Dec. 10, 2023

“Come to the Lord's Table”

1 Corinthians 11:23-28

Our Savior invites us to partake of his body and blood at his table as a proclamation of the forgiveness that is ours made possible through his death. On that first Maundy Thursday evening Jesus gathered with his disciples in the upper room in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover meal with them.  The Passover meal was one of remembrance.  This meal remembered God’s mercy to his people in the land of Egypt.  But the Passover meal on that first Maundy Thursday not only remembered things of the past, but it also pointed ahead to the one who would shed his blood for the world so that their lives might be spared eternally.  The fulfillment of this meal is found in Jesus Christ himself. We come to the Lord’s Table to receive his Supper.  We come recognizing that in this Supper Jesus offers to us his body and blood.  In this supper we not only receive bread and wine, but we also receive the very body and blood of our Lord and Savior.  In his Supper, he makes it plain through his own words recorded for us in Scripture that he offers to us his body and blood together with the bread and the wine. He offers us his body and blood for our eternal benefit.  We are assured of our forgiveness and the assurance of everlasting life.  This assurance is received in a very real and intimate way.  We leave the Lord’s Table knowing that we are children of God.  

Questions:

1.    Who invites us to receive the Lord’s Supper?

2.    How is Passover connected to the Lord’s Supper?

3.    What do we receive when we come to the Lord’s Supper?