Japanese soldiers attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The devastating attack cost thousands of lives and kick- started America’s involvement in World War II. As a result, American soldiers adopted the battle cry “Remember Pearl Harbor” as a tribute to the fallen soldiers on that fateful day. In Remembrance Passover was an important event in the lives of God’s people after years of enslavement by the Egyptians. God sent a series of plagues on Egypt, the final being the death of every first-born. God told His people to slay a lamb and smear its blood on their doorposts so the angel of death would pass over their homes. Passover, as remembered since, is a celebration of the Lord’s provision on that night. It symbolizes Jesus’ sacrifice. On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 What do these symbols mean to us? The Lord’s Supper was ordained for a continual remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ’s death, until He comes again. […] It was intended to remind us […] that the offering of Christ’s body and blood for us on the cross is the only atonement for sin, and the life of a believers’ soul. JC Ryle It proclaims the gospel. For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 A Timeless Story Santa Maria delle Grazie, a church and popular destination point in Milan, houses Leonardo Divinci’s mural The Last Supper . Hailed as one of the most famous paintings of all time, The Last Supper artistically portrays Christ’s final meal with His disciples before being betrayed and crucified, as told in John 13. Divinci’s work has presented this famous and life-changing story since being completed in 1498. What does your life proclaim? It points to the future. But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father’s kingdom with you. Matthew 26:26-29 What symbols do we associate with our future? …if we take seriously Jesus’ own words at the Last Supper, we should also look to the future in anticipation of the Messianic Banquet of the Kingdom. Our experience of communion is an appetizer for the glorious feast that lies ahead for us, when we will eat the bread and drink the cup with Jesus. Mark D. Roberts Career House Marriage Family KNOWN 21 008 009 ©2001 BUENA VISTA PICTURES/KOBAL ©ISTOCKPHOTO ©ISTOCKPHOTO ©SUPERSTOCK
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THE QUESTION Why do we practice the Lord’s Supper?
THE POINT The Lord’s Supper shows the essence of the gospel.
Remember Pearl HarborJapanese soldiers attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The devastating attack cost thousands of lives and kick-started America’s involvement in World War II. As a result, American soldiers adopted the battle cry “Remember Pearl Harbor” as a tribute to the fallen soldiers on that fateful day.
In RemembrancePassover was an important event in the lives of God’s people after years of enslavement by the Egyptians. God sent a series of plagues on Egypt, the final being the death of every first-born. God told His people to slay a lamb and smear its blood on their doorposts so the angel of death would pass over their homes. Passover, as remembered since, is a celebration of the Lord’s provision on that night.
It symbolizes
Jesus’sacrifice.
On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 What do these symbols
mean to us?The Lord’s Supper was ordained for a continual remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ’s death, until He comes again. […] It was intended to remind us […] that the offering of Christ’s body and blood for us on the cross is the only atonement for sin, and the life of a believers’ soul. JC Ryle
It proclaims the gospel.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26
A Timeless Story Santa Maria delle Grazie, a church and popular destination point in Milan, houses Leonardo Divinci’s mural The Last Supper. Hailed as one of the most famous paintings of all time, The Last Supper artistically portrays Christ’s final meal with His disciples before being betrayed and crucified, as told in John 13. Divinci’s work has presented this famous and life-changing story since being completed in 1498.
What does your life proclaim?
It points to the future.
But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father’s kingdom with you. Matthew 26:26-29
What symbols do we associate with our future?
…if we take seriously Jesus’ own words at the Last Supper, we should also look to the future in anticipation of the Messianic Banquet of the Kingdom. Our experience of communion is an appetizer for the glorious feast that lies ahead for us, when we will eat the bread and drink the cup with Jesus. Mark D. Roberts
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