The Lord’s Supper, 9/25/2011
- Note that 1 Cor. 11:23 states that the Lord Jesus instituted His Supper on “the same night in which He was betrayed” — not the eve of His death, but on the night of His betrayal.
- Remember how on that night of betrayal, the disciples, unaware of what was about to happen to Him, were quarrelling among them as to who was the greatest among them. James and John were fighting to be right beside Jesus in His kingdom. One of them, Judas, was scheming to trade Jesus in for a mere thirty dollars. Such is the backdrop.
- In stark contrast, Christ gave Himself, His own life. He instituted His Supper in this spirit of love and forgiveness, for His friends and enemies alike, for the world. He instituted His Supper knowing full well the wickedness of men’s heart, the untrustworthiness of His followers, the sinfulness of our soul.
- So this Supper, instituted on the same night in which He was betrayed, is a sign of His selfless love, His unchanging love which loves the unlovely and loves them to the uttermost.
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