The Lord's Supper/Passover Feast

We read in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke where Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. He had gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem with the apostles to partake of the Passover feast. But while doing that He told them that He would be leaving them, and to remember His death through the eating of bread and juice of the vine.

There are 4 places in the Bible where an account of the beginnings of this observance by Jesus and His apostles is given. The first 3 are 2 chapters back from the end of Matthew (chap. 26), Mark (chap. 14), and Luke (chap. 22). Then Paul gives an account in 1Corinthians 11.

The church that I am a part of observes the Lord's Supper every Sunday. The reason for this is that it appears that the early church, the church in the days of the apostles, partook every Sunday. Note Acts 20:7, "Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight." Note that the purpose of their coming together was to "break bread;" not to sing, or preach or pray, though these things are valuable. But the primary purpose was to break bread, to partake of the Lord's Supper and to remember His death. It seems that should be our focus today.

Let us be sure that we don't forsake this important remembering of the Lord's sacrifice for us. It was a direct command of Jesus that this be done by His followers...so we know it is important.

Thanks for reading, and have a great week!