SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/2/2024 7:03 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
“The Doctrine”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: (Matthew
26:26b, 28)
Message of the verses: “this is My body….for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins”
As I go through this evening with Jesus and His disciples
I am learning things about what was done on the Passover as that is what they
were first celebrating, and then the Lord turned it into His Last Supper from
where we received “The Lord’s Supper” or communion. The breaking of the unleavened bread was a
normal part of the traditional Passover ceremony. However Jesus now gave it an entirely new
meaning as He said “This is My body.” The
original unleavened bread symbolized severance from the old life in Egypt,
carrying nothing of its pagan and oppressive “leaven” into the Promised
Land. It represented a separation from worldliness
and sin and the beginning of a new life of holiness and godliness.
Not Here is the change and it comes by our Lord’s divine
authority: Jesus transformed that
symbolism into another as we have stated.
From henceforth the bread would represent Christ’s own body, sacrificed
for the salvation of men. Luke reports
that Jesus added, “given for you: do this in remembrance of Me” (22:19, indicating
He was instituting a memorial of His sacrificial death for His followers to
observe.
MacArthur writes: “In saying the bread is His body, Jesus
obviously was not speaking literally. A
similarly foolish misunderstanding already had caused the Pharisees to ridicule
Him and many superficial disciples to desert Him (See John 6:48-66). It is the same misunderstanding reflected in
the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. That literalistic notion is an absurd
misinterpretation of Scripture.
“Jesus’ statement about eating His body was no more
literal than His saying He is the Vine and His followers are the branches (John
15:5) or than John the Baptist’s calling Him the Lamb of God (John 1:29).
“As the disciples drank of the cup Jesus said, “This is
My blood of the covenant.” From Luke we
learn that the Lord specified ‘new covenant.’ (22:20), clearly distinguishing
it from all previous covenants, including the Mosaic.”
I think that I will try and finish this section in the
next SD. I know this one is short, but
there are some very important facts in it that one needs to think about so that
when believers participate in the Lord’s Supper they will have a better
understanding.
5/2/2024 7:29 AM
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