WHY ARE YOU DOING, THIS?

 WHY ARE YOU TAKING THE LORD'S SUPPER?

Welcome to Apostle James & Betty R Winfree Sr, America & International Global Kingdom Social Media Ministries, the God-ordained established Lord Jesus Royal Believers Way Fellowship Assemblies Churches without human or man built walls: we are a network of Ministers, Saints, God's Sons & Daughters with a shared mission: to glorify Jesus Christ and reach believers and people for Christ by providing biblical answers to spiritually related Jesus Christ New Way. We are Jesus Royal Believers Way, and a non-religious, non-denominational ministry. As a free love and grace Church Fellowship Ministry, our purpose is to come alongside God's leaders and Believers in Jesus Christ, joining in the Great Commission Jesus entrusted to His followers, by offering support and answers to those seeking clarity on spiritually bible related questions.

A study of the Lord’s Supper is a soul-stirring experience because of the depth of meaning it contains. It was during the age-old celebration of the Passover on the eve of His death that Jesus instituted a significant new fellowship meal that we observe to this day. It is an integral part of Christ Believers' worship. It causes us to remember our Lord’s death and resurrection and to look for His glorious return in the future.

The Passover was the most sacred feast of the Jewish religious year. It commemorated the final plague on Egypt when the firstborn of the Egyptians died and the Israelites were spared because of the blood of a lamb that was sprinkled on their doorposts. The lamb was then roasted and eaten with unleavened bread. God commanded that throughout the generations to come, the feast would be celebrated. The story is recorded in ( Exodus 12 ).

During the Last Supper—a Passover celebration—Jesus took a loaf of bread and gave thanks to God. As He broke it and gave it to His disciples, He said, “‘This is My Body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you’” ( Luke 22:19-21 ). He concluded the feast by singing a hymn ( Matthew 26:30 ), and they went out into the night to the Mount of Olives. It was there that, as predicted, Jesus was betrayed by Judas. The following day, Jesus was crucified.

The accounts of the Lord’s Supper are found in the Gospels ( Matthew 26:26-29 ) ( Mark 14:17-25 ) ( Luke 22:7-22 ) and ( John 13:21-30 ). The Apostle Paul wrote concerning the Lord’s Supper in ( 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 ). Elder Paul includes a statement not found in the Gospels: “Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself” ( 1 Corinthians 11:27-29 ). We may ask what it means to partake of the bread and the cup “in an unworthy manner.” It may mean to disregard the true meaning of the bread and cup and to forget the tremendous price our Savior paid for our salvation. Or it may mean to allow the ceremony to become a dead and formal ritual or to come to the Lord’s Supper with unconfessed sin. In keeping with Paul’s instruction, we should examine ourselves before eating the bread and drinking the cup.

Another statement Teacher Paul made that is not included in the gospel accounts is “For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes” ( 1 Corinthians 11:26 ). This places a time limit on the ceremony—until our Lord’s return. From these brief accounts, we learn how Jesus used two of the frailest of elements as symbols of His body and blood and established them as a monument to His death. It was not a monument of carved marble or molded brass, but of bread and wine.

Jesus Christ declared that the bread spoke of His body that would be broken. There was not a broken bone, but His body was so badly tortured that it was hardly recognizable ( Psalm 22:12–17 ) ( Isaiah 53:4–7 ). The wine spoke of His blood, indicating the terrible death He would soon experience. He, the perfect Son of God, became the fulfillment of the countless Old Testament prophecies concerning a Redeemer ( Genesis 3:15 ) ( Psalm 22 ) ( Isaiah 53 ). When He said, “Do this in remembrance of me,” He indicated this was a ceremony meant to continue. The Passover, which required the death of a lamb and looked forward to the coming of the Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world, was fulfilled in the Lord’s death on the cross. The New Covenant replaced the Old Covenant when Christ, the true Passover Lamb ( 1 Corinthians 5:7 ), was sacrificed ( Hebrews 8:8–13 ). The old Levitical system was no longer needed (Hebrews 9:25–28). The Lord’s Supper/Christian Communion is a remembrance of what Christ did for us and a celebration of what we receive as a result of His sacrifice. Now, once again, the question asked, Why are you taking The Lord's Supper, if you can't let go of the Old for the new? Amen.

Jesus Royal Believers family, to PUT this simply, we are God's very own special ( precious ) chosen people following by faith our Lord God and blessed King and Savior Jesus Christ in His Churches built and established without human-built religious buildings

Sincerely, In The Lord God Jesus Christ Kingdom Purpose,

His Serving Founder, Presiding Senior Apostle, Messenger Elder James Winfree Sr & Elect Lady Betty R Winfree

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