Divine Service Summary – Sunday, 7 April 2019
Title: Passiontide – The institution of the Lord’s Supper – Fellowship with the Lord
Bible verse: Mark 14: 22–24
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.”
Message: The divine nature of Jesus Christ is revealed in the institution of the Lord’s Supper.
Summary
- Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper in order to allow His own to have repeated encounters with Him.
- He joins His body and blood to the earthly elements of bread and wine.
- When we receive the consecrated wafer, we come before the Lord and receive His body and His blood.
- Let us partake worthily of the Lord’s Supper, believe in Jesus Christ, be repentant and willing to forgive, follow Jesus, and profess Him.